The death has taken place of long-time St Paul’s choir member Jenny Vella. Her funeral will take place in St Paul’s this Friday, July 14th, at 11am. See more details here

Members of St Paul’s choir will be providing holiday cover at the 11am Sung Eucharist in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 8, next Sunday, July 2nd, under the direction of our music director Caroline Barnes.

A visiting choir, Samkór Reykjavíkur from Iceland, will give a concert in St Paul’s this Thursday, June 15th, at 8 pm. Free admission.  The choir will be singing some traditional Icelandic music as well as well-known tunes.
 Samkór Reykjavíkur was founded in March 1978 and has about 45 members.  They regularly go abroad to give concerts and appear in events, but also to bond the group and have fun. The conductor of Samkór Reykjavíkur is Arngerður María Árnadóttir.

Families in the parish who have primary-school age children or younger are being invited to a social event in the Parish Centre on Saturday, June 10th, 5.30pm-7.30pm. There will be children’s entertainment and refreshments for all. Those intending to come need to email stpaulsdub@gmail.com no later than June 6th.

Our annual Summer Fair will be held in the parish centre, the church and surrounding grounds this Saturday, May 27th, 10.30am-2.30pm. A great family outing with entertainment and outdoor food. Stalls range from Clothes (worn less than twice), Bottle Stall, and Books to Cakes, Deli and Toys, plus Recyled Art, Vinyls, Jewellery, Collectors’ Corner and New Gifts.
Donations for the various stalls can be dropped off at the parish centre in the week running up to the fair, on the evenings of Tuesday, May 23rd  to Friday May 26th, from 6.00 to 8.30pm only. Unfortunately it is not possible for stall holders to do collections from people’s houses.

There will be a Songs of Praise Service on Sunday, May 7th at 10.30 am.  You are invited to list your favourite three hymns and then place them in the box provided at the back of the church.  Alternatively, you can send your three favourite hymns to the Rector via email at garydowd51@gmail.com on or before Friday, May 5th at 12 noon.  On May 7th we will sing the top 10 favourite hymns in St Paul’s at our morning worship.

Our monthly informal, all-age worship service followed by refreshments will be held in the parish centre this Sunday, April 23rd, at 5.30pm. All welcome

There will be 7.15am celebrations of  Holy Communion in St Paul’s from Monday to Thursday during Holy Week. In the evenings, we rotate around the churches of the “cluster” parishes. See below the full schedule of services:
All services in St Paul’s unless otherwise stated.
Palm Sunday 2^nd April 8:15 am, 10:30 am and 7 pm
Mon 3^rd-6^th Holy Communion 7.15 am
Wed 5^th Holy Communion 11 am
Monday 3^rd-7^th Combined Evening Services at 8 pm travelling around the Church of Ireland parishes in the local “cluster”.
Mon 3^rd Venue: St Patrick’s Dalkey:  Preacher the Rev. Canon Gary Hastings
Tues 4^th Venue: St Matthias, Killiney/Ballybrack: Preacher The Rev Gary Dowd
Wed 5^th Venue: Christ Church Dun Laoghaire: Preacher The Rev. Dr William Olhausen
Maundy Thursday 6^th Venue: St Paul’s Glenageary
Good Friday 7^th Venue: Holy Trinity Killiney 12 noon The Stations of the Cross
Venue: St Paul’s 2 pm One hour at the cross

Easter Day (9^th)
SonRise A short, joyful, interchurch celebration of the Resurrection on Killiney Beach, near entrance to main car park, at 6.30 am (Please note change of location) More details to follow.  
8.15 am H.C. and 10.30 am Parish Communion, followed by an Easter egg hunt in the church grounds, weather permitting..  No service at 7 pm 

St Paul’s will be the venue for a concert of Ukrainian music on Saturday, March 25th, to raise funds for SOS Children’s Villages in Ukraine, a non-government organisation that works with children and  vulnerable families. Your support on the night would be much appreciated. The event is being organised by the Club of Singing Diplomats and Co, who staged the international carol concert in the church before Christmas. See full details below

The date of our next Summer Fair, Saturday, May 27th, may seem a while away yet but we need people to come on board now. The job vacancies include:

• Stall helpers: couple of hours on the day and the week before the event.
• Raffle helpers
• General helpers to man gates, set up and dismantle stalls etc.
• Are you interested in Baking, Catering, Art, Reading, Fashion, Jewellery, Kids, Entertainment, Collectables, Bric a brac!  We need your passion and skill to help us on these stalls. 
• Strong bodies to put up tents and tidy away after the day. 

  Any offer of time or talent for the staging of what is always a most enjoyable community event would be much appreciated  Please contact the Summer Fair chairman Mark Finney (email Mark@soonerthanlater.com or tel 087 2844777 after 7pm) or Gary Dowd ASAP if you can offer some of your time.