Application forms  for places in Junior Infants for September 2016 at Glenageary Killiney National School will be available for collection in person from the school office from Monday, November 2nd to Friday, November 13th, between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm. The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Monday  November 16th by 2.15 pm.  The current admissions policy is available on gkns.ie

The speaker at our service of Harvest Thanksgiving at 10.30am this Sunday, October 11th, will be Rosamond Bennett, chief executive of Christian Aid since 2012. Before that she worked in the corporate sector for more than 20 years, including as head of communications at the Northern Bank and as head of marketing for both Northern Bank and National Irish Bank. Rosamond is also an elder in Whitehead Presbyterian Church, Co Antrim.  We look forward to welcoming her to Glenageary
The church will be decorated for the harvest on Saturday from 9am.  All are welcome to come and help. Donations of vegetables, fruit or flowers will be gratefully received.

You are invited to bring your pet to church for a service of blessing and thanksgiving this Sunday, October 4th, at 10.30am. If you don’t have a real live one, a favourite toy animal will be welcome too. The speaker will be Mark Talbot accompanied by his guide dog Grogan, and there will be a retiring collection for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.

A bus  will leave from outside St Paul’s next Sunday, September 27th at 2pm for the ordination to the priesthood of our intern deacon for 2014-15, the Rev Abigail Sines (below), in Christ Church Cathedral at 3.30pm. If you would like to book a seat, please contact the Rector on 2801616 or email garydowd@eircom.net as soon as possible. Cost €5 per person.

It will be a shorter, more informal morning service this Sunday, September 20th, at 10.30am, with all ages participating throughout. The music will be led by the music group and backed by the choir. (There will also be services of Holy Communion at 8.15am and 7pm.)
Meanwhile Junior Badminton (for those aged nine to 15) starts this Saturday, September 19th, at 4.30pm in the Parish Centre. There will be coaches from Badminton Ireland, catering for all levels of ability.

A new season of Parish Film Nights begins this Thursday, September 17th, at 8pm in the Parish Centre. Philip Molloy of Newstalk will introduce a showing of the courtroom drama The Verdict starring Paul Newman (below) and directed by Sidney Lumet. No admission fee but please request seats by emailling stpaulsdub@gmail.com.

Sunday Club begins this Sunday, September 13th. Parents are invited to bring their children to church for 10.30 am.  Children will leave to go over to the Parish Centre after approx. 15 minutes.  That time in church will include a children’s talk and a hymn suitable for young people.  Sunday Club will meet on the second and fourth Sunday of each month during school term time.

St Paul’s Theatre Group are looking for actors, singers, dancers, painters, lighting/sound techs, costume makers, helping hands for their upcoming pantomime “Sinbad the Sailor and the Jewel of Miracles”.  The first rehearsal night will be on Monday, September 7th at 8 pm in the Parish Centre.  If you would like to be part of the show, either on or off stage, they would love to have you.  Any questions please call 087 629 4508 or email theatregroupstpauls@gmail.com

In what is now a parish tradition, we plan to mark the end of summer by worshipping together outdoors in the church grounds on Sunday, August 30th, at the later time of 12 noon, and then eating together at a family barbecue. As many schools will have already started back by then, there is a much greater chance that we will have a fine sunny day! However, the event will go ahead no matter what the weather – even if it means retreating into the Parish Centre.
Parents please note there will also be registration for Sunday Club that morning. Sunday Club resumes on September 13th.

Our parish intern for 2014/15, the Rev Abigail Sines,  will be ordained to the priesthood to serve as curate-assistant in the Christchurch Cathedral Group of Parishes in Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, September 27th at 3.30 pm.  All are most welcome to attend.  It has been suggested that parishoners  travel together by bus from Glenageary to this service.
To help with the planning of this, please sign the list at the back of the church if you are interested in travelling by bus to Abigail’s ordination.