Barbecue to carols: dates for your diary 

The “extra curricular” activities of the parish have nearly all wound up for the summer – although Bible Study on Monday evenings continues for the time being, along with  pay-as-you-play badminton on Tuesdays (see right). However, the schedule of services remains constant throughout June, July and August,with opportunities to worship at 8.15am.10.30am and 7pm every Sunday and 11am Holy Communion on Wednesdays.
We will mark the end of summer with an outdoor service and parish barbecue on Sunday, August 30th, from 10.30am. Here are some more dates for your diary:
Friday, October 2^nd Parish Social Evening, Royal St George Yacht Club, 8pm
Sunday, October 4^th Pets Service 10.30 am
Sunday, November 1^st Remembrance and Thanksgiving Service for Loved Ones 7 pm
Sunday, November 8^th Remembrance Sunday
Sunday, December 20^th Service of Nine Lessons with Carols by Candlelight 7 pm

After nine months of ministering amongst us, our first intern deacon, the Rev Abigial Sines, will finish up this Sunday, June 14th. She will preach at the 10.30am service, after which a presentation will be made to her in the Parish Centre over tea and coffee. We wish her well in her new post with the Christ Church Cathedral group of parishes, which she will take up in September, and thank her for all her hard work in St Paul’s. She has left her mark through her creative, cheerful and energetic approach to worship – particularly evident in her stewardship of the monthly Worship & Wedges (at which she is pictured at below).

Join in a different approach to worship at the next Worship and Wedges on Sunday,  June 7th, at 6pm in the Parish Centre: music group, craft activity and talk followed by light supper of potato wedges and sausages.

It’s a new-look parish fair this Saturday, May 23rd, in the St Paul’s Parish Centre, church grounds and church, from 10.30am to 2.30pm (close to Glenageary Dart station). Along with the traditional garden, deli, bottles, white elephant and clothes etc stalls there will be a new Food Street with lots of home-baked goodies, children’s entertainment and live music. Admission adult €2, children €1 and family €5.
Donations of items to sell can be made at the Parish Centre this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 7pm-9pm.

The new Select Vestry appointed at  the annual Easter General Vestry on Sunday May 10th is as follows:
Geoff Barry (Rector’s churchwarden), Rita Dalton (People’s churchwarden, job share) Erica Pickering (Rector’s glebewarden) Frank Gunning (People’s glebewarden), Roxanna Allen, Robert Barklie, Susan Barry, Joe Harvey, Paul Hatton, Walter Heseltine, Alan Lowther (Hon treasurer), Stuart Robertson, Sheila Wayman, Lynn Wiley, Margaret Woods (Hon secretary).

This Saturday, May 9th, there is a concert in St Paul’s featuring the Parish Choir singing a range of sacred music, including Rutter and Faure, along with organists Matthew Breen and Nathan Barrett playing a selection of organ music. Starts at 7.30pm. Admission free.
The following weekend the choir has been invited to sing a concert in St Eunan’s Cathedral, Raphoe, Co Donegal on Saturday, May 16th, and to sing at the cathedral’s Choral Eucharist the following morning.

“God: We Need to Talk” is the theme for Worship & Wedges this Sunday, May 3rd, at 6pm in the Parish Centre. Everyone, of all ages, is welcome as we explore worship in new and exciting ways. A light supper of sausages and potato wedges is served afterwards.

The Rev Niall Sloane, Rector of Holy Trinity Killiney, will be the preacher and celebrant at the 10.30am Parish Communion this Sunday, April 26th, in the first in a series of occasional “pulpit” swaps among local Church of Ireland parishes. (Please note there will also be Sunday Club during this service.) Meanwhile, the Rector of St Paul’s will be in Holy Trinity Killiney.

The choir from Glenageary Killiney National School, led by musical director Frank Hughes,  will sing at the 10.30am All-age Worship this Sunday, April 19th.

In the wake of Easter, April and May are among the busiest months in the parish. Here are some key dates, in chronological order – get the diary out:

Sunday, April 19th: The choir of Glenageary Killiney National School will sing at the 10.30am All-Age Worship service.

Thursday April 23rd: Sit back and have a good laugh at the Film Night showing of What’s Up Doc?, starring Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand, presented by Philip Molloy of Newstalk, 8pm in the Meeting Room of the Parish Centre. Booking: stpaulsdub@gmail.com. No charge but small donations welcome.

Sunday, May 3rd: Worship & Wedges in the Parish Centre, 6pm. A creative but informal form of worship for all ages, followed by light supper.

Thursday May 7th: The final Parish Whist of the season will take place in the Meeting Room of the Parish Centre at 8 pm.  All are welcome.

Friday May 8th: Alzheimer’s Tea Day, Parish Centre, 10am-12.30pm. Donations of home baking and raffle prizes would be most welcome. Contact Diane 087 127 0342 or Nola 087 688 9845.

Saturday May 9th: Choral concert in St Paul’s featuring the choir and music from organists Nathan Barrett and Matthew Breen, 7.30pm, ahead of the choir’s trip to St Eunan’s Cathedral, Raphoe, Co Donegal the following weekend.

Saturday May 23rd: Summer Fair in the Parish Centre and church grounds. If you are not already roped in and could help in any way, contact Roger West 285 5629 (evenings) or text 087 379 4118.