All are welcome to the Alzheimer’s Tea Day event in the Parish Centre this Friday, May 3rd from 10am to noon.  

There will be a soup and roll lunch after the 10.30 am service this Sunday, April 28th,  to which everybody is welcome. All proceeds to the Kisiizi Surgeon Fund, which pays the salary of a surgeon in the Ugandan hospital that we as a parish support. If you have not already done so by then this would also be an opportunity to return your jar of coins collected over Lent.  Thank you.
 Our long- term goal is to raise €11,000 per year to provide for a surgeon’s salary on an annual basis so you might consider setting up a standing order or making a yearly contribution. The bank account details if you would like to establish a standing order are as follows:
Account Name: St Pauls Church Ruanda Mission
BIC: AIBKIE2D
IBAN: IE73 AIBK 9334 0677 0541 48
As with all donations of this type, if you can contribute in excess of €250, then this allows St. Paul‘s to claim a tax rebate of 45% on this amount, further boosting the overall fund. Any amount will be very welcome. Thank-you.

Starting on Monday April 15th, five Church of Ireland parishes from this area will worship together on the evenings of Holy Week at 8 pm, rotating through the different churches. From Monday to Wednesday, the speaker at these joint services will be Philip McKinley, chaplain of Dublin City University. Meanwhile, each morning in St Paul’s, there will be a daily Holy Communion service at 7.15 am Monday to Thursday and “One Hour at the Cross” at 2pm on Good Friday.
 Here is the full schedule, with all services in St Paul’s unless otherwise indicated:
Monday, April 15th:
7.15 am Holy Communion
8 pm St. Matthias Church Killiney/Ballybrack
Tuesday, April 16th:
7.15 am Holy Communion
8 pm Holy Trinity, Killiney
Wednesday, April 17th:
7.15 am and 11 am Holy Communion
8 pm Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire
Thursday, April 18th:
7.15 am Holy Communion
8 pm St. Patrick’s Church, Dalkey
Good Friday, April 19th:
2 pm One Hour at the Cross: a service of hymns, readings, reflection, prayer and silence
8pm The Liturgy of Good Friday, St Paul’s, Glenageary

Easter Day celebrations on April 21st
SonRise Service: At the Obelisk, Killiney Hill at 6.15 am. Light breakfast afterwards in Carry Hall, Killiney Hill Road.  All are welcome. Kindly note: dog owners are kindly requested to keep their pet on a leash at all times
In St Paul’s: Holy Communion 8.15 am; Parish Communion 10.30 am followed by an egg hunt in the church grounds. No evening service.

Hugh McNally is the one new face on the Select Vestry for 2019/20. He and 10 outgoing members were proposed and seconded at yesterday’s Easter General Vestry, after which they were deemed elected without a vote being required, along with four ex officio members. Outgoing member Fiona Arnold, who did not wish to stand again, was thanked by the Rector for her service.
The full Select Vestry is as follows:
Chairman: Rev Gary Dowd
Secretary: Margaret Woods
Treasurer: Alan Lowther
Rector’s Churchwarden: Geoff Barry; People’s Churchwarden: Rita Dalton(panel co-ordinator); Rector’s Glebewarden: Paul Hatton; People’s Glebewarden: Frank Gunning
Also: Roxanna Allen; William Earley; Joe Harvey; Mary Heseltine; Alan Lowther; Hugh McNally; Stuart Robertson; Sheila Wayman; Lynn Wiley; Meg Wood and Margaret Woods.

The St Paul’s parish Easter General Vestry (Annual General Meeting) will be held in the Parish Centre after the main morning service this Sunday, April 7th, at 11.45 am approx. Anybody who is a signed-up member of the General Vestry can let their name go forward for a place on the Select Vestry (parish council) and/or vote on the election of others.

There will be a showing of “The Professionals” this Thursday, March 28th, at 8pm in the Parish Centre, introduced by Philip Molloy. An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit. Directed by Richard Brooks, it stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Jack Palance and Claudia Cardinale. All welcome. Please email stpaulsdub@gmail.com to let us know if you’re coming.

All are welcome to the Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Day Coffee Morning and Raffle in the Parish Centre this Friday, March 22nd, 10.30 am-12.30 pm.  Donations of raffle prizes would be greatly appreciated.

Our Lenten appeal for the Kisiizi Hospital Surgeon Fund 2019 has got off to a good start with €310 raised in contributions at the Kisiizi Sunday service and many parishoners taking away jars to fill with coins. Any jar will do but there are still some at the back of the church so please collect one if you have not already done so. 
 Donations can be made anytime during Lent by putting them into the box at the back of the church or by placing it on the collection plate in an envelope marked Kisiizi.
The long-term goal is to raise €11,000 per year to fund a surgeon’s salary on an annual basis so you might consider making a yearly contribution or setting up a standing order. The bank account details are as follows:
Account name: St Pauls Church Ruanda Mission
Bank: AIB Dun Laoghaire
Account number: 77054148 Sort code: 93-34-06
BIC: AIBKIE2D
IBAN: IE73 AIBK 9334 0677 0541 48
As with all charitable donations, if you can contribute in excess of €250 within one year, then this allows St Paul’s to claim a tax rebate of 45% on the amount, further boosting the overall fund. But any amount will be very welcome.
We are planning a Kisiizi fund raising Soup and Roll lunch after church on Sunday, April 28th. If you want to bring along your jam jar to this lunch we can start counting all the coins and contributions. Thank you.

The Kisiizi Support Group

St Paul’s is seeking to appoint an organist/director of music. For full details click: here.

This Wednesday, which is Ash Wednesday, and on each Wednesday throughout Lent, there will be a short service of Holy Communion at 7.15 am in addition to the regular midweek 11 am service.