There will be All Age Worship at 10.30am  in the Parish Centre this Sunday, November 29th, for the first Sunday in Advent.  The following week, the popular, traditional Christingle Service will be held in the Parish Centre on Sunday, December 6th at 6pm, followed by a light supper of sausages and potato wedges.
Other services during the Advent and Christmas season include:
Sunday, December 20^th  Service of Nine Lessons with Carols by Candlelight 7 pm
Thursday, December 24^th  First Eucharist of Christmas 11.30 pm
Friday December 25^th  8.15 am Holy Communion (One) 10.30 am Family Service 11.45 am. Holy Communion (Two) said
Sunday December 27^th 11 am (note time) Service of Carols, Canticles and Readings and NO services at 8.15 am or 7 pm
Thursday December 31^st 11.45 pm Ringing in the New Year  A Short Service to welcome the New Year followed by ringing of the bells at midnight and drinks

Philip Molloy of Newstalk will introduce a showing of the mystery drama Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, in the Parish Centre this Thursday, November 19th at 8pm.  Its stellar cast includes Sean Penn(below), Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Laura Linney. All welcome but seats must be booked by emailling stpaulsdub@gmail.com

Application forms  for places in Junior Infants for September 2016 at Glenageary Killiney National School (GKNS) are available for collection in person from the school office until this 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 2.15pm.  The current admissions policy is available on gkns.ie.
Meanwhile, this Wednesday, November 11th is the deadline for the Bag2School fund-raising drive for the school. They are collecting clothes, shoes, handbags, soft toys.  But not: end of life clothing, bedding, curtains etc. An additional 10% will be donated to LauraLynn House, the children’s hospice.

Our 10.30am service this Remembrance Sunday, November 8th, will be Parish Communion with an Act of Remembrance to honour all those killed in wars. There will also be  Sunday Club. After church, the Badminton Club will be providing the coffee, in aid of the Blackrock Hospice. Please support generously.
Then at 6pm there will be the more informal Worship & Wedges for all ages in the Parish Centre, with the usual 7pm evening service, A Service of the Word, in the church.

There is a no more appropriate date for our Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving of Loved Ones than Sunday, November 1st – All Saints Day, starting at 7pm. It is always a very moving service, with comforting liturgy, the lighting of individual candles and music sung by the choir.

Philip Molloy of Newstalk introduces a showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954) starring James Stewart  (pictured below) and Grace Kelly, this Thursday, October 22nd, in the Parish Centre at 8pm.  There is no charge but any donations on the night for the ongoing work of The Dining Room in Dun Laoghaire would be most welcome. Please book seats on stpaulsdub@gmail.com

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.