The Rector writes…… There is one word which none of us can escape at present, and that is the word Brexit. For three years now, there is barely a day when I don’t hear it referred to in the media or have a conversation with someone about it. The clock is ticking down and we are only weeks away from a possible no deal exit, on the part [...]
Monday Badminton – CPH @ 8pm Wednesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 10.30am Bible Study will be held in the home of Joan Miller, Ballintemple @ 3pm Bowls – CPH @ 7.45pm Thursday Boys’ Brigade. - CPH @ 6pm - 7pm Anchors. 7.15pm - 8.30pm Junior and Company sections. Bible Study will be held in the home of Carol Boylan, Moneygourney @ 7.30pm A Service of [...]
Monday Badminton – CPH @ 8pm Tuesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 8pm Hymn Singing – in the home of Florence Binions at 7.30pm – 9.30pm Wednesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 10.30am Holy Communion – St. Luke’s Church, Douglas @ 11am Bible Study will be held in the home of Carol Boylan, Moneygourney @ 7.30pm. Bowls – CPH @ 7.45pm Thursday Boys’ Brigade. - CPH @ 6pm [...]
Tuesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 8pm Wednesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 10.30am Schoolhouse Lunch – Blackrock Schoolhouse @ 12.30pm Bible Study will be held in the home of Joan Miller, Ballintemple @ 3pm. Bowls – CPH @ 7.45pm Zambia Report on Wednesday 25th September at 8pm in Canon Packham Hall. Rev Hazel will share some reflections and photos of her recent visit. Thursday Boys’ Brigade. - CPH @ [...]
Tuesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 8pm The first reading of the play, ‘A Secret Life’, for the Theatre Supper Night in November will take place at 7:30 upstairs in the Canon Packham Hall. If you are interested please join us. The more the merrier. Wednesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 10.30am Bowls – CPH @ 7.45pm Environmental Awareness Meeting featuring guest Speaker - Tony Nagle, Avian Researcher and Ecologist, together [...]
Tuesday Badminton – Marmullane @ 8pm Book Club – The Maryborough Hotel @ Wednesday Bible Studies in the home of Joan Miller, Ballintemple at 3pm Badminton – Marmullane @ 10.30am Bowls – CPH @ 7.45pm Thursday Boys’ Brigade. - CPH @ 6pm - 7pm Anchors. 7.15pm - 8.30pm Junior and Company sections. Friday Douglas Union Select Vestry – CPH @ 8pm. Wednesday 18th September 8pm [...]
The Rector writes…… Have you ever thought about ordination?...Yes, you! Not the person sitting beside you, or the churchwarden or someone who is a member of a church committee…but you? The reason I put the question directly to you is because often we think modestly that someone else is being called and not us. God calls ordinary people, men and women from all sorts of backgrounds, of different [...]
Newsletter of Douglas Union with Frankfield August 2019 The Rector writes…… On the wall in the sanctuary in St Mary’s Church Marmullane, there is a memorial plaque to the Rev. William Meade. It was erected by his son Rev. Richard Meade, who was in charge of the parish at the time. The Rev William Meade died in the vicarage in Passage West on [...]
The Rector writes…… I take this opportunity to write a thank you letter to you all. On 9th June I marked the silver jubilee of my ordination as a deacon. It was to be a quiet family occasion, but obviously the parish thought differently! I was completely taken by surprise by the size of the congregation at St Luke’s Church that day, and by the fact that a [...]
Notices: End of School Year Services. The end of this academic year will be marked as usual with special church services. For St Michael’s staff and pupils, it will be on Wednesday 26 June and for St Luke’s it will be the following day. In Douglas the guest speaker will be the Revd Cliff Jeffers. We look forward to having him with us. CMS Zambia Trip. As our [...]
