{"id":1633,"date":"2016-03-25T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2016-03-25T12:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:58:42","slug":"parish-matters-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/parish-matters-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish Matters April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Community of the Resurrection<\/p>\n

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As I write this, the excitement in my household is almost palpable.\u00a0 Easter is coming and my children are looking forward to the arrival of the Easter Bunny and all the Easter eggs that come with it.\u00a0 They do understand that there is more to Easter than just Easter eggs, although sometimes, especially at the ages of five and seven it is easy to forget!<\/p>\n

Back in September, shortly before my ordination, myself and the Rector, along with Canon Paul Willoughby and Reverend David Compton went on a Retreat to the Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield, Yorkshire.\u00a0 It was my first experience of going on a retreat.\u00a0 I found it a fulfilling experience, a time to reflect on the important things in life and also a time to contemplate my pending ordination.<\/p>\n

This time during lent has also been a time of reflection.\u00a0 Over the last few weeks in the parish we have been meeting on Friday mornings as part of a Lenten reflection group talking about the subject of pilgrimage.\u00a0 Apart from a way of developing relationships between parishioners it has been a valuable time of reflection and discussion.\u00a0 Sometimes the topics can be challenging.\u00a0 But, is that not what we are here to be, challenged?\u00a0 We need to be challenged in our faith, challenged so that we too can become a Community of the Resurrection.\u00a0\u00a0 As a church, we have a responsibility to reflect the teachings of Jesus, we are on a pilgrimage throughout our lives.\u00a0 As we progress towards Easter, the excitement of such an important moment, the resurrection of Jesus, is tempered by the sorrow of Good Friday.<\/p>\n

Our time in Yorkshire was one of experience, peace and reflection, along with a time of fellowship.\u00a0 The brothers and priest of the community welcomed us with open arms, they were quirky, but then again who isn\u2019t!\u00a0 They had beautiful grounds, made wonderful jam and spent their lives praising God.\u00a0 What examples they are for us.\u00a0 As we reflect on our lives, our lifelong pilgrimage, we know there will be ups and downs.\u00a0 We have our Good Fridays and our Easter Days.\u00a0 We have the wonderful things to look forward to, but we know that there will be time when we suffer too.\u00a0 But we too, as a Community of The Resurrection, need to be here for each other through those times.\u00a0 At the same time, we must be a community who are able to embrace others, and say with confidence.\u00a0 \u2018Christ is Risen, Allelulia!\u2019<\/p>\n

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Yours in Christ,<\/p>\n

David<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"img_56b4b10f461ac\"School News :<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 St Luke\u2019s School. \u00a0<\/strong>All the pupils and staff have been preparing for Proclamation Day when we remember the events of Easter 1916. The Senior classes have done projects, taken part in Drama Workshops and had a visit from Aoife Breathnach who focused on \u201cDouglas in 1916\u201d. The middle classs have used our old school roll books and registers for research and learned how different St Luke\u2019s School was in 1916. All our pupils have learned our National Anthem and focused on the meaning of and protocol associated with our National Flag. We were very happy to welcome back Harry Deane, a past pupil, now a Transition Year student in Midleton College on his Work Experience. We celebrated World Book Day with a book-themed hat competition \u2013 pupils designed and made their own hats based on their favourite books. Thank you to all our parents who supported our Book Fair, we are now able to receive 1296euro worth of books for our school and class libraries. Many of our classes have been out and about this term. 3rd and 4th classes recently attended the \u201cScience of Draons\u201d engineering show at CIT where they explored the science of how dragons fly! 2nd class went had great fun on \u201cA Bug Hunt\u201d in Ballybrack Woods organised by Cork Nature Network and Douglas Tidy Towns. 5th and 6th classes really enjoyed an excellent production of The Lion King in Ashton School. Junior Infants visited St Luke\u2019s Church where Archdeacon Wilkinson gave us a really \u201cChild Friendly\u201d tour. Congratulations to all our hockey players who reached the finals in the Inter-Schools\u2019 Hockey Tournament. Our Junior Team brought home some silverware! Well done and thanks to Orla Kingston and Robert Johnson who helped to organise and coach on the day. We say \u201cGood Bye and Thank You\u201d to Ms McCarthy and Ms Jeffery and wish them both well in their future teaching careers.<\/p>\n

St. Michael\u2019s School.<\/strong>\u00a0We have been very busy this term at St Michaels.\u00a0The Junior room have been practicing their Irish for Seachtain na Gaeilge. They have been learning the steps of the c\u00e9il\u00ed dance \u201cthe Walls of Limerick\u201d. They have been practising their Irish songs and the national anthem for \u201cProclamation for a New Generation Day\u201d. The senior room visited the Lifetime Lab where they learned about sound and light, even making their own flashlights! The senior room also had a visit from an engineer for Engineer`s week. Michael Harrington is a past pupil and we really enjoyed him telling us all about how airplanes fly.\u00a0We made our own paper planes and had a race to see which design flew the furthest.<\/p>\n

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Service & Sausages<\/span><\/strong> takes place on Sunday 3rd<\/sup> April in St. Luke\u2019s Church at 6pm. We are grateful to Florence Binions who plays the keyboard and Revd. David Bowles who does all the practical organisation as well as devising the service.<\/p>\n

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\"vestryThe Frankfield Easter General Vestry Meeting <\/span><\/strong>will take place on Wednesday, 13th<\/sup> April in the Sunday School Room, Frankfield at 8.30pm<\/strong> preceded by a Holy Communion Service in Holy Trinity Church at 8pm.<\/strong> (Please note the slightly later time). On Thursday, 14th<\/sup> April, the Easter General Vestry Meeting<\/span><\/strong> will take place in the Canon Packham Hall at 8pm preceded by a service of Holy Communion in St. Luke\u2019s Church at 7.30pm.\u00a0 All parishioners are welcome to attend this annual general meeting of this parish.\u00a0 A report about various activities in the parish will be presented as well as our annual accounts.<\/p>\n

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\"img_56d99437a0ca2\"Confirmation <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the 10th<\/sup> April we look forward to the Confirmation Service in St. Luke\u2019s church when thirteen of our young people will be confirmed by the Bishop. They are Holly Anderson, Jenny Barber, Sophie Dawson, Kian Donovan, Amy Dunne, Davan Elliffe-Smith, Charlotte Greene, Kosi Ibebugwu, Isobel Kingston, Niall Lynch, Ella Marry, Daniel McCarthy and Katie Neill. Please pray for them and encourage them by your presence at the service on the day.<\/p>\n

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\"mothersYou are invited to a Festival Service of Celebration & Thanksgiving<\/span><\/strong> in St Luke\u2019s Church, Douglas at 11 am on Saturday 16 April 2016 \u2013 by kind permission of Archdeacon Adrian Wilkinson.\u00a0 Mothers\u2019 Union is 140 years old this year – and the theme is A Celebration of Faith. The service will be followed by a simple lunch in the Canon Packham Hall from 1-2 pm, and then a Diocesan Council meeting of the Mothers\u2019 Union in Cork, Cloyne & Ross from 2-3.30 pm.<\/p>\n

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This is a time for everyone to hear the latest news of MU activities and work across the diocese, the rest of Ireland \u2013 and some of the 83 countries we work in.\u00a0 The whole day is open to all (ladies & gentlemen!) and we would be delighted to see as many people \u2013 members and friends \u2013 at both the service and for the lunch and meeting.\u00a0\u00a0 So if you\u2019d like to join with us in worship, help us celebrate, hear a little about MU \u2013 and meet up with old and new friends from across the diocesan family \u2013 please come along. Some idea of numbers planning to attend would be very helpful \u2013 so if you\u2019d like to come along to some or all of the day, please let Patsy know on 087 6413559 or patsydevoy@eircom.net<\/a>.\u00a0 But if you haven\u2019t been in touch and can come anyway \u2013 please do!<\/p>\n

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The Monthly Lunch<\/span><\/strong> will take place in the Old School House, Blackrock on Wednesday, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030th<\/sup> March at 12.30pm.\u00a0 All welcome.<\/p>\n

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\"img_560e708b615f6\"Bible Studies<\/span><\/strong> will take place in the home of Carol Boylan, Moneygourney on Thursday, 7th<\/sup> April at 7.30pm and in the home of Joan Miller, Ballintemple on Wednesday, 16th<\/sup> April and the 20th<\/sup> April at 2.30pm.<\/p>\n

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CPR in the CPH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Tuesday 8 March, John Clifford and his team of volunteer First Responders celebrated the first anniversary of their use of the Supper Room to teach CPR.\u00a0\u00a0In twelve months, using the second\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0night of each month, they have taught\u00a0no fewer than 91 persons the basics of CPR and how to use a defibrillator.\u00a0 Beginners arrive at\u00a06.45 pm\u00a0and within an hour learn how to administer CPR both to adult and baby.\u00a0Those interested in\u00a0acquiring more advanced First Aid techniques are encouraged to attend follow-up sessions, arriving at\u00a07.45 pm.\u00a0The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, no pressure is exerted to participate (it is possible simply to watch) and the team communicates information clearly and entertainingly.\u00a0 People of all ages and from all walks of life have availed of the opportunity to acquire, free of charge, a skill that might save life.\u00a0 It would be hard to think of more worthy “tenants” of the CPH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Curate writes\u2026\u2026 Community of the Resurrection As I write this, the excitement in my household is almost palpable.\u00a0 Easter is coming and my children are looking forward to the arrival of the Easter Bunny and all the Easter eggs that come with it.\u00a0 They do understand that there is more to Easter than just Easter eggs, although sometimes, especially at the ages of five and seven it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-news","category-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.douglas.cork.anglican.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}