St Brigid’s and All Saints’
Newsletter May 2015
The Rector writes...
CONTACTS Clergy:
Rev. Ian Gallagher 2881091 086-8119544 Rev. Robert Marshall 2886170 Rev. Jack Black 2780300 Rev. Kevin Conroy 086 0406256
Parish Secretary: Clare MacManus
Parish Office Open: Tues, Wed, Thurs 9.30am—12.30pm Tel: 2881091 / Email: office@stbrigidsandallsaints.com www.stbrigidsandallsaints.com facebook.com/StBrigids Hall Committee Hon. Secretary: Anona Fitzell Ph. 2722130 Director of Music: Clive Armstrong Tel: 087-2588481 St. Brigid’s National School Merville Road, Stillorgan Principal: Ann Andrews Ph: 2833095 St. Brigid’s Parish Playschool St. Brigid’s Church Road, Stillorgan Contact: Barbara FitzPatrick Tel: 0871202245
All Saints’ National School Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock Principal: Andrea Black Ph: 2885355
Many of you will have watched The Masters on television a few weeks ago. The viewing figures were high, watched in more than 190 countries by more than 100 million people.
As a consequence of so many viewers, the cost of advertising was at a premium. One ad, shown numerous times, saw Rory McIlroy from a very young age developing into the golfer he is today, alongside him was that other well known golfer, Tiger Woods. Both golfers are sponsored by the same company , whose logo tells us to ‘Just Do It!’
Perhaps we should adopt that attitude as we live out our Christian life or when trying to decide whether we should attend Church. On a Saturday night as we think about Sunday and Church we should say to ourselves ‘Just Do It!’
Special Church Services in May in St. Brigid’s: Sun 17th May We will have our Open Air Service in the Rectory field at 5.00pm the day after the Mayfair. This is becoming a very popular event in our Parish Calendar over the last few years and we extend a very warm welcome to all the Parishioners of St Brigid’s and All Saints’ to attend this service.
Sun 31st May Our ‘Sunday All Together’ service at 11.30 am is on the 5th Sunday in May. This is a Service of the Word format followed by sausages, wedges and rice krispie buns in the Parish Hall afterwards. Everyone welcome.
Schedule of Worship All Saints’ Church
St Brigid’s Church
MAY
MAY 3rd May
11.30 am
HC
3rd May
10.00 am
HC
10th May
11.30 am
MPSS
10th May
10.00 am
MP
17th May
11.30 am 5.00 pm
HC Open Air
17th May
10.00 am
HC
24th May
11.30 am
SOW
24th May
10.00 am
MP
31st May
11.30 am
SAT
31st May
10.00 am
HC
JUNE
JUNE 7th June
11.30 am
HC
7th June
10.00 am
HC
14th June
11.30 am
MPSS
14th June
10.00 am
MP
21st June
11.30 am
HC
SS
21st June
10.00 am
HC
28th June
11.30 am
SOW
28th June
10.00 am
MP
HC MP SOW
Holy Communion Morning Prayer Service of the Word
SET SAT SS
Sunday Evening Together Sunday All Together Sunday school during this service
Regular services: 8.30 a.m. 10.00 a.m.
Holy Communion Holy Communion
Tea and coffee served after Church every Sunday in St Brigid’s and All Saints. Everyone welcome.
St Brigid’s Church St Brigid’s Church
Every Sunday Every Wednesday
We are having an action packed summer term and enjoying the wonderful weather. Here are some of the things we’ve been up to: The middle room had a visit from “Chatbudi”. This was set up by parents who were concerned about the safety of their own children on the internet. They were given age relevant useful hints on what to avoid and what was safe for them. The children interacted well and found it very informative and helpful. A speaker from the “Fields of Life” charity came to the school and the children raised money to buy pencil cases for children in Uganda by dressing up on St. Patrick’s Day and donating to the charity. The Junior Room went to see the all time favourite “The Cat in the Hat” at the Pavilion Theatre and it was a lovely treat. Thank you to all the parents who helped with lifts and supervision. If any of you have noticed our bright and sunny playground it is all down to the parents who worked very hard over their weekends to tidy up the flowerbeds, paint the benches in lovely vibrant colours and add playground markings for games and of course a lovely new basketball net. The children really appreciate this. Many thanks to our lovely Parents’ Association who organised an Easter Egg hunt in Carysfort Park, it was great fun and the children thoroughly enjoyed it though it seems so long ago now. Finally we had our joint Church/School Spring Fair on Saturday 25 th April and I’m sure everyone will agree it was a fabulous success and most importantly raised much needed funds for the Church and School. A huge thank you to all who donated gifts, worked on stalls, sold raffle tickets and helped or contributed in any way. We appreciate it immensely. From the staff and students of All Saints’ N.S.
Crockery in the Kitchen!
E-mail address?
There are a large number of plates etc in the Parish Kitchen which have accumulated over the past year. If you are missing something please come and collect it otherwise it will be given to the Bric-A-Brac Stall at the Mayfair!
We are looking to have a valid email address for every family in the Parish. If you have never received an email from the office please send me an e-mail so I have yours!
Thank you
office@stbrigidsandallsaints.com Many thanks Clare
St. Brigid’s Sunday School - Annual Outing Date:
Sunday 24th May 2015
Venue:
Clara Lara Fun Park, Laragh, Co Wicklow.
Time:
A coach will leave at 12 noon from the Parish Centre
Cost: Family Ticket—€30 . Payment IN ADVANCE to Clare in the office please to secure a place. Please note a family ticket entitles all children to free access of all facilities of the park and Adult general admission to the Park. (If Adults wish to take part on any of the rides they can ‘pay as you go’ or purchase a gold band for €9.) We will be having a Bar-B-Que in Clara Lara again this year. Please bring your burgers, sausages etc with you on the day and whatever packed lunch you require. A change of clothes and a towel are vital as are shoes which can be worn in water at all times. The bus is scheduled to arrive back in Dublin at 6.00 pm after which we will have our SET service in St. Brigid’s Church followed by a cup of tea or coffee and some juice and biscuits for all. No unsupervised children allowed. If you would like your child / children to attend there must be a parent / guardian to accompany them!
See you there! Barbara, Clare, Stephen & Louise (The Sunday School Team)
Stillorgan Players Drama Society - CHANGE OF DATE Stillorgan Players Drama Society AGM Wednesday 27th May 8.00 p.m. We hope to see all our old and new members at this important meeting - join us for
Garden/Nature Club. Well, we think we are the ‘Bees Knees’ in school and community gardening. We have won two competitions since January and appeared on a live broadcast with Today FM. We have successfully rescued and released a hedgehog that was injured last October. We are currently raising pheasants for release in June and waiting for partridge eggs to arrive this month. Our bees have survived the winter and are busy organising the hive and producing more workers. The pond is full of tadpoles and the Wild Meadow has regular visits from butterflies. Of course, the best things that grow in the garden are the children. . We plan to visit Carlow Free Range poultry before the end of June to learn more about where our food comes from. Come and visit us any Saturday afternoon – we still have a few allotments available if you would like to ‘Grow Your Own’.
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Monster Mayfair Raffle All prize donations gratefully received by Daphne Kaye ( 087 256 0269). Prizes for 2015 so far include: €20 voucher from Diffney Menswear Stillorgan €25 voucher from Fenelons Butchers, Stillorgan Books from Dubray Books A pair of Sterling Silver drop earrings kindly donated by Rocks Jewellers Ceramic bowl from Newbridge Home collection kindly donated by Kilkenny shop, Stillorgan Ian Dumbleton (The childrens’ playball coach) has given a ‘camp Place for 1 child’ Voucher for 3 week manicure from Ooh La La, Deansgrange Floral bouquet from Blooming Amazing, Foxrock Voucher from Doyles Garden Nursery, Cabinteely 3 vouchers for blow dry from Santanna Hair Studio, Foxrock Bottle of wine from Tesco, Stillorgan €36 voucher from Bushras Beauty tration by The Catch Fish Shop, Cornelscourt €50 voucher from Ecco Shoes, Stillorgan Voucher from The Scarlet Heifer Butcher, Foxrock Necklace from The Guinness Gallery, Foxrock Conatys, Kilmacud The Burger stall is looking for Burger Buns this year. Do you know of a company who would be able to provide us 120 Burger Buns as a goodwill gesture? Alternatively if anyone is in a position to sponsor the burger buns this year that would be equally helpful. Please contact Andrew Dennison for further information. Tel 087 293 7903
Let us at A Helping Hand reduce your to-do list With a friendly, reliable service. Just some of our services: • Gardening • Weekly Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance & Tidy Up • Decks, Driveways & Patio’s Powerwashed • Grave Maintenance • Pet Sitting • Property check when you are away For further information: contact Andrew Dennison by phone: 087 2937903 or 01 2143589 email: andrew@ahelpinghand.ie
The Spotlight on our ‘Organisation of the month’ for May is “The Choir.” The Choir is a vital part of Parish & Church Life for St. Brigid’s and All Saints’. Not only do they provide the backdrop for every hymn sung, there is plenty of opportunity to learn beautiful new anthems, arias and hymns. Choir practices are held on Monday nights at 7.45 pm in All Saints’ Church and Wednesday nights at 7.30 pm in St. Brigid’s Church. The hymns, psalms and canticles are practiced for the coming Sundays and Anthems learnt and rehearsed for Special Services. Choir practice is less than an hour but during that time there is much laughter, fun and of course singing. If there are particular hymns you would like to see sung in Church, choir Practice is the perfect time to put in your request!
The choir is often invited to sing in other Churches for special occasions and indeed have just been invited to sing with Christ Church Cathedral Choir to sing at ‘Evensong’ on Sunday 10th May. (Rehearsal at 2.30 pm for 3.30 pm service.) No Auditions are needed for either Choir. We would be delighted to welcome new members of ALL ages to come along and add to the musicality of our Church. There is a social side to the Choir also with semi regular drinks in the Lep Inn and often informal get togethers with friends after choir practice! We would also dearly love to see some of our younger parishioners coming along to choir practice and indeed if there was some accompanying music such as violins, violas, cellos, recorders etc that would be most welcome. Please contact Clive on 087 2588 481 or see him after Church any Sunday!
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Indoor Bowls
Clu b Secret a ry : Vera Bo lger 087-2809931 or 2780074 We have come to the end of our bowling season finishing with our annual dinner and presentation of prizes which, this year, will be in the Orchard Inn on Tuesday 12th May. In March John Dunne represented St Brigid’s in the Champion of Champions competition and was the outright winner. Congratulations John, you were a worthy winner. When we re-open in September we would like to see some new faces joining us as we still have some vacancies. Bowls is a great game so if anybody feels like trying the game do come along on either the Tuesday night or Friday morning and you will be most welcome. Enquiries to: Don Moore, Club Captain,
(086-8162311 or 2833031) or
Vera Bolger, Hon. Secretary, (087-2809931 or 2780074)
Cakes Needed! The Cake Stall at the Mayfair is once again looking for cakes and home-made goodies to sell. Some suggested items include: *Bread * Crumbles * Biscuit Cake * Rice krispie treats * Lemon drizzle cake * Brownies * Shortbread * Scones * Meringues * Jams * Marmalades * Fairy Cakes Freezer space available if you wish to bake now! Please contact Jackie Corcoran on 087 948 0943 or Clare in the office.
A note of thanks from Mabel Carroll:
“Thank you to all my friends in the Parish and in Mothers’ Union for all your kind wishes and lovely cards on the occasion of my 90th birthday. It made me feel very special and I am grateful to have such wonderful friends in St. Brigid’s & All Saints.”
If you have any surplus soft fruit (e.g. raspberries) in your freezer, Marion Kenny would be delighted to use it to make jam for the Mayfair. Please contact Marion directly on 086 330 9069. Thank You.
The Reading Group resumed after Easter to discuss So, Anyhow by John Cleese...he of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and other comedy roles. The Book is a biography but left out much of his personal detail in the latter half. The first part of the book deals with his growing up years and early adulthood at Cambridge University and as a teacher in his old school, where manners, courtesy and honesty were highly important. He seemed much of a loner but as the family moved at least 8 times in 8 years it can’t have been easy to make friends etc in new places. He found his niche in the drama groups at the university and the latter half of the book is filled with anecdotes and tales about writing the scripts etc for shows with the team. He gave no clues on how to become a successful script writer!
We meet again on Monday 11th May at 11am at The Wishing Well and the book chosen for discussion is The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich. Ida Heavenor 2887982 Barbara Lowen 2887010 Aileen Prole 2889565
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How many books are in the Bible? (Old Testament?) (New Testament?) What was the name of the shepherd boy who became the second king in Israel? How many brothers did Joseph have? Who were the parents of Cain and Abel? Noah sent out 2 different kinds of birds from the Ark. What were they? After the flood, what sign did God give that He would not destroy the earth with a flood again? Who did Boaz marry? Abraham traveled with his nephew. What was his nephew’s name? What was the name of Joseph’s baby brother? Who found baby Moses in the river? What was the name of the mountain where Moses was given the 10 Commandments? When Lot’s wife turned around and looked at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, what did she turn into? What were Gideon’s weapons when he fought the Midianites? What did King Solomon ask God to give him? What river was Jesus baptized in? What was the first miracle of Jesus recorded in the Bible? What kind of work did Zacchaeus do? When Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration, who were the Old Testament men who appeared with Him? Who was in prison with Paul in Philippi when they were singing and there was an earthquake? How many of each animal did Moses bring into the Ark? 66 (39) (27) David 11. He also had 1 sister. Adam and Eve Raven and Dove Rainbow Ruth
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Lot Benjamin Pharaoh’s daughter Mt. Sinai A pillar of salt Trumpets, pitchers and lamps. Wisdom
15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Jordan River Turning the water into wine. Tax collector Moses and Elijah Silas None. Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt. It was Noah who was on the Ark.
Although we had no Mothers’ Union meeting in April as the first Thursday of the week was during Holy Week, our Mothers’ Union committee have been busy behind the scences. We have been selling the lovely publication called ‘Grace & Flavours’ in support of the Mums in May 2015 campaign. At €4 per book, this delightful collection of recipes and meditations and prayers is well worth a look at. As we go to press the Disocesan Council meeting is taking place and we will report back to all members at our final meeting in May anything of relevance to our branch. Many of you will have received a copy of the beautiful ‘e-card’ we receive from the Spanish Branch of Mothers’ Union we contacted in March. It was sent to all of us wishing us a very happy Easter and we were delighted to receive the communication. As you are all aware the Annual Mayfair of St. Brigid’s is coming up on Saturday 16 th May. We are once again appealing to all our wonderful members to start baking up a storm and helping us contribute to another very successful cake stall. If you would like to bake in advance freezer space can be arranged – please contact Clare MacManus for details. The committee are also finalising the details of our outing on Saturday 6 th June and we will let all members know the details as soon as possible. On a final note, the total amount raised for Christian Aid at our Famine Lunch was €647.50. Thank You to all who helped on the day. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Thursday 7th May – Closing service in St. Brigid’s Church followed by tea, coffee and games. Saturday 16th May – St. Brigid’s Mayfair. 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday 6th June – Annual Outing. Details available shortly. TRUST: We will continue to support TRUST for May and items that are being collected this month include towels, yellow bic razors and soap .
Church Review and Newsletter items Please note that the deadline dates for the above publications are as follows: Church Review: Newsletter:
May 14th May 21st
Items to be left at The Rectory marked for my attention or e-mail them to office@stbrigidsandallsaints.com Thank you
Clare
Weekly Diary of Parish Organisations MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
4-5 pm
10-12.00
5-6 pm
Ladybirds
Tuesday Club
Beaver Scouts
(Jeanette Mee - 087 221 0529)
(Bruce Watchorn - 288 8162)
(Karen D’Alton - 2880198)
6.45-8.10 pm Cubs
5.15-6.45 pm
(Gwen Priestman - 087 221 4604)
(Helen O’Reilly - 085 149 8976)
7.30 pm Choir
7.30 pm
5.30 –6.30 pm
Indoor Football
(Martin Oakes - 086 312 8306)
Brownies Drama
(Junior)
6.30-7.30pm
Drama
(Senior)
7.45 pm
All Saints’ Choir
(Clive Armstrong - 087 258 8481)
St. Brigid’s
(Clive Armstrong - 087 258 8481)
8-10.30 pm Stillorgan Players (Edwina Scanlon - 087 417 0912)
(Sally Blair White - 087 287 0932)
7.30 pm
Indoor Bowls
(Vera Bolger - 087 280 9931)
8.20-11 pm
Badminton
(David Douglas - 086 249 9708)
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
10.30—12 noon
10—12.30 pm Indoor Bowls
10—1pm
(Vera Bolger - 087 280 9931)
(Eileen Larkin—086 196 9311)
6.30—8 pm
(Eileen Dornan - 087 210 8059)
OTHER
6.45—8.10 pm Guides
(Caroline Jolley - 087 249 9436)
Contact
(Aileen White - 289 5193)
8.00 pm
Mothers’ Union
(Clare MacManus—087 6283111) (1st Thursday of the month)
Brownies
(Susan Henry - 295 4806)
8.15– 10 pm
Scouts
(Colin Roche—086 829 5837)
Jnr Badminton
Garden Club
SUNDAY Sunday School is on the 2nd & 3rd Sundays of the month during the 11.30 service in St. Brigid’s.
Parish Mission Statement: ‘St. Brigid’s with All Saints’ aims to encourage people in their worship and in the formation, development and living out of their Christian faith, to promote friendship and caring in the community and wider world and facilitate everyone of all ages’