november 2010

United Celebration11am in the Parish Centre on Sunday 7th November 2010

“The Piggy Bank Squeals”Surviving & thriving in times of recession

Simon and Eleanor Stokes will share their faithstory at this service - do invite your friends.

We also welcome the younger members of theband to lead us this morning – let’s fill the

Parish Centre from all over the Union!

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Café Churchis back on Saturday 6th November at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre.

The theme is ‘Living simply that others may simply live’ - andJim Casey will be sharing his experience of visiting the Healthy Vine

Project in Luweero, Uganda.

It will have all the usual craic of Café Church: music,coffee and tasty finger food (of course!) !

And bring your purses and wallets to shop early forChristmas (don’t groan!) - as Ruth Hockey will be there with Tear-

craft products to help Third World producers get a good return.

All in all it will be the kind of night to invite your friends!

Café Church future dates: We hope to have the next one on NewYear’s Eve—Friday 31st December...any takers to see in 2011?If so, text 086 3360354 or email the parish office—it would be goodto see how many people are interested. Also, we’d love to hear any

Getting to know...Bishop Ken & Helen Clarke

...faces that are already familiar to many of us—and will be familiarto us all in the months ahead as we welcome them to the parish fora weekend in the Autumn of 2011 and then for the mission in Feb-ruary 2012.Helen’s Dad was Rector of Carrigrohane before his retirement, soshe’s really a daughter of the parish and Cork holds a special placein their hearts! Helen is the keynote speaker at the women’s con-ference in Rosscarbery this month. Ken is Bishop of Kilmore dio-cese, and among many of his other roles he is the Mothers’ UnionCentral Chaplain. Together they are joint hosts of the annual sum-mer New Wine Holiday conference in Sligo.

Kingdom Engage …expressing “thekindness and love of God our Saviour …” (Titus 3 v 4)

Prayer Focus for November: April Gunn“I have just started a two year course, called Children’s Evangelismand Nurture, with Cliff College, which is near Sheffield. It is a dis-

tance learning course which involves three residential weeks this year and twonext year. Having completed the first week, I am just so exited about the courseand know that I will learnso much.

Please pray:• that I will find thecorrect balance betweenstudy and work, both mymusic teaching andchurch work with Light-house, Blarney Toddlersand The Ark• that I will be able toapply what I learn to mywork in the church• that there will be no delays in orders for books and that I will be able to

access the materials I need to study• that I will remain positive about the course and my ability, with God’s help, to

do the study required and keep up on work commitments.• that essays/assignment will not cause undue stress• that the number of families coming to Lighthouse will continue to grow andthat it will be a fun-filled, faith learning and growing experience for all involved.”

April as the‘pied piper’at the Big

Toddle lastJune!

Just a reminder—Ian’s day off will normally be Monday.

Also in this issue…• Surviving & thriving in times of recession

• From Blarney to Mountmellick!• Alpha, Parenting group, LG/MU updates

• Responding to Emmanuel• Women’s conference in Rosscarbery

• Ian writes...• November’s Diary

Thank you!...to everyone for a wonderful

Harvest Celebration!

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Parish Contacts: Rector: Rev Ian Jonas – 4871106 email: [email protected] Office: 4877260 (Mon-Fri mornings) email: [email protected]

Youth Workers: Matt Gould: 085 1080067 Katie Gould: 085 1080030 email: [email protected] website: www.carrigrohaneunionofparishes.ie

We change the answer machine message at the beginning of each week—and include the times of the services for the following Sunday.

‘Changing Times/Changing Roles’- a conference for women organised by the Mothers’ Union,Cork. In the Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery from 12th-14thNovember.

Guest Speaker: Helen ClarkeWorkshops including:

Attitude Matters/Just People—social action/Balancing Family Life/Stress Management

For more details: [email protected] or phone Jennifer King-ston on 086 3236641

Ladies’ Guild/Mothers’ UnionWe welcomed members from the ICA to share with us as we heardabout the work of St Vincent de Paul in October. Mr Dempsey was awonderful ambassador for SVP—telling us about the organisation &finance, but also sharing many personal stories and experiences thatgave us a wonderful insight into the importance and effectiveness ofthe work as so many volunteers seek to ‘be the hands and feet of ourLord’ to those in need. He emphasised that the dignity of all clientsis paramount and the volunteers are non-judgemental and acceptingof everyone. We could have listened for hours! Our cake stall raised€240 which was a good start to the year’s fund-raising and it wasgreat to present this to Mr Dempsey as a first instalment.Nov 15th—8pm in Parish Centre to wrap Christmas gifts forRosenalee residents & shop at the MU Enterprise stall.

27 parishioners went on the bus—and moreagain in their own cars—to support Ruth &Alan at Ruth’s institution as Rector of Mount-mellick Group of Parishes .Thanks to Ted fororganising the bus...and keeping track of usall! Ian preached at the service—and asRuth’s new Bishop is Richard Clarke—theCork connections were strong! We had awarm welcome in Mountmellick & continue topray for the people and for Ruth & Alan asthey get to know each other.

Please continue to pray for—21st Century Parent group meeting inNosh & Coffee, Ballincollig on 4, 11, 18& 25 Nov—and for the Alpha course inBlarney—with a wonderful 40+ guests!




SPANSPANSURVIVING AND THRIVING INTIMES OF RECESSION

Over the last few years Simon and Eleanor Stokes havebeen at the sharp end of the recession with their scaffold-ing business. They found God intervened when they wereafforded the opportunity to attend the New Wine confer-ence this year. But it wasn’t a simple decision to attend inthe first place, as they now tell us.

“We were thrilled with the generosity and kind offer ofbeing able to attend New Wine. But the question was, howcould we go from the point of view of both of us beingaway from work at the same time? Deeper still, Eleanorwas slightly nervous of the whole concept of New Wineand what it involved. There were many “ifs” and “buts”,however we both knew deep down from the beginning thatwe should attend.And boy, we were right to do so!From the very first moment of arriving in Sligo, we had a

feeling that the week was going to be special, and it was.God touched us in ways we didn’t even know were possi-ble. There were so many times that we felt the peace ofthe Holy Spirit on us that it is hard to pick out particularinstances. I think it was the Monday night that a speakercalled John Kirkby spoke about CAP (Christians AgainstPoverty). To be honest both Eleanor and I went along,thinking that it would nothave a lot to do with us.Were we wrong!!!!

The only way we candescribe it, is if you can imagine listening to a talk andthinking that what was said was one hundred percentmeant for you and you alone. John spoke directly into ourlives at that moment as he shared his own story. He hadbeen running a successful business only to see it collapse,leading to the break-up of his marriage and family. We toohad experienced enormous pressure on our family life andonly by the grace of God had survived. We knew just howhe felt and marvelled as John spoke about his coming tomeet Jesus after a pastor rented a house from him – hedesperately needed the money. The pastor realised howhe desperately needed the Lord!

That evening, we cried, we laughed, and we sat in a stateof nearly disbelief. We went up afterwards for prayer andwere very much touched by God. If we had had to leavethe very next day, we would have left different people.Along with how we were touched personally we also feelstrongly about the work CAP are doing, and maybe this issomething God would like us to be involved with in thefuture.

If that was not enough for us to take in, the very nextmorning we went to “Just Looking” ( a session for those

who want to explore issues of faith). George Newellwas taking the Seminar and he was talking aboutNaomi. Neither of us knew anything about her story,of God providing in time of need amidst huge pres-sures. Once again it was as if George knew exactlywhat was going on in our lives and he had preparedthe talk for us. Needless to say, once again we weredeeply touched by God.

Time after time throughout the week, God literatelyamazed us. We received prophetic words whichspoke directly into our life’s and were spoken out bypeople we had never met in our lives.

Leaving aside the spiritual aspect of the week, wealso got the chance just to have fun as a family. Play-ing hiding seek with the kids around Yeats village andbasically just doing normal family stuff with our chil-dren. We also got a chance to get to know otherchurch members especially through the monster BBQ(if felt like the whole of New Wine was present!)hosted by Ivan and June McMahon.

We arrived home feeling refreshed and with a clearerview of where we are going. It is almost impossible toput into words our gratitude. We both feel we will lookback on this week in time to come and say it was adefining time in our lives.

Now three months later our business is a muchsmaller operation. We have been lucky enough to beable to reduce most of the company debt. With still abit to go, we have no clear idea what the future holdsfor us, individually or as a family, but we do feel thatGod has a plan for us. We have become muchstronger in our faith. We are continuously listening towhere we are being guided. (Sometimes this is in theopposite way to what we think!!!) We have beenblessed with a new source of income from our yardand we know this is God's doing, as if he saying “chillout I will cater for your needs in the future”.We try not to think or worry about our future, eventhough it looks like there won't be much income fromthe business, as God has never left us down . He isaware of our needs and we know that He will havesomething in place to for us. So we look forward witha sense of excitement and anticipation to see justwhat it is.”

United Celebration11am in the Parish CentreSunday 7th November 2010“The Piggy Bank Squeals”

Simon and Eleanor will share their faith storyat this service - do invite your friends.

We also welcome the younger members ofthe band to lead us this morning –

let’s fill the Parish Centre from all over theUnion!

P.S. Borrow the cd ‘Surviving & thriving in times of reces-sion’ from the New Wine Sligo holiday collection. Ian has allthe main talks & seminars to share around!

Sun 10th—Fri 15th July 2011

ADVANCE NOTICE !!!



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Tuesday 2nd November10am-12 noon Toddlers in Blarney church

Thursday 4th November8pm—Alpha Blarney secondary school8pm—21st Century Parent group in Nosh & Coffee, Ballincollig

Friday 5th November10.15-11.45am Toddlers—Parish Centre, Carrigrohane7-9pm Glow Max in the Parish Centre

Saturday 6th November7.30pm doors open for Café Church beginning at 8pm‘Living simply that others may simply live’ - with Jim Caseysharing his experience of visiting Uganda . Tearcraft Stall.See elsewhere in Span for more details.

Tuesday 9th November10am-12 noon Toddlers in Blarney church

Wednesday 10th November8pm—Book Club at Joanna’s house ‘ The Girl with the PearlEarring’ by Tracy Chevalier

Thursday 11th November8pm—21st Century Parent group in Nosh & Coffee, Ballincollig8pm—Alpha in Blarney secondary school

Friday 12th October10.15-11.45am Toddlers– Parish Centre, Carrigrohane7-9pm—Glow in the Parish Centre

12th—14th ‘Changing Times/Changing Roles’ - a conferencefor women organised by the Mothers’ Union, Cork. In the CelticRoss Hotel, Rosscarbery from 12th-14th November. GuestSpeaker: Helen Clarke. See elsewhere in Span for moredetails.

Sunday 7th November9.00am Holy Communion, Carrigrohane

Followed by refreshments in the Parish Centre11am United Celebration in the Parish Centre

5.30-7.30pm Sunday PM

Sunday 14th November9.00 am Morning Prayer, Carrigrohane

10.00am Holy Communion, Carrigrohane11am A Service of the Word, Blarney

11.30 Memorial Service with Holy Communion, InniscarraGrowing Leaders Session this afternoon in Parish Centre

5.30-7.30pm Sunday PM7.30pm Open to God, Parish Centre

Monday 15th November8pm—LG/MU meeting in Parish Centre—wrappingChristmas gifts for Rosenalee, with Mothers’ UnionEnterprise stall

Tuesday 16th November10am-12 noon Toddlers in Blarney church

Thursday 18th November78pm—21st Century Parent group in Nosh & Coffee,

Ballincollig8pm—Alpha in Blarney secondary school

Friday 19th November10.15-11.45am Toddlers—Parish Centre, Carrigrohane7.30pm Mission Planning group meeting in Parish Centre

Monday 22nd November7.30pm—Select Vestry meeting beginning in Committees,Parish Centre

Tuesday 23rd November10am-12 noon Toddlers in Blarney church

Thursday 25th November8pm—Alpha Blarney secondary school8pm—final 21st Century Parent group in Nosh & Coffee,Ballincollig

Sunday 21st November9am Holy Communion, Carrigrohane

10am A Service of the Word, Carrigrohane11am A Service of the Word, Blarney8.30-5pm, The Lighthouse, Blarney

November 2010

Sunday 28th NovemberFirst Sunday in Advent

9am Holy Communion, Carrigrohane10am All-age Service of the Word, Carrigrohane

11am Holy Communion, Blarney11.30am Morning Prayer, Inniscarra

5.30-7.30pm Sunday PM7.30pm ‘O Come Emmanuel’, Parish Centre

Sunday 31st October10am Service of Wholeness & Healing, Carrigrohane

11am Service of Wholeness & Healing, Blarney

Advance Notice for Christmas !Sun 12th Dec—3.30-5pm Christingle Lighthouse, Blarney

7pm Community Carol Service, InniscarraWed 15th Dec—V Special Seniors’ (over 50!) Christmas

Lunch at 12.45pm in P.Centre, (following the HC at 12 noon)Sun 19th Dec—Parish Carol Service at 7pm Carrigrohane

Fri 24th Dec—Holy Communion at 11pm, InniscarraSat 25th Dec—Christmas Day—10am Holy Communion,

Carrigrohane & 11.15am Holy Communion, BlarneySun 26th Dec—11.00am, United Worship, Inniscarra



SPANSPANLove must be overspent, over-extended, overdrawn, all

the time — for that is the only way it can grow. Love is so farfrom a media sum game that love is almost like manna. It cannotbe hoarded and set aside for some future date. Our own individ-ual portions of love must be used up in full everyday. If we followthat prescription, the more you use it the more it grows, then weare guaranteed an inexhaustible resource of love for our wholelife.” Leonard Sweet (author and theologian).

As Ruth leaves the Union of Churches these words seem apt.For amongst all the gifts Ruth shared with us, it is her love thatstands out - she has a special capacity for love. The danger forus,is that we will withdraw into our shells leaving a vacuum to befilled by her replacement. But Leonard Sweet’s words remind usthat we all have a capacity for love to be used everyday and forthe building up of the fellowship. In fact in the NT there are 29“One another” references. Here are three:

Love one another, deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1 v 22,Be patient bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4 v 2Encourage one another daily. Hebrews 3 v 13

Quite simply God seems to place more store onthe love shared among church members than theleadership of one individual. Ruth for one, will bedelighted to hear that the love just keeps growingamong us!

Ruth’s farewellAround 150 crammed the Parish Centre for Ruth’s farewell ser-vice and lunch, and amidst much emotion we said farewell to herand Alan. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the occasionwith mountains of food, the set up and clearing away afterwards.

Alpha and House GroupsIt is a joy and encouragement to hear about the large numbers atthe Blarney Alpha course and to hear of well attended courseselsewhere in the Diocese. As a tool for evangelism ( the firstmark of the church “Tell the Good News”) it has stood the test oftime – it is nearly 20 years since it was promoted for the widerchurch, having had a long track record in its place of birth, HolyTrinity, Brompton London.

From the course completed in the spring thisyear, eight new people have signed up forhouse groups, including a new one inBallincollig made up of members of the C of Iand RC church. For that to happen one house group had to ineffect “die” as they led the Alpha course. And of course the grouphas reconvened and is stronger for the experience, which under-lines the fact that for small groups to flourish, they have to gobeyond their comfort zones and reach out.

Youth WorkThe youth work has taken positive steps forward, with a numberof those in Transition Year and above, embarking on the YouthLeaders course. Kicking off with a weekend away, the youngpeople will meet monthly together for training, pair up with amentor from the congregation for an hour once a month, and getinvolved with leadership e.g. in the Glow group. Training youngpeople in leadership was identified as one of the key aims duringthe recent Youth Work Review, and it is good to see it takingplace so quickly.

PeopleVery best wishes to Herbie Calvert as he moves to live in Lapp’s Court.

Building Blocks ConferenceThe annual Children’s Ministry Conference will be held on Saturday13th November in Dublin and on 20th November in Belfast. A fewpeople involved in children’s ministry in the parish are hoping to go. Ifyou’d be interested, please contact the parish office for more details—or see www.buildingblocks.ie

Loop system in BlarneyIt’s great to have the loop system up and running in Blarney.

Every blessing, Ian

Advance Notice for Christmas !Sun 12th Dec—3.30-5pm Christingle Lighthouse, Blarney

7pm Community Carol Service, InniscarraWed 15th Dec—V Special Seniors’ (over 50!) Christmas Lunch at

12.45pm in Parish Centre, (following the HC at 12 noon)Sun 19th Dec—Parish Carol Service at 7pm, Carrigrohane

Fri 24th Dec—Holy Communion at 11pm, InniscarraSat 25th Dec—Christmas Day—10am Holy Communion, Carrigrohane

& 11.15am Holy Communion, BlarneySun 26th Dec—11.00am, United Worship, Inniscarra

“Responding to Emmanuel” –

The Feast of St AndrewTuesday 30th November 2010 8.00pm

St Peter’s, Carrigrohane

The Diocesan Council for Mission (DCM) would like to invite you to joinus on the Feast of Andrew for a simple communion service and reflec-tion when we are “Responding to Emmanuel”.This Emmanuel is one of our members: Emmanuel Adabisi, who pre-sented his thoughts about mission to us at a recent DCM meeting. Itwas a heart felt cry from an African for a renewed love for theproclamation of the Gospel by the churches in Ireland, and an expres-sion of sadness at our apparent lack of passion and commitment. In ourresponse DCM members shared frankly with Emmanuel that we haveheard many similar stories before from Africans.If we’re honest though, we are often at a loss to reply to Emmanuel and

other similar cries, apart from half hearted appeals to cultural differ-ences, etc. Rarely do we respond creatively to how we proclaim theGospel in our context. So we are meeting on St Andrew’s day to try andmake a positive response to Emmanuel.During the evening there will be the following:

Brief presentations:• Identifying the gifts of our congregations – Mark Dunwoody

(Diocesan Youth Officer).• Glorying in the Remnant – Rev David Armstrong• “Just People” - Helen Lane introduces us to a course to

stimulate Mission in our parishes

Intercession for every Union/ Group of parishes in theUnited Diocese

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