CARRIGROHANE UNION OF PARISHESSt Peter’s, Carrigrohane

St Senan’s, InniscarraThe Church of the Resurrection, Blarney

www.carrigrohaneunionofparishes.ie021-4877260

October 2012

FOOD, FELLOWSHIP, FRIENDS, FUN...• Following the Harvest Service (14 Oct in St Peter’s)—bring

and share finger food (sweet or savoury!) in the Parish Centre

• Men’s Breakfast in Nosh & Coffee, Ballincollig on Saturday20th October at 9.30am. Talking about things that interestmen while enjoying a full breakfast for 7 euro! This time—’Making Work Green’. Phone parish office to book your place.

• On the 3 November at 3.30pm in Blarney, sand-wiches, small cakes/scones would all be welcome forRobert Ferris’s welcome service.• Anyone who’d like to join the small team whocaters for the Seniors’ Lunches—please contact the

parish office or Patsy. The next lunch is on 10 October at12.30pm in the Parish Centre. Please phone 4877260 to book.

• Ladies’ Guild/Mothers’ Union meet on Monday 15 Octoberat 7.15pm in the Parish Centre to hear Florence Harrison fromCork Penny Dinners (LG project for this year). Booking hasbegun for the Women’s conference in the Celtic Ross Hotel,Rosscarbery from 16-18 November. Talk to Gail or the ParishOffice if you’re interested in a great weekend away!

• Painting Together—If you enjoy painting withoil, watercolours, acrylics or charcoals in a relaxedatmosphere with chat & refreshments—do join uson Tuesday mornings in the Parish Centre from10.30-12.30. For more details, ring Rosemary on

4346304 (wait for 14 rings for voicemail).

• Bavarian Choir Concert—in Blarney church at 8pmon 31st October. Everyone welcome. Retiring collection

• Glow Max—7.30pm, 12 Oct & Glow—7 pm, 19 Oct

PEOPLE...Looking back, thanks toSylvia Bolster and LaurelWatts for preparing theCarrigrohane display, forthe Cathedral flowerfestival. Also thanks toeveryone who hascleaned, painted andgardened the Minister’sHouse in Blarney – thenext work party will beon Sat 20th Octoberat 2pm. Thanks too, tothose who gave out thefliers for the recentConnect 2012 events.

Congratulations to VivSquire on being awardedh o no u r s a s s h ecompleted her course inSpiritual Direction—andto the many young, andnot so young, peoplewho have passed leaving& junior cert exams andgraduated with degrees.We hold all of you in ourprayers as God guidesyour future.

Congratulations alsoto Trevor & Diane Martin& Amy on the safearrival of Simon andto the Devoys andJohnstones on their newgrand-children!

Change of service times reminder for October:Sunday 7 October will be as the usual 2nd Sunday routine:9am & 10am in St Peters, 11am in Blarney, 11.30am in Inniscarra &3.30pm THE LIGHTHOUSE in Blarney.Sunday 14 October—United Celebration Special from 10.30am-12 noon& 3.30pm Harvest Service in St Peter’s followed by refreshments and alittle folk dancing in the parish centre.

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Dear Friends,This autumn we welcome Bishop Ken Good as he and his wife Mary

come to celebrate their marriage, 35 years after their wedding in StPeter’s Church. We congratulate them and wish them every happinessand God’s blessings on the next 35 years of married life! While they arehere, Ken has kindly offered to preach and so we have arranged to haveour harvest service at 3.30pm in St Peter’s on Sunday 14th October,followed by a harvest supper with a little folk dancing in the ParishCentre. But that is not all.

UNITED CELEBRATION SPECIAL- SUNDAY 14TH OCTOBER 10.30 TO 12.00Earlier in the day we have a special United Celebration BEGINNING at 10.30am when Kenspeaks to us about vision and church development, and how as a church we can discern God’swill for us His people.

As individuals God’s Guidance is never easy and Nicky Gumbel’s teaching in the Alpha course isreally helpful .He explains his points with five CS’s one of which is the “Counsel of Saints.” Theidea is that when looking for guidance it is essential that we take advice and ask others withwisdom to help us. The church (i.e. “the saints” as the New Testament describes God’s people)is no different. Traditionally we have trusted the judgement and the wisdom of the SelectVestry and the clergy, which is important. But all too often there is not enough time to pray,reflect on what we are doing and look ahead to what we should be doing – especially given theaccelerating changes that are taking place in society. We cannot assume that what we havealways meant by “church” will be appropriate in the future. Even now, are we really tuning intothe cultural shifts that are taking place? So this year, the Select Vestry has considered thesetting up of a Vision and Development Group (“Vision Group” for short) and Ken comes tohelp us make progress. (In this Newsletter you can read about the Select Vestry proposals).

Here is an outline of this Special United Service:

10.30 Worship and Welcome10.45 Talk by Bishop KenLessons for God’s People to Discover His Will andPurposes—from John 15 looking at:

• The Qualities required for the Members of theVision Group

• Discernment• The relationship to the Select Vestry and the

wider Church11.10 Buzz groups over a cup of coffee11.35 Worship Song11.40 Feedback11.55 Worship Song

(Please note children will have a film in the Meeting Room.Matt has offered to keep an eye on proceedings!)

Afterwards the Select Vestry will:• Nominate their members for the Vision group,• Listen to the feedback and proceed to receive

nominations following the Dedication Sundayon 4 November.

So looking ahead……

NEWS FROM CAITLIN JONAS0N THE TOM* TEAM(* Team on Mission) Hello everyone!I just wanted to write to say a bigthank you for all your support withprayers and fundraising. I am blownaway at your generosity - it really hasbeen amazing. I have recentlyfinished my three weeks of trainingwhich were challenging, funny,emotional and refreshing all at thesame time! I have three other girlson my team and we are already likea little family so can’t wait to see howwe work together throughout theyear. We have just finished threedays of planning before we head offto Gorey tomorrow, to work in theschool running programs for classesup to 140 people as well as helpingto run the youth nights. I will keepyou up dated throughout the year,thank you again for your prayers, wereally do appreciate it!PDF Creator - PDF4Free v3.0 http://www.pdf4free.com

DEDICATION SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2012We will be making this a special day when, during the 9am service in St Peter’s and theUnited Celebration in the Parish Centre, we will dedicate ourselves afresh to Christ’sservice— in particular through:

• the Stewardship of our finances – see the letter sent to every church member reour need to increase our giving by 20%, and we bring our response cards as asymbol of our offering for the coming year.

• moving forward with the nomination of the Church members of the Vision Group.

Please pray for Ken as he comes to guide us and let’s pray that as His Church we will be ledto move forward bravely in the confidence of doing His will.

Every prayer and blessing,

Ian

VISION AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP(abbreviated to “Vision Group”)- The Select Vestry Proposals

Purpose:• To be a prayerful fellowship with clear goalsand objectives for the building up of the Church inCarrigrohane Union of Parishes and to extendGod’s kingdom.• To be a sounding board for the staff team inall matters of the ministry and mission of thechurch i.e.; Up, In and Out.• To be a place to consider current issues ofpolicy and planning.• To prayerfully consider the direction of thechurch for the next three to five years.

Membership3 staff members i.e.; Rector, Blarney Minister andYouth Worker(s)3 members from the Select Vestry3 members from the General Church Membership1 ex officio chosen by the Vision Group members

Commitment of Vision Group members is to• make meetings so far as possible a priority,• be willing to share their views honestly,• be willing to listen to God in prayer and throughthe other members.

Meetings and Accountability• The Vision Group will meet not less than 5

times a year, and will be accountable to theSelect Vestry.

• An interim review of the value of the VisionGroup will be held after the first year and afull review after two years.

TEARFUND IRELANDVisiting Speaker

Sunday 28th October

Our HarvestCollectionwill go toTearfund

On Sunday October 28th, CarrigrohaneUnion will be hosting Niamh Daly fromTearfund Ireland who will bespeaking at all 4 services that day!Assuming her voice holds out, she willbe speaking about the work ofTearfund, particularly focussing on anew program Tearfund has introducedcalled “Connected Church”. Thisprogram seeks to build closer linksbetween individual churches here inIreland and specific sponsored organi-sations abroad. Niamh is Director ofCommunications with Tearfund Ireland,having joined them in 2011. She has 3daughters and writes: “What excitesme most about the work of Tearfund isthat it uses a really good developmentmodel that works through the localchurch. I love working for an agencythat ultimately depends on the Lord ineverything it does. Working withextremely poor communities strugglingto feed themselves and yet relying onthe Lord as ‘the bread of life’ is hugelyhumbling.”

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Parish Contacts:Rector: Canon Ian Jonas – 4871106 email: rector@carrigrohaneunionofparishes.ieParish Office: 4877260 (Mon-Fri mornings) email: parishoffice@carrigrohaneunionofparishes.ie

Youth Workers: Matt Gould: 085 1080067 & Katie Gould: 085 1080030) email: mattandkatiegould@yahoo.co.ukParish 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.

CONNECT 2012- WOOF WOOF!

One of the keyrecommendations

emerging from the Connect 2012programme was to keep going! So onSunday 16th September we held a servicefor the blessing of pets. The astonishingthing is that at least half of those whoattended were people we had never metbefore (let alone the pets!)…so Woof!Woof! …we are barking up the right tree!So keep inviting others to the HarvestService in St Peter’s and the Men’sBreakfast on the 20th October.

Ballincollig Shopping CentreOn Friday 2nd November the manage-ment of Ballincollig Shopping Centre havesaid we can have a stand as we did lastFebruary. This time our “give-away “willhave a Christmas theme. Of course thismeans we need a team – the bigger theteam the longer we can be present…from12 mid-day onwards? So, with thisConnect Newsletter you will find a cardwhich we ask you to complete if you cancommit to attending, and also if you haveany particular skills you can contribute;e.g.; children’s stories, face painting,friendly smiles, etc.

Meeting to plan forGIVE AWAYS

Friday 12th October 7.30pmin St Peter’s Church

All are welcome with their ideas andoffers of support in respect of the twoforthcoming giveaways:• Ballincollig Shopping Centre—Friday

2nd November• Blarney Toys and Presents—Saturday

8th December

NOVEMBER GROUPS – OPEN HOUSEIn November 2011 we invited everyone to join a smallgroup with a special focus on the book of Esther. Onceagain, all are welcome to join a small group for thisseason. Such groups are a great way of getting to knowpeople and growing in faith. This year we are taking thetheme of how we find fulfilment and purpose for ourunique purpose for life using material by Rick Warrencalled SHAPE i.e.;

Spiritual GiftsHeart

AbilitiesPersonalityExperience

Here are the dates – just turn up or give the hosts a callwith any questions.

Tuesdays: 8pm at the Parish Centre, commencing:Tues 4th Nov Contact: Rosemary Hickey Tel: 4346304

Wednesdays (alternate weeks): 10.45am to12.15pm Parish Centre, Carrigrohane, and commenc-ing: Wed 7th Nov Contact: Joan Hales Tel: 021 4343059

Wednesdays: 8pm at 15 St Mary’s Place,Carrigrohane, commencing: Wed 7th Nov

Contact: Dean and Mary Venables Tel: 4877006

Thursdays: 8pm in the Parish Centre, Carrigrohane,commencing: Thurs 1st Nov

Contact: Bill and Janet Lane Tel: 4874055

NB: The Thursday Blarney growth group willbe running the Alpha course commencing in

October – do get along to do this great coursethat gets to the heart of what it is to beChristian: Thursdays, 8pm the AlphaCourse, Rathpeacon Community Centre.

Contact: Judith Monk Tel: 4542691

It’s not too late to come along to the ParishRetreat on Sat 6 October: Nurturing &Celebrating Our Story—led by Fr JamesMcSweeney from 10am-4pm in St Luke’sEducation Centre, Blackrock. During thesessions there will be space for walks &

personal quiet. Cost is 10 euro and lunch &coffee/tea are provided. Please phone the

parish office to book by Thursday 4 October.

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