Kilbroney Centre Internship scheme launched
The brand new Kilbroney Centre Internship scheme has launched with the commissioning of three young adults as intern workers for the coming year.
Adam McKeague, Charlotte Geddis and Rachel Reid are all 18 and are pictured above with the rector of Clonallon and Warrenpoint with Kilbroney, Bishop Darren McCartney, and Kilbroney Development Officer Jan Peach.
The Internship Programme is part of the rapidly growing work in the Centre which has a significant ministry to the residential groups staying there.
The three new workers will assist Jan to host groups, provide outdoor activities, complete changeovers and also get involved in ministry with the local parish. They will also have a significant role in supporting diocesan youth and children’s ministry as well as developing their own faith and skills through discipleship and training courses.
Jan said, “We are delighted to have these 3 young adults join us for the year. They are quality people who have already played a significant part in the ministry here through their involvement in summer camps. I am excited to see what will develop for the Centre and for their own faith over the coming months. Please pray for them as they start their ministry here.”
Leave your touchscreen mark at the C of I Ploughing Stand
Ever visit a place and write your name in the visitors’ book or carve your initials in a tree trunk? Well, now you can make your mark at the National Ploughing Championships and do it in a techie way.
This year the C of I stand has a touchscreen map where, no matter what diocese you are from, you can input your first name, type in or choose your parish church from the drop–down menu and then leave a message. It could be ‘glad I’m here’ or ‘the feet are walked off me’ or ‘the cup of tea was great’ or it could be something deeper like ‘learned a lot about bees’ or ‘was really glad of the prayer space’. The message can be what you want it to be.
When you put your name in you will also be able to see how many others from your parish have left messages before you! At the end of each day the organisers from Cashel and Ossory diocese will know how many people from each diocese have visited the C of I stand and they will have the benefit of your feedback about the event also so please touch that screen and tell them your thoughts… Offers to swap rectors or bishops?
RSCM workshop in Cork
RSCM invite you to join in this day of singing with Adrian Lucas, Head of Choral Studies at the RSCM. The event is open to all singers, individuals and choirs alike, affiliates and non affiliates. The day will end with a service using music rehearsed during the day from the RSCM festival book ‘Where shall wisdom be found’ (which is included in the ticket price). The service will incorporate the presentation of awards to successful Voice for Life candidates by thE Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton.
The outline for the day is as follows:
10:30: Registration and welcome
11am onwards: Rehearsal (including lunch break)
16:30: Service
17:30: Finish and depart
Cost (price incudes festival book and light lunch):
AdultS: €20 Choristers (up to the age of 18): €10
For further details please contact Thérèse Gaughan – [secretary@rscmireland.com ]or call +353 (0)87 762 4380.
Support for those caring for someone with dementia
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Alzheimer’s Society is running a series of free four-week support sessions for people who provide unpaid care and support for someone living with dementia.
One of the venues for the programme is St Bartholomew’s Parish Church, Stranmillis Road, Belfast. The course will be held in St Bartholomew’s on Wednesday October 2, 9. 16 and 23, from 7pm-9pm each night. Topics are understanding of dementia, providing support and care, legal and financial matters, and coping day-to-day.
Other venues for October are Tesco, Knockagoney (Tuesday afternoons); the Houben Centre, 432 Crumlin Road, (Thursday mornings) and there is a full day meeting at the Alzheimer’s Society office, 30 Skegoneill Street, BT15 3JP on October 5. To find out more or to book a place, please phone Catherine on 90387772 / 07889648793 or email [crispbelfast@alzheimers.org.uk.]
Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer Reflection Morning
The Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer will hold a Reflection Morning at Drumbo Parish Church on Saturday September 21. The witness is the Rev Leslie Crampton. Contemplations will focus on a saying of God or Jesus. The timetable includes tea/coffee in parish centre at 9.30am, followed by contemplation at 10am and 11.15am, and Liturgy of the Word at 12.30pm. Everyone is welcome and is asked to bring lunch. Subscription 10 pounds. For further information, please contact Canon Raymond Fox on 07511 752160 or email [canonfox@btinternet.com]
Connor Ordination of Deacons to serve as Local Ministers
Three candidates will be ordained at a service in Lisburn Cathedral on Sunday September 22 at 3.30pm to serve in the Ordained Local Ministry, recently introduced in the Church of Ireland. They will be ordained by the Rt Rev Patrick Rooke, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry. The candidates are William Frederick Adrian Bell (Belfast: St Andrew, Glencairn and Belfast: Whiterock); Elizabeth Louise Bowes (Mossley) and Anne Locke (Whitehouse & Belfast: St Ninian).
Seminar to Explore Anglican-Roman Catholic Work on Receptive Ecumenism
The concept of receptive ecumenism will be the subject of a seminar which will take place in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute on Wednesday, 9th October, next from 7.30pm to 9.15pm. The seminar is being run by the Anglican and Ecumenical Affairs Working Group of the Church of Ireland Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue.
The focus of the evening will be on the latest report of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC-III), Walking Together on the Way, and the seminar will be open to any interested people (with attendance limited to a maximum of 50). Admission free (Booking required)
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he seminar will be addressed by two ARCIC members, Bishop Christopher Hill, from the Church of England, and Monsignor Mark Langham, Roman Catholic Chaplain at University of Cambridge.
Walking Together on the Way focuses on receptive ecumenism – the principle that asks first what one’s own tradition can learn from another, rather than being first concerned about what other traditions can learn from one’s own. Formally practised, it is a relatively new approach to ecumenical dialogue.
The formal contributions will be followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.
Bishop Christopher Hill has long been involved in ecumenical relations. He was the Church of England’s Bishop of Guildford from 2004 to 2013. He is a former President of the Conference of European Churches and is a current member of ARCIC-III.
Monsignor Mark Langham was Administrator of Westminster Cathedral until 2008, when he was appointed to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Since 2013, he has been chaplain at Fisher House, the University of Cambridge’s Roman Catholic chaplaincy. He is a former Co-Secretary of ARCIC.
Spaces at the seminar are limited. Anyone wishing to attend should contact Canon Ian Ellis, Chair of the Anglican and Ecumenical Affairs Working Group, at [ian.m.ellis@btinternet.com]