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Bawnboy Community Festival (A thank you from the committee)

This years festival was the most successful to date, raising over €35, 500. A big thank you to all who gave so generously and to all who helped in any way. The monies raised were distributed in the following way;

St Luke’s Hospital	€21, 500
St Christopher’s Hospice	€2, 000
Cavan Cancer Home Care	€2, 000
Templeport Social Services	€2, 000
Breffni Care Centre	€2, 000
St Peter’s Church of Ireland	€3, 000
St Patrick’s, Kilnavart	€3, 000

A total of €255, 000 has been raised over the 16 years of the festival to date.

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Can’t cook, won’t cook

This should be a night to be remembered! Our victims, or should I say participants are Dean Raymond Ferguson and Geoff. The demonstration will be provided by Flo Creighton, no stranger to many of us and the whole evening will be facilitated by Mr Gary Wilson from Kesh (the man who referred to our beautiful Community Centre as a converted hen house!!). Everything kicks off at 8pm on Friday 2nd November in the community centre at Templeport. The evening will include a supper and there will also be a bit of comedy from Johnny and Mary (remember them from Mr & Mrs) as Johnny prepares a special meal for his lovely bride! Tickets are priced at £6.50/€10 (contact Geoff for more details) and all proceeds are going towards Forward initiatives within our Group of Parishes e.g. Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner etc.

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Harvest project

• everyone who came along and supported these services;
• everyone who took part in the services “up front” so to speak;
• those who provided fruit and vegetables etc to decorate our churches and those did the decorating;
• those who gave so generously towards our Harvest project through Christian Aid – over €3000 was raised (including sterling) for the relief of flood victims in Asia.

Harvest supper and concert What a night we all had in Kildallon Community Centre!! Well over 200 people crowded into the hall for a night of entertainment, fellowship and food which will be long remembered in our Group. I know that many people really did not completely understand what the night would “look like” but I hope that this now gives us a great platform to build on for future years – someone came to me on the night bursting with ideas and energy regarding what might be done next year (Praise God for that!). Everyone who took part is worthy of sincere thanks and praise for providing such a varied and uplifting evening, from the youngest child to the oldest adult, your contribution was very much appreciated. And sincere thanks to the ladies who really did provide a wonderful supper for us all – a reminder of God’s goodness and faithfulness to provide for us as long as the earth endures. And thanks to the committee of the Community Centre for the use of a wonderful facility – something which I hope we will be using for similar events in the years to come.   To the right are thumbnail pictures of some of the performers at the concert. For lots more and larger photos click here to be taken to the Harvest Concert photo index. [www.swanlinbar.kilmore.anglican.org/group-news/Harvest-07]

Vestry meetings

Would members of the Select Vestries please attend the following meetings;

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Holidays Geoff will be taking a few days off after his Marathon effort on Monday 29th October! During his absence any emergency calls should be referred to Rev George Browne (telephone 071-9644415). Geoff will resume normal duties on the Friday of that same week.

 

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Newsletter and Web Site

If you have any news items or photographs for insertion in future editions of the Newsletter or on the web site please let me have them.
Please remember too that this web site has lots colour photographs of many of the events mentioned on these pages and in previous Newsletters.

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Group Youth Fellowship

We got off to a great start way back in September – seems such a long time ago already!! Youth Fellowship resumes this evening (Sunday 21st Oct) from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Youth Fellowship is for all teenagers, regardless of whether they belong to our Group of Parishes or not, so if you are coming along bring a friend from another Parish or from the wider community. We want to see our young people becoming mature in the faith and growing in their knowledge of who they are in Christ – you can be part of that process by helping to equip the room where we meet. We need soft, comfortable furnishings to make the Minor Hall a comfortable place for our teenagers to “chill out” – so if you are changing a suite of furniture in the near future and your old suite is manufactured with fire-retardant material, we would love to take your old one off your hands!! Please let Geoff know if you would like to donate some soft furnishings.

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Girls Friendly Society
Would all parents with girls aged between 4 & 12 years please note that the GFS re-commences on Monday 5th November between 7 pm & 8.15 pm sharp in Newtowngore Hall. Any parent wishing to enrol their child in GFS should contact Matilda Hyland on 049 4333082.

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Confirmation

Bishop Ken has verified that there will be a service of confirmation at 3.30pm on Sunday 27th April 2008. So far I am aware of only 4 candidates, all from Swanlinbar Parish, so this service will take place in St. Augustine's Parish Church, Swanlinbar. There will be a meeting for all parents and candidates early in the New Year to discuss the preparation and what is involved in confirmation – attendance at our Group Youth Fellowship is considered to be part of that preparation.

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Parenting Course

Please don’t forget about this practical course, commencing on Tuesday 23rd Oct 2007, in the Minor Hall, Ballyconnell. The course will be under the auspices of the MU, facilitated by Ann Howard, but is absolutely open to non-members and indeed people who are not members of the Church of Ireland – we simply want to help parents to deal with the challenges they face today. The course runs over 4 weeks (23rd Oct, 30th Oct, 6th Nov and 13th Nov all at 8pm) and there is no charge for it although people would be encouraged to make a voluntary donation towards the travel expenses of the facilitator. If you are interested in attending then please let Geoff know – to date we have 10 interested parents. Please do come and encourage your friend or neighbour to come along as well.

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Update on work in Parishes Templeport – the floor is now complete, with a few minor adjustments to be made to the fixing of the choir stalls and I think that all would agree it is a beautiful job. The new toilet and boiler house for the oil-fired central heating system is now built but is still to be plastered, installation of the radiators under the pews is to begin next week God willing, all work should be complete for our Advent Carol service in December – imagine that, you will be able to leave your top coat outside in the porch!! Ballyconnell – the floor has now been laid, yet to be sanded and varnished, but there is still much to do! Progress has been slow but sure but it is only fair to say that works completed are very pleasing indeed. Like Templeport, we hope to have all works completed for our Advent Carol service in December. Kildallon – the work to the Rectory should be commencing in around 3 weeks time. It is hoped that a contractor will be appointed to do this work at the next meeting of our Select Vestry for Kildallon, Newtowngore & Corrawallen at 8 pm on Monday 22nd October 2007 in the Sunday School room, Kildallon. And finally, Swanlinbar Parish are continuing to refurbish the Old School House, opposite the Rectory and it is hoped that a suspended ceiling will be installed in the next week or so. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to these projects, whether manually, financially or otherwise – your support is very much appreciated. +++ Kidz Club Kidz Club returns to Ballyconnell after a lengthy break and will resume on Sunday 4th November from 3.30pm to 5pm in Ballyconnell Hall. Kidz Club is a collaborative work between our new grouping and Derrylin Parish – but only a couple of children from our group come along to it! I would really encourage parents to bring their children along (aged 4-12) for a fun time when we can do something very substantial with the children which cannot be done in a church vestry!! Would leaders of Kidz Club please note that there will be a planning meeting for this club at 7.30 pm on Monday 22nd Oct in Derrylin Rectory. +++ Congratulations To Lance Woods of Kildallon Parish as he graduated recently with an Honours Degree in Animal Science through UCD. Lance has already taken up employment in Carlow and we wish him every success in his chosen career.   +++ Some humour   Outgoing Answering Machine Messages (3) "Hi. I am probably home, I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you." "Hi, this is George. I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now. Leave a message, and then wait by your phone until I call you back.". "Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us." "Hi. Now you say something." +++

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Service Schedule for the remainder of October & November
Day	Date	Time	Church	Service	Leader
Tuesday	October 23rd	2 pm	Breffni Residential Centre	HC 1	Geoff
Sunday	28th	10 am	Kinawley	MP2	George Taylor
	28th	10.30	Newtowngore	HC 1	Geoff
	28th	11.30	Templeport	MP 2	George Taylor
	28th	12.00	Kildallon	HC 2	Geoff
Sunday	November 4th	10 am	Swanlinbar	HC 1	George Browne
	4th	10.30	Corrawallen	MP2	Geoff
	4th	11.30	Templeport	HC 1	George Browne
	4th	12.00	Kildallon	MP 2	Geoff
Sunday	11th	10 am	Kinawley	MP 1	Geoff
	11th	11.am	Corrawallen	United	Hazel H. George T
	11th	11.45	Templeport	MP 1	Geoff
	11th	8 pm	Crom	Informal Praise	George Davison
Sunday	18th	10.30	Kildallon	MP 1	George Browne
	18th	11.00	Ballyconnell	United	George Taylor
	18th	12.00	Newtowngore	MP 1	George Browne
Sunday	25th	10.00	Swanlinbar	MP 2	George Taylor
	25th	10.30	Corrawallen	HC 2	Geoff
	25th	11.30	Templeport	MP 2	George Taylor
	25th	12.00	Kildallon	HC 2	Geoff
Tuesday	27th	2 pm	Breffni Residential Centre	HC 1	George Browne
1 after Service type indicates Traditional Service   2 after Service type indicates Contemporary Service After the United Services there will be a cup of tea in the Church or local hall

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