Group Churches

MAD Craft Circle

This is a group who have regular gatherings around the Diocese and are coming to St Paul’s, Kinawley on Monday the 20th of February at 8 pm. In the course of the evening there will be demonstrations of things you could make with limited resources, recycling existing materials. This should be of particular interest to our Sunday School teachers and also anyone who just has a general interest in crafts. The whole evening is very informal and great fun.

Lenten Services Following on from last year’s model of services we will begin our series in Kinawley (not Tomregan, as published in previous the Newsletter) on Ash Wednesday, the 1st March. Thereafter, services will abide by the following pattern;
All services will be at 8 pm Holy Week Wednesday 8th March Derrylin Monday 10th April Tomregan Thursday 16th March (Mission Service) Tomregan Tuesday 11th April Derrylin Wednesday 22nd March Derrylin Wednesday 12th April Kinawley Wednesday 29th Kinawley Thursday 13th April Derrylin Wednesday 5th April Derrylin Good Friday 14th April Tomregan
		Our theme throughout our midweek services will be “Growing in Godliness” and we will be looking at Paul's letter to Titus. Please do make a special effort to attend these Lenten services whether they are hosted in your own Church or elsewhere and let’s move Forward together!

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ARROW Leadership Programme

Way back in December 2005, I applied for a course with the Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS). I am delighted to inform you that I have been accepted on this course, along with 2 other clergy from Northern Ireland. It begins on Saturday 18th March 2006 with a day in Warwick, (right in the middle of our Mission!) and will mean being away from the Group for 4 six-day residentials over the next eighteen months. Between these residentials I will be required to meet up with a number of my course peers twice for support and prayer. The demand on my time will amount to approx 3 hours per week. One of the first people I told about this course asked me if this meant that I would be leaving the Group. I was able to say without fear of contradiction that this course is not about moving on!! But this course is about developing leadership skills modelled on Jesus himself. Please support us prayerfully as we embark on this new chapter in ministry. Undoubtedly this will bring more challenges on my time as well as on family time, but with God’s help and your support, we hope and pray that our Group will be blessed through more effective leadership modelled on the Good Shepherd.

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Kinawley Toddler’s Group

If you are interested in helping setup a Parent’s and Toddler’s group in Kinawley, please telephone Collette McGreevy on 07704 784963.

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Bereavement

Our sincere sympathies are extended to Phyllis Cassidy and the whole family on the recent death of her father. Loss is never easy to deal with, but we pray that with the support of a loving family and kind friends, the family’s sense of loss will ease with time. Phyllis, may you, and the whole family circle, know the Lord’s loving presence at this difficult time.

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Bawnboy Community Alert

Thanks to everyone who contributed to our recent retiring collection at St Peter’s – the total amounted to €50.

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Women’s World Day of Prayer

This is an annual event which is taking place this year in Drumduff Methodist Church, Florencecourt on Friday 3rd March at 8 pm – the speaker is Mrs Jennifer Haaijer.

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Poet’s Corner

You never know what hidden talents there are in the country, but I was very pleasantly surprised to stumble upon a budding Poet Laureate in our midst just the other day. Their poem is entitled;

The Only Son He was only a boy when his father died On a lonely hillside farm. His mother tried hard to carry on With the willing help of her son. And then one day when he came from school His mother was very ill, And as days passed by the doctor said She would never work again. As the weeks passed by he looked after his Mum And then it turned into years. He left his school for the lonely farm And did the best that he could. The years passed by, over twenty now When one cold December morn, He opened the door of his mother’s room And she was to be no more. And then one night when he went to bed He decided to pray for a friend, And since that night he’s been filled with joy And he knows he’ll never walk alone again. He still remembers his Mum and Dad And the happy days at his school. But he knows in his heart that the time will come When he’ll be with his Dad and Mum, through God’s only Son. * * * * * * *

If you would like to have some of your work published in our Newsletter, then please do give it to me and I will publish it with your permission.

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Mothers’ Union Closing Service

This will take place in St Paul’s, Kinawley with a service of Holy Communion on Tuesday 21st March 2006 at 8 pm. Incidentally, if any of the ladies of the Group who are not already members of the Mothers’ Union would like to join MU then please contact Vi Breen (028/048 6774 8292) and she would be only too glad to welcome you into their membership.
I spoke at a Mothers’ Union meeting in Mohill on Wednesday 15th February and during the course of the evening became more aware of the significant work of this group of ladies. So many of us men, and perhaps ill-informed ladies, conceive of Mothers’ Union as a talking shop and a place where ladies talk about tray bake recipes and knitting. That is so far removed from the reality of the real work of Mothers’ Union. Undoubtedly there are times when there is a need for a cup of tea to be provided on the occasion of a funeral for example. And in a situation like this who do you turn to, The Mothers’ Union! Not because that is all that they do, but rather there is a recognisable group of ladies with a structure who can be mobilised very quickly to deal with the situation at hand. But what about the fact that Mothers’ Union are seeking to fund and engage a Development Worker to work across 6 Dioceses in Ireland, our own United Diocese being one of them. What about the work of the Mothers’ Union in African Nations where primary health care is delivered to those in particularly remote areas through a Mothers’ Union worker. What about the parenting courses being run in Ireland at the moment, seeking to develop better parenting skills and in doing so support the family unit at a time when traditional family values are being undermined and eroded. What about the giving of Mothers’ Union members through their Centenary Appeal, which enabled most generous grants to be made to folk preparing for ordination in God’s Church (on a personal note, whilst training for ordination, we received a number of these grants and very much appreciated the vision which was a catalyst for them and the generous hearts which made them possible).
I would encourage younger ladies in particular to read these words and contemplate them. Mothers’ Union is not something you progress into when you get your free bus pass!! It is something which brings ladies together, ladies who have a heart for upholding Christian Marriage and traditional family values. It is for ladies who have a heart for issues relating to social justice and inequality. And it is for all ages, no matter how young or how old.
Contact Vi Breen (028/048 6774 8292) if you would like to find out more about the work of Mothers’ Union or would like to become a member.

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