Pew Sheet – 1st December 2024

The Rector writes  ’Welcome to Advent and a brand-new liturgical year -Year C, when we will hear mainly from the gospel of Luke.   Today we light the first of our Advent Candles, remembering the Patriarchs and of course, the Stars on our church spires are already brightly shining!. 

The ‘Posada’ figures of Mary, Joseph and the Donkey will today start on their journey around our Parish homes and we can now begin to open the first of the windows of our Advent Calendars.

This morning the 9:30am is a Holy Communion Service and all the readings are included in this Pewsheet as normal.

The 11am Service is a special sung Advent Service which involves a different set of readings and there is a separate booklet for this service.  

Welcome to Advent!’

Reading Workshop

If you are interested in reading the lessons in church, please do put this date in your diary.

St Mary’s Church from Saturday 18th January 2025 from 10am until 12 noon. The Rector will conduct a Workshop designed to help you

understand what reading in Church really means.    It is not just about getting up to the lectern each Sunday and reading aloud some text, but about proclaiming the word of God in time-honoured fashion in our Christian community. Just let the Rector know if you’d like to take part so that she can have enough booklets printed.

Other dates for your 2025 diary :  our series of online talks by Bébhinn Ní Mheara ‘The Music of our Praise – the wonderful world of music for worship’. February 6th, 12th and 19th.

Confirmation classes

begin on January 23rd 2025. They will be held in the Parish Hall each Thursday from 5pm until 6:30pm.  Candidates will need to get in touch with the Rector as soon as possible as it isn’t possible to join in the classes once they’ve begun

The New Year’s Ball

25th January 8pm  Canon McCrea Hall

St Mary’s School, Waterpark

Tickets : 25 euro

More details nearer the time  but put the date in your diary now!

Dates for your Diary

December

Tuesday 10th 

7:30pm Movie Night in the Parish Hall ‘Joyeux Noel’ film

Sunday 22nd  Fourth Sunday of Advent

11am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

4pm  Service of Nine Lessons & Carols, St John’s Church, Monkstown

Tuesday 24th Christmas Eve

4pm Carols around the Crib Service, St Mary’s Church,

11pm First Eucharist of the Nativity, St Mary’s Church 

Wednesday 25th Christmas Day

9:30am Holy Communion, St John’s Church

11am Holy Communion, St Mary’s Church

Sunday 29th December  The First Sunday of Christmas

11am United Christingle Service , St Mary’s Church, 

January

Wednesday 1st The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

10:30am  Holy Communion, St Mary’s Church,

Sunday 5th

9:30am Holy Communion, St John’s Church,

11am Holy Communion, St Mary’s Church 

Monday 6th The Epiphany

10:30am  Holy Communion, St Mary’s Church

Wednesday 22nd  

7:30pm Ecumenical Service for the Week of Prayer for

Christian Unity, St Mary’s Church

Thursday 23rd 

5-6:30pm Confirmation Classes begin in the Parish Hall.

Saturday 25th  

8pm  The New Year’s Ball  Canon McCrea Hall 25euros

February 

Sunday 2nd Candlemas

9:30/11am Services as normal

5pm Service of Wholeness and Healing St Mary’s Church

Wednesday 5th

8pm First of the Zoom online talks ‘The Music of our Praise – the wonderful world of music for worship’.