News and Upcoming Events
Please find below an archive of the News from this and previous months.
It\'s SUMMER. Don\'t forget - single service at 10.30 a.m. for June, July and August The Beacon Greenhouse is taking a short break, and so will not meet from Sunday 27th June to Sunday 29th August inclusive. Our next meeting will therefore be on Sunday 5th September, at 5.30 p.m. in Starbucks, The Beacon South Quarter. All are most welcome to come along. In the meantime, please pray for our outreach in the Beacon area, that the Lord may touch many lives wit...
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It\'s SUMMER!!! Don\'t forget, single service at 10.30am for June,July and August. SUMMER BOWLS: will commence on the 6th July and every Tuesday thereafter until 31st August, 10.30 – 12.0 in the Parish Centre. If you wish to sample do come along. All will be welcome. The cost will be €3 and a donation will be given to the Blackrock Hospice. Contact Brian Weir for further information 01-2895298
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SUMMER BOWLS: will commence on the 6th July and every Tuesday thereafter until 31st August, 10.30 – 12.0 in the Parish Centre. If you wish to sample do come along. All will be welcome. The cost will be €3 and a donation wil be given to the Blackrock Hospice. Contact Brian Weir for further information 01-2895298
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Wine & Cheese (music and more...) Evening, Saturday 17th April 7-9pm in aid of Esther and friends\' trip this Summer with Habitat for Humanity, to Romania. Venue: 9 Meadow Close, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. RSVP / Contact Sandy - or just come along! The Engine Room Prayer Meeting Wednesday April 21st, Parish Centre 8pm General Easter Vestry (Church AGM) Friday April 23rd, 8pm - All Welcome. The Select Vestry for the forthcoming year will be elected at this meeting...
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Dream Auction Parish Centre Saturday 27th February at 7.30 p.m. Viewing from 7p.m. OTooles in Cambodia You are warmly invited to hear Paraic and Susan O’Toole share the experiences of their recent trip to Cambodia – How Cambodian Christians are putting faith into action, the Lord’s miraculous provision and the work of Tearfund\'s Partners on the ground. Venue: KOTG Parish Centre, Monday 1st March 8pm. Please register interest by email to sotoole@kotg.ie. &nbs...
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January 9th Men\'s Breakfast 8.30am Parish Centre January 10th - Prayer Day for the Beacon Centre Outreach Project Saturday February 27th - Dream Auction in the Parish Centre
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FRESH AROMA The Mothers’ Union Coffee Morning is back with the heady combination of fresh coffee, refreshments, bring-and-buy and fellowship. It is a place to come in and relax in good company and many are making the journey to the Parish Centre on Fridays. YOUNG AT HEARTS Young at Hearts kicked off their Autumn programme in Rosemary Knight’s home, reviewing places and scenes encountered during the summer holidays. As usual ...
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A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME At the Family Service on 18th October, we were introduced to the team of young people who will be going to India, in partnership with the Leprosy Mission, early in the New Year. This is the third trip of its kind organized by Ian Horner, our Parish Youth Worker. Like all of these short-term mission trips, a journey of a lifetime to India can be a life changing experience. It is our hope and prayer in the Parish, as our young people venture ...
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THEIR STORY, OUR STORY Their Story, Our Story is the theme our Growing Groups will be exploring as they gather once again in September. Their Story, Our Story is based on the Acts of the Apostles and some parts of Luke’s Gospel. It is the story of how the Church grew as the Gospel spread out of its Jewish heartland into Europe and beyond. It is a story for our times as we seek to share and live out the Gospel in an increasingly hostile and indiffere...
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MISSIO DEI This Summer, dozens of people from Kill have been involved in Missio Dei (God’s Mission). People have literally gone into all the world: sent to prisons and orphanages in Russia and Romania, lent to schools and child-care centres in Uganda, South Africa and Dún Laoghaire, building homes and communities in Latin America, leading and taking part in camps from Cork to Donegal and beyond. The term “mission” is from the Latin word meani...
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School’s Out For Summer Summer term ended in Kill National School with a flurry of activity. Sports Day, football finals, project awards, the Sixth Class trip to Wales and farewells to Sixth Class. In addition, a highly successful concert held in the Hall was augmented by a brilliant barbecue run by the PTA on a balmy summer’s evening. The Board of Management, too, hosted a thank-you meal for all vital people who contribute to the life of the school. A...
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Final jump This month we say our final farewell to Cathy Lewis, our Jump intern. Cathy has been in the Parish since September as part of the Church of Ireland’s Youth Department Jump programme. Cathy, from Larne in Co. Antrim, has pitched into our children and young people’s work alongside Wendy and Ian. There is very little that Cathy has not done with children and young people and much that she has done. She has brought vitality and colour t...
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PASSING THE BATON The air was full of celebration in April as the 22nd Company of the Girls’ Brigade celebrated their fiftieth birthday. Sandra Chapple, Captain of the Company, stood down after seventeen years of sterling service. The captaincy will pass to Nola Lambert whose service in the company has been exemplary. We give thanks to God for all that Sandra has achieved and commit ourselves to supporting Nola as she takes up the rein of office in September. &nb...
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Churches Together Holy Week Services 2009 Monday 6th – Friday 10th April at 8.00 p.m. (Holy Communion on Thursday) at: Dún Laoghaire Evangelical Church Lower Glenageary Road D&uacu...
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Easter Preparations Plans for Easter are, at the time of writing, well in advance. On Palm Sunday we welcome the Girls’ Brigade to one of the Family Services. During Holy Week we share ecumenically with other churches in the area in a series of services with the theme Consider Jesus, from the Letter to the Hebrews. Then over Good Friday to the climax of Easter Day there will be something for every age as we mark the central events of our faith, the death an...
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World Day of Prayer: Friday 6th March in Kill O’The Grange Church at 10.45 a.m. All – men and women – are very welcome. Quiz for Rectory Refurbishment:The net amount raised was €323 - Thank you for your support. Rosemary Knight Visit to Yei Diocese, Southern Sudan: We are anticipating that a number of Parishioners will go on a CMS Ireland team in October. Application forms are now available from the Rector or Committee members. Ple...
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Luke Fleming sends us his experiences of Australia, New Zealand and India. How is everybody in Ireland? I’m just going to give you a quick update on my travels and experiences from this side of the world. I arrived in Sydney on the 1st July 2008. It seems like a very long time ago, that I was hiding in the back corner of Kill O&r...
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KOTG Database The Parish Database is currently being updated. If your details have changed in the past year or you are new to the Parish, please e-mail details as soon as possible to susanotoole@yahoo.co.uk, or fill in the form available in the Parish Centre foyer / church pews, and post it in the box in the foyer. Details required (where applicable): Ø Your title (Mr., Mrs., etc.); Ø Your first name; Ø Your surname; ...
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Parish Office Hours Please note the revised Parish Office hours: 9.15 a.m. to 12.45 p.m., Monday to Friday
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This year seems to be the year of congratulations - we’ve had the Girls’ Brigade 50th and the Mothers’ Union Coffee Shop. This month we congratulate our Newsletter Editor James Darling on production of his 50th Edition of the Parish Newsletter. His 50th Edition was last month’s February edition. There is a lot of work that goes into each publication of the Newsletter and no sooner has he printed one than James starts on the next ed...
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Journeys of Discovery During this month, children in Kill National School will be going on an “Amazing Journey” which brings the Bible story into the classroom. At the mid-term break much of the 5th, and 6th class will be in Ovoca Manor for the Max Pack weekend. Max Pack is a fortnightly club for 5th. And 6th. Class pupils, run throughout the year by a team of enthusiastic leaders from the Parish, journeying together with Jesus. A Question ...
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Congratulations to Mark and Helen Groves, on the birth of a daughter, Emily Elizabeth, on Tuesday 13th January. BAPTISMS: 4th January 2009 Lily Trudy, daughter of Michael Kahoot and Avril Richardson, 5 Park Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin. (born: February 2008) 4th January 2009 &...
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We would like to wish all our readers and browsers a very Happy New Year and we pray for a peaceful and happy one for all, The Communications Team Within the Parish : BACK HOME After the months of sojourn in Booterstown the Rectory family returned home in December to the newly restored Rectory. The Rectory has been completely rewired, re-roofed, re-plumbed, insulated and redecorated. Thanks to the builder, Gerry Collins, and...
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