May 2012
RECTOR’S LETTER
Dear Parishioner, PARISH DINNER AND AUCTION OF TALENTS FRIDAY, 8th JUNE I hope that you will be able to participate in our Patronal Festival celebrations by attending our Parish Dinner and Auction of Talents in the Grand Ballroom of the Stormont Hotel on Friday, 8th June, at 7pm. This important fundraising event for our Building Fund will be used to start the refurbishment of our Church Hall. For your pleasure and enjoyment the evening will consist of: 1. Drinks reception upon arrival 2. Three course dinner in the Grand Ballroom 3. Ballot with these generous prizes • Oil Painting of Ballyconneely Beach by Bob Killen • Overnight Accommodation Voucher at any one of the Hastings Hotels • Midweek Escape in the Killyhevlin Hotel – Two nights B&B with one 4 Course Dinner for up to two Guests sharing • David Lloyd Five Day Family Trial Pass 4. Auction of Talents with Noel Thompson as our Guest Auctioneer This has the potential to be a most enjoyable evening with plenty of good food and drink, as well as lots of laughter and excitement! We need your help and support this month to ensure that it will be a successful event by: PURCHASING YOUR TICKET Tickets are £30 each and need to be purchased in advance. They are available from Moranne Noad (tel: 028 90793704/e-mail: noadfamily@hotmail.com). You can also reserve a ticket by completing the Ticket Order Form which is on the church notice board. SELECT THE TALENTS YOU WISH TO BID FOR AT THE AUCTION Details of all the talents have been published in this edition of The Columban for your consideration. Should you require further details of any of the talents, please contact the donor directly or Talent Committee members Brian and Jill Gillespie (tel: 028 90769508/e-mail: jilljamlegal@aol.co.uk); or Ronny and Jayne Martin (tel: 028 90654301/e-mail: ronny.martin@sky.com). Advance bids can be made from Sunday, 27th May to Friday, 8th June, should you be unable to attend the Parish Dinner. If you have a special birthday, anniversary or family occasion on the horizon, this could be your opportunity to purchase a unique gift for the occasion! The full catalogue will be published in the June Columban and will also be available on the evening. Each talent is a generous gift from a donor and will provide pleasure to the successful bidder at the auction. It would be a source of immense blessing and encouragement if every seat in the Grand Ballroom was occupied on the night by parishioners and friends. All are most welcome! Yours in His service,
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BID FOR OUR BUILDING! And Come Dine with us too... on
Friday, 8th June, at 7.00pm In The Grand Ballroom, Stormont Hotel It’s our titanic bid to raise much needed cash for our Building Fund Auctioneer - BBC NI’s Noel Thompson Lots on offer from a day’s sailing, sightseeing flights, a fishing trip, a round of golf, DIY, tennis, bridge, French and piano tuition and much much more! Tickets £30 p.p. to include drinks reception and three course dinner Dress code: smart casual - no partner required
Tickets now available! Contact Moranne Noad: Tel: 028 90793704 or email: noadfamily@hotmail.com 9
SERVICES IN MAY Thursday 3rd 10.30am
St. Philip and St. James (Transferred) (Red) Holy Communion followed by refreshments in the Choir Vestry
Sunday 6th The Fifth Sunday of Easter (White) 8.15am Holy Communion Reader Elizabeth Miller Acts 8: 26-40 Gospel Clergy John 15: 1-8 10.30am All Age Worship followed by refreshments Parish Organisation Leaders present the money they raised for the Zambia Team travel costs at this service Reader Henry Auchmuty John 15: 1-8 Preacher: David Gough, CMSI Partnership Co-Ordinator 7.00pm Choral Evensong Reader Tillie Heyburn Isaiah 60: 1-14 Reader Tillie Heyburn Mark 15: 46 – 16:8 Thursday 10th (White) 10.30am Holy Communion followed by refreshments in the Choir Vestry Sunday 13th 8.15am 10.30am 7.00pm
The Sixth Sunday of Easter Holy Communion Reader Trevor Buchanan Gospel Clergy Holy Communion Reader Patrick Good Gospel Karen McAlpine Intercessions Helen Donaghy Compline Reader Fiona Haldane
Thursday 17th 10.30am
The Ascension Day (White) Holy Communion followed by refreshments in the Choir Vestry
Sunday 20th 8.15am 9.30am 10.30am 7.00pm
The Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday after Ascension Day Holy Communion Reader Paul Stewart Gospel Clergy Family Communion Gospel Karen McAlpine Morning Prayer and Holy Baptism Reader Elizabeth Leonard Reader Robin Haldane Occasional Clergy Prayers Holy Communion Reader Alan Boyd Gospel Karen McAlpine
(White) Acts 10: 44-48 John 15: 9-17 Acts 10: 44-48 John 15: 9-17 Luke 22: 24-30
(White) Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26 1 John 5: 9-13 1 John 5: 9-13 Exodus 28: 1-4, 9-10, 29-30 1 John 5: 9-13
Isaiah 61: 1-11 John 17: 6-19
Thursday 24th (White) 10.30am Holy Communion followed by refreshments in the Choir Vestry Sunday 27th 8.15am 10.30am 7.00pm
The Day of Pentecost – Whitsunday (Red) Holy Communion Reader Carol Willis Acts 2: 1-21 Gospel Clergy John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b-15 Holy Communion Reader Jennifer Johnston Acts 2: 1-21 Gospel Clergy John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b-15 Intercessions Karen McAlpine United Belmont and District Council of Churches service in Belmont Presbyterian Church No service in St. Columba’s
Thursday 31st 10.30am
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (White) Holy Communion followed by refreshments in the Choir Vestry
Readers and Intercessors: If you cannot read or lead the prayers on the appointed day, please arrange a swap with someone else on the rota and let the Churchwardens know. We are always delighted to add new names to the Rota of Readers and Intercessors. If you would wish to serve your church in this way, please contact Muriel Arndell (028 90655500). The readings are from Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary and are printed on our parish website:
www.stcolumbas.down.anglican.org
PARISH PRAYER God, our Heavenly Father, make the door of our Church wide enough to welcome all who need human love, fellowship and a Father’s care; but narrow enough to shut out all envy, pride and hatred. Here may the tempted find help, the sorrowing receive comfort and the penitent be assured of your mercy. And here may all your children renew their strength and go on their way in hope and joy; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Bishop Thomas Ken 1637-1711
MAY SIDESPERSONS’ ROTA Sunday 6 . .............................................. Charles Auchmuty and Ross Cairnduff th
Sunday 13th............................................. Jayne and Ronny Martin Sunday 20th............................................. Jennifer Johnston and Joan Madill Sunday 27th............................................. Eleanor and Geoff Launchbury
CLERGY PARISH VISITING It is always a great privilege for the Clergy to visit parishioners in their homes. If you would like to request a Clergy Visit please telephone the Rector (028 90471514) or the Curate (028 90653370). In addition to requested Parish Visiting, the Clergy will be visiting parishioners in the following districts during May: Rector Casaeldona Rise Circular Road Cumberland Drive Cumberland Park Earlswood Road
Curate Gilbourne Court Gilnahirk Park Grangewood Grove Green Road Holland Gardens
ALL AGE WORSHIP TEA AND COFFEE Thank you to everyone who enjoyed a cup of tea or coffee on Palm Sunday when we raised £67 for the Ministry of Healing. At All Age Worship on Sunday, 6th May, we will be raising funds for Bothar. They are celebrating 21 years of offering families the opportunity to improve their circumstances, by providing them with a goat, cow, chickens or bees. Please plan to be with us and support them! Roberta Each year, along with other churches in the area, St. Columba’s receives a list of streets in order to undertake a door to door collection, which this year will take place from Sunday, 13th to Saturday, 19th May. We are always in need of extra collectors, both men and women, due to sickness and holidays etc. Each volunteer is only allocated one street and it takes about an hour to visit every house, plus call back again at another time to those houses at which contact was unable to be made on the first visit. All this is carried out at a time that is suitable to each volunteer’s individual needs. There will be a list on the table at the back of the church asking for volunteers to sign up with their names and addresses. By helping in this way during Christian Aid Week, you will be joining thousands of other volunteers raising funds for poor communities around the world in order to help them find ways to improve their lives and face a brighter future. Please join me at this important time… your help is badly needed and will be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
Hazel Reid
KNOCK KNOCK, IT’S THE CURATE!
Dear Friends, The past month has been a busy mix of a multitude of activities, including something in the region of 23 Church services during Holy Week, plus 26 housebound Holy Communions shared between the Rector and myself! The big news from the Curatage was, of course, the announcement on Palm Sunday that I will be moving on at the end of October. There are a couple of things I would like to say about this now and I’ll say a wee bit more in the autumn... First things first ... I have always said that I am not in any hurry to leave St. Columba’s ... I am so thankful to God for my time here in the parish. I also want to place on record that I am also so truly thankful for the Rector’s friendship, unwavering support and integrity in all aspects of life and ministry. Right from the first day we met, John has been a man of his word. I could not have had a better Rector with whom to share the first years of ordained ministry. I also know (and it has been commented upon by many) that over the course of these past three years, we have forged a strong team which could have only have been created by mutual trust and dependency... thank you, John, and also, of course, Caroline, Charles and Henry! There is so much to be done during my remaining months here in the parish. We have a Zambia team to commission, lead and return safely home; a partnership link with Zambia to create and sustainable structures to set up; plenty of sermons to preach, services to lead, Holy Communions to celebrate, Bible Studies to assimilate, prayers to pray, homes and hospitals to visit, cups of coffee to drink and 1001 other things to do. It will be very much business as usual at the Curatage! As you can imagine, I am also very excited to have been appointed to Blarney as the Associate Minister which, as far as I can see, is a completely unique parish position in the Church of Ireland. Written into the job description there is so much about which I am deeply passionate. The job description speaks about a mission post, which anyone who has spoken to me at length over the past three years will know, is something dear to my heart. Whether it be mission trips overseas, reaching out beyond the doors of the church, meeting people in their homes or having lifelong ‘L’ plates up as a disciple of Christ, it is all part of call to mission. All of this influenced my decision to apply for the post which I really could not have ignored. This new position offers me the opportunity to embrace a completely diverse experience of Church of Ireland ministry. I will be taking with me all that I have learnt at St. Columba’s and applying it to new surroundings. It is a village location in the Republic of Ireland with differing styles of worship, the numbers in the congregations are considerably smaller, the layout of the church is distinctive, the pace of life is different and it is all a far cry from the bright lights of Belfast and Banbridge! However, as I have explored this calling and have prayed and spoken to many, many people, I do believe that God is calling me to this new adventure. But until the end of October, as I have already said, it is very much business as usual! Please pray for John and myself as we continue to minister together in the months ahead in St. Columba’s. Every Blessing, Robert
ST. COLUMBA’S PARISH CHURCH, KNOCK PARISH OFFICE BEARERS 2012-13 RECTOR: The Revd John R Auchmuty CURATE: The Revd Robert Ferris RECTOR’S CHURCHWARDEN: Ivan Roche PEOPLE’S CHURCHWARDEN: Christopher Heatley JUNIOR CHURCHWARDENS: Olivia Budde, Aaron Wilson RECTOR’S GLEBEWARDEN: Jim Stevenson PEOPLE’S GLEBEWARDEN: John Proctor HONORARY SECRETARY: Alan Rogers HONORARY TREASURER: Gillian Sadlier ASSISTANT HONORARY TREASURER: Murray Hunter
SELECT VESTRY Rector, Curate, Churchwardens, Glebewardens, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Assistant Hon. Treasurer, Helen Donaghy, Victor Dukelow, Jill Gillespie, Patrick Good, Jennifer Johnston, Elizabeth Leonard, Ronny Martin, Moranne Noad, Roberta Rogers
HONORARY AUDITORS Garth Macartney, Niall Armstrong
PAROCHIAL NOMINATORS Trevor Buchanan, Patrick Good, Elizabeth Leonard, Moranne Noad,
SUPPLEMENTAL PAROCHIAL NOMINATORS Murray Hunter, Michael Davey, Elizabeth McCaughey, Roberta Rogers
DIOCESAN SYNOD MEMBERS Victor Dukelow, Patrick Good, Elizabeth Leonard, Moranne Noad, Ross Thompson
SUPPLEMENTAL DIOCESAN SYNOD MEMBERS Elizabeth McCaughey, Michael Davey, Roberta Rogers, Elizabeth Miller, Emma Hill
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Rector’s Churchwarden (right): Ivan Roche People’s Churchwarden (left): Christopher Heatley
> Junior Churchwardens (left to right): Aaron Wilson, Olivia Budde
ST. COLUMBA’S PARISH CHURCH, KNOCK MEMBERSHIP OF SELECT VESTRY COMMITTEES 2012-13 FINANCE COMMITTEE Rector (Chairperson) Hon. Treasurer Assistant Hon. Treasurer Victor Dukelow Ronny Martin
PROPERTY COMMITTEE Rector (Chairperson) Rector’s Glebewarden People’s Glebewarden Brian Acheson John McKeown Mark Reid
FUND RAISING COMMITTEE Rector (Chairperson) Jennifer Johnston Curate Elizabeth Leonard Moranne Noad (Hon Secretary) Dawn Macartney David Craig Elizabeth McCaughey Katrina Dukelow Roberta Rogers
MEN’S CLUB NOTES
It is with the deepest sadness that we record the recent passing of our highly esteemed member, Alva Anderson, following a prolonged period of ill health. Alva was a member of the Club for many years and his presence, friendly disposition and witty asides have been greatly missed by all the members. On behalf of the Club, may I extend our sincerest sympathy to Eileen, David and the family circle at this sad time, and assure them of our continuing thoughts and prayers. As the season draws to a close, a full report of the AGM and competition winners will appear in the June issue of The Columban. Geoff Launchbury
H2O
H2O would like to thank all those who purchased uniquely decorated cupcakes on Mothering Sunday - we raised around £61 for the Zambia appeal. Thank you! Our May programme is planned as follows: Friday 4th......................................... Normal Night Friday 11th. ..................................... Games Consoles Night Friday 18th. ..................................... Crazy Golf at Dundonald Friday 25th. ..................................... Pizza Night and (hopefully) Outside Games Robert
ASK CHILDREN ABOUT ANGELS… ‘Angels talk all the way while they’re flying you up to heaven. The main subject is where you went wrong before you got dead’. Daniel, aged 9 ‘When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And when he lets out his breath again, somewhere there’s a tornado’. Reagan, aged 10 ‘Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy. If you lose a tooth, an angel comes in through your window and leaves money under your pillow. Then when it gets cold, angels go south for the winter’. Sara, aged 6 ‘All angels are girls because they have to wear dresses and boys don’t go for it’. Antonio, aged 9 10
LADIES GUILD NOTES Dear Ladies, Here we are, it’s the month of May and summer, as we know it, is rapidly approaching! We already have our programme planned for next year and look forward to telling you about it at our AGM on Wednesday, 16th May. We are hoping for some new names on the committee and amongst the office bearers, as we would appreciate fresh ideas and a new perspective! We would like to offer our deepest sympathy to our member, Eileen Anderson, on the very sad death of her husband, Alva, who had been very ill for several years. We would also like to thank our Rector and Curate for their support and interest in the Ladies Guild during the year. Lilias Smith (Hon. Sec.)
NEW APPOINTMENT FOR OUR CURATE
We congratulate our Curate, the Reverend Robert Ferris, on his appointment as Associate Minister in the Carrigrohane Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. Robert will be working with the Rector, Canon Ian Jonas, in the three churches within that parish, but will have particular responsibility for the Church of the Resurrection in Blarney. Robert will continue as Curate of St. Columba’s until Sunday, 28th October. His Liturgical Farewell will take place at the 10.30am Holy Communion service on that day, when there will be an opportunity for us to express our deep appreciation to him for the tremendous contribution which he has made to our parish. We assure Robert of our prayers and good wishes as he prepares to commence his new responsibilities in the Carrigrohane Union of Parishes on Sunday, 4th November. As outlined by the Honorary Treasurer at the Annual Easter General Vestry Meeting, in advance of applying for a new Curate, a Select Vestry is required to confirm to the Bishop that the Parish has the resources to pay a Curate’s stipend and to provide living accommodation for a period of three years. Unfortunately, St Columba’s is not now in a position to give such an undertaking and when Robert leaves in October we will be without a Curate, with an inevitable impact on the life of the parish. Various options are currently being considered in relation to staffing to ensure that the range of activities and level of service can be maintained to the greatest extent possible. With the savings in salary and related costs, as well as the potential to secure income through rental of the Curatage, it is hoped that we can build sufficient financial reserves to allow the Select Vestry to give the requisite financial commitment for the appointment of another Curate, as soon as it is financially prudent to do so. I appeal for your full support to ensure that St. Columba’s will be able to have the benefit of a new Curate at the earliest opportunity. The Rector 11
THE GRAND CATHEDRAL CYCLE TOUR UPDATE SATURDAY 26th - SUNDAY 27th MAY Training for this event is going so well that Brian Acheson and Ronny Martin have now decided to attempt to complete their tour in two days rather than three, as originally planned! Please also note the change of dates (previously Saturday 2nd – Monday 4th June). The tour will start from Downpatrick Cathedral, and Brian and Ronny will be calling at St. Columba’s for coffee between 10.30 and 11.00am on Saturday, 26th May. If you are free, why not call round to the church to cheer them on their way! Saturday’s route will also include St. Anne’s, Lisburn, Dromore, Armagh and Clogher Cathedrals. The tour will resume early on Sunday, 27th May, from Clogher, visiting Enniskillen Cathedral by late morning and aiming to reach Londonderry Cathedral by late afternoon/early evening. All money raised from this event will be donated to the Zambian project and sponsorship forms are now available at the back of church.
Belmont and District Council of Churches Invite you to a Titanic Tour Outing Saturday, 12th May, 10am to 12noon Including: Guided tour of Titanic Quarter taking in all historic areas and sites, with the Revd Chris Bennett A Presentation on the Dock Church at the Dock Cafe where refreshments can be purchased Tickets £8 (to be purchased in advance) Tickets available from BDCC Church Representative Muriell Arndell (Tel: 90655500) or Chairman Peter Quigley (Tel: 90472888/07828062370) *Please be aware that this tour involves a lot of walking and lasts approximately one hour. Suitable shoes should be worn. We do not have access to the new Titanic Belfast building.
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We were delighted to welcome two new members on Mothering Sunday when Jayne Martin and Joy Montgomery were enrolled by the Rector, and existing members reaffirmed their commitment to Mothers’ Union. This service was followed by tea and coffee and a traybake sale at which MU raised £210 for the Zambia appeal, to be added to money raised at a jewellery sale in February. Many thanks to all who supported us! On Tuesday, 1st May, we will have a speaker from Reconnect, a charity supporting those with acquired brain injury. In lieu of an outing in June, we will be celebrating 125 years of Mothers’ Union in Ireland at a ‘Mums in May’ tea party in our church hall. MU members from St John’s, Orangefield, and St Dorothea’s will be joining us on Tuesday, 29th May, at 7.30 pm. We hope to have a display to mark this occasion so if any member has MU memorabilia, please speak to Yvonne. Recipe books and quiz sheets have been sent from the MU All Ireland Office and proceeds from these and our tea party will go to MU projects in Ireland and overseas. We look forward to having members, friends and visitors on this special occasion. The ‘ Mums in May’ initiative will be launched after a Communion service in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Thursday, 3rd May, and will then go nationwide, so we will be celebrating with members throughout Ireland in the Ultimate Tea Party! Sandra (left to right): Yvonne Robb (MU Branch Leader), Jayne Martin, the Revd John Auchmuty (Rector), Joy Montgomery, the Revd Robert Ferris (Curate), Sandra Lowe (MU Branch secretary)
CONGRATULATIONS! Parishioners will want to offer their warmest congratulations to parishioner Linda Wilson, wife of H2O leader Mark Wilson and mother of Aaron (Junior Churchwarden) and Holly (Choir and Music Group member), on her appointment as Vice-Principal of Stranmillis Primary School, and wish her every success in her new position. 13
SUMMARY OF TALENTS TO BE AUCTIONED AT THE PARISH DINNER
TALENT
DONATED BY
Sport 1 Golf for 3 plus lunch at Malone 2 Tennis lesson at Hawarden DIY 3 Light DIY for 4 hours 4 Complete car valet 5 Full day’s gardening 6 Powerhose driveway
David Craig Jayne Martin
7 Powerhose patio 8 Powerhose patio 9 Powerhose driveway 10 Three man gardening team for 5 hours Leisure/Travel 11 Half day sea fishing on Causeway Coast for group of 4 12 Day’s sailing and picnic on Strangford Lough for group of 4 13 Ride on Honda Goldwing trike 14 One hour flight in private plane for 2 15 One hour flight in private plane for 2 Crafts 16 Cot quilt/quillow 17 Design and make evening/day dress 18 Flower arranging demo for small group 19 Patchwork quilt 20 Twenty four hand- made cards 14
GUIDE PRICE £100 £25
Jim Stevenson Ronny Martin Ronny Martin Roberta Rogers/ Helen Donaghy David Deane David Deane Aaron Wilson Tony Reid
£60 £50 £75 £40 £40 £40 £20 £175
Niall Armstrong
£100
Alan Leonard
£160
Patrick Good Jim Best Jim Best
£40 £180 £180
Robbie McKeown Jayne Martin Fraser Brice Ella Wilkinson Lynn Corrin
£75 £150 £50 £125 £50
Baking 21 Fruit cake 22 Fruit cake 23 Orange fruit cake 24 Victoria sponge 25 Lemon drizzle cake 26 Birthday cake 27 Christmas cake 28 Christmas cake 29 Strawberry pavlova roulade 30 Selection of home baking 31 Three dozen mince pies at Christmas 32 Two dozen fifteens Catering 33 BBQ lunch for 6 34 Sunday lunch for 4 at the Rectory 35 Bridge evening for 12 with supper + wine 36 37 38
Afternoon tea for 2 in summer house Dinner delivered for 8 Three course buffet lunch for 25 in Church Hall 39 Four x 12” pizzas delivered 40 Christmas hamper Baby sitting/childminding 41 Twenty hours of babysitting 42 Four hours of babysitting/childminding 43 Eight hours of babysitting Art 44 Unframed seascape in oils 45 Framed oil painting 46 Unframed pastel of family pet Tuition 47 Five piano lessons 48 Piano lessons (per half hour) 49 Five starter piano lessons 50 Three camcorder demonstrations for group 51 Wine tasting/lesson for group of 10 52 53 54 55 56 57
Four “A” level chemistry lessons Two bridge lessons for group of 12 Two hours of French or German lessons Tutoring in basic literacy/numeracy Yoga class for group of 10 Four bridge lessons for group of 4 15
Evelyn Deane Evelyn Deane Diana Noble Pauline Darke Pauline Darke Eleanor Launchbury Eleanor Launchbury Meryl Townsend Sandra Gordon Kathleen Acheson Kathleen Acheson Charles Auchmuty
£10 £10 £10 £10 £10 £20 £20 £25 £15 £25 £5 £10
Brian Clements Auchmuty family Sheila Moorehead/ Paddy Nesbitt Kyleen Clarke Clodagh Reid Maureen Irwin
£120 £100 £100
Victor Dukelow Suzanne Allen Jennifer Johnston Eileen Scott Dawn McCartney Gladys Lees Leslie Noble Billy McAlpine Gerald Hill Maureen Beckwith Lynn Ryan John Collinson Jon Little (Master of Wine) Beth Cairnduff Joy Montgomery Ian Noad Linda Wilson Maureen Fiakkas William Geary
£25 £125 £200 £40 £90 £100 £25 £50 TBC TBC £30 £75 £15 £50 £50 £125 £35 £100 £30 £25 £30 £100
Accommodation 58 Mini break in cottage in Portnoo area of Donegal (owners in attendance) 59 Mini break in cottage near Bushmills Musical 60 Flute duet for wedding/function 61
Flute duet for wedding/function
Airport transfers 62 Aldergrove/City (return) 63 Aldergrove/City (return) 64 Dublin (return) Miscellaneous 65 Write a will 66 CS Lewis guided tour and afternoon tea for group of 10 67 Typing/filing/secretarial 68 Hand delivery of Christmas cards (for 6 families - £20 each family) 69 Cat minding for a week 70 Dog walking (per hour) 71 Dog walking (per hour) 72 Recording Church Magazine for one year for visually impaired 73 Recording C of I Gazette for one year for visually impaired 74 Six visits to someone who is housebound to play Scrabble 75 Speech editing 76 Latin translation 77 Compose personalised birthday verse
Elizabeth Miller
£200
Jenny Irwin
£150
Murray Hunter/ Emma Hill Murray Hunter/ Emma Hill
£50
Moranne Noad Brian Gillespie Michael Lockyer
£50/£25 £50/£25 £180
£50
Jill Gillespie Joan Whiteside
£50 £75
Eileen Brice Roberta Rogers
£20 £20
Lilias Smith Sandra Lowe Henry Auchmuty Gina Greeves
£50 £5 £5 £50
Gina Greeves
£50
Frances O’Donnell
£30
Helen Donaghy Helen Donaghy Tony Greeves
£15 £15 £25
PARISH HALLS REFURBISHMENT PROJECT Considering that no major work has been carried out to the fabric of the Parish Halls in recent years, there is an urgent need for a program of refurbishment to be implemented. This issue will be discussed by the Select Vestry and, if approved and building funds permit, the proposal is to refurbish the halls, kitchen and toilets, including upgrading the hall electrics to current standards, as well as some necessary external improvements. The cost of this will be considerable, requiring the refurbishment works to be completed over a number of years and the on-site works carried out during the summer months. Jim Stevenson, Property Sub-Committee 16
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We are deeply indebted to Bryn Harris, our Diocesan Lay Reader (Emeritus), for sharing his thoughts with us this Eastertide on the Resurrection.
RESURRECTION ‘He is not the god of the dead but of the living, for to him all are alive’ Three questions are raised by the claim that Jesus rose (or was raised) from the dead. What does it mean? Did it really happen? Is it important? What does it mean? The first question is concerned with semantics, i.e. the meaning attached to words, in this case, resurrection: to bring back to life, to resuscitate. What then is meant in the Creed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ? It may be helpful if first we state what we do not believe, before affirming that which we do. First, the risen Lord is not just a surviving influence, a ghost. “Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself. Touch me and see: a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you can see I have” (Luke 24: 39). On the other hand, ‘resurrection’ does not mean the mere survival of an influence. Some leaders who, during their lifetime, have held sway over their contemporaries’ hearts and minds, live on after death in the sense that the memory of their example is a continuing inspiration, such as Che Guevara, the scholarly Cuban guerrilla fighter. For years buildings were daubed with the words, “Che lives”. Secondly, the risen Lord is not a resuscitated corpse. Resurrection is not a synonym for resuscitation in either of the word’s two uses. To resuscitate can mean either to revive a patient who has gone into a coma, or to bring back to life someone who has been pronounced clinically dead. In the latter sense, Jesus restored to life the daughter of Jairus, the son of the widow of Nain and Lazarus. All three were brought to life, to die again. Jesus’ resurrection was not resuscitation in either sense. He was not revived from a coma; he had been dead for about 36 hours. Neither was he brought back to this life with the need to die again. He was raised to a new plane of existence in which he was no longer mortal, but alive for ever (Revelations 1: 18). Thirdly, the risen Lord was not a revived faith in the experience of his disciples. Rudolph Bultman declared that the resurrection of Jesus was, “Not an event of past history because an historical fact which involves resurrection from the dead is utterly inconceivable”. To Bultman, Easter was not an event but an experience: not an objective historical resurrection of Jesus from the dead, but a subjective personal recovery of faith in the hearts and minds of his followers. Fourthly, the risen Lord was not just an expanded personality. When David Jenkins, former Bishop of Durham, said, “Jesus rose from the dead”, he went on to explain that, “The very life and power and purpose and personality which was in Christ was actually continuing…in the sphere of history, so that he was a risen and living presence and possibility”. In short, he believed the resurrection was a kind of event even though it did not involve Jesus’ body. He believed in the ‘riseness’ and ‘livingness’ of Jesus, though his personality is not now embodied, except in the Church. Fifthly, the risen Lord is not merely a living experience of the Spirit. Dr. Peter Carnley, 18
Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia, thinks we should consider the resurrection as a present experience of the Spirit rather than a past event. He asserts that even Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians (chapter 15) nowhere alludes to the empty tomb. Therefore, the so-called appearances were not objective. Dr. Carnley argues that the words “He appeared” mean not so much perception through sight (a visible appearance) as a new revelation, or intellectual apprehension. In contrast to the previous five proposals, the risen Lord is a transformed person. The evidence adduced by the Gospels is that before and after the resurrection, Jesus is the same person with the same identity (“It is I myself”); but the resurrection gave him a transformed, transfigured, glorified body. The resurrection was a dramatic act of God by which he arrested the natural process of decay and decomposition, and rescued Jesus from the realm of death. “He was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay” (Acts 2: 31); at the same time changing his body into a new vehicle for his personality, endowed with new powers and possessing immortality (1 Corinthians 15: 42). Verses 1-34 of 1 Corinthians 15 relate to the fact, and verses 35-58 to the nature of the resurrection. In the first part, the resurrection appearances of Jesus appear to be physical, but, in the second part, the body is said to be ‘sown a natural (physical) body’ (verse 44). However, the assimilation process should be the other way round and the nature of the ‘spiritual body’ must be interpreted in such a way as not to contradict the evidence that the resurrected Jesus had a physical body. Two aspects of the resurrection of Jesus are clear from this. First, it was an objective, historical event. It took place ‘on the third day’. Secondly, it was a physical event, it involved his body. Jesus died, was buried, was raised and appeared. His body was changed (transformed) in the process. Did the resurrection really happen? What proof do we have? First, everybody agrees that the tomb was empty; the body was gone. One theory is that Jesus only fainted on the cross, revived in the tomb and came out by himself. Not so, for the centurion and Pilate assured themselves that Jesus was truly dead before releasing the body for burial by Joseph of Arimathea. When he did emerge, Jesus gave people the impression that he had conquered death, not that he had almost been conquered by it. Did the authorities remove the body to prevent the disciples spreading the rumour that Jesus had risen? No, had they done so it would have been an easy matter for them to produce the body and disprove it. Did the disciples remove the body as part of a hoax to deceive people into believing that Christ indeed had risen? A most unlikely theory, their subsequent lives testify to their readiness to suffer and die for their belief. People are not willing to become martyrs for a lie which they themselves have perpetrated. No explanation of the empty tomb holds water except that God raised Jesus from the dead. Secondly, Jesus kept reappearing during some six weeks. First to Mary Magdalene, then to Peter and John, to the ten disciples on Easter Sunday and again the following Sunday, when Thomas was present; and on one occasion to more than five hundred, many of whom were still alive when Paul wrote about it in 54 AD and could have been questioned about it. These appearances cannot be dismissed as inventions or hallucinations. The only alternative is that they were valid, objective appearances, 19
uncoloured by people’s own sensations or emotions and capable of rational justification. Thirdly, there is the emergence of the Church. When Jesus died, the disciples were heartbroken, confused and extremely frightened, yet within two months, they came out of hiding full of joy, confidence and courage, undeterred by the Sanhedrin’s command not to preach or teach in the name of Jesus (Acts 4: 18). “We cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (verse 20). Only the resurrection can account for such a dramatic transformation of the disciples. The disappearance of the body, the reappearance of the Lord and the emergence of the Church establish a solid foundation for believing in the resurrection. Why is the resurrection important? First, it assures us of God’s forgiveness. In the upper room, Jesus referred to the communion cup as his “blood of the new covenant… poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Matthew 26: 28), thus linking forgiveness with death, for “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6: 23). Jesus meant that he was going to die, in our place, the death we deserved to die in order that we might be spared and forgiven. What assurance have we that God accepted his death in our place as ‘a full, perfect and sufficient sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world’? The answer is that, if Jesus had not been visibly and publicly raised from the dead, we would never have known. By raising Christ, God has assured us that he approves of his sin-bearing death. Jesus did not die in vain, and all who trust in him will receive a full and free forgiveness. Secondly, the resurrection of Jesus assures us of God’s power to change human nature which appears to be so intractable; to make cruel people kind, selfish people unselfish and immoral people self-controlled. He is able to give life to the spiritually dead and to transform us into the likeness of Christ. He has given us an outward, public and objective demonstration of his great power in the resurrection of Jesus. Thirdly, the resurrection assures us of God’s ultimate triumph. One of the major differences between Christianity and ideologies of the world concerns their vision of the future. Some offer no hope, others believe in an endless cycle of reincarnation, the Marxists continue to promise Utopia on earth and secular humanists believe that one day man will solve the problem of death and eternal life through genetic manipulation. On the other hand, the Christian hope is both individual and cosmic. The late Bertrand Russell expressed his belief that death is final, that “All human ingenuity is destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system”. Jesus, however, rescues us who are believers from this horror. We are to be given new bodies like his resurrection body, with new undreamed of powers. Just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, Adam, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven, Jesus Christ. On his return, Jesus will not only raise the dead and regenerate the universe, he will make all things new. The whole creation will be set free from the bondage of decay and death. Bryn Harris 20
HAPPY 250th BIRTHDAY, DEAR SANDWICH!
As you munch your way through your next sandwich, consider this: Saturday 12th to Saturday 19th May is British Sandwich Week. Seriously! And not only that, but this year the humble sandwich turns 250 years old (hope the one in your lunch box is a bit more recent than that). According to the British Sandwich Association’s website, it all began back in 1762 when one, John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich and an inveterate gambler, called for his manservant to bring him some cuts of beef between slices of bread so that he could eat while continuing to play cards. Soon his friends were asking to have the “same as Sandwich” and before you could say - “Do you want that on seeded or white?” - the unassuming sandwich was born. No one really knows what prompted the Earl to come up with the idea of the first ‘sandwich’. All we know is that in calling for a convenience meal, John Montagu sparked a trend that has become a worldwide industry, until today it employs more than 300,000 people in the UK alone and is worth more than £6 billion. You may not have heard of the British Sandwich Association but they are taking good care of you. Their stated aims include - “to safeguard the integrity of the sandwich…to promote excellence and innovation in sandwich making” - so sit back, relax and tuck into that triple BLT on rye, Salmon and Roast Asparagus, New York Deli Pastrami or Lancashire and Real Ale Chutney sandwich, with relish!
PAUSE
Following on from the very successful ‘Pause’ in Lu-Lu’s Coffee Shop in April, we are hoping to have another ‘Pause’ in the City Centre at the end of May. On Friday, 25th May, I will be leading a Ministry of Healing service in St. Anne’s Cathedral at 1.00pm - to which you are cordially invited but it is not a pre-requisite - after which we will meet at the Streat Cafe for lunch in the Art College, across the street from the cathedral, at around 1:45pm. All are welcome! In June, I am planning a ‘Pause’ away day (a Saturday hopefully near a beach!), further details in the June Columban. Robert
HOW MANY WORDS DOES IT TAKE? Pythagorean Theorem = 24 words. Lord’s Prayer = 66 words. Archimedes’ Principle = 67 words. Ten Commandments = 179 words. Gettysburg address = 286 words. US Declaration of Independence = 1,300 words. US Constitution with all 27 Amendments = 7,818 words. EU regulations on the sale of cabbages = 26,911 words. Says it all, doesn’t it? 21
ZAMBIA 2012 Much has been written in recent editions of The Columban about the forthcoming trip to Zambia. This month, the Editor interviews Team Leader, Robert Ferris, about the mission team: what it is hoping to achieve and how preparations are going. Ed: Robert, take us back to the beginning and tell us how the idea of a team to Zambia developed. RF: The idea of a team was first mooted in the Rectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Easter General Vestry Address in April 2011, and a Select Vestry sub-group was formed to look at various locations, projects and partner organisations. Following a subsequent report, the Select Vestry decided to further examine the prospects of Zambia. We contacted the Church Mission Society of Ireland (CMSI) who were extremely supportive of the idea of an all-age team from our parish. I was very keen to renew links with Zambia which had not hosted any teams from Ireland since my last visit in 2007. Ed: So the decision was made to go ahead - what has been the process from then until now? RF: At the very beginning we contacted the Bishop of Northern Zambia, Archbishop Albert Chama, who had originally invited me to come back at any time, and he was delighted to issue an open invitation to St. Columbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Last autumn we publicised an open meeting to which parishioners were invited, where CMSI and I presented the idea of a team, handed out application forms and arranged interviews. Since the selection of candidates last December by CMSI, the team has embarked on a training regime including topics such as cultural awareness, songs, drama, group discussions, language, health issues, child protection, games, learning about the geography of Zambia and the Church in Africa, as well as many other topics.. Ed: How is the team coming together? RF: We have an absolutely fabulous team with first class complimentary skills and gifts. I am really looking forward to seeing what they will achieve during the two weeks that we are out in Zambia, as well as what they will accomplish when we arrive back home. Ed: What exactly will the team be doing in Zambia? RF: This project is very much about developing the foundations of a relationship with the Diocese of Northern Zambia. Whilst in Zambia, the team will be extremely busy. We will be meeting people in churches and helping out at the Educational Facility the Archbishop is currently developing, which includes primary, secondary and adult education. We will be undertaking lesons in classrooms, visiting homes in townships around Kitwe, surveying development projects and hopefully assisting in some manual work as we see how people live in Zambia and how the community 22
are lifting themselves out of poverty. We will be experiencing firsthand the issues of living in one of the poorest nations in the world. Ed: A great deal is planned for this trip ... do you think it can all be achieved? RF: I have big dreams for this trip which I hope will provide a spark for something really exciting! Firstly, for the Zambians we meet - I hope that our team will bring with them enormous enthusiasm as we share what gifts we have (talents, finance, generosity, understanding, kindness) with our partners in Zambia. I also hope that the same enthusiasm will be sustained when we arrive back home and tell our story to ensure this new relationship will develop long into the future. I am also hoping over the next month to develop a team at home who will be able to help support the Zambian partnership for years to come. I have big dreams for our team members as well! I hope that as we build up our experience of Zambia, the many issues encountered will be discussed and the team will develop an understanding of global problems. I also hope that they will be able to make use of this positive experience to demonstrate how they can make a real difference to people on the other side of the world, as well as learn the importance of using resources purposefully to benefit individual lives. I am confident that their newly found experience of the global church will have a major influence on all of their own lives. Ed: Finally, what else needs to be done before the team boards the plane on Friday, 27th July? RF: Ian, there is so much... we have visas to acquire, forms to fill in, more training to complete, tee-shirts and hoodies to design, prayer news to write, songs to practice, games to learn, lessons to plan - and we are still fundraising which, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy to say, is very much on target. If anyone would like to help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me at the Curatage or any member of the team. I know they will be very appreciative of the extra support!
THANK YOU!
I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who attended my coffee morning on Saturday, 31st March, to raise money to cover my travelling costs to Zambia! The amount raised was ÂŁ250 and I want to thank you all for your amazing generosity. I hope you all enjoyed the morning as much as I did. Our trip to Zambia is drawing closer by the day and now I am really starting to get excited about it. Once again, thank you very much for all your support. I have also been raising money in school by doing a 48 hour sponsored silence which may be hard to believe, but was much appreciated by all my teachers! Olivia Budde 23
ON HOW TO HOLD A MUSIC FESTIVAL
(Letter from the Reverend Eustace to his nephew Darren) The Rectory St. James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren
to arrange It seemed such an innocent suggestion! A local farmer announced he wanted played in our being s quartet string Mozart hear already could I festival. music a spring the Glebe field, Lady Chapel and arias from Donizetti operas being sung al fresco in the flowers. admired and e sunshin spring warm the in gne while we sipped champa one of his fields. Unfortunately, our farmer was thinking of a heavy metal weekend in es, mobile lavatori e portabl to The teacups began to rattle when village talk turned the police Then space. g campin overflow for ard catering vans and using the churchy of All, we tend Least the James St. At policy. drug and control crowd discuss to arrived Glenfiddich. more towards congenial dinner parties with drugs labelled Bollinger or old shotgun. His That was the point when Colonel Trubshaw began to search out his the perimeter patrol to order in Service g Mornin after coffee serving wife even stopped went a quite Little Miss hand, of their estate with their arthritic spaniel. On the other a, long bandan red a for pearls and s brogue and mad. She exchanged her usual tweeds 1960s. the enjoyed have must She beads. peace and dress patchwork of All would It was time to take action so I told our farmer that St. James the Least for the ments arrange flower do course, of support him to the hilt. Our ladies would, provide would We arrived. they as s camper the greet would rsons stage and our Sidespe weekend. When a full Choral Evensong on Friday night to help set the tone for the him. “Heavy reassure to able was I metal, heavy the farmer gasped something about bell ringers our when 6am, about from g mornin y Saturda on that doing metal? We’re something pleaded farmer The ” will give a three hour exhibition of change ringing. we’ll Sunday “On well: as point that on him reassure to able about singing and I was hymns e favourit their do a Songs of Praise and, not to worry, your campers can choose from ‘Ancient and Modern’.” to tell me he I was thanked profusely but, the following week, our dear farmer wrote that. about Shame all. after field his on sheep graze to had decided Your loving uncle, Eustace
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JUNE MAGAZINE Please note, any articles or photographs for publication in the June parish magazine should be handed or e-mailed to the editor by 6.00pm at latest on Sunday, 13th May. Many thanks
FLOWER ROTA FOR MAY Sunday 6 ................................................................ Ella Wilkinson th
Sunday 13th.............................................................. Moranne Noad Sunday 20th .............................................................. Roberta Rogers Sunday 27th ............................................................. Joy Montgomery
FROM THE REGISTERS Our Joys Holy Baptism Friday, 16th March Christian Burial Thursday, 5th April
Daisy Mitford, 11 Newtown Crescent, Newtownards. Our Sorrows Alva Acheson Anderson, 58 Green Road.
PARISH ANNUAL ACCOUNTS Copies of the Parish Annual Accounts for the Year to 31st December 2011, as presented at the Annual Easter General Vestry Meeting on Thursday, 22nd March 2012, are available at the rear of the church.
HOSPITAL VISITING The Clergy would appreciate being informed if parishioners are in hospital, going into hospital, are being transferred or if they have been discharged, and will be pleased to offer them pastoral support. Do not assume the Clergy already know the information as situations have occurred recently when they have not been informed. Please telephone the Rector (028 90471514) or the Curate (028 90653370) to enable them to take careful note of the details. 25
PARISH ORGANISATIONS SOMETHING FOR YOU? SUNDAY 10.30am Sunday School (2nd, 4th, 5th Sundays) Bubbles (3-5 years) Louise Craig 90472512 Patricia Wilson 90401066 Splash (5-8 years) Joyce Stephenson 90583381 X-treme (8-11 years) Alan Boyd 07833 391945 The Grid (11 years +) Beth Cairnduff 90874047
WEDNESDAY 7.30pm Bible Study Group Trevor Buchanan 90657697 7.45pm Ladies Guild (3rd Wednesday) Lilias Smith 90592039
8.00pm Beatitudes Choir David Beattie 90797125
7.30pm Senior Badminton Club Jill Spratt 07754 405511
MONDAY 2.00pm Ladies Bowling Phyllis Newton 90482113
7.45pm Choir Practice Gerald Hill 90422101
2.30p.m. Afternoon Group (2nd Monday) May Preston 90489884
FRIDAY 9.45am Mums & Tots Anne Clarke 90651412
7.30pm Men’s Club Geoff Launchbury 90281204
3.45-5pm Toddler Mini Soccer 3-5yrs Tim Wareing 07740 120788
TUESDAY 10.30am Ladies Badminton Eithne Hobson 90797793
6.30pm Doves Karen McAlpine
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2.00pm Ladies Badminton Kyleen Clarke 90797155
6.30pm Brownies Beth Cairnduff
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8.00pm Mothers’ Union (1st Tuesday) Sandra Lowe 90808755
8.30pm H2O Mark Wilson
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8.00pm Activity Group (except 1st Tuesday) Maureen Irwin 90795155
Young Families Group (Social events as arranged) The Rector 90471514
THURSDAY 9.30am Art Club Bob Killen
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WHO’S WHO IN ST. COLUMBA’S PARISH WEBSITE: www.stcolumbas.down.anglican.org
RECTOR The Revd John R. Auchmuty St. Columba’s Rectory 29 King’s Road BT5 6JG Tel 028 90471514 Email johnauchmuty@btinternet.com
PEOPLE’S GLEBEWARDEN John Proctor 13 Richhill Park BT5 6HG Tel 028 90870526 Mob 07989 469773 SELECT VESTRY Rector, Curate, Churchwardens, Glebewardens, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Asst. Hon. Treasurer, Helen Donaghy, Victor Dukelow, Jill Gillespie, Patrick Good, Jennifer Johnston, Elizabeth Leonard, Ronny Martin, Moranne Noad, Roberta Rogers
CURATE The Revd Robert Ferris The Curatage 3 Sandown Park South BT5 6HE Tel 028 90653370 Email rferris281@gmail.com robert@stcolumbasyouth.org PARISH READER Karen McAlpine 10 Old Quay Court Holywood, BT18 OHT Tel 028 90424390
HON. SECRETARY & PREMISES CONVENOR Alan Rogers 50 Cabin Hill Gardens BT5 7AQ Tel 028 90656183 Email alanrogers53@gmail.com
DIOCESAN LAY READER (EMERITUS) Bryn Harris 22 Dalton Glade Glen Road Comber, BT23 5SZ Tel 028 91878816
HON. TREASURER Gillian Sadlier 70 Kensington Road BT5 6NG Tel 028 90403278
RECTOR’S CHURCHWARDEN Ivan Roche 49 Richhill Park BT5 6HG Tel 028 95140141
ASST. HON. TREASURER/GIFT AID SECRETARY/FREE WILL OFFERING Murray Hunter 13 Knockdarragh Park BT4 2LE Tel 028 90761295
PEOPLE’S CHURCHWARDEN Christopher Heatley 17 King’s Crescent BT5 6PR Tel 028 90913873 JUNIOR CHURCHWARDENS Olivia Budde, Aaron Wilson
PAROCHIAL NOMINATORS Trevor Buchanan Patrick Good Elizabeth Leonard Moranne Noad
RECTOR’S GLEBEWARDEN Jim Stevenson 44 Casaeldona Rise BT6 9RA Tel 028 90583381 Mob 07973 392448
DIOCESAN SYNOD MEMBERS Victor Dukelow Patrick Good Elizabeth Leonard Moranne Noad Ross Thompson 27
ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER Gerald Hill 6 The Coaches Brown’s Brae, Croft Road Holywood BT18 OLE Tel 028 90422101
MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTOR CO-ORDINATOR John Holland Greengraves Cottage 8 Ballyrogan Park, Newtownards BT23 4SD Tel 028 91814036 PARISH WEBMASTER Ivan Roche 49 Richhill Park BT5 6HG Tel 028 95140141 Email ivan.roche@me.com
ASSISTANT ORGANIST Brian Clements 150 Sandown Road BT5 6GX Tel 028 90793641
C of I GAZETTE DISTRIBUTOR Ruth Pugh 147A King’s Road BT5 7EG Tel 028 90483459
READERS & INTERCESSORS CO-ORDINATOR Muriel Arndell 18 Kinedar Crescent BT4 3LY Tel 028 90655500
BIBLE READING FELLOWSHIP NOTES Evan Preston 12 Carrowreagh Gardens Dundonald BT16 ITW Tel 028 90489884
SIDESPERSONS’ ROTA CO-ORDINATOR Rosemary Coffey 44 Thornyhill Road Killinchy BT23 6SJ Tel 028 97542198
CHURCH FLOWERS Paddy Nesbitt 30 Knockhill Park BT5 6HY Tel 028 90650716
CRÈCHE ROTA CO-ORDINATOR Suzanne Allen 9 Cabin Hill Gardens BT5 7AP Tel 028 90653511
ST. COLUMBA’S PARISH OFFICE Office Hours Wednesday & Friday 8.30am – 1.30pm Parish Secretary: Janet Johnston Tel 028 90656891
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