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Services for March 2010
Christ Church, Taney – 8.30am Holy Communion (2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays) – 10.15.am Morning Service, 7.00.pm Evening Service. Midweek Service – Wednesdays at 10.00.am.
St. Nahi’s, Dundrum – 8.30.am Holy Communion – (1st & 3rd Sundays) – 11.45.am Morning Service.
Women’s World Day of Prayer
This year, the Women’s World Day of Prayer will be held in Dundrum Methodist Church, Ballinteer on Friday 5th March at 11.15am. Refreshments will be served from 10.30am. The theme is ‘Informed Prayer, Prayerful Action’ and the liturgy has been composed by the women of Cameroon. Everyone is welcome.
MURDER MYSTERY EVENING – ATTENTION ALL!
On Friday 16th April at 8.00pm in Taney Parish Centre Taney Drama Society will host a Murder Mystery Evening in aid of Parish Funds. It takes the form of a major Birthday Party – the theme ‘Gangsters and Molls – with lots of fun, food and plenty of action. Tickets are available from the Parish Office Tel: 298 5491.
LENT IN ST. NAHI’S - WEDNESDAY’S AT 7.30pm
Services of Quietness and Reflection will be held during Lent in St. Nahi’s Church at 7.30pm. Each evening will have a particular emphasis. Wednesday 17th February (Ash Wednesday) at 8.00pm: A Service of Preparation; Wednesday 14th February: The Eucharist with Meditations on the Harp; Wednesday 3rd March : A Late Evening Office with Reflections on the Japanese Lute; Wednesday 10th March : Compline with Music on the Organ; Wednesday 17th March (St. Patrick’s Day) : No Service and Wednesday 24th March : Evening Prayer with Meditations on the Flute.
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER IN TANEY
Our services for Holy Week begin on Palm Sunday, 28th March with a special service of Music and Readings in St. Nahi’s at 11.45am and the Blessing and Presentation of Palms by the young people of the Sunday School in Christ Church at 10.15am. At 3.30pm, the ‘Care Group’ Service of Holy Communion is followed by supper in the Parish Centre for those not normally able to come to worship.
Holy Week is marked by services of Holy Communion each morning at 7.15am and Evening Service at 8pm when the Holy Week Reflections guide us in the footsteps of Christ to the Cross. This year we welcome as our preacher the Very Rev’d Patrick Rooke, Dean of Armagh. Many will know that Patrick was brought up in Dublin where his father served as Rector of Castleknock and of Tullow, Carrickmines.
Chancel Guild Easter Decorations
Both churches will be decorated for Easter celebrations on Saturday 3rd April, 10.00am (Christ Church) and 9.30am (St. Nahi’s)
Lenten Lunches for Third World Charities
Every Friday in Lent 12.00pm – 1.30pm, beginning on Friday 19th February we host lunch in Taney Parish Centre for those in need, particularly in the developing world. In Holy Week the lunch will be on Maundy Thursday 1st April. Come and join us. You will be very welcome.
Taney Parish Indoor Bowling Club
The Bowling Club will host a ‘Fun Night Table Quiz’ on Wednesday 24th March at 8 o’clock in the ‘Goat’. Tickets €5 per person (four per table) or €18 per table if prepaid before the event. Further details from the Parish Office Tel:298 5491.
Bible Study Group
The Bible Study Group continues on Wednesdays at 10.30am after the mid-week service.
Mothers’ Union
Having had to cancel our January meeting due to weather conditions, we were all the more keen to meet up again at our Annual Dinner on 9th February. The Stillorgan Park Hotel was the venue and a ‘find’ it proved to be. Our very popular Enrolling Member, Dorothy Blain, welcomed us all and set the ball rolling for a great night. We were allotted a delightful room with four tables seating ten members at each. We had complete privacy, great camaraderie and a very good meal, beautifully cooked and presented. Of course the ‘craic’ is the most important part of a night out, but the food and ambiance also play vital roles and it is only when they are a success, that the craic is able to transcend the ordinary, which it did. Back to business – Our Annual Overseas meeting will be held on Tues 9th March. The Rev Trevor Stephenson is coming to speak to us on this occasion, and we look forward to welcoming him.
H.M.
Rangers Catch-up!
The Rangers’ Christmas outing took place early in December. We indulged in a sumptious meal in the Stillorgan Park Hotel followed by entertainment in Airfield. It was a great start to the festive period and thoroughly enjoyable. We are now planning our next trip for the end of March to see My Fair Lady in the Mill Theatre. More details from the Parish Office.
The Rangers Committee
Confirmation
Sunday and weekday classes are under way in preparation for Confirmation on May 16th. Please continue to remember in your prayers our young people as they prepare for this event.
Taney Youth Club
The next meeting will be on Saturday 13th March with a ‘Cinema Evening’ in the Parish Centre at 7.00pm.
Taney Coffee Shop is open every day from 9.00am to 2.00pm. A three-course hot lunch is served every Friday from 12 noon
Taney Bowling Club
The December update is late, very late, and actually too late. So I was wondering that before we have a go at an update for January, does anyone read these reports.
We in the Bowling Club would like to know what you the parishioners of Taney feel and think about YOUR Bowling Club. What we are about and what do we do or anything that comes to your mind. We would love to hear from you or from you or you or anybody. All you need to do is contact Niall our Curate by (e-mail parishoftaney@eircom.net) or any method you like or you can contact the Bowling Club direct thro’ the Captains e-mail: belzona@eircom.net.
Club activities are moving along very smartly indeed. Congrats to Elsie Townsend on winning the Target Golf....again....well done Elsie. The Christmas party was a real good night, many thanks to the Ladies for the fantastic food. A personal thanks to Hellen, nobody repeat nobody can bake mince pies like our Hellen. DDUICBA matches are near the final stages. We failed to make the McIlwaine Cup finals by one point. We are awaiting another result to see if we made the Price Cup final and lastly we are still in the Miller Trophy. Club competitions are progressing nicely and we will know our Club Champions after finals night at the end of April Our preparation work for a Table Quiz is well under way and we will hope to gather support from all sections and organization in the Parish. Please put Wednesday 24th March in your diary and bring a team or even 2 or 3 teams to the Goat for a fun and friendly night out. (and give the TV a rest.)
Finally the Annual Captain’s Dinner is arranged for Friday 30th April in The Goat at 7.30pm .
Taney Employment Centre – A Diocesan Initiative
Have you been made redundant? Unemployed? Seeking work? Are you thinking of change? Taney Employment Centre is based in Taney Parish Centre. It opens Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 2.pm-5pm. A warm welcome awaits you! Contact Tel:01 298 4705 or just call in.
From the Registers
Funerals
5th February 2010 (in Christ Church) – Jim Moffitt
Our sympathy and prayers are with all who have been bereaved remembering especially
Esmé, Diane, Janet and their families on the death of Jim, a loving husband and dear father.
May all who are bereaved at this time know God’s love and consolation.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE PARISH
Diocesan Synods
The Diocesan Synods of Dublin and Glendalough met in Taney on 20th and 21st October. The Synod opened with a Eucharist in Christ Church. Delivering his Presidential Address to the Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Synods in the Parish Centre of Christ Church, Taney, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Rev'd Dr John Neill accused the Department of Education of mounting a "very determined and doctrinaire effort ... to strike at a sector which some officials totally failed to understand."
Click here for a full text of his address
Click here to see RTE coverage of the Synod
Archived News
The Tower Clock
The clock on three faces of the tower of Christ Church, Taney has not worked for a number of years. It was originally the gift of Naomi Overend in memory of her sister Letitia whose family lived in Airfield since the 1850’s. An assessment of the work involved in the restoration of the clock recommended the replacement of the existing clock system, dial restoration and the re-instatement of the hour strike. The work is now almost completed and could not have been achieved without substantial help from Drummartin Trust which was set up by the Misses Overend to administer the Airfield Farm for the enjoyment of the community. Our thanks also to Taney Bell-ringers who liaised with us on this restoration work within the tower. Full details will be available by the end of September on completion of the work. Photos of the restoration work can be found on the parish website.
New Priest
Our Curate Rev. Stephen Farrell was ordained by the Archbishop of Dublin in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin on Sunday 28th June at 3.30pm. The preacher was The Rector, Canon Desmond Sinnamon. Stephen will celebrate the Eucharist for the first time on Sunday 5th July at 10.15am in Christ Church, Taney.
Junior Choir and Sunday School take part in S.S. Society Celebrations
The Sunday School Society marked its bi-centenary during 2009 and the climax of the celebrations was a Concert 'A Celebration of Childhood' on Friday 22nd May at 7.30pm in Rathfarnham Parish Church, Rathfarnham Village, Dublin 14.
The Concert included junior choirs from parishes in Dublin - Kilternan, Taney, Mount Merrion & Rathfarnham - Singer Imelda Morris and the Stedfast Band.
As part of the bi-centenary celebrations the dedicated charity has been Sightsavers International. The Society launched a Lenten Children's Project to raise money for the charity and many parishes from throughout the Church of Ireland have taken part. Taney Sunday School presented a cheque of €400 to the appeal.
Safeguarding Trust Audit
On April 20th, Mrs. Olive Good, the Diocesan Safeguarding Trust Officer conducted a triennial audit of the Safeguarding Trust provisions in the parish. Meeting with the three members of the Safeguarding Trust panel, Charlie Sloane, Beryl Tilson and Trilly Keatinge and the parish clergy, all aspects of health and safety and child protection were assessed. Whilst highlighting several areas for improvement, the parish was commended for the way in which Safeguarding Trust practice and procedures are implemented and Taney was described as being ‘near the top of the class’ in the Diocese.
All issues raised have now been rectified and further details are available from the parish panel members or the clergy. At this venture thanks and appreciation must be extended to all who work with children in the parish for their hard work and willingness to adapt to the requirements of Safeguarding Trust.
Wins for Taney!
The winners of the Central Communications Board 2009 Communications Competition for the best newsletters/magazines, websites and innovative use of new technologies by individuals, parishes and dioceses were announced on Sunday 10 May, by the Archbishop of Armagh at the General Synod in Armagh City Hotel.
The competition was independently judged by external media professionals.
In the Parish magazines/newsletters category, the judges said that they recognised that all of the entries in this category were of a particularly high standard and that it was extremely difficult to choose between them. They went on to say, ‘The winner had an imaginative use of graphics and space while the runner up provided particularly good production and good use of colour and pointers to both events and prayers.’
The best parish magazine was won by the Parish of Castledermot and Kinnegh, Narraghmore and Timolin (‘Four Churches One Parish’), which was praised for being packed with news and information along with a very readable exposition of Lent in its March issue. It showed good evidence of imagination and creativity.
The runner-up was ‘The Columban’, the magazine of St Columba’s Parish, Knock, Belfast. The judges praised its good use of colour, its pleasing, fresh look and good choice of articles and production values.
Finally in this category, ‘Taney News’ from Taney Parish, Dundrum, Dublin, was ‘highly commended’, praised as ‘fresh and readable’ with a good use of pictures and attractive front page.
In the Websites category the external judge particularly looked for something more than mere information, such as interactivity, video, audio, etc. It was felt that the best sites make the viewer feel included, invited into a community, creating a coherent impression of the church itself.
In the Parish websites category, St Mary’s Parish , Ballybeen’s fresh and attractive site scooped first place, with Taney Parish in second place, praised for its attractive design and current content.
Taney Indoor Bowling Club
The highlight of the Bowling Season was the winning of the Price Cup on 2nd April. The final was played at Zion against Clondalkin who put on a spirited performance and we were delighted to emerge as winners at the end. Our team pictured above with Club Captain, Myrtle McCoy and Competition Secretary, Esme Williams was Eric Bryan (Skip), Wally Rankin, Reg Jones, Ivan Rafter, Stanley Rowe, Alison Sainsbury, Margaret Spencer and Olive Bryan (Skip).
We ended the season with our Captain’s Dinner at the Goat Grill when we presented the trophies to the winners of our club competitions with the Ann Galbraith Cup (singles) being retained by Pat Galbraith and the Reg Acton Cup (pairs) going to Olive Bryan and John McCoy.
At the AGM the Officers and Committee elected for 2009/10 were Captain, Eric Bryan, Hon. Secretary, Stanley Rowe, Hon Treasurer, Margaret Casey, Hon. Competition Sec. Esme Williams, Committee: Alison Sainsbury, Elsie Townsend and Henry Wiseman.
Our new season will start in September when new members will be very welcome. Why not give bowling a trial any Monday or Thursday evening (without obligation) or contact any of the committee above
Lenten Lunches
Once again the Committee sincerely thank all who helped in the success of our Lenten Lunches – the soup-makers, tray-bakers, teams of helpers and those who contributed with donations towards tea, coffee, etc. Lastly, very importantly, we thank those who came in great numbers to support us. We were glad to welcome in addition to our Taney Parishioners, our friends from Holy Cross Church and Dundrum Methodist Church. We thank God for the wonderful result €5,390.15
Choir Visit
The Parish Communion in Christ Church on Sunday 3rd May had a European element as we welcomed ‘Choralia’, the Choir of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tampere, Finland. The choir were visiting Dublin over the Bank holiday weekend and sang a number of pieces during the service.
Mothers' Union Visit
On Sunday 26th April we welcomed Ms Thandi Xundu as our preacher. Thandi is from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She is a former Mothers’ Union President for the Anglican Province of Southern Africa and is a Trustee of Mary Sumner House in London the HQ of Mothers’ Union. She was also joined by Mrs Margaret Crawford, All Ireland Mothers’ Union President.
Click here to see some pictures
Easter in Taney
Dedication of Wheelchair Lift
Following the Care Group Holy Communion for Easter, 
the Rector dedicated a wheelchair lift in the Parish Centre.
The lift has been donated by Dolly Turner (seated) in memory of her late husband Tom. (left to right) Dudley Dolan, Hon Secretary of the Select Vestry, the Revd Stephen Farrell, Curate, Dolly Turner, the Revd Niall Sloane, Curate and the Revd Canon Desmond Sinnamon, Rector.
New Website Launched
Pictured at the launch of a new website for the parish are the Canon Des Sinnamon, Rector, Alanna Carter, Hon Treasurer of Select Vestry, the Rev Niall Sloane, the Rev Stephen Farrell (Curates) and Dudley Dolan, Hon Sec of Select Vestry.
Presentation
On Sunday 17th May, the Rector presented a 'Distinguished Service Award' to Taney Changeringer, Mr Cyril Galbraith. Cyril was instrumental in the relocation of the St Geroge's bells in Christ Church, Taney.
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