The Rector's
Newsletter
Christmas comes early to Kilternan - give thanks
In years gone by a clergyman was said to have a "living". The clergyman looked
after the spiritual welfare of parishioners, lived in the rectory and made his
living from the glebelands attaching to the rectory - farming in some small way
and growing vegetables for kitchen use. Kilternan was such a parish having
about 20 acres of land. We recall especially Canon Byrn, who alongside his
clergy duties tended his cattle and could be met at market!
This rich heritage is part of our parish today, and from it 3.2 acres of land
recently rezoned from agricultural to residential, has brought much financial
benefit to the parish, giving us the means to go ahead with our parish
development of a halls complex to serve both parish and community.
In a recent circular letter to all parishioners, the Select Vestry advised that
the sale when complete will realise €13.2 million. Costs associated with
building the halls and upgrading the rectory will not use all the monies.
However, any residue of money after the capital costs will be held by the RCB
as trustees on behalf of the parish. Unless there were exceptional
circumstances, and with the permission of the Representative Church Body, these
monies would not be drawn down by the parish. We can see therefore that it
will be necessary for the parish to raise funds to meet the expenses of fitting
out of the halls. This, in a sense, will give parishioners ownership of the
project.
Just as importantly, having been blessed in this way as a parish we should be
looking to "give back" in ministry and mission something to enhance and build
up life of society at home and/or overseas. If parishioners have any specific
projects in mind it would be helpful to hear of them. In their day to day
relationships and neighbourliness, parishioners are involved and active in the
community, living out the Gospel love in an incarnational manner. In due
course in the new parish facilities and in our mission we hope to find new ways
of being Christ to each other.
Amidst all this challenge and bustle of life I hope you will find time to relax
and enjoy the Christmas season and to be part of Kilternan parish as we worship
together the glory of God in the Christ-child.
God bless and keep you all
David
Tales of men's shirts
TRUST, the organisation run for the benefit of homeless people in Dublin are
always on the look-out for clothing. Shirts are very welcome, but jackets,
suits, skirts and blouses are too. With a quick look through your wardrobe
ahead of Christmas, you might be able to make room for some Christmas presents
by donating some items that are past the "best before" date that you have set
for them. Please bear in mind that just because someone is homeless they have
not lost their dignity, so old gardening clothes etc. that are fit for the bin
should be put there!
If you have something to donate, it may be left in the
TRUST H.Q. in Bride St. (Opposite the old Iveagh Baths) or given to Terry
Lilburn. (Tel. 260 0003 )
Kilternan Church of Ireland National School
Halloween Masks
As part of our in-school house competition, children throughout the school designed a
Halloween Mask. Each class had been given a template and children could add to
it in whatever way they wished. They could paint or colour the mask or use
paper mache. Lots of novel ideas were produced from witches, skeletons and
cats to clowns, aliens, Indians and princesses. Each and every child put their
best effort into their masks and it was so hard to pick the winners. Mrs.
Valda Walsh kindly gave of her free time to judge the competition and we thank
her for her considerations. There were 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes awarded in each
class. Many lovely certificates were presented at our Halloween assembly.
Miss Wright, as usual, made these certificates, which were embellished with
Halloween designs. Thank you, Miss Wright for doing these so beautifully.
Now the children can put their thinking caps on as they plan a Christmas scene
for our carol service booklets!
3rd & 4th Class History Project
In the last few weeks, the children have been
working on their own personal story - the history of their life to date. They
wrote/drew about their milestones, from losing a first tooth, to riding a bike
without stabilisers, to the present day. They were then asked to take a step
back in time and find out what life was like in grandma/grandad's time. The
aim of the project is to interview an elderly relative/friend and elicit from
them what life was like in the past. In having a dialogue about life in the
older days, children will see the changes which have come about. I hope the
exercise will be mutually beneficial for young and old alike. Eavan Walsh Class
Teacher
Artifact Day 12 October 2006
In keeping with the new History programme in the
Revised Curriculum, an "Artefact Day" was held in 2nd class on 12th October
2006. Children were asked to bring into class an object from their
grandparents' time. For homework on the previous night, the children wrote up
a report on the artefact. They then presented both the artefact and the report
to their classmates the following day. The artefacts were amazing, ranging from
jewellery, tools and old toys to a family christening robe. Photographs were
taken of the children with their artefacts and displayed on the corridor. It
was a very enjoyable exercise.
Fire Drills
With the building programme, the fire assembly point for the school
has moved to the car-park in front of the tennis courts. An area has been
marked off for each class to cater for the growing numbers in the school. Fire
drills are held twice a term.
Green School News
Things are relatively quiet at the moment with the building
programme but we are continuing to recycle school paper and plastic. In the
last week, a mobile phone recycling unit has been delivered to the school. So,
if you have any unwanted mobile phones, mobile phone chargers or mobile phone
batteries lying around at home, please bring them into 2nd class in the main
building, where the unit is housed at the moment.
Please note that ordinary household batteries cannot be recycled in this unit:
we hope to resume recycling household batteries shortly, when the existing unit
has been emptied.
Enid Bennett
Junior Infants
Junior Infants have been learning indoors and outdoors over the
last few weeks. We went for an autumn walk in the church grounds, looking for
blackberries, autumn leaves, sycamore wings and much more. We also had a visit
from a baby hedgehog who has missed hibernation and is now being looked after
by a carer until spring. Now we are discovering all about colours, and recently
went for a ëcolour walk' to discover all the colours in our environment. It
has been a busy start for the new junior infant class.
Melanie Wright
Steven Baggs
Captain Steven Baggs, Church Army, came with his family from Leominster,
Herefordshire, to Dublin in April 2003 to work in the parishes of Killiney
(Ballybrack), Rathmichael and Kilternan under the title "Three Strands
Ministry".
Residing in Sandyford Hall, Steven worked between the parishes until January
2006, when he became lay curate in Kilternan Parish.
Collaboration between parishes, communication and joint ventures within the
three strands cluster proved more difficult than envisaged, and was something
more than we were ready for.
Support from the Church Army and from a generous parish donor allowed Kilternan
to take Steven on to work solely in the parish. In this more manageable brief
he has worked efficiently leading worship and the music group and preaching in
the parish church; taking assemblies and classes in the parish school;
overseeing the Network Youth Group, a popular Monday night activity, and
visiting within the parish. An important task was to establish parish data in
respect of Safeguarding Trust, the Church's regulations in respect of working
with children. We are sorry to learn that in his last few weeks he has not
been well
We welcomed Steven's wife, Jocelyn, to the Parent Teacher Committee of the
school; his daughter Stephanie who was completing A-level examinations and is
now a student in UCD; the twins Austin and Lloyd, pupils at Newpark School and
who are already settled into new schools in Bournemouth; Nathan and Joshua were
players in the parish school, while their younger daughter, Bethany made it
into the Tree House pre-school.
Steven and his family now move back to the UK, a little earlier than envisaged.
However, we acknowledge Steven's contribution to parish life and ministry
where he has awakened our awareness to new possibilities - a valuable learning
process which may lead us in various directions. We thank him for his role in
all of this and we wish Steven, Jocelyn and the family every blessing as they
return to life in the offshore island east of us.
David
Kilternan Parish Lawn Tennis Club
Tennis News
November 2006 Championships
We ended the summer season with our Championship Finals Day on Saturday 4th
October. The weather was ideal for tennis, if a little chilly for spectators,
and we had three closely fought matches with the following results:
Mens' Singles Championship Winner - Roger Dowds Runner-up - Noel Willis
Mens' Doubles Championship Winners - Gary Colclough & John Ryan Runners-up - John Kingston & Stephen Wormell Mixed Doubles Championship
Winners - Jo Swan & Des Jolley Runners-up - Mary White & Roger Dowds
Annual General Meeting
The Club AGM was held on Thursday 2nd November. We had a good
attendance and while the club is in a healthy position from a membership and
financial point of view, we are in need of more players willing to participate
in League competitions. The major disruption, which is anticipated while the
Parish Centre is being built, is a concern to many members and the incoming
committee will be engaged in seeking the best options for maintaining
continuity of the club's activities during this period.
The following officers and committee were elected for the coming year:
Chairman: Noel Willis
Hon. Secretary: Irene Clendennen
Hon. Treasurer: Gary Colclough
Committee: Mary White, Trevor Storey, Ken Lee, John Ryan, Grainne
Carvill, Laura O'Kiersey
Ladies' Captain: Sheila Healy
Mens' Captain: Des Jolley
Club President (ex officio): Canon David Moynan
Juniors
Once again, Grainne Carvill and Laura O'Kiersey have agreed to take
charge of the Junior members, organising many activities, including the
Wednesday afternoon sessions with coach Trevor Harkness during the Summer,
Tennis Camps at Hallowe'en and Easter and the Christmas Party.
Leagues
We currently have a mens' team participating in the Floodlight League.
Dates to remember
Tuesday 28th November 7.45pm - Social Tennis evening with
refreshments
Wednesday 27th December 12.00noon - Christmas get-together. Tennis
with mulled wine and mince pies.
Noel Willis 14/11/06
Bray Women's Refuge
Heathervvood, Bray, Go. Wicklow.
Tel: 01 286 6163 Fax: 01-286 3830
E-mail:bwr@eircom.net
www.braywornensrefuge corn
9th October 2006
Mrs. Isabel Moynan The Rectory Kilternan Co. Dublin.
Re:Harvest Festival
Dear Mrs. Moynan,
Thank you for your very generous donation of food, fruit and vegetables. Please
convey our thanks to all those involved in collecting and donating the food.
As you are aware we are a charity offering support services to women and
children fleeing domestic violence. We aim to assist women to be able to live a
life free from violence. We continue to provide safe shelter, outreach support
and empowerment training for women and children.
You may be assured that your donation of food, fruit and vegetables will
benefit many women and children, by supporting a service offering them an
opportunity to break the cycle of violence in their lives.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all well for the future and
to again thank you for your support. Such support really does make a difference
to helping us achieve our goals.
Yours sincerely
Bray Women's Refuge
MU notices.
On October 18th we were pleased to welcome Sergeant John Moran who gave a very
informative talk on Home Safety, ID Theft etc. We thought we knew it all but
obviously the criminals know more!! Now we can say with confidence that we are
one up on them!!
We had our Christmas Party in Dorothy Elliott's house last Wednesday, 15th
November, very many thanks to Dorothy. Alison Wilkie came along and gave us a
wonderful Christmas demonstration which we all thoroughly enjoyed. Now we have
plenty of time to put it all into practice!
Upcoming Events. Saturday,
December 16th 2.30pm to 3.30pm We are repeating our Christmas entertainment for
the patients that was so well received last year.
Wednesday 10th January 2007 St. Brigid's Pantomime in Stillorgan; let me know
if you would like to come along (295 9903)
Thursday 1st February 2007 8pm Christchurch Cathedral. Inauguration of Ann
Walsh as Diocesan President of Dublin & Glendalough.
Sandra Knaggs
Our Thanks
At the end of the year our thanks go to our indefatigable typesetters and publication manager, Christine Kennedy.
it would be a different sort of magazine without her input including all the little drawings as well contributing articles.
Christine is also one of the busiest "posties" with twenty copies of Klips to deliver.
As usual thanks are due to all our other post people who do such a great job throughout the year.
Many thanks to you all from the editorial team
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