Church of Ireland
Calry Parish Church
Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Notice Sheet
2 March 2025 – Sunday before Lent, Feast of the Transfiguration
Rector: Ven Patrick Bamber Tel: 071 91 46513
Associate Minister: Canon Ronnie Bourke
email: rector@calry.ie fb:/calryparishchurch www.calry.ie Day off – Monday
A diverse yet unified community of all ages, sharing the message of Jesus by word and deed in Sligo and beyond.
Today
Welcome to this morning’s All Age Service
There is no Sunday School today. It will resume on 9th March.
Bible readings today are: Psalm 99 and Luke 9.28-36.
Hymns are: Build your kingdom here; 325 Be still for the presence of the Lord; 616 In my life Lord; I stand amazed
3.00 pm St John’s Evening Prayer.
The March edition of The Scribe is ready for collection today.
Main Services
| Date | Name | Details |
| 5 March | Ash Wednesday | 8.00 pm Holy Communion |
| 9 March | Lent I | 11.00 am Service of the Word |
Tuesday Bible Study
11.15-12.30 pm in the Rectory using ‘Practicing the Way’. All welcome!
Lent
We will mark Ash Wednesday with a service of Holy Communion at 8 pm on Wednesday 5 March.
The following Wednesday, 12 March, we will start a special series based on a course called ‘Practicing the Way’ at 8 pm in the Catacombs. If you would like to join in please sign your name on the list at the back of church. The course book costs €15. (Speak to the Rector if the cost is prohibitive.) Many thanks! For more about the course go to: www.practicingtheway.org
Confirmation Preparation and CU
The group continues on Friday at 3.15 pm.
Saturday 8 am Inter-church Prayer Meeting
8 March Sligo Presbyterian Church
15 March Heatherview, Tonaphubble, F91 P2CH
Kids’ Connect Club at Sligo Presbyterian Church
The SPC Kids' Connect club has resumed on Friday afternoons. It’s for all children of National School age and will run from 4:30pm - 5:30pm. Questions? Call Mary on 085 123 2988.
ATU CU Outreach
The CU has a series of events planned this week as a form of outreach. It concludes with a question panel on Thursday evening at 7 pm in lecture room 4. The Rector, Brian Donaghy and Heledd Job the Southern Team leader of CU Ireland will be fielding the questions. Please pray!
World Day of Prayer
This year the Sligo ecumenical service for the WDP is being held in the Presbyterian Church this Friday (7th) at 8.00 pm. All are welcome!
DRC
Thank you very much to those of you who have already given something for the emergency relief fund for Kindu. As a result of the fighting with various rebel groups in the east the cost of essential items has doubled.
Linda from CMS Ireland writes:
A transfer of funds to Kindu is pending and planned for next week. Archbishop Masimango will use this to assist the most vulnerable with food stuffs. This type of distribution has been taking place in secret in the other dioceses as the need is so great, if it became widely known that help was available, the church would be swamped. There are tens of thousands of displaced people in the cities where our partners live.
Please pray and advocate for the people of DRC whose sorrow and suffering is largely ignored by the international systems of politics and media.
CMS Ireland have a Zoom prayer meeting at 1.00 pm on Ash Wednesday for more information and to pray together. To register go to: www.cmsireland.org/pray
Accommodation
A young married couple really need a place to rent in Sligo. Do you know of anything? Please Speak to the Bambers.
Valentine, Anastaysia, Sasha and Daniella and many other Ukrainians suddenly had their moves cancelled last week. So, they are still living where they were before.
New School Secretary Needed
Carbury NS is looking for a new school secretary. The role is for 30 hours a week from 8.40 am – 2.40 pm Monday – Friday. Applications with CVs need to be submitted by 5 pm on Monday 10 March to The Chairperson, c/o Carbury NS.
Wisdom – a new one act play by Gerry Farrell
Colin O’Rourke has discovered that retirement is not what he thought it would be! An evening of drama, humour and self-discovery. Skreen-Dromard Community Centre 7th March 8.30 pm and St Brigid’s Hall, Tubbercurry 18 March 8.30 pm. For more information contact Revd Andy Pierce 086 170 5888.
Calry Mission Conference Saturday 5 April
In collaboration with CMSI and other parachurch organisations we are going to host a short mission conference on Saturday 5 April in Calry. It will run from 10 am – 1 pm and will give a great opportunity to hear about what is going on in various parts of the world, as well as here in Ireland. It should be informative, inspiring and motivating. Please plan to come!
Extra Prayer Points
- contemplate the Lord’s glory during the season of Lent
- confirmation candidates and youth work
- a new Dean for the Sligo Cathedral Group
- Sligo Mission Conference on 5th April
- our Ukrainian friends who feel crushed by recent events
- God’s purposes to be fulfilled in our world despite human stupidity, callousness and arrogance
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory,
are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3.18