Our Holy Communion Service for Senior Parishioners will take place on Thursday 19th December at 10.30am
There will be festive refreshments following the service.
Everyone welcome!
A small party of scouts met at Sydenham train station for the early service to Helen’s Bay. From there they made the short hike to Crawfordsburn scout centre carrying rucksacks, sleeping bags and no small supply of sweets. They were greeted by the leader party who immediately set them to work erecting their tents, fire shelters and digging out fire pits for the weekend’s camp fires.
Scouts were divided into 3 patrols, snow leopards, wolverines and honey badgers which provided a mix of experienced campers and first timers affectionately known as “grots”. The premise of team work is essential and skills are acquired throughout the camp, whether that’s keeping wood supplies stocked and kit dry or cooking a chicken korma on an open fire.
For teenage scouts, good grub on a cold and often wet weekend is essential for energy as well as comfort and the fire pit is the heart best of a good patrol and a good camp.
Along with the activities provided on site such as the zip line, climbing wall, abseiling, crate stacking etc essential axe skills are taught which will ensure safe use for future camps.
The chatter of scouts sitting round an evening campfire, whittling wood and telling tales of camps before is the lifeblood of new friendships with lads whom they don’t live beside or go to school with, but will carry the memories of a weekend in the forest as part of their passage to adulthood. The leaders young and not so young have the blessing of being able to influence and shape those lives and attitudes through scouting in the way Baden Powell intended.
Iain
Scoutmaster
4th and 24th Belfast Scouts
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Our CHRISTINGLE SERVICE will take place on Sunday 29th December at 10.30am.
Don’t forget to bring along your Christingle!
Everyone welcome!
Our Annual Midnight Eucharist is on Tuesday 24th December at 11.15pm
Everyone is welcome to join us as we prepare to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.
Our Annual Carol Service will take place on Sunday 22nd December at 7.30pm
Everyone is welcome!
This is usually a very busy service so make sure you arrive early for your seat!
You are invited to join us for our Compline Services for Advent at 8.00pm
as follows:
Compline is a service of quietness and reflection before rest at the end of the day.
It derives derives its name from a Latin word meaning ‘completion’ (completorium).
The Ladies Guild have provided packets of 5 notelets for sale.
They are a series of beautiful photos taken around the church, and would make an excellent gift!
Limited stocks, so get them while you can!
Packets of 5 notelets for £5
It is always a wonderful privilege for the Rector to visit parishioners when they are in hospital. This is only made possible by keeping the Rector or the Parish Administrator informed of when people are admitted, which ward they are in, and when they are discharged.
PLEASE HELP US TO HELP YOU by keeping us up to date. While we appreciate that this can sometimes slip parishioner’s minds in the stress of hospital life and illness, it is important that we are kept up to date so we can schedule visits. St Columba’s has a wonderful church family which we always want to help, and this is only made possible when we are kept informed of changing circumstances.
Contact:
The Rector: Tel 02890 471517 or email rector.knock@down.anglican.org
or
Karen Patterson: Tel 02890 656891 Mon- Fri, 9am-1pm or email office.knock@down.anglican.org
Thank you.
St Columba’s Parish Church has a small car park located on the church grounds, which fills quickly during busy services.
We have a small car park on the church grounds which fills quickly during busy services.
We ask that you use it to maximum capacity by carefully parking.
We respectfully request that parishioners and visitors to our parish park in a considerate way by not blocking entrances to the homes of our neighbours.
It is also very important to leave a clear road available for emergency vehicles which may need to pass at speed while a service is taking place.
Cones have been placed to assist with considerate parking and we ask that they are not moved.
PLEASE make sure that vehicles can pull out of driveways safely and have enough space to see each direction, and do not park tight to the hedge as pedestrians legally need the space of a double buggy to walk past parked vehicles.
Police can leave tickets on badly parked vehicles.
Remember – being late for church is not a viable excuse for poor parking!
Thank you.
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