Irish Times Notes22 Nov 24

Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’

CIYD Prayer Journal

The Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) has announced that a new version of its prayer journal is now available ahead of the Church of Ireland’s Day of Prayer for Young People and Youth Ministry, which will be held on Sunday. This day is marked each year on the Sunday before Advent and is an opportunity for all parishes to thank God for their young people and their families, and to bring before Him their dreams, needs and everyday lives.

The prayer journal gives space to capture how God is speaking to young people and encourage them to think about why they pray, their own prayer requests, what helps them pray and what stops them from praying, and to pray for the world.  With 18 pages, the journal helps readers record reasons for gratitude, be creative and reflective, and seek God’s help for challenging situations.

National Youth Officer Simon Henry, remarked: “Can I encourage every congregation to be praying for young people on this special Sunday and to use a variety of methods and ideas to engage young people in rhythms of prayer.”

To order a copy of the journal, contact a Diocesan Youth Officer or Diocesan Youth Council representative.

This Sunday’s morning service on BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle will come from St Michael’s church, Castlecaulfield, in the Diocese of Armagh.  The service will be led by the Ven Peter Thompson, Archdeacon of Armagh and Rector of Castlecaulfield & Donaghmore, and will be broadcast just after the 10am news.

The series of lunchtime recitals in St Ann’s church, on Dublin’s Dawson Street,  concludes on Sunday at 12.45pm when soprano, Kelli–Ann Masterson and pianist, Niall Kinsella, will perform a programme of folk–song arrangements from Ireland and Britain, by composers Herbert Hughes, Benjamin Britten and Rhoda Coghill.

The series of lunchtime lectures in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, to mark the centenary of the death of the composer Charles Villiers Stanford concludes on Tuesday at 1.10pm when Jeremy Dibble will speak on ‘Stanford & Choirs’. A Professor of Musicology in Durham University, he previously lectured in UCC, and is the author of Charles Villier Stanford. Man and Musician. In St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick at 1.15pm there will be a lunchtime concert featuring Celia Donoghue (clarinet) and Ethna Tinney (piano).