Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 1 November 2008
Theological Lectures in University of Ulster
Next Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm the annual theological lectures, which are hosted by the Anglican Chaplaincy in the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and Belfast, will be held at the Belfast campus of the university which is beside Belfast Cathedral.
The guest lecturer will be Dr Gordon Wenham, Professor Emeritus of the University of Gloucestershire and former lecturer at the School of Semitic Studies, Queen's University of Belfast. His overall subject over the two lectures will be 'The Old Testament as Christian Scripture', with the first, on Monday, subtitled, 'What can we learn from the law?' and second on Tuesday, subtitled, 'The Lord is my Shepherd: the Psalms as ethic?'. The lectures will be introduced by the Rev Dr Maurice Elliott, Director of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute, and Professor Alistair Adair, Provost of the campus and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University over the two nights, respectively.
Free car parking is available in the precincts of Belfast Cathedral and tea and coffee will be served from 6.30pm. Full details may be had from the Church of Ireland Chaplain at the Jordanstown and Belfast campuses, the Revd Trevor Johnston (click to email).
Tomorrow (Saturday) is All Saints Day. At 11am in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, there will be a Memorial Service for Robin Lewis Crosby at which the preacher will be Lord Eames. The service will be sung by the choir of St Brigid’s church, Stillorgan, where Mr Lewis-Crosby was a life time worshipper. In the evening, at 6pm, the lay vicars choral and the gap year scholars of the Christ Church Cathedral Choir will sing at the Patronal Festival Eucharist in All Saints Church, Grangegorman, where the vicar is the Archdeacon of the Dublin, the Ven. David Pierpoint.
The final recital in the ‘Airs and Melodies’ series of concerts in Whitechurch parish church, Dublin, will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm when the performers will be the Blackmore Ensemble from the UK.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the preacher at the Sung Eucharist will be the Bishop of Derry & Raphoe, the Rt Revd Ken Good. At Evensong the annual Huguenot Service will be held at which the preacher will be the Archdeacon of Raphoe, the Ven. Scott Harte. This service is organized by the Irish branch of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland and those who wish to know more about the Society’s activities in Ireland should contact the honorary secretary, Mrs Elizabeth Bicker (click to email), who has recently succeeded her longstanding predecessor, Mrs Annette Camier, or the new chairman, Ken Ryan (click to email) who has succeeded Patrick Mercer.
On Monday afternoon at 3pm the Friends of Belfast Cathedral will hold their AGM in the Cathedral Centre. The Bishop of Tuam, Dr Richard Henderson, will preside at the Tuam, Killala & Achony Clergy Conference which will be held in Clifden until Wednesday.
The final organ recital in the current series will be held in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Wednesday evening at 6.30pm. The recitalist will be Shiloh Roby, from Staunton, Virginia, who is the current organ scholar in St Patrick’s.
Christian Aid has launched a new fund raising initiative for schools – the Christmas Stocking Club. This is intended to support people living in some of the poorest countries in the developing world and will involve classes raising target sums to purchase a gift for a project. Full details may be had form Deborah Doherty at Christian Aid – 048 90381204.