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Church of Ireland Directory 2010
The Church of Ireland Directory for 2010 is now available. To order please call 01 497 2821 or email sssresourcecentre@eircom.net. €17.95
God’s Enduring Presence - Joyce Rupp
These brief and highly readable meditations once again demonstrate Joyce Rupp’s “Spiritual knack” for discovering God just about everywhere: in prayer, in worship, a kind word, an old house in need of repair, a puzzling situation, a personal rejection, the death of a loved one, inviting a stranger to lunch, a faithful marriage, a hug. You cannot read this book without seeing the world with new eyes - eyes that detect in your own life God’s enduring presence. €10.99
Pray Now
Pray Now is a collection of modern prayers that can be used by all denominations, by individuals, prayer groups and leaders of worship. Each year our relationship with God is explored through a theme. This year’s theme is ‘Environment’. Wherever we go, whatever we do, the environment has a profound effect on our lives. The daily prayers in this book will help you to reflect on a world where climate change, international conflict and disasters are keenly sensed and communicated by the global community. Pray Now gives a place to start when you feel you have no words of your own.
€7.45
Mark in the Lectionary - Gerald Caron
This book follows the Sunday readings for the Year B cycle of the Lectionary. As preachers and readers dialogue with these texts they are urged to relate them to contemorary issues. This study guide will help readers develop an approach to bibical texts that will lead to a more extensive and deeper ethical awareness of the responsibility involved in interpreting, teaching and preaching these texts. An important resource for the Year of Mark.
€15.50
Building Blocks - Children’s Ministry Conference - December 2008
‘Building Blocks’ is a conference that aims to support and encourage all those working with children in their local parish. The ‘Building Blocks’ Conference will be held in Belfast on Saturday 22nd November 2008 and in Dublin on Saturday 29th November 2008 in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. The keynote speaker is Terry Clutterham who has written many resources for ministry amongst children. There will be a wide variety of seminars on topics such as small groups, wide age range, working with a multi-cultural group, drama, arts and crafts and much more. Brochures are now available.
Clergy Lunchtime Talk - Ministry to 11-14 year olds
This can be the most challenging group to inspire spiritually.
Terry Clutterham will explore ways of engaging with this age group.
Terry Clutterham is the keynote speaker for Building Blocks 2008. Terry is Director of Ministry Delivery for SU England and Wales and has editied ‘Key Notes’, ‘One to One’ and ‘Alive to God’. He has extensive experience in producing Bible based resources to be used with 7-14 year olds, including a number of excellent books such as ‘The Adventure Begins’ and ‘Absolutely Everything’.
Friday 28th November 2008
Rathdfarnham Church of Ireland Parish Centre
Rathfarnham Village (beside the Church)
Parking available in the Church grounds.
12.30pm - 2.15pm
There will be a light lunch served at 12.30pm followed by the talk.
The lunchtime talk is free but due to catering arrangements names of those planning to attend need to with Anne Taylor by Tuesday 25th November.
For further information or booking contact the Rev. Anne Taylor on 01 490 5543 or email sundayschoolsociety@ireland.anglican.org
A Place at the Table
A Place at the Table is a rich and varied resource on the theme of hospitality for public worship and personal prayer throughout the Christian year. From the blessing of a home to a quiet day on the environment, from a Eucharistic prayer for Easter to a credal statement for Human Rights Day, here are liturgies, prayers, gospel reflections, meditations, ideas to use on retreats and with all-age groups, imaginative exercises for quiet days and, appropriately, seasonal recipes for simple good food to share.
The Identity of Anglicanism
This book is intended to provide some essential resources for the study of Anglician ecclesiology.
Sounds of the Eternal - A Celtic Psalter
This is an illuminated daily prayer book that eloquently and movingly recalls us to a lost inheritance - the full knowledge of all that it means to be made, body and soul, in the image of God. In giving voice to the intuitions and yearnings that are common to the human soul, Sounds of the Eternal restores to us a precious birthright.
The Rhythm of Life - David Adam
Celtic Daily Prayer - Life has its rhythms. We all need to be able to cope with its ebb and flow. We have to survive its darkness as well as its light. To survive this intricate pattern, we need to have an overriding rhythm of prayer.
Approaching Easter
What controls us? What gives meaning to our lives? How can we live a life shared with others? The seasons of Lent and Easter are traditionally times to reflect upon such fundamental questions as these. In this gentle, reflective book, Jane Williams encourages us to make space for reflection and, in so doing, to draw closer to God.
Life Conquers Death - The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Official 2008 Lent Book
Meditations on the Garden, the Cross and the Tree of Life. Author John Arnold guides us on a journey of readings and questions that begins with the garden of Eden…… and brings us at last to the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem.






