Mike Morfett, leader at one of the summer camps run by Crosslinks in Northern Ireland, was speaking at church on 1st February. Mike, interviewed by Zach the Puppet, told how each year lots of young people attend sumnmner camp for a week with Crosslinks. He visited D C Rock to tell them more.

Camps this year are

Junior: at Kilbroney Centre, Rostrevor fropm 4th to 11th July and
Senior: at Greenhill YMCA Newcastle from 25th July to 1st August.

For more details including age ranges get in touch

Crosslinks
32 Montgomery Road
Belfast
BT6 9HL
Northern Ireland

Tel: +44 (0) 28 9079 6028

or contact by email using http://www.crosslinks.org/ireland/contact.html as your starting point

Weekly News Sheet 090201 Welcome: this week’s news sheet contains details of upcoming events. Did you read about the Lectures at Queeen’s in a few weeks’ time? Was that apostrophe correctly placed? see the attached file for details (though not of apostrophes)!

090125-notices.pdf The Notice sheet distributed on Sunday 25th January is available for download. Please click on the highlighted text for a pdf file. PDF files can be read by Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free of charge from www.adobe.com

News Sheet for Sunday 18th January 2009 Thanks for coming to our website to check up on this. Please click on the link to get a pdf file of your news sheet for Sunday 18th January at Dromore Cathedral.

It is easy to term any time of need a crisis and to stir up interest and concern as a result. It can be a manipulative thing too, creating a response driven by guilt! But when your brother or sister is in need, under threat for their lives, and facing heavy demands which are beyond their capacity to carry, it is a genuine crisis for your family.

That is how it feels to me, to know that our brothers and sisters in Maridi are dealing with a huge influx of refugees from surrounding towns and villages. It is a time of increased tension in Southern Sudan with a rise in the level of attacks by LRA gangs on vulnerable people. So the churchwardens and I are appealing for members of the parish family to make an offering on Sunday 18^th and 25^th January to alleviate the practical needs of Bishop Justin and his team in Maridi. The offering on Sundays (other than regular envelopes) will be dedicated to relief in Maridi. Please give generously.

Stephen Lowry

Here is the News: 090104-notices.pdf

On Sunday 4th January 2009 at 10.00 am an opportunity is being given to married couples in the church to renew their wedding vows. It will take place in the context of a service where the idea of Covenant [or Promise] is explained for all present, young and old.

If you would like to renew your wedding vows, please complete the form obtainable at church, or here (Renewal Form), and return it by post, by hand or send details by e-mail by Friday 2nd January at 9.00 am. A personal certificate will be prepared to remind you of the renewal of your vows.

Wednesday 31st December New Year’s Eve

  Late 11.15  Watchnight Service  Methodist Church

Thursday 1st January New Year’s Day

  11.00  Holy Communion TWO  Cathedral

Saturday 3rd January

  10.30  Street/Prayer Ministry  Town Square

Sunday 4th January 2nd Sunday of Christmas

  10.00  Celebrate New Year at Ten Blessing of Marriage

  11.30  Holy Communion TWO Covenant Service

  6.00  Evening Prayer ONE

Tuesday 6th January The Epiphany

  10.30  Holy Communion TWO

Wednesday 7th January

  7.45  Clearing our Vision  Clayton Hall

Sunday 11th January 1st Sunday after Epiphany

  8.30  Holy Communion ONE

  10.00  Celebrate at Ten

  11.30  Morning Prayer ONE

  6.00  Sung Evensong and Sermon

Tuesday 13th January

  2.30  Evergreens  Clayton Hall

Wednesday 14th January

  12.15  Christian Aid Lunch  Clayton Hall

  8.00  Bible Class  Clayton Hall

Sunday 18th January 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

  10.00  Celebrate at Ten

  11.30  Morning Prayer TWO

  6.00  Holy Communion ONE

Monday 19th January

  7.45  Vestry Meeting  Clayton Hall

Friday 23rd January

  10.30  Parish Post Team  Clayton Hall

Sunday 25th January The Conversion of St Paul

  8.30  Holy Communion ONE

  10.00  Celebrate at Ten

  11.30  Morning Prayer ONE

  6.00  Evening Prayer TWO

Monday 26th—Saturday 31st January

  7.00  Bowling Tournament each night  Cathedral Hall

Here is the news sheet for Sundays 21st and 28th  December 2008 and services in between  081221-28-notices.pdf

The young people of D C Rock have been preparing some dramatic and creative moments for you to enjoy at worship. They will be leading worship on Sunday 21st December at 11.30 am.

Meeting at 10 as usual, the members of DC Rock will make their way to their various halls for practice and refreshments.  Members of the Girls Brigade too are helping this year. See you at the Cathedral at 11.30. Refreshments for those who wish them are available from about 11.00!