You’re Invited to “Community Futures”!

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Get Ready for “Community Futures”!

Join us for an exciting one-day conference on Saturday, November 16th, 2024, from 10:30 AM to 4 PM at the Lady Gregory Hotel in Gort! Designed especially for those aged 20 to 50 years old, this is your chance to dive into the big issues shaping your world and explore them through the lens of Christian citizenship in contemporary Ireland. All are welcome! Free to attend, including lunch (donations welcome). Reserve your place now via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/community-futures-conference-tickets-1042816079967

What’s on the agenda? We’ll tackle pressing topics like mental health, loneliness, and how the Church can better welcome newcomers and point the way for a wider welcome. We’ll also discuss the shared island concept, housing and homelessness, and the future of our environment and agriculture. This is a unique opportunity to have your voice heard on local, community, and island-wide issues that affect millennials and Gen Z.

Who’s speaking? Expect insightful talks from speakers ready to ignite debate and spark discussions that matter to you. Our speakers are: Dr Pippa Hackett (Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine), Cllr Shane Hickey-O’Mara (Social Democrats, Limerick City North), Rev Johnny Lowden (Glendermott Parish, Diocese of Derry and Raphoe), Rev Philip McKinley (Dunboyne and Rathmoylon Parish Group/Kildare Centre of Mission), Mid-West Simon Community, Ms Lydia Monds (Church’s Ministry of Healing: Ireland), Rev Jimmy Ogwal (Vice President Academic of Mary Immaculate Students’ Union), Ms Donnah Sibanda Vuma (Migrant Victims Support Project Coordinator, Doras)

Why attend? This isn’t just another conference! It’s a vibrant forum where you can challenge norms, voice your doubts, and shape the Church’s response to urgent social needs. You’ll leave inspired and equipped to make a difference, both in your own life and in your community!

Don’t miss out on this chance to be part of something transformative. Let’s shape the future together at Community Futures! ✨

Free tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/community-futures-conference-tickets-1042816079967 or email udcm@tlk.ie

CMH:I Annual Gift Day and Service of Wholeness and Healing, 20th Oct in Bray

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Join Church’s Ministry of Healing:Ireland for Our Annual Gift Day and Service of Thanksgiving, Wholeness, and Healing!

CMH:I warmly invites you to our annual Service of Thanksgiving, Wholeness, and Healing at Christ Church in Bray, Co. Wicklow, on October 20, 2024, at 3 PM. We are delighted to welcome the Rt Rev Patrick Rooke as our preacher. Many of you may know Patrick from his tenure as Bishop of the Diocese of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry, as well as his leadership in the Bishops’ Appeal Advisory Committee and as a former Chair of CMH:I.

This service promises to be a gentle and uplifting experience for all. We invite you to come and embrace God’s healing love in your life. If you’d like to prepare, the liturgy is available in the Book of Common Prayer and online via https://ministryofhealing.ie/text-of-service-of-celebration-of-wholeness-and-healing/

Whether you seek healing for yourself, for someone you care about, or simply wish to bask in God’s presence alongside a supportive community, this service is for you. Our Ministry Leader, Lydia Monds, will guide us through mindful intercessions, and our dedicated prayer ministers will be available for personal prayer.

Everyone is welcome! Ample parking is available at the church. And don’t miss out on the chance to chat over refreshments after the service. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at hello@ministryofhealing.ie.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Postal sign-up to our newsletter

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We know that not everyone uses email, or social media, so we have created a sign-up sheet for anyone who would like to get occasional updates from us by post. We’ll have this form at our diocesan synods and other events so that those who aren’t online will be able to sign up – but if anyone reading this knows of someone who might be interested, you can download the form here, print it, and give it to them to fill out and return to us: postal sign-up sheet

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Bookings now open for Advent Retreat 2024

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The Church’s Ministry of Healing is delighted to announce this year’s Advent Retreat, at the request of the Commission on Ministry. The Pilgrim’s Path in the World: Journeying with God in Advent will run from the evening of Friday 15 November to lunchtime Sunday 17 Nov in Mount St Anne’s retreat centre, Co. Laois. The retreat will be led by Rev Canon Alistair Graham, with CMH:I facilitating creative responses to Alistair’s sessions through a series of art stations.

The Commission on Ministry has been running this annual retreat for years and it is always a richly inspiring and gently restorative weekend. If you are anxious, lonely, overwhelmed, tired, or just seeking time away from your everyday routine to listen to God’s voice and to rest in His presence, then the retreat is for you. Places are limited and are on a first come, first served basis, so do get in touch at hello@ministryofhealing.ie to find out more and book a place.

Alistair’s chosen topics for the sessions this year are wonderful – “reading the map” and “the scent of roses” are just two of the beautiful titles. Many people know Alistair from his parish ministry in Mullingar, in the Diocese of Meath and Kildare, and his wonderful work with a youth initiative on climate change, ‘Lighten Our Darkness By Numbers’. For those who don’t, his prayerful and gentle retreat will be a transformative experience that shouldn’t be missed.

God, Me, and Anxiety – 6-week online course

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Our course has sold out within a couple of days, but if you missed the opportunity to sign up, please email us at hello@ministryofhealing.ie – we hope to run it again in the near future, so email us to register your interest, and we’ll let you know once new dates are decided. Thank you!

“God, Me, and Anxiety”

We are delighted to announce our new 6-week online course, starting Sept 11th and open to all!

Sign up and get more info via Eventbrite: 
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/god-me-anxiety-tickets-976174453067?

Spaces are limited and the cost is donation based with a recommended sliding scale of €30 – €90, or whatever is possible for you at the moment.

Whether you experience chronic anxiety, situational anxiety, social anxiety, generalised anxiety, anxiety for the state of the world, or you simply want to spend time learning, resting and allowing God to tend to the vulnerable parts of you, then this course is for you.

If you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing lydia.cmhi@gmail.com

We looking forward to seeing you there!

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Where to Find the Text of A Service of Celebration of Wholeness and Healing

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We are often asked about Word or PDF versions of the BCP’s service of A Celebration of Wholeness and Healing by parishes or clergy. Both versions of the text are available to download from the Church of Ireland website, as well as, of course, being in the Book of Common Prayer itself. If you go to https://www.ireland.anglican.org/prayer-worship/book-of-common-prayer/2004-texts and scroll down about two-thirds of the page, you’ll see the option to download version 1 and version 2 of the service. Version 1 is the PDF and Version 2 is the Word document. If you’d like to buy a BCP, you may do so from the Church of Ireland bookstore: https://store.ireland.anglican.org/store/product/164/book-of-common-prayer-desk-edition 

 

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Quiet day in Ballina

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We are thrilled to have been invited to lead this quiet day in Ballina with Ballina Churches Together. It will be a restful, restorative, day of reflecting on Psalm 23, and there will be time for creative responses and contemplative prayer. Please pray for Lydia as she prepares to lead the day, and for all who minister in the parish, and all who will attend.

A reflection on wilderness places, and meditative prayer

As we follow the journey to the cross, Jesus has left the wilderness. But for many people, the wilderness place in their lives continues.
Here is a reflection, meditation and Bible Study facilitated by CMHI and NBSI exploring the theme of wilderness, with some interesting findings!
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Lydia says: It’s 1 hour and 20 minutes long, but I would encourage you to carve out some time to listen and rest and wonder about God’s love and provision in the wilderness places.
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Under the Tree is back – March 22nd at lunchtime!

We are thrilled to let you know that Under the Tree is back, for one day only!

Join us on Friday 22nd for a lunchtime pause to reconnect with nature, self, others and God, who holds it all together in His hands.

Location: The old orchard & the chapel, 96 Rathmines Road Upper, D06 Y684 Dublin 6

At Under the Tree we come together to nourish body, mind, soul & relationship. We take an intentional pause to eat, to rest, to notice the beauty of nature, to laugh, to wonder and to remember the gift of our breath and of the present moment. In this pause, we learn more about who we are and whose we are.

The session takes place outdoors in a garden space and includes mindful and meditative practices to support us to be in the moment and and an interactive Bible study that creates a safe space to wonder about who God is and who we are in His eyes.

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In this session people will be invited to bring a small lunch and a hot drink. Some other foods will be prepared together as part of the session.

People are invited to bring a camping chair, a throw for your legs and a Bible and notebook (but we have spare chairs, throws and Bibles if you need them – just get in touch lydia.cmhi@gmail.com)

The sessions are facilitated by Dr Julie McKinley of the National Bible Society of Ireland and Lydia Monds of the Ministry of Healing: Ireland.

Reserve a place and make a donation to support the event at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/under-the-tree-nature-connection-bible-study-session-tickets-862913817457?

“Finding God in the In-Between Places”

We are delighted to announce that Lydia is facilitating the Dublin & Glendalough Ministry of Healing Springtime Quiet Day this year!

It’s called “Finding God in the in-between places,” and takes place on March 2nd, 10.30am – 3pm in Newcastle parish centre, Church Lane, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow, A63 X782. The Quiet Day will be a gentle, reflective and experiential time to intentionally rest in the Presence of God.

We all experience times of living between an ending and a ‘not yet’, …like tentative new Spring shoots emerging from the stagnancy and decay of Winter. How can we hold such endings and new beginnings together? Most importantly, how can we invite God to hold these de-stabilising times of endings and beginnings, and in-between spaces, with His compassion and healing?

Closing with Service of Holy Communion during which prayer ministry will be offered
Tea/coffee/soup provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
Register your interest by emailing Jeanne: healing.dgdc@gmail.com
No charge. Donations welcome