Church of Ireland

Calry Parish Church

Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

Notice Sheet

20 September 2026 – Trinity XVI

Rector: Ven Patrick Bamber Tel: 071 91 46513. Day off – Monday

Associate Minister: Canon Ronnie Bourke

Curate: Revd Victoria Pringle 089 400 2605. Day off - Friday

email: rector@calry.ie  fb:/calryparishchurch  www.calry.ie

A diverse yet unified community of all ages, sharing the message of Jesus by word and deed in Sligo and beyond.

This morning’s 11 am service is a Service of the Word. Revd Victoria Pringle is the preacher.

David North will be playing and singing two gospel songs: ‘Gospel Plow’ and ‘Like a Songbird that Has Fallen’

We will start with the hymn 96 Jesus is Lord.

The Bible passages are Psalm 105.1-6, Philippians 1.21-30 and Matthew 20.1-16.

3.00 pm St John’s Hospital service of Evening Prayer.

Main Sunday Services in Calry

Tuesday Rectory Fellowship Group

We are continuing our series in 2 Samuel meeting again this week at 11.15 – 12.30 pm. Do come if you’re free.

Saturday 8 am Inter-church Prayer Meeting

26^th September: TREM, Grattan St

Parish Prayers

The next Parish prayers will be on Wednesday 30^th September at 7.30 pm in the church.

Harvest

The Calry Harvest Thanksgiving will be on Sunday 4^th October at 4 pm. The guest preacher will be Rev Alan Mitchell. Following the service will be our usual Harvest tea.

How can I help?

• Decorating the church – meet on Friday morning 2^nd Oct
• Cleaning the church – meet on Saturday afternoon 3^rd Oct at 2 pm
• Bring something to give to Sligo Food Bank
• Donate something to eat at the Harvest Tea
• Contribute to the collection for our link diocese of Kindu in DRC
• Invite your friends and neighbours to join us
• Pray!

Lay Ministers’ Retreat

The Commission on Ministry is organising a Lay Ministers’ Retreat for lay ministers across the Church of Ireland. Registration is free of charge. Two retreats are being offered:

Saturday 3 October in Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght

Saturday 10 October in Murlough House, Dundrum, Co Down

To register or for more information email: linto.john@rcbcoi.org

Church of Ireland Youth Dept Confirmation Questionnaire

CIYD are hoping to survey everyone who was confirmed since 2017. We need at least 500 responses to get a good data set and from across the Church of Ireland.

The survey is here: https://forms.gle/wK7NkwhRf9yBXaZU9

It's totally anonymous, can be completed by anyone (regardless of age) who was confirmed in the C of I since 2017 and the deadline is 31st December. I have Prof. Leslie Francis and his team lined up to crunch the data and tell us how we can make Confirmation more impactful, but what we really need is data!

Sunday School

The re-opening of Sunday School is delayed. Please ask for more details.

Christian Unions

Grammar – Tuesday lunchtimes in The Cabin

ATU – Thursday 1-2 pm in the Sanctuary, Student Services Building

Other Harvest Thanksgivings

This evening

Munninane 7 pm

Sligo Presbyterian at 7 pm

Friday 25^th

Lurganboy 8 pm

Sunday 27^th

St John’s Hospital 3 pm

Lissadell 7 pm

Sligo Methodist 7 pm

Friday 2^nd October

Riverstown 7 pm

Rosses Point 8 pm

Sunday 4^th

Drumcliffe 7 pm

Sunday 11^th

St John’s Cathedral 4 pm

Friday 16^th

St Anne’s Strandhill 8 pm

Sunday 18^th

Boyle 4 pm – Agricultural Chaplain Rachel Cox leads a special afternoon Harvest celebration

(see flyer for more details).

Happy Birthday to…

…Ted Smith who is 96 today.

…Pippa Bamber who was … on 17^th.

…Sneha Mathew who was … on 18^th.

Additional Prayer Points

• the bereaved, including the Deignan family on the Mall
• provision of a new musical director, more Sunday School team and youth leaders
• the formation of a new parish youth group
• the diocese of Kindu – protection from Ebola and fighting and for education and church growth
• guidance for our Diocesan Synod on Saturday 10 October

If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labour for me.

Philippians 1.22