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All Saints’ Eglantine
Parish News
Spring 2020
Diocese
of
Connor
Charity commission for Northern Ireland
NIC101582
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Welcome to this new edition of the Parish magazine. As you
can see from the front cover, this is not just a new edition but
also a new look! From now on the magazine will be published
quarterly, and this allows more time for contributions and time
for editing and printing. May I stress that this is YOUR
magazine and therefore it is up to you to make it as good as
you possibly can. I wish to thank everyone who contributes on a regular basis and to all those who help
behind the scenes. It is worth pointing out that each edition of the magazine is also available online at
www.eglantine.org.
Perhaps a new-look is appropriate at this time of year. With each passing day, signs of spring surround
us. The evenings are slowly but surely getting brighter and the land is getting ready for new life to
emerge. Buds are beginning to appear on the trees and very soon the fields will be playgrounds for new
-born lambs. With Spring comes hope and expectation. We have a last look back at winter and the
Christmas festivities. During Advent we prepared our hearts and minds to welcome the tiny baby Jesus
into our world, and a new dawn began on Christmas morning. Now we are in Lent, and our thoughts
turn towards the journey of Christ to the cross. As with the seasons, we cannot rush any of these
special times of year. Ultimately God is in control and everything happens in his good time. We cannot
experience winter without autumn, and we cannot experience summer without spring. The writer of
Ecclesiastes expresses this beautifully:
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it;
God has done this, so that all should stand in awe before him. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8,14)
In Springtime find we are in a fresh green country which is being renewed by new life bursting out
everywhere. There are still some familiar landmarks, but even they look fresher. There is colour, sound
and bright light. The words, 'the Light of Christ' in the Easter Liturgy gives everything a new look and
new life. But Spring also shows up the dust and dirt and we find we have to do some spring-cleaning in
ourselves so that the light can get to our darkest corners and make us wholly new.
Spring is here, a time of preparing new ground, planting new plants, nurturing new seedlings, tending
new shoots, protecting new buds. A time of clearing out the old, throwing away the tarnished,
discarding the waste. A time of dreaming new dreams, thinking new thoughts, making new plans,
growing new goals, welcoming new hope. A time of holding tight the fragile, embracing the vulnerable,
nurturing the young, becoming aware of the potential longing for summer. Time to recommit, to begin
again anew. The rest of winter is over… the glory of summer is just beginning.
Rev Jason
Flower arranging classes
Flower arranging classes are held on a Thursday afternoon 2pm - 4pm in the
Church Hall and run from September to May. There are a few places
available and new members will be made most welcome.
If you’ve never attempted flower arranging before don’t let this put you off as
beginners get one-to-one tuition from Roberta Orr our tutor.
We’ve all been beginners at one stage and it’s amazing how quickly your
confidence will grow during the year. You'll make new friends and at the same
time learn a new skill.
For further details please contact: Alberta McCutcheon (028) 9266 0478
The Rector would be delighted to celebrate
Holy Communion with the sick and housebound over the
Easter period. If you or anyone else in the Parish would like
the sacrament, Please contact the Rector on 92662634
Start Paying by Standing Order Today
Over recent years, electronic banking has become much more a
way of life with automatic transactions to and from your bank for
items such as salaries and pensions, as well as payment of bills. In
line with this trend, churches are now receiving an increasing
amount of their income from parishioners paying by bank standing
order.
For parishioners, the advantages of paying by standing order are:
no need to worry about finding the correct change to put in your envelope each week;
you give exactly the amount that you want each year without having to check how many enve-
lopes you have placed on the plate and how much you have put in each one;
the standing order is under your control and you can easily change it at any time; and
standing order cards are available in church so that you still have something to put on the plate.
For your Church, the advantages are:
improving the regularity and consistency of church income;
reducing the volunteer time needed to open, count and record the amount in each envelope;
reducing the risks involved in weekly cash banking; and
reducing the cost and administrative effort of issuing paying in envelopes.
Over the last few years, in Eglantine, more and more of our parishioners have started to make their
regular donations by standing order. We now receive over 20% of our free will offering by standing
order.
We would like to encourage more parishioners to pay by this method. It is extremely easy to set
up -forms are available from the church wardens, to fill in and give to your bank. Alternatively, for
those who use internet banking, this can be set up online.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope that it encourages you to use a standing order as
your method of making donations to our Church.
Maurice Wright
The Mothers’ Union isn’t all about tea and cakes!!!
As a result of money left to us by Mrs Margaret Adams and the money we raised
from the coffee morning we were able to purchase over 100 supper plates (which
hold the mugs) for use in our church hall. These were presented to the Rector on
the 75th Anniversary of our Branch.
Dates for Diary
Thursday 20th February at 7.30pm - Visitors Night, Sharon Dickson, Epilogue of Belfast Story.
Sunday 15th March at 3.15pm - Diocesan Service in St Anne‟s Cathedral.
Thursday 19th March at 7.30pm- Area Coffee Evening with Bring & Buy Table.
Sunday 22nd March – Mothering Sunday
Thursday 9th April at 7.30pm (Change of Date due to concert)
Maundy Thursday service in church followed by a short meeting in hall afterwards.
Thursday 7th May at 7.30pm- Lisburn Area Dinner at St Mark‟s, Ballymacash.
Our branch meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month in the Mitchell Room in
Eglantine Parish Hall. Everyone welcome.
Brenda Orr
St Matthew‟s Broomhedge will host the World Day of Prayer
(WDP) Service on Friday 6th March at 8pm.
World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by
Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and
action for peace and justice. The Day of Prayer is celebrated
in over 120 countries.
This year's country is Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe means 'House of
Stones' and is located in Southern Africa.
You are warmly invited to the Service in St Matthew's Broomhedge on 6th March at 8pm.
When Patricia‟s mother finally succumbs to a long illness
from which her daughter had to care for her, Patricia is lonely
and yearns to start living her own life again. Her best friend
persuades her to write a letter to the Lonely Hearts column
in the newspaper and, after several false starts, she receives
a promising reply from a man called Edward Foley from
West Cork. Patricia meets the shy farmer a few times in town but, when he invites
her back to the farmhouse to meet his mother, events begin to take a series of sinister
turns.
Following Patricia‟s death years later, her daughter, Elizabeth, returns home from
America to clear out her childhood house in Ireland so that it can be put up for sale. It
is while she is disposing of her mother‟s clothes that Elizabeth accidentally comes
across a shoebox in the back of the wardrobe, which contains a host of
letters between her mother and someone signing their name as Edward.
Elizabeth sets about trying to discover her mother‟s connection to Edward, but her
questions are thwarted by her aunts and uncles. Not one to be defeated, Elizabeth
travels to Cork and, with the help of a local man, she unearths her mother‟s secret,
while discovering hidden truths about her own past.
Graham Norton has written an exceptional family saga in A Keeper. He has
managed to weave intrigue, heartache and malevolence into his novel, while still
maintaining more than a sprinkling of his characteristic humour throughout. A
thoroughly enjoyable read.
Donna Sloan
My Mother’s Farmland
by
Liz Gillan
My mother’s farmland is unrecognisable
today: a vanished world of farmhands
walking or cycling to work to hand milk
the cows into a bucket, the warm frothy milk being placed at the back door in a white enamel jug;
the jingle of harness as their working horse Beauty pulled the iron plough up and down the flat
field preparing the ground for potatoes; meadows rich with clover, buttercups, daises, the low
hum of bumblebees and the grating sound of grasshoppers.
Corn was cut by a scythe by my grandfather and his two brothers, their bronzed arms lean and
sinewy. Those behind pulled the stalks into a sheaf setting them upright to form stooks. After
drying it was built into much larger corn huts, eventually being transferred to a sizeable stack
from where it was threshed.
Jimmy Bingham had the only thresher in the area and farmers needed to book their turn. It was a
day all the family turned out to help, a dangerous job putting the corn into flailers. Young Pat,
down the lane, got his arm so badly lacerated in 1926, it had to be amputated below the elbow.
The blacksmith, Walter, had his forge nearby, its hooded fire of fine slack coal blown by
enormous leather bellows. He worked long hours in his low stone built building, his thickened
toil worn fingers permanently ingrained with oil and coal. A man of few words , he knew his craft
and even the liveliest of horses remained calm in his presence. Beauty was led several miles
along the country lanes to be shod, standing patiently outside tied to a rusty iron gate whilst the
heated iron was carried with tongs to the anvil. It was hammered into shape, a noisy process, then
pierced with holes where the nails would go. Placing it on Beauty’s hoof, it burnt into the hoof
wall emitting a sharp, pungent smell. As Beauty was a farm horse he had both ends of the shoe
turned down to give good grip whilst pulling loads.
It was a farmland of roosters crowing at dawn, of hens scratching in every corner of the yard and,
along ditches, of numerous rats and mice, of foxes and badgers, rabbit warrens along the banks.
The thorny hedges brimmed with cow parsley, poppies , frothy pink ragged robin. It was also a
nocturnal farmland of barn owls screeching, bats departing their roost at dusk to feed, foxes
prowling around the henhouse sending the hens into furious cackling.
For my mother to catch a glimpse of her future she stood barefoot in the field beside Laganvale.
She saw her mother scrubbing clothes on a wooden board in grey soapy water, her young sister
on her hands and knees in the kitchen cleaning the red quarry tiled floor.
And her fathers stooped figure moving slowly across the yard, a hay bail on his back for the
cattle. She fancied this must be her life, the worn tracks between the house and the animal sheds,
the roadway leading to the small country school.
Miss McGurnaghan, one of two teachers pointed to foreign countries far away on the coloured
globe of the world. There was something hushed and magical about unfamiliar names. The speck
she called New York was half way round this globe. My mother was in awe. How long would it
take to travel to this exotic place. She had learned the names of places her parents had been
to...Banbridge, Belfast, Ballywalter. They sounded exciting, one day she would see these
distant places. She would move on.
By
The Eglantine Chef
Lemon and Orange Drink
Perhaps the necessity to make a home made cordial is no longer so pressing. Commercial
cordials are in comparison blandly uniform and somehow fail to evoke the same pleasure as
one made at home. Anyone who cares about real flavour won’t grudge the time spent on making this.
My own memories of this drink are of hot summer days in the garden, a jug of this being carried
outside by my mother, tinkling with ice and a few slices of orange floating on top. She most probably had made
shortbread to go with it.
You will need some clean bottles but for economy save up any that come your way. Rinse them
out with previously boiled water. As well as the fruit in the recipe I often add two or three passion
fruit, just scoop out the inside of the fruit and add to the fruit ingredients.
The drink is also delicious with boiling water added as a bedtime nightcap.
Buy good quality fruit full of juice .
Citric acid is found in citris fruits and is a natural preservative. It is also used to add an acidic
taste to foods and soft drinks. Most chemists stock it but you can buy it online.
dissolved. Stir in the grated rind and juice of the fruit
Grated rind and juice of 6 oranges
and passion fruit, if using. Leave to cool completely.
Grated rind and juice of 2 lemons Overnight if you prefer. Using a sieve or muslin cloth,
Grated rind and juice of 1 grapefruit ( optional ) drain the liquid into another bowl , leaving behind the
grated rind.
1 kg of granulated sugar
Now using a jug or funnel ( if you have one ) fill each
2 ozs citric acid bottle with cordial up to its neck. You
2 pints boiling water should have approximately 3 bottles of cordial.
Store in the fridge or a cool place.
In a large bowl place the sugar and citric acid. Add the
Serve with ice and some thinly sliced lemon or orange.
boiling water and stir until the sugar and citric acid are
Snowdrop, tulip, daffodil,
Iris, crocus; flowers to fill
Waiting pots and windowsill
Springtime comes to share.
What do we others call ourselves
Sitting on our several shelves
Quite common or quite rare?
Be it Immigrant or Sikh
Brexiteer or Atheist
Biker, Rambler, Motorist,
Christian, Moslem, Pantheist,
Model, Footballer, or Freak!
A powerful symbol in our church
Is placed by clever hands each week,
A bunch of lovely different flowers
All glowing cheek by cheek.
(see Galatians 3:28) Oyster
Note that during the penitential season of Lent there are no flowers in
church except for St. Patrick‟s weekend.
15th March Bridie Walsh
Flower List
12th April (Easter Sunday) Sharon Parkinson
19th April Melba Burns
26th April Margaret Ashbridge
3rd May Vacant
10th May Vacant
17th May Williamson Family
24th May Vacant
31st May Carole & Sam Laverty
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTES IN SUPPLYING FLOWERS FOR THE
CHURCH. THERE ARE SOME SUNDAYS STILL TO BE FILLED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH, IT IS
A SPECIAL WAY TO REMEMBER A LOVED ONE.
MAUREEN CAMPBELL TEL. NO. 028 92683035
We had a good end to 2019 with our outing to the pantomime in the Civic Centre. A good afternoon
was had by all who attended.
We were delighted with all the children who took part in our Nativity service just before Christmas.
They all did so well and as always we were very proud of them. We would also like to thank the parents
for going over lines and words of songs in the weeks prior to the service. Well done to each and every
child. You were brilliant!
There will be no Sunday school on 22nd March, 2020, Mothering Sunday. We would encourage
families to attend the church service with the children on this day and look forward to a good
turnout.
There will be no Sunday school on Easter Sunday 12th April or the following week 19th April.
Advance notice of the date for Children's Day this year. Our prize giving service will be held on the
first Sunday, 7th June.
We are very encouraged by the number of children we now have on our roll and thank the parents for
the good attendance record of the children each week. Your support is much appreciated.
The Sunday School Team
All Saints’ Parish Hall
Thursday 23rd April at 8pm
Doors open at 7.15pm
Country Harmony
Subscription £12.50
Gary Wilson
Other artists to be confirmed
Jason Kernohan Tickets coming soon!
Tony AllenFor the past couple of years you will have noticed that during the Sunday Parish Eucharist the choir and clergy have processed from the back of the church headed by a processional cross, two acolytes (torch bearers), and the book of the Gospels. Throughout the Anglican Communion this is a familiar sight in many parish churches and cathedrals. The procession is a distinct, significant act of worship: it is not an aimless walk round the church; but it has a definite purpose, just as the pulpit, the altar, or the font. Processions were used in the earliest days of Christian worship for a practical reason: the ministers and the members of the choir needed a way to get from the back of the church (there were no vestries in those days) to the front. Very early in the church‟s history, the ministers and choir members would enter the church walking behind a raised cross, i.e., a processional cross. Processional crosses were used in Christian churches hundreds of years before crosses were ever placed on altars. Obviously, we don‟t need processions for practical reasons anymore. Most Church of Ireland churches have vestries; the clergy do not need a procession to be able to enter the sanctuary. So why a processional today and what does it mean? The Processional Cross ‘In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o‟er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime” (Hymn 225) What was John Bowring talking about when he wrote this hymn stanza? How can we glory in an object? Doesn‟t that constitute idolatry? Similar questions have been raised after people have experienced a worship service with a processional cross. The procession and the processional cross can have great benefit for us. The procession and the processional cross are symbols, visual aids that help us understand the truths of the Bible. When we worship, we come into the presence of God, we enter his throne room where he is ready to offer us forgiveness, life, and salvation. As a symbol of our coming before God, the minister walks toward the altar, the symbol of the presence of God. In our place and representing all of us, he approaches God‟s throne. But he does not do this on his own.
He comes walking toward the presence of God in the shadow of the cross of Jesus, through whom
we all have access to God by faith. Note this passage from the letter to the Hebrews: “Therefore
brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a
new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a
great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full
assurance of faith”. (Hebrews 10:19-22).
The procession and the processional cross say in symbolic form exactly what the Holy Spirit caused
the writer to the Hebrews to encourage in written form.
Similarly, when Christians leave worship, they go back to their daily lives. There they carry out the
tasks God has given them to do, there they face trouble and temptation, there they go and make
disciples of all nations. And so, representing us all, the minister walks from the altar, the symbol of
the presence of God, toward the entrance of the church and (symbolically) out into the world. But
again, he does not do this on his own, but in the shadow of the cross. Jesus‟ final promise to his
people, “I will be with you always” is proclaimed to us not only in words to our mind, but also in
symbolism to our eyes. We define the cross procession, therefore, to communicate in a symbol what
we believe and what we say we believe everyday of our lives. Hymn 484 puts this symbolism into
beautiful words:
„Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore his sacred name!‟
The apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians: “May I never boast of anything except the cross of our
Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world”.
Remember the closing verse of the evening hymn „Abide with me‟:
„Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven‟s morning breaks, and earth‟s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.‟Acolytes
Acolytes have been part of the church in one form or another from the earliest times. The
word acolyte comes from the Greek word akolouthos, meaning follower, helper, or assistant. By the
middle ages, acolytes were a clerical order. The ministry of acolytes has its roots in the Old
Testament, where the prophet Samuel is seen assisting Eli, the Levite priest, and Elisha is seen
assisting Elijah, the prophet.
Jesus said: “I am the light of the world”. (John 8:12). The presence of the light reminds us of
Jesus coming into our world and into our lives. The light is carried into the worship service as a
symbol of Jesus coming into the presence of the worshiping community.
Many congregations use two candles on the Altar/Holy Table. While the original use of such candles
was simply to provide enough light for the presider to see the communion liturgy well enough to pray
it, some also came to see those two candles as a reminder of the dual nature of Jesus, both human
and divine. At the end of the service, the lights carried out into the world is a sign that Jesus Christ is
for all people everywhere, and that Christ goes with his people into the world where they serve as his
living body.
The Book of the Gospels
In the early church scripture was read at every eucharist and the commonest pattern was to have
three readings - one from the Old Testament, one from the New Testament epistles or Acts or
Revelation, and one from the Gospels. The reading of the gospel is the last of the scripture readings
and the climax of the series. In it is seen the presence of Christ - the Word of God. Hence great
honour is often accorded to the gospel book. The book is carried in procession to the place of
reading, accompanied by the processional cross and the acolytes. Traditionally it was read from the
pulpit, but often today in the middle of the congregation, so bringing the word of God among the
People. Other actions and posture also mark out the
importance of the gospel. The congregation stands for the
reading of the gospel. Before and after the gospel reading,
the people acclaim Christ present in the sacred word. In the
Book of Common Prayer the acclamation before the gospel
is: “Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ”. After the reading the
congregation says: “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ”. The
two lights held at either side of the Book of the Gospels are
both a token of joy and a symbol of Christ the light of the
world. The candles and the book are also an expression of
Psalm 119 v 105:
„Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path‟.Unfortunately, as with many things in our „wee country‟, there are some people who are sceptical
or weary about symbolism. There is an ingrained suspicion that if the „other side‟ do it, then we as
good protestants should have nothing to do with it. The truth is however that processions are and
have been used in the Church of Ireland and its sister churches throughout the Anglican
Communion for many years.
The role of Crucifer, Acolyte and Gospel bearer are all ministries of the church. At present we
have a number of devoted people who carry out this ministry with reverence, dignity and devotion.
They include Emma Willis, Heather Barclay, Daniel McCormick, Matthew Prentice and Lily
Donaldson. It is especially an opportunity to involve younger members of the parish in the
worshipping life of the church. I am very proud of them and I encourage more parishioners to
volunteer with this much valued ministry.
Rev JasonSERVICES FOR MARCH, APRIL & MAY
The Eucharist is celebrated each Wednesday morning at 10am
1st March-The First Sunday of Lent 19th April– The Second Sunday of Easter
11am-Family Service 11am– Parish Eucharist
6pm-Holy Eucharist 6pm– Evening Prayer
8th March– The Second Sunday of Lent 26th April– The Third Sunday of Easter
11am– Morning Prayer 11am– Morning Prayer
6pm– Compline 6pm– Holy Eucharist
15th March– The Third Sunday of Lent 3rd May– The Fourth Sunday of Easter
11am– Parish Eucharist 11am– Family Service
6pm– Evening Prayer 6pm– Holy Eucharist
22nd March– The Fourth Sunday of Lent 10th May– The Fifth Sunday of Easter
11am– Morning Prayer (Mothering Sunday) 11am– Morning Prayer
6pm– Holy Eucharist 6pm– Compline
29th March– The Fifth Sunday of Lent 17th May– The Sixth Sunday of Easter
11am– Holy Eucharist 11am– Parish Eucharist
6pm– A Celebration of Wholeness and Healing 6pm– Evening Prayer
5th April– Palm Sunday 24th May– The Seventh Sunday of Easter
11am– Holy Baptism and Procession of the Palms 11am– Morning Prayer
6pm– Holy Eucharist 6pm– Holy Eucharist
9th April– Maundy Thursday 31st May– Day of Pentecost
7.30pm– The Eucharist of the Last Supper with the 11am– Parish Eucharist
washing of feet 6pm– A Celebration of Wholeness and Healing
10th April– Good Friday
7.30pm– The Way of the Cross
Due to new regulations concerning Data Protection,
11th April– Holy Saturday (Easter Eve) the clergy are no longer informed of anyone who is
9pm– The Easter Vigil admitted into hospital. Therefore the Rector would
appreciate being notified if any Parishioner is in
12th April– Easter Day hospital and would like a visit.
11am– Parish Eucharist
6pm– Holy EucharistHOLY MATRIMONY
“What God has joined together, let no one put
asunder.”
Mark 10:9
21st December– Avril Welch & Mark Wilson
CHRISTIAN BURIAL
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. They
are blessed indeed says the Spirit, for they rest from
their labours.”
Revelation 14:13
19th December 2019– Patricia Ritchie
2nd January 2020– James McClean
20th January– Thomas James McQuaid
24th January– Desmond Donaldson
4th February– Sandra Price
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon
them. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the
mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.38-42 Hillsborough Road
Lisburn, BT28 1AQ
Telephone:
028 92674292 or 028 92660262
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