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Church of St Columbanus Parish of Ballyholme September 2011 Parish Garden Parties Photos Page 4 The Parishioner The Church is open every weekday morning for private prayer and meditation Page 2 The Parishioner The Rambling Rector or over twenty-five years current and FSue Bleakley has in so many continuing In ways been the public face of role with CMS Ballyholme Parish. Far more Ireland. So in This than a voice at the end of a addition to phone, Sue has brought her growing up in Issue encyclopaedic knowledge of Ballyholme, Rachel has a feel for St Columbanus to the aid of serving God in a ministry context three rectors and eight curates as well as a good insight into the – and no doubt there will be unique idiosyncrasies of clergy! more of both to come before If you don’t already know Page 4 she’s finished. But following a Rachel, there is an introduction Photos Page. short spell in hospital last spring, to her alongside a profile of Sue The weather may have Sue has decided to reduce her later on in this magazine. For forced us indoors, but five mornings a week to three now, please pray for Rachel and there was still a great and so from September our new Sue as they establish their new turnout for the Parish job-sharing Parish Secretary on routine. As you will discover, Garden Parties. Thursdays and Fridays will be they combine all the warmth, Rachel Brittain. Rachel brings a efficiency and discretion any Page 5 wealth of experience from her Church could wish for! Parish Office Changes. Get the latest news on Harvest forthcoming changes. As usual, Smartie tubes will be given out in church on 4th September. When all sweets Page 6 have been eaten, please fill your empty tube Mission news. with 20p’s and bring to church on Harvest Denise gives us an update Sunday. Many thanks from Kiwoko. The Mission Committee Page 8 Holy Communion & Prayers for the Sick Rainbows’ review of the year, and a plea for new Wednesday 7 September 2011 leaders. and every Wednesday thereafter The Kajiado Room 10.30 am Page 9 Followed by tea/coffee Happy Birthday Meta! Everyone welcome especially those who can’t make it to Church on Sunday! Page 10 Summer Jumpin’ is back. Parish Golf Society Find out about the big Mission Rescue. The next outing is to Donaghadee Golf Club on Friday 23rd September. Please ring Harry on 91467275 for more information. Front Cover Kite Surfer at Ballyholme. Photo by Nicole Watson Table Tennis The table tennis club will resume in the Parish Centre on Monday 5th September, 7.30 - 9.30 pm. Magazine Contact All welcome. Anyone interested please ring email: Stanley Officer on 91461650. [email protected] The Parishioner Page 3 A Rough Guide to Cricket There’s a breathless hush in the Close tonight, Ten to make and the match to win. A bumping pitch and a blinding light An hour to play and the last man in. And it’s not for the sake of a ribboned coat On the selfish hope of a seasons fame But his captain’s hand on his shoulder smote “Play up! Play up!! and play the game” (Sir Henry Newbolt – Vitai Lampada) Of course, it was not quite like that when the Rector’s XI played the Youth Worker’s XI in the annual cricket challenge match, but at least the bumping pitch and a wonderful sporting spirit were present. The rector, aware that his ageing team would struggle with the light later on, arranged to win the toss and bat first. Sam, equally aware that there was a lot of area to cover when fielding, selected twelve players for his team, while Simon trumped this by selecting fifteen, realising that eleven would never bat out the twenty overs! Richard G and Michael opened to discover that Sam had introduced a power play with all twelve fielders inside the circle. With young Harry and Jack wandering about playing football and talking to the fielders, while Janet tried to get a close up photo of the batsmen, there were not many gaps in the infield. This forced Michael to go for a risky single, but Andrew B ran him out with a direct hit on the stumps. Richard G followed soon afterwards when Harry removed the middle stump and then Stefan played on to leave the score 3 for 3. Billy stayed long enough to score a few runs and also see the score mount as he faced a number of wides and no balls before Richard H was run out with another direct hit by Andrew B. Jeff and especially Jonnie then formed a decent paring for a short while, with Jonnie nearly reaching double figures. eterP came to the wicket using his golfing skill to club a few daisy cutters before being run out, again by Andrew H with another direct hit. Marsden and Andrew G unfortunately failed to bother the scorer which brought Alan and Brian to the wicket. Sam, who had given everybody an over to bowl, now brought himself on to bowl at his father. To the amazement of both and the delight of one, he demolished the stumps with the only ball he bowled anywhere near the wicket all night. Neil D came and hit a few good singles before being caught by the redoubtable Andrew B. Neil B came in determined to accelerate the score and started with a magnificent boundary, but perished when trying to repeat the stroke, caught by Andrew H. This left the senior team on the unlikely score of 62 for 13 before Simon came to the wicket, resplendent in his MCC jersey with the scrambled eggs and bacon colours neatly worked into the band of the V neck. He was welcomed with a guard of honour and then Sam continued this sporting gesture by generously dropping Simon’s first attempted chip over mid on. (Simon really loves his chips) Simon, relieved at this reprieve, then hit the first six of the night, as he reached double figures to remain undefeated along with Alan L, at the end of twenty overs. Alan also deserves a mention for occupying the crease for thirty seven minutes, by far the longest. Although he only scored four, his ability to keep out the rare good ball, upset the bowlers enough to provoke a series of wides, extremely wide wides and ridiculous wide wides which pushed the score along to 80 for 13 with about half the total supplied by top scorer, extras. With such an unusual score, no one was sure how you worked out a Duckworth Lewis target score in the event of the light fading, so Andrew B and Craig set off in rapid pursuit of the total until Neil B bowled Craig for 9. Sam came to the wicket and chipped the ball to Simon, who kindly repaid Sam’s earlier favour by dropping it. However, shortly afterwards Sam was caught by Michael H. Michael B clubbed a few singles before being out and then Andrew B generously retired on 25 to give the Rector’s team a slight hope of victory. But David V came to the wicket to hit an enormous 6 and he and Andrew S safely reached the total required with 4 overs to spare. Andrew Beech with his undefeated 25, 2 run outs and 2 catches was man of the match. Simon nominated Sam as sportsman of the year for dropping him on 0. Sam nominated Simon as sportsman of the year for dropping him on 0 also. A special mention for Marsden for his courageous performance behind the stumps, stopping the ball with all parts of his body, (except his hands) as the bowling became ever more wayward and illegal. Our thanks for an enjoyable evening goes to all the players, the umpires, the spectators and to Susan Stockton, who with great prescience brought along flasks of tea and coffee which were most welcome as the sun went down, the moon came up, the wind got stronger and the temperature dropped. WMB Page 4 The Parishioner Parish Garden Parties The Parishioner Page 5 Changes afoot at the Parish Office rom this month there will be a new face in the Parish office, although it Fwill also be a very familiar one to most of the congregation. Rachel Brittain will be manning the office on Thursdays and Fridays, job sharing with Sue Bleakley and carrying out the many and varied parish secretarial duties. For Rachel, it will mean taking on a multi faceted role in what is often a very busy and bustling setting but she is looking forward with relish to the challenges ahead. As a member of the Manogue family, Rachel has practically been a lifelong member of St Columbanus – having been baptised, confirmed and been a member of various youth organisations. Now she attends Mother and Toddlers with her own son Matthew, and she is hoping that the fact she is not coming in as a stranger will ease her into the new post. “It will be an absolute joy to be able to walk to my work on those days instead of having to sit in commuter traffic,” she added. From Monday to Wednesday Rachel works for CMS Ireland as a Mission Resource Co-ordinator. Although she studied drama at University she did not really have a “career plan” but knew that the acting world was too “cutthroat” for her liking. Rachel became involved with CMS when she was asked to cover for a youth worker for a couple of months on a “stop gap” basis.

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