Carnmoney Parish Church ‘The Church of the Holy Evangelists’ Carnmoney Review Vicar: Rev. Mercia Malcolm M.A., Dip. R.S., M.Phil. 20 Glebe Road, Newtownabbey. Tel: (028) 9083 6337 Website: www.carnmoney.connor.anglican.org Registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland - NIC102377 November 2017 Warmest congratulations to Mercia and Colm on the occasion of their wedding, held in Carnmoney Parish Church, 29th September 2017. Business Stationery Booklets Leaets Invitations Posters Vinyl Banners Pull-Up Signs Stickers Unit B7, Portview Trade Centre, 310 Newtownards Road, Belfast T: 028 9045 9864 E: [email protected] Quality local meat, quality local service Farm Quality Assured Beef & Lamb Grade “A” Poultry Christmas Cooked Foods Club Now Open Traditional Pies Seasonal Vegetables Proprietor: See in-store for special offers Graham Zebedee 12 Richmond Gardens, Glengormley - Tel: 9084 4640 and Glenwell Spar, 290 Antrim Road, Glengormley 2 In this month’s issue..... From the Curate’s Desk ....................... p4 Men’s Society Annual Service ............ p8 Thank You from Mercia & Colm ........... p4 Advent Course .................................... p8 Parish Register ..................................... p5 Mothers’ Union .................................... p8 Diary for November ............................. p6 Daily Bible Reading for 2018 ............. p10 Christmas Craft Fair ............................ p6 Reformation’s 500th Anniversary ..... p10 Readings, Readers and Counters ........ p7 Mercia & Colm’s Wedding Gallery .... p11 Who’s Who Vicar Curate Rev. Mercia Malcolm 9083 6337 Rev. Carol Harvey 07860 696800 Lay Reader Sexton Valerie Murray 9083 5761 Harry Hamilton 9083 5848 Vicar’s Warden Organist Brian Adrain 9084 4433 David Rutherford 9028 7515 Hon. Secretary People’s Warden Janet Crilly 9083 6166 John Beck 9084 7026 Vicar’s Glebewarden Hon. Treasurer Maurice Atkinson 9084 4093 Joyce Lardie 9084 9584 Church Envelopes People’s Glebewarden Roy Williams, 5a Dorchester Gardens, Robert Campbell 9084 3505 N’Abbey BT36 5JJ. 9084 1752 Church Restoration Fund Gift Aid Secretary Barbara Talbot 9058 7830 David Gibson 9086 2237 Faith Factory CMS Globes Linda McCullagh 07503 298562 John Beck 9084 7026 Carolyn Beasant 07857 329999 Magazine Distributor Jayne Gray 07787 290894 Georgie Gibb 9083 6967 Bible Reading Secretary Parish Website Georgie Siberry 9083 7015 Elaine Munn 07477 574247 Church of Ireland Gazette [email protected] - Weekly Notice Sheet Carnmoney Review Joan Bradbury 9083 6035 Harry Beckinsale 9336 6788 [email protected] [email protected] Wed. 8.00pm Fri. 6.30pm What’s On Choir Practice Church Lads’ Brigade Mon. 7.30pm Maurice Carson Tel: 9334 2342 Dana Henderson Tel: 9083 0420 Indoor Bowling Club Thu. 7.00pm John Fenton Tel: 9083 5409 Church Girls’ Brigade Church 2nd Tue. 8.00pm Amanda Templeton C.o.I. Men’s Society Hall Tel: 07468 486801 Mike Barefield Tel: 9514 9136 Telephone 4th Tue. 7.30pm 3rd Thu. 8.00pm Mothers’ Union Healing Service Joan Killen Tel: 9084 3206 Pat Archbold Tel: 9443 3618 028 9080 0770 3 Dear Parishioners, How did you weather the storm. I am afraid my chimney took a bit of a bashing, and I thank God that someone was not injured, even killed, by flying lead or concrete from the devastated chimney! My car parked right beside the fallen debris didn’t have a scratch; there was even a piece of concrete underneath it. So again, thank God, from whom all blessings flow. Today it looks like a different world. The sea is calm; the sky is blue! Of course it was spectacular looking out at the wind and waves when Ophelia swept the coast. The picture which immediately sprang to mind was the image of Jesus asleep in the boat with His disciples, full of fear as the storm threatened to overtake them. The picture painted is so vivid - wind, rain, rough sea and the terrified faces of the disciples - Jesus, seemingly without a care in the world - his head cushioned on a pillow! The odd thing is, that it was Jesus who had earlier in the evening suggested that they take the boat and “cross over to the other side” of the lake. Did He know the storm would blow up? We know the story - storm blows up and disciples waken Jesus, not with, “Help us Jesus,” no, it’s “Do you not care about us, look what’s happening?” Jesus wakes and commands the wind and the sea to be calm and, at his word, peace returns. Then comes the big question for the disciples and for us. In the account in Mark, Jesus asks the question, “How is it that you have no faith?” Not “little” faith, as in the account in Matthew, but “no” faith. We all have times when we feel our faith is weak - but do we ever have times when we have “no” faith. You see, you either have faith, or you don’t. The fact that you are curious to read to the end of this article would suggest that you are a person with faith! Have you ever taken a moment or two in the midst of a busy day, or in a time of crises, to speak to God - to ask for help. Then you are a person with faith. The size of your faith? Big - little - size is nothing to do with it. Remember, Jesus said if you have faith the size of a mustard seed - a tiny black speck - you can move mountains. On the other hand, sometimes we live as people with no faith. When we fail to love our neighbour as ourselves, we are living as people without faith. When we refuse to let go of little hurts or fail to forgive, we are living as people without faith. When the disciples cried, “Do you not care about us?” they were living as people without faith. Sometimes the storms in life will challenge, but when we are living as people of faith we live in constant and conscious awareness of our total dependence on God. Not just for the big things, the times of crises, but total dependence. At the start of this new month let’s turn to God with the confidence that His love for us gives us. Let us turn to our Abba, sure and certain that He alone can lead us through all the storms of our life - in body, mind and spirit. Turn to Him with the joys as well as the cares. Turn to Him in everything. And may the peace of God that passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. With love in the Saviour, Carol Thank You from Mercia and Colm Colm and I would like to express our thanks to all who helped make our wedding such a special day. I hope the photos give a flavour of the day to those who could not be present. The flowers in church and hall were amazing. The Church Hall reception was wonderful and we are both overwhelmed by the cards and good wishes we have received from so many people. We are sorry that we can’t respond to each one individually, though we will do our best over the coming weeks to acknowledge the donations made in our name to our charities. So far, something approaching £6,000 has been given to the four charities we named. Our Treasurer received over £700 for Carnmoney Parish Church from the congregation and over £900 from our guests for this church. Nearly £2,000 was also given to my mission charity, Wycliffe Bible Translators, which will go towards the ongoing Ife translation of the Bible which my friend Mary Gardner spent 20 years working on. We are very appreciative of such generosity and grateful that our joy should be a source of benefit to our charities in this way. 4 Parish Register Holy Matrimony ‘ Those whom God has joined together let no one put asunder ‘ 29th September Colm Flanagan and Mercia Malcolm. Stand Park, Ballywalter and Glebe Road, Newtownabbey Christian Burial ‘ I am the Resurrection and the Life ‘ says the Lord 11th October Robert (Bobby) Gorman Elmfield Crescent, Newtownabbey 26th October Gillian Stewart Brickhill Park, Newtownabbey In Memoriam Bobby Gorman - Bobby Gorman, loving husband of Shirley and father to Sandra, Elaine and Brian, died suddenly on Friday 5th October. After prayers in his home, a service of thanksgiving for his life was held in Belfast Crematorium. Bobby was one of two children born on the 7th March 1936. His memories of growing up with his sister, Betty, in Evelyn Street, Belfast, was playing table tennis with her in Duncairn Presbyterian Church. A clever boy, he won a scholarship to Belfast High School, but an academic life was not his choice, and despite procuring a job in the library, Bobby preferred to work with his hands and completed an apprenticeship as an electrician with Adair Milligan’s, where we worked for 30 years. In July 1957, Bobby met the love of his life on a day outing to Bonneybefore. He wasted no time in asking her out, and after a two year courtship they were married on 3rd April 1959. The marriage was blessed with three children, 12 grandchildren and 6 great children. It was a busy and always welcoming household - between family, their friends and grandparents - Christmas dinner could be three sittings! Bobbie loved his garden, but his greatest love was fishing. From teaching the children to fish, right up to the end, when he would fish with his good fishing companion Jim Moore. Bobby lived a life which was committed to his family and his work. A friend summed it up, “Bobby was one of life’s true gentlemen.” His loss leaves a vacuum for all who knew and loved him, especially his family, and we commend them all to your prayers.