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Next Sunday at CORE

AM Service: NO SERVICE
PM Service: CORE Christmas Carol Service – “Come and See”
This Sunday coming we have our Annual Christmas Carol Service here in CORE. Come along and bring your friends and family and get into the Christmas spirit! The service is from 7– 8.30pm. There will be mince pies and mulled wine afterwards!

Sunday Services and Office Coverage over Christmas Holidays

There will be no services on Sundays 26th Dec. and 2nd Jan. Morning services will resume on 9th Jan. The office will not be manned during the Christmas period. If you need to contact the office leave a message on the answering machine (01 4735100) as this will be monitored regularly.

CORE Kids on Sundays

Just a reminder to everyone that Christmas Day will be a family service and CORE Kids groups will resume in the New Year. Thank you so much to all our wonderful volunteers, have a great break and see you in the New Year! – Kathryn Kissell

Last Sunday – CORE Kids Christmas Play

A big thank you goes out to everyone who was involved in our Christmas Play last Sunday. We had a fantastic time! Lots of us had invited families we know and many parents who bring their children to our Mainly Music mums and toddler group on a Thursday also joined us so there was a great atmosphere of fun, laughter and slight mayhem! We told the Christmas story using passages from the Bible, a poem written by Bethany in Blaze, carols and songs played by our Blaze band and a nativity scene. We finished off with home-decorated cakes and presents for all our CORE Kids team who have helped out so amazingly this year. It was a wonderful start to the Christmas celebrations. – Kathryn Kissell.

Fundraising Opportunity for CORE – NEXT WEEK!

As you all hopefully know by now we have been given a great opportunity as a church to raise some much-needed funds through bag-packing at the Mill shopping centre in Clondalkin all of next week! We are asking people to commit to a half day and to ask their friends to consider helping out too! The dates are Mon 20th – Fri 24th Dec. Each day has 2 shifts – 10am – 1.30pm and 1.30 – 6pm. Thanks to all of you who have already signed up and for those of you who haven’t yet please sign yourself and your friends up for the slots you are available on the online spreadsheet or email pa.corechurch@gmail.com. God Bless you all, Paddy. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgeIXWPSMrIMdFNaN0oteUV1SXdzbDBXakpFbTlJSGc&hl=en&authkey=CJzEonk#gid=0

Kidz Klub Christmas Party last Saturday

Our annual Kidz Klub Christmas party was a great success with 80 kids and around “” parents from the community there. We had great fun and games with the parents involved in a tug of war and a highlight was when the kids (with help from Batman and Robin) had to help us get the party bags back from the Nasty Viper (aka Peter Gannon!) The message that we taught on the day was “Come and See – A Saviour is born”. Thanks to all our volunteers who helped out on the day and to all those who help week in, week out at the Klub! – Paddy

Mainly Music – Can you help out?

On Thursday mornings from “” to 12 noon, we run Mainly Music for Mums and their
preschool children from the community. This involves half an hour of songs and rhymes followed by tea/coffee for the Mums and play for the children. It is a fantastic group. We currently have about “” families on our books as well as a waiting list. There are usually 25-30 families coming along on any given Thursday. We are finally getting to know some of the Mums better and they all love coming. However, Kathryn has been leading the music with Tricia’s support and we have already been working on a skeleton team. So we’re not sure whether we can continue come January. If we are to continue, we would need 4 or 5 new volunteers for welcome, admin, coffee, sound or music. Please let me know if you would like to help on a Thurs morning and please pray that God would make His will clear for us. Thanks, Helena (helenagoss@eircom.net)

Clowns For Haiti Carol Singing and Container Appeal

Clowns for Haiti are doing a Clown Christmas Carol singing, obviously with a difference, on a stage in the Christmas Market in the IFSC on sat 18th Dec. at 8.30pm. We need singers for a fun filled half hour, especially actors! We will then be collecting from the 1000s we entertain!
The Clowns for Haiti Container appeal is flying along. We will be sending a container to Haiti for the 1st anniversary of the Earthquake. For further enquires or suggestions please contact Peter @ 0872577639. If you have any of the following bring them on Sunday: Musical Instruments, Sewing machines, DIY equipment, Carpentry tools, Children’s shoes and School books.

Room Needed

I’m looking for a room to rent or possibly somewhere to housesit for the month of February 2011, a South African friend is over in Dublin visiting and studying for medical exams and needs somewhere to stay. If anybody could help then please contact Maria Morrison on 086 0505596. Many thanks, Maria.

Prayer Requests and Thanksgivings

• Pray all who come along to our Carol Service on Sunday will be blessed and encouraged.
• Pray for the Carol Service in Arbour Hill this Saturday and for the prisoners we visit that they would know God’s peace and comfort over the Christmas period.
• Pray for Jon and Kathryn as they prepare to leave CORE and Dublin in the coming months, pray for rest and for wisdom as they plan their next steps.
• Please pray for Paul and Zoe at this difficult time as Olivia passed away recently.
• Continue to pray for Patricia and Mickey and their ongoing health issues.
• Pray for Jenny as she recovers in St. James hospital.

Dates for your Diaries

Saturday 18th December Clowns for Haiti Carol Singing @ 8.30pm

Sunday 19th December CORE Christmas Carol Service 7pm

Christmas Day Service at 10am

Sunday 26th Dec. & 2nd Jan. No services