Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Bell Rock Lighthouse From A Biographic al Sketch of the Late Robert Stevenson: Civil Engineer 1861, Public domain via Wikimedia Matthew 7:21-27 [Jesus said] ‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?” Then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.” ‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat agains...

  Sanctuary Sunday 2025 “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”    Matthew 25: 35-36 Look who came to church on Sanctuary Sunday in the Aughaval Parishes! It was a lovely surprise following the service on Sunday 22 June in St Thomas's Dugort -- after thinking and praying during the service about Refugee Week, the meaning of Sanctuary and the implications for us as part of God's church and as individual Christians -- to hear a knock on the church  door and on opening to see our very favourite refugee character - P.B. - Paddington Bear! Paul Kirubakaran, Revd Suzanne and George Keegan in St Mary's Church, Westport  (where the Holy Trinity congregation continues to meet pending repairs to HTW). Over the Sanctuary Sunday weekend,  in Castlebar,...

On Saturday 21 June some of us from the parishes gathered at Turlough Community Centre for this year's Holiday Club, an afternoon organised and run by the Sunday Club and Holiday Club Team with our parishes' children in mind. The afternoon included games, a Bible-based lesson on the theme of God's love, music and movement, a walk to the play park in the beautiful grounds of the National Museum of Ireland, a craft activity back in Turlough Centre, with snacks and drinks and a closing prayer before the children received goodie bags and the families left for home. Well done and sincere thanks to the team and volunteers for putting on such a successful and happy event, and thanks to parents and grandparents who brought their children along. All our events are run according to Church of Ireland safeguarding regulations. Please see below for more events and services to come and on an ongoing basis. You're welcome! Anastasia, Hazel, Cora, Fiona, Oliver The children enjoyed S...

  Sanctuary Sunday 22nd June 2025   Bulletin for the Aughaval Parishes - Westport-Dugort Union, Castlebar, Turlough Hymns 325 - Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here  606 - As the deer pants for the water  522 - In Christ there is no east or west  514 - We cannot measure how you heal  Collect Two God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you: Mercifully accept our prayers and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the keeping of your commandments we may please you, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. The First Reading 1 Kings 19: 1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this ...