In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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2 Lord God The days become shorter and the weather has a chill in the air: Children return to School and programmes start up again at Church it feels like a time of new beginnings. Sometimes, Lord, I love change, but sometimes it scares me. Yet you never change, and you will never leave nor forsake me. I can trust your words and your promises. Help me to know that you are the sure anchor of my soul, and that I can set my hopes in you. Sometimes I feel the storms will overwhelm me the lightning will strike and the rains flood but your everlasting arms hold me up. Sometimes when I m enjoying the sunshine, I m tempted to forget you, for I enjoy your good gifts and don t return thanks to the Giver: Whatever the season, may I remember you and your love. And during this season of fresh starts, may you help me look outside of myself to your hurting world. Fill me with your love, that I may share it with those whom I meet. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Amy Boucher Pye Taken from Woman Alive Sept 2015

3 Girls Brigade will begin with a Registration Evening on Tuesday 1st September. Parents and girls should come to the Cathedral Hall anytime between 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Parental consent forms will be available for completion for each child and fee of 15 will be due per girl. Uniform will be available to try for size and order. Please also return laundered tunics if your child requires a bigger size. We look forward to all our existing members returning and new members aged 3 plus will also be very welcome. Leanne Teggart Captain The Cathedral Boys Brigade is being revived in September with the Anchor Boys section starting on Thursday 17th September. Anchor Boys is for boys aged 6-8. We will meet in the Cathedral Hall on Thursday evenings from 6-7 p.m. The first evening will be registration. If you would wish to be involved as a leader, please contact the Rector or the Cathedral Office. A Macmillan Coffee Morning will be held on Friday 25th September to pm in the Clayton Hall. We all know people who have benefitted from the care provided by Macmillan nurses and this is our chance to support their work. Please support the event. Confirmation is an opportunity to explore the Christian Faith and declare your own desire publicly to trust and serve the Lord Jesus. We hope to have confirmation classes for those in Year 8 and older beginning in the autumn. An initial meeting for parents and candidates will be held after Evening Service on Sunday 27th September. Any adults wishing to seek confirmation should contact the Rector. We hope to have the Bishop with us for a Service of Confirmation in the first half of We invite new members to join our Craft Class which recommences on Tuesday 15th September in the Clayton Hall from noon. Please come along and bring your sewing, knitting or crocheting and enjoy friendship and refreshments.

4 The summer weather was not particularly good but I do sincerely hope that all our Mothers' Union members have had some quality holiday time and feel rested and ready to commit to another busy term of fellowship. We begin in September with our Area Service at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday 20th September at Ballyward Parish Church where Lady Christine Eames will be the speaker. As we do not have a meeting before this, please give your name to myself or Shirley, if you hope to attend, so we can organise lifts. We plan to leave the car park at 5.15 p.m. On Wednesday 30th September we continue our 2015 programme with an Autism awareness meeting when a member of the Southern Education and Library Board will speak on 'What every parent needs to know and help us understand how difficult many children and adults alike can find it to interact in a variety of stressful social situations. Do come along and bring anyone who you know may be experiencing difficulties coping in such situations. Wednesday 21st October is our Visitors N i g h t a n d o u r t o p i c i s Colour me Beautiful. Please make a huge effort to ask someone along, remember it is open to all, especially non church members and those from other churches. The presentation should be very informative and a fabulous supper is to be provided. Contact Helen Forsythe on

5 1st 4th September 2015 Please come along to Shankill Church, Lurgan from 1st 4th September each night at 7.45 pm. Young adults are especially welcome. David Parker, Senior Pastor of the Desert Vineyard Church, will lead the Bible Week in 4 studies in Jeremiah. David is Senior Pastor of the Desert Vineyard and has been to Ireland several times. He knows Anglicanism well, as he worked for a time in St Andrew s, Chorleywood. David is an exceptional bible teacher. How do you mend a broken heart? September 1st The Broken Heart of God (Jeremiah 2) September 2nd A Crushed Covenant (Jeremiah 5) September 3rd Tough Truths (Jeremiah 13,19, 27, 32, 35) September 4th Restoration and Return (Jeremiah 3, 4, 29 31, 33 Are you effected by Autism in your home? or do you know of someone on the autistic spectrum who needs support? If the answer to either of these questions is 'Yes', or you just want to learn a little about the meaning of autism or Aspergers, then come along to the meeting in the Clayton Hall on 30th September at 8:00 p.m.. A member of the Autism Support team from The Southern Education and Library Board will be speaking on this subject and she will try to give us some understanding of the many difficulties children and adults may experience in managing their social interaction and how they can cope with these and other difficulties on a daily basis. Autism now affects approximately 1 in 100 of the population so it may be helpful if we, as adults can have some insight into how to recognise and support those with this condition.

6 Our annual Autumn Fair is planned for Saturday, 19 th September at 10.30am followed by an Auction at 11.30am. Admission will be 1 (with no charge for children). The usual stalls will be featured Cakes Fruit/Vegetables Plants/Flowers Tuckshop Craft Books/CDs Bathroom Gifts Bric-a-Brac Toys, etc. There will be an opportunity to enjoy some refreshments Tea/Scones, Burgers. Other attractions will include the Car Wash and Fireside Quiz. The Cathedral Hall will be open from 6.30pm on Friday, 18 th to receive your donations for the Stalls and Auction. If you need help with collecting items, please telephone the office and we will endeavour to do this for you. We hope you will come along, and bring your friends, to make this both an enjoyable and successful event. Once again, the Cathedral is taking up the opportunity of helping parishioners and friends to help themselves, and to help us, by providing a means of getting rid of old/ used clothes and shoes. The right hand Garage in the Clayton Hall Yard will be used as a collection point for bags of the following items to be left on the week commencing 28th September until 16th October. Please make sure the clothes have been cleaned beforehand. WHAT CAN I PUT IN BAGS? We can say YES to Men s Clean Clothing Women s Clean Clothing Children s Clean Clothing Paired shoes Handbags Belts Curtains Bed linen but we must say NO to: Dirty or wet clothing Single shoes Off cuts of material Uniforms The more clothing suitable for re-use collected, the more money we will raise! Using services of All-Tex Ltd.

7 This will be held in the Glenada Conference Centre, Newcastle either for the full event or for the Saturday programme. CMSI are keen to build on the success and long history of CMSI s Annual Mid- Africa Conference, as they broaden the focus to include all of the Global Partners. Their hope is that those who regularly attend the conference will be joined by many others from across the CMSI family. The weekend offers a chance to join with CMSI friends for fun and fellowship, as they cast their eyes above and beyond, and take a closer look at the bigger picture of God s mission in God s world. This year s event will include: The Church of Ireland is publishing a hymnal supplement in September, called Thanks and Praise. This new supplement contains some 200 hymns, songs and liturgical settings reflecting the best of church music to emerge since the compilation of the most recent edition of the Church Hymnal. A full list of the material included can be found at: w o r s h i p / p d f / T h a n k s - a n d - P r a i s e - Contents.pdf The next Car Boot Sale will be held on the morning of 12th September at the Cathedral Hall. Please contact the office if you can help. Bible reflections from CMSI s new Mission Director, Jenny Smyth. News from many of our Global Partners and our Mission Partners. Updates from some of the META visits taking place this summer. A special Children s Programme on the Saturday (10am-6pm). The weekend runs from 7:30 pm on Friday 11th September to 2.00 pm on Sunday 13th. The Saturday programme begins at 10am and runs through to 9pm (the afternoon session finishes at 6pm). For more information, please telephone

8 The Down & Dromore Diocesan Hydebank project needs members to help deliver craft classes to women in prison. Two volunteers at a time go in each Monday evening between September and June from 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Names come up on the rota approximately once a month but new volunteers would reduce this commitment. Anyone interested in supporting this work should contact June Reain on in the first instance for more information. The Gift Day Envelope issued in June has brought in the sum of 4,627. Sincere thanks to our parishioners who responded and generously contributed to this Appeal. All CMSI boxes should be returned either to Helen Forsythe (co-ordinator) or left in the Church porch as soon as possible please. If you are contributing by cheque, please make cheque payable to Dromore Cathedral. Are you able to provide a lift to church for parishioners who are not able to travel to church? Do you require transport? Please contact the Cathedral Office and we will seek to provide suitable arrangements. Best position for effective prayer Three ministers sat discussing the best positions for prayer while a telephone repairman worked nearby. "Kneeling is definitely best," claimed one minister. "No," another contended. "I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven." "You're both wrong," the third insisted. "The most effective prayer position is lying prostrate, face down on the floor." The repairman could contain himself no longer. "Sorry, he blurted out, but the best praying I ever did was hanging upside down from a telephone pole." Will begin, once more, on the first Sunday evening in October at 7.00 p.m. in the Cathedral Hall.

9 Across 1 and 3 Two of the disciples who witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9:28) (4,3,5) 3 See 1 Across 8 Let us draw to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith (Hebrews 10:22) (4) 9 O Simon is (anag.) (8) 11 Form of government under the direct rule of God or his agents (10) 14 How Jesus found his disciples when he returned to them after praying in Gethsemane (Luke 22:45) (6) 15 In The Pilgrim s Progress, the name of the meadow into which Christian strayed, which led to Doubting Castle (2-4) 17 Glad sin rat (anag.) (10) 20 Spinal column (Leviticus 3:9) (8) 21 Valley of the Balsam Tree with a reputation of being a waterless place (Psalm 84:6) (4) 22 The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of one sees clearly (Numbers 24:3) (5,3) 23 Adam and Eve s third son (Genesis 4:25) (4) Down 1 David s great friend (1 Samuel 20:17) (8) 2 The Lord... will bring me safely to his kingdom (2 Timothy 4:18) (8) 4 I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; or wine touched my lips (Daniel 10:3) (2,4) 5 Seeking to vindicate (Job 32:2) (10) 6 Female servant (Isaiah 24:2) (4) 7 For Christ died for once for all (1 Peter 3:18) (4) 10 Offering spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:5) (10) 12 Jesus said that some people had renounced this because of the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:12) (8) 13 One of the three men thrown into the furnace for refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar s golden image (Daniel 3:20) (8) 16 You have of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry (Luke 12:19) (6) 18 There before me was a white horse! Its rider held, and he was given a crown (Revelation 6:2) (1,3) 19 Equipment to Charity Hospitals Overseas (1,1,1,1)

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11 Flowers Mrs S McCorkell Vacant Mrs D Allen Vacant Crèche D Abraham H Patterson H Forsythe N Coffey R Porter C Bickerstaff C Scott S Shepherd Refreshments S Pegrum N Wilson B McClearn R Porter N Stewart H Forsythe M Brown K Buchanan Sound S Newell B Mackey H Wallace S Newell Reader 8.30 A Scott L Bland Reader J Reain G Lough C Mackey J McCorkell Reader 6.00 B McCallum P Cherry C Sherwin H Forsythe Thank you for your willingness to serve in these ways. If you are unable to fulfil your role on a particular Sunday, please arrange a swap and let the relevant co-ordinator know. 1. Arouse yourself, gird your loins, put aside idleness, grasp the nettle and do some hard work. St Bernard of Clairvaux 2. O Lord, let us not live to be useless, for Christ s sake. John Wesley 3. Only the educated are free. Epictetus 4. The things taught in colleges and schools are not an education, but the means of education. Ralph Waldo Emerson Crèche: Helen Forsythe Refreshments: Colin Barr Readers: Office Flowers for September arranged by Mrs Sara McCorkell Monthly Flower Lists contact Caroline Wallace

12 19th July Heather Seawright, Tullyglush Road, Banbridge 26th July Felicity Kate Seawright, Tullyglush Road, Banbridge We will bring up this child in the family faith 18th July James Johnston and Nicola Jess 25th July Andrew Corbett and Gillian Poots Those whom God has joined together let no-one put asunder 10th July Emily Florence (Flo) Meaney, Church Street, Dromore 26th August Margaret Moulds, Hillsborough Road, Dromore Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. They are blessed indeed, says the Spirit, for they rest from their labours. General Fund 2015/ /15 Week 10 7 th June 1, , Week th 1, , Week st 1, Week th 1, , Week 14 5 th July , Week th Week th Week th 1, , Total to date 21, , Development Fund Month 3 June Month 4 July , Total to date 3, ,479.25

13 10.00 Cathedral Praise Holy Communion 6.00 Epilogue Service 8.30 Holy Communion Cathedral Praise Morning Prayer 6.00 Epilogue Service Cathedral Praise Morning Prayer 6.00 Holy Communion 8.30 Holy Communion Cathedral Praise Morning Prayer 6.00 Epilogue Service Father, Thank you that nothing is impossible with you. When circumstances seem to conspire, when situations are entrenched, when relationships feel fragile, help us to remember that you are the God who breaks through barriers, who opens eyes and transforms lives of even the most unlikely people. Help us to remember Paul - who he was and what he became to be encouraged and full of hope and thanks, In Jesus name, Amen.

14 Tuesday 1st 6.30 GB Registration Cathedral Hall Tuesday 8th Lurgan Clerical Quiet Day Cathedral Saturday 12th Car Boot Sale Cathedral Hall Tuesday 15th Craft Class Clayton Hall Thursday 17th 6.00 BB Registration Cathedral Hall Friday 18th 6.30 Hall opens for goods Cathedral Hall Saturday 19th Autumn Fair & Auction Cathedral Hall Sunday 20th 6.00 MU Area Service Ballyward Church Monday 21st 7.30 Select Vestry Meeting Clayton Hall Thursday 24th Cathedral Life Team Clayton Hall Friday 25th Macmillan Coffee Morning Clayton Hall Sunday 27th 7.00 Confirmation Initial Meeting Cathedral Wednesday 30th 8.00 Mothers Union Meeting Clayton Hall

15 Dromore Cathedral is the Parish Church serving the Dromore and Kinallen areas and a Cathedral of the Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Church of Ireland.