Dromore Cathedral

News Sheet for Sunday 26th February

1203 Parish Post

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CTRL-Z
Forgive my language, but I want to tell you about a keystroke on a computer which is wonderful.
Now I know some of you think I am more than a little interested in tech. I am. I admit it. But you would be interested too, if you had the option of using this keystroke in your daily life. It would be great!
Sometimes when you are doing some work on your computer you venture into unknown territory: you apply a change to the whole of your document, maybe a change of the size of the text, or the dimensions of the page, or the orientation of the page. Aaagh! Disaster. The screen shows something that is completely wrong, and you ask yourself “What have I done? It is an hour since I saved my work… I will have to start again… it was looking nearly perfect before I did that….” And then you remember. PTL. I can do CTRL-Z [or CMD-Z for apple fans]!
What it does is to “undo” the last change you made. Press those two keys together and everything is back the way it was! Wonderful. I can start again.
It works for single letters you have mis-typed, for styles or formats you have changed, for pages you have reshaped. Large or small, all is undone, and you get a chance to do it right.
If you had a chance to UNDO something you did today,
a word spoken in haste or with too much energy for your hearers to bear,
a message sent without due consideration for its effect, or
a decision made without fully thinking through its consequences
Wouldn’t you love to be able to press CTRL-Z and you could start again?
Well you can’t. I can’t. Your former friend can’t. CMD-Z doesn’t work.
But by God’s grace there is forgiveness for the hasty action, by God’s mercy there can be a remedy for the rushed remark, by Christ’s death for us there can be a new decision made. Thank God.
Now, I think I read somewhere there was a keystroke for reversing hair loss….  
Stephen

News Sheet for Sunday 19th February

Mr Samuel Johnston, a highly esteemed older member of the Cathedral Parish, will DV be buried in the Cathedral Churchyard following a Funeral Service on Wednesday 15th February 2012 at 2.00 pm.

Sam has been living lately in Donaghcloney at a Nursing Home there. His death came peacefully some days after his 87th birthday. We sympathise with his family circle.

Concerns have been expressed in the local press and in conversation regarding the future of Dromore PSNI Station. A public meetings has been organised for TUESDAY 21st FEBRUARY at the Bowling Pavilion Holm Park at 8.00 pm. If you are interested to meet with the PSNI Area Commander of Armagh and Banbridge District this is your local opportunity to do so.

News Sheet for Sunday 12th February

Parishioners and friends from both Magheralin and Dromore will be delighted to hear of the appointment of Rev Gareth Harron to be a canon in Dromore Cathedral.

Announced on Twitter last night at 9.00 pm, his appointment brings the chapter back to full strength once more after the Retirement of the former archdeacon, The Venerable John Scott. Details of services later.

The Numbers of parishioners using this period of revision to add their names to the Easter vestry list is at a high so far. With two weeks left almost two dozen new names are likely to be added. (that is 23 in old money!)
Members have also updated their data with the church to ensure records of their giving are kept up to date. Well done. There is room for more!

We are looking forward to Wednesday 8th February at 12.15 pm when the monthly Soup Lunch in aid of Christian Aid takes place in the Clayton Hall.
Regular lunchers enjoy fine home made soup of excellent quality and all the profits go to Christian Aid. Perhaps someone would like to ‘sponsor’ the food this month, then our donations to Christian Aid can increase! Have a word with the team to see what this involves.

News Sheet for Sunday 5th February