Wesley College, Dublin, is planning a further addition to its campus at Ballinteer. The new building will house a centre for the teaching of music and the arts, both visual and performing. The college has already earned a reputation in all these fields, and the improved facilities will encourage even greater things in the future.
The launch of the fundraising project for the centre takes place on Monday evening at the National Concert Hall, when pupils, past pupils and staff will present a programme of music, poetry and drama.
The music will include choral and orchestral pieces. The soloist will be Ms Rachel Talbot.
The reputation of the college for high-quality performances has ensured the concert hall is almost completely booked for the occasion.
The church's department of youth and children's work is organising a weekend event for those aged nine to 13. Soul Mates will take place in Lurgan, starting in the early evening of Friday, November 24th, and continuing until lunchtime on Sunday, 26th.
There will be a programme of worship, sports, study and games. The Charlemont and Cranagill circuit is in the middle of a Christian Stewardship programme under the direction of Mr William Swires of the Methodist Stewardship Office.
On a recent "day of discovery" they examined the life of the circuit, and their hopes for its future. They assessed its weaknesses and strengths, and identified a number of projects for the coming year. Preparations are under way for the launching of these early in the new year.
The annual flag days of the Dublin Central Mission will be held at centres throughout Dublin and Dun Laoghaire on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 23rd to 25th.
The exception to that is Rathmines, where the flag days at Tesco's will be a week earlier, November 16th to 18th.
Tomorrow morning the president of the church, the Rev Kenneth Todd, will be at Lurgan to participate in the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph, and to preach in the Church of Ireland. In the evening he will visit the Methodist Church in Cookstown.
On Friday, November 24th, he will return to Lurgan for the opening of Soul Mates and will stay there to preach in the Methodist church on Sunday.
Between the two weekends, Mr Todd will visit Singapore to lead the Bible studies at the annual conference of the Methodist church in Singapore. The Methodist community in Singapore is over 37,000.
For some years now there has been an increase in fundamentalism in Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.
This will be studied at a seminar in Dalgan Park, Navan, on Thursday, November 16th.
It is jointly organised by the Irish Missionary Union and the Irish Council of Churches, and will run from 9.45 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. The speakers are Dr John May and the Rev Michael Ipgrave.