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    Kill o' the Grange Parish Church


    Kill o' the Grange is the unusual name for an area in South County Dublin. The name is taken from the Irish language which means Church of the Granary, as the area was noted for its grain farms which supplied food for the great monastic foundation of Christ Church Cathedral around which the city of Dublin was built.


     

     

     

     
    For over 1,000 years there has been a Christian community in Kill o' the Grange. The present day church is a lively and growing Christian community, which is housed in a beautiful 19th century church building. Each Sunday, there are services at 8.30a.m., 11a.m. and 7p.m. These services are open to all and there is a friendly welcome to all who like to come along.

    Kill o' the Grange Parish
    Who Are We? / What Are We?

    Kill o' the Grange is a local Church of Ireland Parish Community which exists to love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Parish vision is:

    1. 1. A united and joyful worshipping community with the Church of Ireland.

    2. 2. A community in which people of all ages are nurtured in the faith and grow in the love of God.

    3. 3. A community in which every member experiences God's love, through feeling needed, love and cared for, encouraged and served by all the other members.

    4. 4. A community in which every member is encouraged and equipped to exercise his or her ministry in the service of others.

    5. 5. A community which will be active in spreading the Good News of Christ in the local community and in the wider world.

    As a Church of Ireland Parish, we perceive that membership involves the following aspects:
        We are Christians:
      We are Disciples of Jesus, worshippers of God, the Holy Trinity, subscribers to the creed of the early church.

        We are Irish:
      Our goal is to relate Christian discipleship to the real needs of this land, to be committed to its people and its culture.

        We are a Reformed Church:
      We believe that the Churchs' life should be consonant with Scripture and the church should only require its members to believe and proclaim doctrines to which Scripture itself bears witness. We also believe that all church structures exist in continuous need of reformation and that reformation itself is not so much an historical event as a constant process of recalling the church to its true goals.

        We are Catholic:
      We believe that the Church of Ireland is part of the one world wide (Catholic) church of God - a body whose unity is enriched by local diversity and responsible freedom.

        We are Evangelical:
      We are committed to a Biblical understanding of the Christian Faith, which is Christ centred and Gospel oriented. We are therefore Bible and Gospel people.

        We are Anglicans:
      The Church of Ireland is a member church of the Anglican Communion, a family of independent local churches in full communion with each other and for historical reasons with the See of Canterbury. That relationship with Canterbury has no overtones of politics or jurisdiction, but it is a relationship which binds us.

    Kill o' the Grange has also been a seat of learning with monks in bygone days and more lately, the children of the National School. Together, the church and school work closely to cater for the spiritual, emotional, social, academic and physical well-being of every child. One of the primary aims of the school is that the children are happy. The school provides a warm and supportive atmosphere in which real and purposeful learning can take place.

    Ferran S. Glenfield
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