Diocesan News
‘The beginning of a new student movement’
ONE Dublin launches in St Thomas’s Church
Students from across Dublin’s universities gathered for the launch of ONE Dublin – Student Gospel Music Services, on Sunday evening (October 21) in St Thomas’s Church in Dublin 1.
ONE Dublin is an initiative of ACT3 (Anglican Chaplaincy Team at Third Level) and brings together different student ministries and Gospel Choirs, to provide dynamic, student–orientated Anglican worship.
The theme of the launch Service was ‘Harvest’ and the church was decorated colourfully, There was a strong spirit of thankfulness in the manner of the worship.
There were a number of contributions from students from across Dublin’s universities about various initiatives they were involved in, from plastic–free campaigns, to wildlife photography, to urban planning principles.
The Revd Rob Jones, chairperson of ACT3, DIT Chaplain and Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Rathmines, spoke of the benefits of ACT3. “By creating a formal structure for Dublin’s Anglican Chaplains to work collaboratively and collectively, it has allowed us develop and harness a much wider range of student creativity and vitality. ONE Dublin couldn’t have happened without the networking chaplaincy approach which we have building for the past three years,” he said.
The music for the launch was provided by Discovery Gospel Choir. The service itself followed a Kenyan 1989 Eucharistic text, which had also been used at the opening of the Lambeth Conference in 1998.
The preacher, Philip McKinley, Church of Ireland Chaplain in Dublin City University, described the launch as the “beginning of a new student movement, which has the potential not just to impact Dublin 1, but the whole of Dublin city”.
The next ONE Dublin Service will take place on Sunday November 18 at 7.30pm, where the preacher will be UCD’s Church of Ireland Chaplain, Scott Evans.
For further information please contact:
Diocesan Communications Officer, Dublin & Glendalough
087 235 6472
Mrs Lynn Glanville
dcodublin@gmail.com