If we take all the parts of our name, we can give some idea of who we are, but please remember it is only part of the picture.

 

CLONTARF, not only tells where we find ourselves, it also speaks of a congregation which moved here over a 120 years ago and have become very much a part of the community.  Through the Howth Road National School, for which we hold the patronage, we have a much wider relationship with the community than our memberships reflects.

 

SCOTS, speaks of the journey of  Ormond Quay joining the Scots Church and then a joining up here to form this congregation in the early part of this century.   

 

PRESBYTERIAN tells the complex story of how we order ourselves locally and how we inter-relate to other Presbyterian congregations through the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.  We are lead by a group of locally chosen Elders who are ordained into their ministry.  The minister playing the part of Teaching Elder.  It is the hope and prayer of the Elders of this congregation, as well as the people of this family of God, to serve our own organisations well with these new buildings.  And also the wider community.  In this desire we come to the last part of the name, as lovely as the buildings are, it the people who meet here who form a part of God’s great and glorious CHURCH.

Rev. Lorraine Ritchie