Lisburn and District Scout Council’s St George’s Day parade and service marked the end of an era for Ballymacash parishioner Noel Irwin who is retiring after 11 years as District Commissioner. During the service on Sunday April 24 in Harmony…
People from five different churches in Ballymoney came together to worship in St Patrick’s Parish’s Old School House on Wednesday April 27. For the past year, St Patrick’s has been hosting The Filling Station, a monthly worship meeting in the…
Opening an information event on homelessness in Northern Ireland, the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, said: “We are called by Jesus to be there for people wherever they are, especially those who are the most vulnerable.” The…
A successful outreach project connecting with local students has been running in St Patrick’s Parish, Ballymena, for six years. The idea for student lunches, offering an ‘Open Space’ where students from North Regional College across the road from the church…
Christ Church Parish, Lisburn, held its first ‘Cradle Roll’ service on Sunday April 24. Guest speaker was Jill Hamilton, Connor Diocese’s Children’s Project Development Officer, who was accompanied by her puppet friend, Scruffy. More than 30 children aged three and…
Flute Band Church at St Jude’s Parish, Muckamore, has appointed Ryan Mairs to the new post of Outreach Worker. Ryan will be attending parades over the summer, reaching out to the men and women in the marching band community. Ryan…
Education grants are now available to encourage those from the Diocese of Connor or the united Dioceses of Down and Dromore who may be planning to undertake studies which will be of benefit to the wider work and ministry of…
This year’s Connor MU Festival service on Sunday April 10 was a celebration of the 140th anniversary of Mothers’ Union and the 90th birthday of MU Patron Her Royal Highness the Queen. The speaker at the service was Phyllis Grothier,…
Emmalee Wray, a teenage parishioner of St Patrick’s Parish Church, Broughshane, will be a leading light in the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations! The 17-year-old from Carnlough has been selected to help Her Majesty light the first in a chain of…
Connor Diocese’s second annual Equipped Training morning was held in Antrim Parish Halls on Saturday April 16. There was a great turnout, and Connor Children’s Project Officer Jill Hamilton thanked all the leaders who came along to make the event…
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