After a gap of nearly a year and following much renovation and redecoration, St Andrew’s Parish Church, Glencairn, reopened for worship on Sunday April 10. Special guests at the reopening service were the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan…
The General Synod meeting in Dublin in May will consider proposals by the Commission on Episcopal Ministry and Structures (CEMS). Prior to the Synod, two articles are being published which aim to provide some background to the deliberations of CEMS…
Anyone involved in children’s ministry in Connor Diocese is invited to sign up for an ‘Equipped’ training morning organised by the Diocesan Children’s Council This takes place in All Saints Parish Centre, Antrim on Saturday April 16 from 9.30-1pm and as…
The Rev Paul Redfern took his last service as Rector of St Bride’s Parish Church, Kilbride, on Easter Sunday. Paul has retired after more than 12 years in the parish, and to mark the occasion he and his wife Betty…
Some places are still available on the ‘Maintenance of Our Churches’ seminars organised by the Dioceses of Connor and Down & Dromore. The seminars aim to help those responsible for the maintenance of church buildings to better understand statutory and…
Canon Edgar Turner, who died on April 2 aged 96, was a man who ‘saw God in all people,’ mourners at his funeral on April 7 heard. The service was held in St George’s Parish Church, Belfast, where Canon Turner…
The Rev Mark Niblock, Priest-in-Charge of Rathcoole Parish, Diocese of Connor, has been appointed Dean’s Vicar at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast. He succeeds the Rev Canon Denise Acheson. Mark, 38, is married to Cherry and father to two boys, Jason aged…
People from 18 churches gathered in Lisburn City Centre on Easter Sunday to celebrate the 40 days and 40 nights of ‘ReLENTless Prayer’ for the City and its people, held during Lent. A praise band comprising musicians from some Lisburn…
Lisburn Cathedral had a truly super Holy Week and Easter as more than 150 people embarked on the Big Church Serve. From Wednesday to Saturday, the team litter-picked, painted, planted, prayed and much more across the city centre and Hillhall…
St Anne’s Cathedral is hosting a special service on Sunday April 17 as part of a weekend of events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz. On the night of Tuesday April 15 1941, almost 200 Luftwaffe bombers…
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