St Mark's Parish Church, Ballymacash, Lisburn, will host a Flower Festival and historical exhibition next October. Entitled ‘Celebration,’ the event will be held over the weekend of Friday October 7 to Sunday October 9 2011. In preparation for the festival…
An inter-church gathering will take place at Dromantine, Co Down, on Saturday May 7 from 1.30-5.30pm. Speakers are the Rt Rev Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore, and the Rev Ruth Patterson, Director of Restoration Ministries. To book a…
The Good Book Shop’ s KJV@4:00 project is continuing to attract readers from far and wide. The venture involves reading through the entire Bible in the course of a year, with readers taking to a stand in the Good Book…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, is back to work following a lengthy illness. Bishop Alan and his wife Liz joined the Connor Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land which ran from March 22 until April 1,…
Report and photographs by John Kelly The Rev Canon William Bell, rector of All Saints Parish, Eglantine, retired on March 31, exactly 22 years after being instituted as rector of the parish. The service of Morning Prayer on Sunday March…
For the Connor pilgrims, the 11-day visit to the Holy Land may be over, but memories of the sights, smells, worship and fellowship they experienced there will remain with them. The 85-strong group returned home on Friday evening, after a…
Pastor Fred Wantaate from Makere Full Gospel Church in Kampala, Uganda, will be guest speaker at Holy Trinity Woodburn, Carrickfergus, during Holy Week. Pastor Fred and the rector of Holy Trinity, the Rev Alan McCann, have been friends for many…
Christ Church, Lisburn, hosts a Friday night special on Friday May 6 when the guest speaker will be the Rt Rev Ken Clarke, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. The Bishop, also known as Bishop Fanta Clarke, will speak about ‘Engaging…
The murder of PSNI officer Constable Ronan Kerr in Omagh on April 2 has been condemned by the Most Rev Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh, and the Rt Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Constable Kerr, a 25-year-old…
The full time stipendiary ministry of the Very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey, OBE, as Dean of Belfast ended on Thursday March 31. He has been Dean since June 2001 and is well known as the city’s Black Santa, faithfully keeping…
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