Grants of up to £50,000 are available from The Big Lottery Fund for refurbishing community buildings – including church halls – across Northern Ireland. Under the Fund’s Improving Community Buildings programme community organisations can to apply for grants of between…
Don Howe, a member of St Nicholas Parish Church in Carrickfergus, has been appointed Ireland representative of Middle East Christian Outreach.Having worked in banking and the financial services industry for many years, Don used his skills as a local TearFund…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Harper, proved a willing model for pa photographer Paul Faith when asked to cast his eye out to sea during a break in last month's Connor Diocesan Synod. The resulting photograph appreared…
Mai Jarrar, Director of the Women’s Training Programme, East Jerusalem YMCA will deliver a talk entitled Palestinian Women Working Against Poverty on Monday November 6 at Queen’s University Students’ Union. Mai is an Economics graduate from BirZeit University and a…
There was time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future at a special Service of Thanksgiving for the restoration of St Patrick’s Church, Glenarm, in the Parish of Tickmacrevan on Sunday October 8. The church is…
Carnmoney parish is celebrating its 150th anniversary. The church first opened on December 23 1856, and to mark the occasion the parish is holding a special dinner on November 25, and a service of Holy Communion on December 10. The…
The Rev Professor Ken Houston has retired after a long and distinguished career as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown. Having been on the teaching staff of the University (formerly the Ulster College and Ulster Polytechnic)…
The Bishop of Connor, the Right Rev Alan Harper, was among a delegation of Bishops from the Church of Ireland to meet with representatives of Sinn Fein at Stormont on Monday October 23. The Sinn Fein delegation was headed by…
It’s a long way from Ballinderry to Ethopia, but 13 members of Ballinderry Parish Church spent three weeks in the impoverished African country during the summer. The team was based in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia, under the leadership of Crosslinks’ mission…
The Rev Ray Simpson, from Holy Island, Lindisfarne, will lead a special weekend programme at St Nicholas Parish Church, Lisburn Road, Belfast, on the weekend of November 24-26. The Celtic Spirituality Weekend, sponsored by the Diocese of Connor, gets underway…
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