Stoneyford and Gartree raise funds for Christian Aid
The parishioners of St John’s, Stoneyford, and Gartree recently held a lunch to raise funds for Christian Aid Ireland’s work to help people living in poverty and crisis.
The parishioners of St John’s, Stoneyford, and Gartree recently held a lunch to raise funds for Christian Aid Ireland’s work to help people living in poverty and crisis.
Around 180 young people and youth leaders from 12 different parishes across Connor Diocese have taken part in the Summer Madness Festival which got underway in Portglenone on Friday June 26.
Connor Diocesan Synod 2025 was held in St Patrick’s Parish Church, Jordanstown, on Thursday June 26. Both the Service of Holy Communion which preceded Synod and the business sessions were held in the body of the church.
Eight decades of generosity, prayer, advocacy and humanitarian response were celebrated on Friday June 20 at a special service of thanksgiving to mark Christian Aid Ireland turning 80.
The rector of the grouped parishes of Finaghy and Upper Malone, the Rev Louise Stewart, and the former rector of Finaghy, the Rev Clifford Skillen, both celebrated anniversaries of their ordination at Morning Prayer in St Polycarp’s, Finaghy, on June 15.
Connor Mothers’ Union Young Members’ committee held a ‘Pudding Party’ in St Patrick’s Church Hall, Ballymena, on Thursday May 29.
Two new volumes in the Braemor Studies series featuring the final year theses of the Rev Cameron Mack, Curate Assistant in Belfast Cathedral, and the Rev Andrew Neill, Curate Assistant in Limavady, have been launched.
Hundreds of art-lovers enjoyed their visit to Dunluce Parish Art & Photography Exhibition over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend.
The Rev Canon Dr Colin McClure, Minister of First Larne Presbyterian Church, was installed as Ecumenical Canon of Belfast Cathedral at Evensong on Sunday May 18.
St Stephen’s, Millfield, hosted the National Churches Trust’s Resilient & Sustainable Church Buildings conference on May 6.
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