Four new deacons were ordained in the Diocese of Connor at a service held in St Colman’s Parish Church, Dunmurry, on Sunday September 4. The four were ordained by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy. Preacher at…
Connor Diocesan Training Council is hosting a number of training courses which get underway in the next few weeks. Course details are as follows Pastoral Care – begins Tuesday September 13 Following a request from Ballinderry Parish we are once…
The Very Rev John Mann was installed in St Anne’s Cathedral in a service which beautifully reflected the personality and spirituality of the new Dean. The Cathedral was filled almost to capacity and in his greeting at the start of…
The 2011 Mid Africa Conference – Your Kingdom Come… – takes place in the Glenada Holiday & Conference Centre in Newcastle, County Down, from September 9–11. People are most welcome to join the Conference for the full weekend (accommodation and…
Larne’s first ever ‘Messy Church’ is being launched on Sunday September 4 at 11.30am in the newly refurbished hall at All Saints’ Church, Craigyhill. Called ASPIRE [All Saints Parents Infants Relatives Everyone] this is a once–a–month time of creativity, worship…
The next lunchtime lecture to be given at St Bartholomew’s Church will ask ‘Does creation have a future?’ The lecture in the church on Stranmillis Road, Belfast will be delivered by the rector of St Bartholomew’s, the Rev Dr Ron…
The Rev Canon John Mann will be installed as Dean of Belfast at a service in St Anne’s Cathedral on Tuesday August 30 at 8pm. The service, in which the new Dean will also be instituted as Vicar of the…
The parish of All Saints’, Loughguile, has officially opened its first church hall. In recent years the number of families attending the north Antrim church have increased by 66 per cent, thanks largely to the work of the late Mary…
Ballymena parishioner Ivor Abernethy’s 90th birthday celebrations began early with a bit of a party at the Wednesday Club. During the club’s meeting and lunch Ivor was presented with a birthday card by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev…
Report and photographs by John Kelly A hymn sung by Seymour Street Praise Group ‘Come, now is the time to worship’ aptly summed up the mood of a great afternoon of praise and worship in Lisburn. Hymns in the Park…
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