The countdown in the Parish of Christ Church, Lisburn, to ‘Connect’- its nine days of outreach is well underway. Events begin with a Barn Dance on Saturday evening, February 15, at 7.30 pm in the Church Hall. This will be…
The first of two diocesan Lenten seminars on prayer under the overall title of 'Equipping the Saints,' led by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd Alan Abernethy, was held in Belfast Castle on February 5. The bishop said that…
Buckingham Palace has announced that the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, is to distribute the Royal Maundy in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, on Thursday March 20. This is the first time the Office for the…
Connor has raised more than half the funding needed to build a new school in Mongo in its link diocese of Yei, southern Sudan. As of January 31, £51,464.47 had been contributed to the Yei School Project by almost half…
BBC Mastermind is currently in the process of trying to recruit contestants for this year’s series! The programme will be holding open auditions in at BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast on Monday February 11 and Tuesday February 12. Programme makers…
More than 170 charities and community groups will be represented at “The Good Samaritans’ Service” in the St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday February 3 at 3.30pm. At the service donations from the 31st annual pre-Christmas ‘Black Santa’ sitout for…
A warm invitation is extended by the United Parishes of Ballynure and Ballyeaston (Ballyclare) to join them for a series of Lent Coffee Mornings. These will run each Wednesday from 10am until 12 noon, beginning on February 6 and continuing…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, has announced the appointment of two new incumbents in the diocese. The Rev Elizabeth Hanna, currently incumbent of the Grouped Parishes of Magherally and Annaclone, in the Diocese of Dromore, has…
The Rev Dr David Wenham, Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies in Trinity College, Bristol, will deliver the 2008 Church of Ireland Annual Theological Lecture at Queen’s University. Dr Wenham, former Vice-Principal at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, has strong…
The Rev Ken Houston reflects on Connor Commissioned Ministers Quiet Day which took place on January 26. Why such events are called “quiet” beats me! Yes, rapt attention was paid to the two addresses given by the Rev John McCammon,…
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