The Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) has launched the JUMP Programme for young adults interested in working in a church environment for one year. The programme gets underway in September 2008 with interns placed in parishes across Ireland. For…
Photos by the Rev Ken Houston An exhibition recalling the horrors of the holocaust, staged by teenagers in north Belfast, has been a resounding success. The exhibition was prompted by a visit to former Nazi concentration camps. It was scheduled…
Connor Council for Mission has launched a new Mission Support Fund to assist people wanting to be more involved in mission both at home and overseas. The Council wants to deepen a sense of mission throughout all parishes within the…
Christ Church Parish, Lisburn, will aim to connect people both in fellowship and with Christ in its nine day Connect 2008 outreach which gets underway on Saturday February 16. Events to look forward to during the outreach include a barn…
Photos by the Rev Ken Houston. A visit to former Nazi concentration camps has allowed teenagers from north Belfast to witness at first hand the horrors hatred can unleash. Their investigations gave rise to a moving exhibition on the holocaust…
Agherton Parish was the venue for the recent launch of a book entitled 'A Short Catechism of Basic Church Teaching.' Written by the Very Rev Victor G Griffin, the book includes an appendix by the Rev Niall Sloane (former Curate…
The Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal is making HIV/AIDS the focus of a Lent project The Body of Christ Has AIDS! in 2008. This will be launched in Armagh and Dublin on the Feast of the Epiphany, Sunday January 6….
Divine Healing Ministries have organised two forthcoming events. The first is a morning of teaching on prayer to take place from 10am to 20m on Saturday January 26 in St Finnian’s Church, Cregagh. This will be hosted by the Bishop…
Over Christmas, St Matthew’s, Shankill, revived a tradition of a carol service, adapted to changing times. In the days when St Matthew’s had a parish choir the equal of any in Belfast, the service of Nine Lessons and Carols was…
Roddy Cowie, a lay reader and choir member at St Bartholomew's Parish, Stranmillis, Belfast, has been named winner of the Hard Gospel Hymn-writing competition. The results were announced on January 1. Roddy’s hymn, ‘All the loves,’ will receive its world…
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