St Jude’s Muckamore Flute Band Church.

St Aidan’s Parish Church, Belfast, is celebrating 120 years of ministry in Sandy Row during 2015 with a range of events that will reach into the community of which it is part.

The celebrations get underway with a Flute Band Concert headlined by Flute Band Church from Muckamore Parish, under the leadership of the Rev William Orr.

The concert will be held in Rangers’ Social Club starting at 7.30pm on Wednesday March 4, and will also feature some local bands.

Priest-in-Charge of St Aidan’s, the Rev Bobbie Moore, explained that a look back at parish magazines published the year the church was consecrated showed that St Aidan’s had its own Flute Band Church, with 30 signed up members.

Bobbie believes the Flute Band concert will be something the community in Sandy Row will be drawn to. “We are trying to do things that will actually impact on the community as we celebrate this anniversary,” she said.

“The idea came from our mission team, and is part of our aim to bring the church and Christ’s ministry into the community. As well as the bands, there will also be a gospel message at the concert. This is about meeting people where they are at.”

Admission is free but donations will be gratefully received for Muckamore Flute Band Church mission trip with SAMS to Paraguay.