A New Year Message from the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann. Christians have a traditional way of speaking about each year by referring it to Christ. We say, “The year of our Lord 2015” as we begin…
The next CPAS leadership training day will take place at Christ Church, Lisburn, on February 12 on the topic of ‘Serpents and doves – wisdom for leadership and mission today.’ The organisers say participants will be enriched and inspired to be missional…
The former rector of Magheragall Parish Church, Canon Alex Cheevers, who died in August, was honoured in the church on Sunday December 21. At the service of Nine Lessons and Carols that evening, a special offering was held in memory…
The victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 will be remembered this St Stephen’s Day (Boxing Day) in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast. An estimated 300,000 people died when a massive earthquake caused a tsunami around the Indian Ocean. Many more…
The sounds and smells are a rich treasure trove of memories. My childhood memories of Christmas. The sound of the homemade ginger wine being bottled as gifts for friends and neighbours. The turkey arriving direct from the farm with feathers…
Staff from Church House visited St Anne’s Cathedral for their Carol Service this year, gathering in the Chapel of Unity for the service on Thursday morning, December 18. All departments in Church House were represented. Readings were by Paul Harron…
By lunchtime on Thursday December 18 Dean John Mann was roughly mid-way through this year’s extra-long Black Santa Sit-out at St Anne’s Cathedral. He pops indoors briefly to deposit yet another bag of cash, or to pen his diary which…
The African Children’s Choir brought its high voltage performance to St Paul’s Lisburn on Sunday December 4. The 41st Choir is currently on tour, and the St Paul’s concert was particularly poignant for Lisa Carson, daughter of the rector of…
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