Five new Deacons were ordained in the Diocese of Connor at a service in St Patrick’s Church, Ballymena, on Wednesday June 24. They were Simon Genoe for the Curacy of Lisburn Cathedral; Alan Irwin for the Curacy of Ballymena and…
Twenty five people from St Paul’s Parish Church, Lisburn, whose ages range from 18 to 78 are travelling to Kajiado Diocese in Kenya in late summer. Led by the rector of St Paul’s, the Rev James Carson, assisted by Mr…
Lisburn Mayor, Councillor Ronnie Crawford, launched a new book on Lisburn’s Churches in Railway Street Presbyterian Church on Friday June 12, The launch took placed during an evening of celebration marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Lisburn. The…
St Patrick's, Cairncastle, one of Northern Ireland’s oldest country churches, is set to throw open its doors to welcome visitors during the summer. The historic church will be open to the public every Thursday evening throughout July and August from…
Churches in south Belfast came together in a service of inter church worship on Sunday June 21 in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, on the theme ‘I was a stranger…’ The Rev Wilfred Orr, Minister of Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church, was one of the…
Canon Stuart Lloyd, rector of St Patrick’s, Ballymena, and parishioner David Curry have been fundraising on a bicycle made for two. The intrepid duo cycled on a tandem bike from St Patrick’s to Lisburn Cathedral to raise money for Mongo…
The Church of Ireland Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, urged people to take time to ‘be’ rather than always ‘do’ when he addressed a packed annual Synod. The Bishop based his address on the words from Psalm…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, has condemned a series of racist attacks on Romanian families living in south Belfast. The ongoing attacks on the families has resulted in more than 100 people leaving their homes and…
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