20 Sep 2018 | Organisations | 0 Comments
Ending the life of an unborn child is merely part of healthcare and current safeguards should be dispensed with, according to new Liberal Democrat policy. Keep on reading: Lib Dems vote for abortion...
20 Sep 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
The Connor Big Sing in Lisburn Cathedral on September 16. Photo credit: Matthew Cairns/Danielle McCullagh. The second Connor Big Sing resulted in a choir of more than 60 people leading contemporary praise at a service in Lisburn Cathedral on Sunday evening,...
20 Sep 2018 | Church of the Nazarene | 0 Comments
The Naz Tuesday Kids’ Club – starting back on Tuesday 25th September at 4:30pm No pre-booking is necessary, however a parent/guardian will need to accompany children to complete and sign a permission slip on arrival.
20 Sep 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
Mrs Mary Good has revealed the name of her successor as Diocesan President of Mothers’ Union in Derry and Raphoe. Jacqui Armstrong was announced as the incoming President at a reception following the annual MU Festival Service in St Eunan’s Cathedral,...
20 Sep 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
Ballinderry Parish, Diocese of Connor, marked the 350th anniversary of the consecration of the Middle Church on September 8 and 9, with the celebrations coinciding with European Heritage Open Days. On Saturday September 8 crowds flocked to Ballinderry to travel back...
20 Sep 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
Times of plenty, hunger and waste The Torah was very clear at Harvest time: leave the edges of your fields for others to glean, rest the land and from your bounty tithe for the benefit of the poor (Leviticus 19:9-10 and 23:22). The Law honoured God by honouring others...
20 Sep 2018 | Organisations | 0 Comments
On Monday I travelled to Belfast for the funeral of an authentic Christian. Jackie Boyd, a life-long member of the Salvation Army, suffered from dementia in recent years and died last week. He was, in the Army’s terminology, “Promoted to Glory”. As...
19 Sep 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
The Rector of St Augustine’s Parish Church on Londonderry’s ancient city walls was counting his blessings after a tree in the church graveyard was felled by high winds on Wednesday morning. It happened around half past ten as Storm Ali battered the North...
19 Sep 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
Canon Simon Doogan in the small transept before St Bronagh was in place. Photo credit: Annette McGrath. Bishop Harold Miller joined the parishioners of St Columbanus, Ballyholme, on Sunday 16 September for the dedication of two new stained–glass windows on the...
19 Sep 2018 | Organisations | 0 Comments
My mother died recently after some years of gradual decline due to dementia, hastened by a bout of pneumonia. She was 92. I happened to be the family member with her in hospital in the early hours of the morning when her life ended. The nurse on night duty was...
