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CMS Ireland welcomes Anglican world church visitors
The Church Mission Society Ireland welcomes more than 70 delegates from the Anglican world church to a two-day conference at the Armagh City Hotel on 21st and 22nd April as part of a week of mission in the Church of Ireland.
The mpower conference will explore relationships between the Church of Ireland and the Overseas Churches and ways to be more effective in our common mission.
Delegates representing 14 different countries and 4 different continents will be involved in relationship building parish programmes in Northern Ireland and the Republic in Churches that support their outreach work.
Among the delegates is the Most Rev Fidele Dirokpa, Archbishop of the Democratic Republic of Congo, bishops and church leaders from Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia. Rev Andrew Dircks co-ordinator of the Families for Families Tsunami Relief Programme in Thailand will attend with delegates from Nepal and India and The Diocese of Albany in USA and CMS Britain.
Worship
- A Celebration of Mission, Thursday 21st April, 8.00pm, Armagh City Hotel hosted by Paul Clark
- Service of Holy Communion, Friday 22nd Arpil, Armagh Cathedral
Celebrant: Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd John Neill
Preacher: Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Robin Eames,
Followed by a reception at The Palace, Armagh hosted by Armagh City Council. - Inter-Denominational Service, Sunday 24th April, 4.00 pm, St Columb?s Cathedral, Londonderry
Full mpower programme details can be found at http://www.cmsireland.org