At 4.00 p.m. on each weekday of business over the course of next year, a passage from the King James Bible will be read aloud in the Good Book Shop, Belfast so that the entire bible will be read in a year. The venture will be launched by the Archbishop of Armagh on 4 January 2011.
The Dean of Belfast says, 'We will continue to be at the barrel in front of the Cathedral until Christmas Eve and after that the barrel will be available in the cathedral until the end of January. We don’t want anyone to be taking undue risks to come and see us in these conditions.'
The Board for Social Theolgy says in response to Minister Atwood’s call for a review of Sunday Trading (NI): ‘An extension of opening hours on a Sunday would put more pressure on workers, small businesses and churches and also be detrimental to family and community life.’
Fears for the future of Southern Sudan raised by representatives of the Church of Ireland at a meeting with Irish Government officials will be conveyed to the next meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
St Paul's Parish Church, Lisburn hosted the Commissioning of Ronnie Briggs as CMS Ireland’s Mission Director on Tuesday 7th December 2010.
A delegation from the Church of Ireland will meet with Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin on Thursday December 9 to discuss concerns for the future of Sudan.
The Rt Revd Trevor Williams has been elected Chair of the Board of Christian Aid Ireland at its Annual General Meeting today, Monday 6 December, 2010.
The Standing Committee has made its CSI Working Group’s submission to the OFMDFM Consultation on Cohesion, Sharing and Integration (CSI) available online. It says, ‘The absence of the language of reconciliation is deeply regrettable … collaborative work must and can be done.’
The Rt Revd Dr Richard Henderson has announced that he is to leave his position as Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry at the end of January 2011 in order to become Honorary Assistant Bishop in Carlisle Diocese and Team Vicar in the Heart of Eden Team Ministry in the Diocese from March 2011.