The Church of Ireland Council for Mission held a webinar using Zoom on Thursday, 3rd June 2021, on the theme of ‘Online Church – Practical Lessons from the Frontline’. To facilitate anyone who was not able to attend, a video of the webinar is now available on the Council’s public Facebook page.
The National Churches Trust is organising a number of free online events in the next couple of weeks, aimed specifically at supporting places of worship in Northern Ireland. Please see details of each event below, including booking details.
St Columba’s, Derryvolgie, Diocese of Connor, is challenging its parishioners to walk the length of Chile in South America during the course of this month as part of its Communicating Clearly project.
On Monday 31st May, ordinands from the Church of Ireland Theological Institute (CITI) took part in a virtual meeting with fellow ordinands from the College of the Transfiguration (COTT), Grahamstown, South Africa, which is the provincial training centre for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
A new charity – The Bishop of Cork Pastoral Care Fund – was established in late 2020 by Bishop Paul Colton, with the support of the Diocesan Council, in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
After turning 50 years old, the new rector of Drumglass Parish, the Rev. Bryan Martin, has asked his parishioners to raise over £5000 as he, and others, walk 50 miles from St. Elizabeth’s Church of Ireland, Moygashel, to St. Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry to meet their former rector, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Forster (now Bishop of Derry and Raphoe).
The Church of Ireland Youth Department, in collaboration with Dublin and Glendalough Youth Officer Susie Keegan and the Disability Advisor with the Diocese of Leeds, Katherine–Alice Grasham, has produced a new resource pack – entitled A Welcoming Church – to help churches think about how they might better support people with different disabilities in the church environment.
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, opened its doors to members of its congregation on Sunday May 30 for the first time since Christmas. The cathedral reopened for public worship for its Patronal Festival on Trinity Sunday.
The Parish of Kilconriola and Ballyclug, Ballymena, marks its 300th anniversary this year and the Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has officially launched a special commemorative booklet to mark the tercentenary.
Local dementia charity Dementia NI is celebrating National Volunteers’ Week from 1st –7th June 2021. The charity, which has groups established across Northern Ireland, has recently recruited volunteers to support the running of newly established Empower and Support groups in the Armagh, Banbridge and Newry areas, to support local people living with dementia.
