Finding the Joy in Service It’s always a special thing when people have looked after you well. If you have enjoyed a meal out or been lucky enough to stay a night away, it’s a special thing when you see how much people have tried to make your experience memorable. When volunteers do something like […]
Openness to New Experiences I wonder would you consider yourself adventurous or open to new experiences? Sometimes we miss out on things by virtue of taking too cautious an approach. When we take the opportunity to do something a bit different or outside of our comfort zone we can be exhilarated and surprised. I remember […]
As part of the overall review of Diocesan policies in June, the Select Vestry reinstated our policy for the Garden of Remembrance based on the Diocesan rules. The Select Vestry wish to remind families using the Garden of Remembrance that any floral tributes used at the funeral may be placed on the garden wall and will be disposed of […]
Go On Saz Pants! (The Power of Encouragement) It’s the time of year when we hear about the BBC Children in Need annual appeal. Each year, huge sums of money are raised to support charities and organisations doing vital work with children throughout the UK. Most years they get some of the presenters involved in […]
In a new Inspiring angles video published ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Canon Jono Pierce and the Cregagh Crafters – at St. Finnian’s in East Belfast – speak about the significance of their poppy display and bringing together over 40 people to share their creative skills. Cregagh Crafters is one of many projects which has been […]
How will you be remembered? Sad news reached us this week of the untimely death of one of Conor’s primary school teachers who died after a courageous battle with illness. She was Conor’s teacher in P5, and we never met in person, as the pandemic meant we could not gather in person in school for a […]
Dear Friends, One of the themes that has been recurring in our Bible readings in recent weeks has been the theme of remembering. As we prepare shortly to celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving, it’s a theme that plays a prominent role as the service looks back on the festival of first fruits when the Israelites brought the […]
A Bit of ‘Behind the Scenes’ One of the aims, or intentions, of this blog is to demystify what happens in church to those outside it. Sometimes people have a sense that church is not for them because of some misinformation they have picked up along the way. There is a perception also that church […]
A Window into Someone’s World I’ve always enjoyed memoirs, autobiographies and biographies. Some of them are more revealing than others and they can give us a real insight into someone else’s world, what makes them tick and how they have built their career or navigated some of the challenges they have faced. We tend to […]