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Sep
12
2024
Mission Matters podcast: Rev Sean McClafferty
In this podcast in the Church of Ireland Council for Mission’s Mission Matters series, Rev Johnny McFarland talks to Rev Sean McClafferty who, with his fellow deacon Rev Brian Robinson, made history in the summer of 2023 by becoming Derry and Raphoe’s first Ordained Local Ministers (OLMs). Here they discuss Sean’s missionary outreach in the Sperrins, where…
Sep
12
2024
Mission Matters Podcast: Rev Johnny Lowden
In the next in its Mission Matters podcast series, the Church of Ireland Council for Mission shares an interview with Rev Johnny Lowden, a curate in Glendermott parish, in Londonderry’s Waterside. In his conversation with Rev Johnny McFarland, Johnny talks about his path to ordained ministry, the impact of his missionary work in central Africa, and explains…
Aug
09
2024
Ordination of Rev Melanie Sloan
Rev Melanie Sloan was ordained as a priest by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Rt Rev Andrew Forster, at a Service on Sunday 23rd June in All Saints Clooney where she will serve her curacy under the guidance of the Rector, Rev Canon David McBeth. Her fiancé, Mark Niblock (whom she’ll be getting married…
Aug
09
2024
It’s madness out there
The rain held off today (Sunday 30th June 2024) for Derry & Raphoe Youth’s annual barbecue at the Summer Madness festival, which is taking place in Portglenone again this year. The event is Ireland’s largest Christian youth festival and our team of leaders are looking after around 20 young people, from seven different churches in…
Aug
09
2024
Celebrating 150 years in Holy Trinity, Dunfanaghy
A Service of Thanksgiving was held in Holy Trinity Parish Church in Dunfanaghy on Sunday afternoon (23rd June 2024) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the church’s consecration. It was led by the Group’s Rector, Rev David Skuce, and the sermon was preached by Bishop Andrew Forster. The Bishop remarked on the faith and courage…
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