On his way home from the Lambeth Conference, Bishop Justin will pay a short visit to Ireland including a stop at Dromore Cathedral. Since he is only here for a few week days, his itinerary will include a week night visit to Dromore Cathedral’s Clayton Hall. It is on Tuesday 5th August at 8.00 pm.

Bishop Justin will be accompanied by his wife who is known as Mamma Joyce. This is Mamma Joyce’s first visit to Ireland and we look forward to welcoming her here. A particular invitation is extended to Mothers Union Members as MU is the social action arm and a key ministry partner in Maridi diocese.

Our get together will be quite informal with opportunities for Bishop Justin and his wife to speak to us about the Diocese of Maridi in Southern Sudan, and to give us a chance to ask questions. Since we are planning to send some people from the parish to Maridi in 2009, it would be great if as many as possible could come to this evening event and get a feel for what the trip might involve. Refreshments are being provided

This Sunday, 29th June, sees the annual trip by the 10.00 congregation to Balmoral for the Big Sunday Communion Service at Balmoral Showgrounds. Churchgoers are encouraged to come with their picnics, sun cream and umbrellas (better be ready for anything!) and meet at the Cathedral Hall Car Park at 9.45, or at the Down and Dromore Campsite, via the Harverton Park Entrance, at sometime around 10.30 ish.

Zach and SNYF will be waiting. Zach will be awake! There will be no-one at Ciao in church, since it isn;t happening this week. Every other week of the summer from 6 July Celebrate at Ten takes place…  at Ten!

The Art Exhibition at Dromore draws near: painting a picture of the event is coloured by excellent art and poor puns.

The Exhibits are open for viewing by the Artists on Thursday 19th June at 7.45 pm, and by the General Public from Friday 20th to Saturday 21st June. For further details contact the Parish Office

News Sheet This is the News Sheet for Trinity Sunday 18th May. We welcome you to come to worship at Dromore Cathedral this Sunday.

The Bike Ride this year is due to take a trip from Scarva South to Newry and Back, thus completing a journey we began last year when we travelled from Scarva to Portadown.

The date is currently fixed at SATURDAY 14TH JUNE 2008: not the date originally suggested. Tom Knox and Trevor McKeown are the key men, [or spokes men] for this exciting journey in June. Please get your bikes tuned up, or contact Tom if you want to borrow a bike for the day.

Our Christian Aid Lunch, with moneys raised going to help Christian Aid respond to the recent emergency in Burma, took place on Pentecost Sunday after a united morning service.

Over £530 was donated at the meal and this will be forwarded immediately along with any outstanding donations to Christian AId. We thank everyone who supported the event and the Team who organised it.

It is going to be one of those special weeks in the church’s year when the two morning congregations join as one to celebrate a special season. It happens at Easter and Christmas and Harvest, and this Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, it happens again! See you at 11.30 for Celebrate Pentecost Together

We’re cooking up a recipe of music and worship and teaching which will help us all experience the excitement of Pentecost Sunday, in preparation for a PARISH LUNCH which follows immediately afterwards.

Our PARISH LUNCH is in aid of Christian Aid, and will be prepared by our midweek monthly lunch team as their last effort for the autumn-spring season. We look forward to generous support of the event.

If you are a new visitor to our site, welcome today. We hope your connections with God are encouraged through knowing what is going on in your local church. If visiting from far away, may we welcome you to this little glimpse of church life in Dromore Co Down. Links to e.g. Church of Ireland Wedding Service site, for instance, can be found at http://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/files/worship/pdf/Marr2.pdf. Other links may be found on the BLOGROLL  page!

The Spring Concert, featuring  a variety of local artists is set to take place this year in MOIRA PARISH CENTRE on Friday 18th April at 7.45 pm. A suggested admission is £5.00 and incluces supper kindly provided by the parishioners of Moira.

Proceeds after expenses to the Development Fund of our Diocesan Cathedral.

The Cathedral Hall was the venue for the Parish Auction on Saturday 12th April. Doors opened at 9.30 to give the discerning bidders their opportunity to see the items ready for the auction. Most of the goods were sold with one or two being passed on to local charity shops if unsold. Over £2000 was raised at the event. The final figures will be published in the next edition of Parish Post.

We thank Wesley Sawyers, our auctioneer, Brian Mackey and Sam Redmond and the team of helpers, including the resfreshment team, and the bidding public for making this a successful first for the parish.