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Picnic in the park

19/10/2015

Bangor and Holywood Circuit gathering, 7th June 2015
On a sunny Sunday morning in June every church in the Bangor and Holywood Circuit was closed! Instead everyone met at the wonderful Scout Centre in Crawfordsburn Country Park. It was a lovely sunny day, after weeks of wind and rain, Praise God, and the service was followed by a great barbeque and everyone sharing fellowship across the congregations. The youthful STOMP praise band led the worship to great acclaim and President Designate, Rev Brian Anderson of Wesley Centenary in Bangor, outlined his themes for his Presidential year. His congregation and the Circuit presented him with robes and a presidential scarf.

Church twinning trip to Carlow and Kilkenny

18/10/2015

For quite some time, the idea of twinning CMC with another Methodist church in the south of Ireland had been discussed but nothing concrete had ever come of it. The opportunity presented itself when Rev Paul Maxwell ( Norma Maxwell's son) was stationed in Carlow & Kilkenny Methodist Churches. This seemed an ideal opportunity to begin exploring a twinning relationship between the two locations as obviously a strong connection already existed with Paul.

Carnalea Methodist 80th anniversary

18/10/2015

Four score years have passed since the birth of Methodist worship in Carnalea. On Sunday 28th June we celebrated the eightieth anniversary of the opening of Carnalea Methodist Church at a special thanksgiving service conducted by Rev Fiona McCrea who traced the history of the church in six chapters highlighting significant events in our history.