Monthly Archives: December 2021

Happy Christmas! We hope you enjoy this ‘Service of Lessons & Carols’ that was recorded in St Molua’s last Sunday evening 19 December. This morning’s service will not be recorded – you are very welcome to join us in the Parish Hall for worship at 10.30am.

Happy Christmas! We hope you enjoy our ‘Carols for Christmas Day’ Our ‘in church’ Christmas Celebration with Holy Communion Service will not be recorded this morning, so please come along at 10.30am. Everyone welcome! (Covid restrictions apply)

Dear friends, I want to (prematurely!) wish you a Happy Christmas. (I know we are still in Advent, but I’m sure you will forgive me…?!) We are still in very uncertain times, so I pray that you and your loved ones are safe and well. I hope you enjoyed the latest edition of Contact magazineContinue reading “The Rector writes … a Christmas Message”

Tomorrow, Sunday 19 December, we are looking forward to worshipping together in church at our All Age Advent service at 10.30am, where our guest speaker will be Matthew Gault (Tullycarnet Church Plant Leader), and at 6.30pm we will have our Service of Lessons & Carols. Everyone is welcome, but all Covid restrictions do apply.

Bishop David’s message for Advent and Christmas echoes that of the angels to the shepherds in Luke 2 – “Do not be afraid”. 

News from Tullycarnet Church. We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website. A big thank you to all involved in the designing process – it looks great. For all things Tullycarnet Church – feel free to check this out. We will be posting our events, programmes and podcasts from our Sunday ServicesContinue reading “A great new website”

Check out this Christmas poem from Scripture Union NI about the true meaning of Christmas.

What a great afternoon at Muddy Church Starting at St Molua’s we met Mary, then we followed a trail through Stormont grounds to meet Joseph, the donkey, the giver of shelter, shepherds and wise persons! Finishing up at Stormont Presbyterian we saw Baby Jesus wrapped in the manger. We enjoyed some crafts, were treated toContinue reading “Muddy Success!”

The Winter 2021 edition of our parish magazine CONTACT is now available to read or download in the Resources section of the website, along with copies of previous editions from the past year or so. We hope you enjoy reading the various articles and resources. Please feel free to share with your friends!

The Advent 2021 edition of the Eco-Congregation Ireland newsletter is now available to view below. You can download (pdf), or print the newsletter out, using the relevant icons at the top right hand corner of the window below (you may need to click on the >> icon to see these options if you are viewingContinue reading “Advent Newsletter”

Don’t forget, Muddy Church is this Sunday, 12 December. Starting at St Molua’s at 3.00pm, following a trail to Stormont Presbyterian Church where we will be carol singing and enjoying some refreshments. If you can, please pre register by email as listed below (this will help with catering) Looking forward to seeing you then!

Christmas can raise a lot of questions. Why not ask them in person at our Alpha course, starting on 23rd January at 7.00pm in St Molua’s Parish Hall, 645 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast. Everyone welcome! #AskAtAlpha

Don’t forget – tomorrow evening 7 December (as it’s the first Tuesday of the month) that there will be a Healing Service at 8.00pm. Everyone welcome

Returning to an in–person conference in Sligo in 2022, New Wine Ireland will be running two conferences, ‘Week A’ and ‘Week B’ to do so in a safe and compliant way. Booking is now open for Week A: 9–12 July and Week B: 14–17 July. New Wine Ireland exists to enthuse, equip and resource the localContinue reading “Sligo 2022”

The Second Sunday of Advent – we’re delighted to say that the Revd. Canon David Brown will be leading us in our worship. Unfortunately the service will not be recorded, so please do join us in church at 10:30am. Everyone welcome! If you are unable to get out to church, you may like to watchContinue reading “Sunday 5 December”