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All are invited to join us for our service of Holy Communion at 10.30am this Sunday 1 June when Canon Walter Laverty returns as our guest preacher and celebrant. Children will leave the service at an announced point to join our Sunday Kids’ Club JAM in the parish hall. For those unable to attend, the service will be streamed on Facebook as usual andContinue reading “This Sunday”

The Summer 2025 edition of our parish magazine CONTACT is now available in PDF format to read or download in the Resources section of the website or by clicking / tapping on the image below. We hope you enjoy reading the various articles and resources. Please feel free to share with family, friends and neighbours!

Our good friend Matthew Gault from Tullycarnet Church is with Bishop David and Archdeacon Jim Cheshire in Berlin attending the European Congress on Evangelism  .

Our friends at Christian Aid Ireland invite you to join them for a very special 80th Anniversary service in Belfast Cathedral on Friday evening 20 June. Full details at the link below: https://www.christianaid.ie/get-involved/events/80th-anniversary-service

The community choir accepted an invitation to sing at the annual memorial service at the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald for staff who had passed away in the last year. This service is usually led by the hospital staff choir but unfortunately, they have not met this year; the bereavement coordinator saw the S.C.C. poster on theContinue reading “@The Ulster Hospital”

To celebrate our patronal festival* in honour of St Molua this year we invite you to join us for a Community Barbeque on Saturday 7 June from 2.00pm – 4.00pm in and around the Parish Hall. Everyone welcome. * St Molua’s Day actually falls each year on 4 June !

A date for your diaries – Following the great success of their concert in St Molua’s last year, Stormont Community Choir and The Lagan Seahorses present “A Grand Night for Singing” on Friday 20 June 2025. They will be joined by singer Melissa Murray at 7.30pm in St Molua’s Church, 645 Upper Newtownards Road, BelfastContinue reading “@St Molua’s”

Please don’t forget that our monthly Parish Prayer Time sessions continue this week, on Tuesday 20 May at 7.30pm in the Side Chapel. Do plan to join us for this important role in our Christian life especially as we eagerly await the arrival of our new Minister-in-Charge, Laurence Bellew, in the summer. Everyone Welcome AContinue reading “@St Molua’s”

Congratulations to Laurence Bellew who has been appointed Minister-in-Charge of the Parish of Stormont in the Diocese of Down. Laurence is currently the Youth and Community Pastor in HOPE Church Craigavon, Dromore Diocese, and will shortly be commissioned as a Church Army Evangelist. A date for the Service of Introduction will be announced in dueContinue reading “Appointment to Stormont”

The weather could not have been better for our ‘Sole Mates’ walking group’s latest outing on Saturday 17 May when we visited Delamont Country Park on the shores of Strangford Lough. Brilliant sunshine was tempered by a gentle breeze as we strolled around this beautiful part of County Down with magnificent views across the loughContinue reading “Sole Mate ramblings”

You are invited to join us for our All Ages Together service in the more informal setting of the Parish Hall from 10.00am this Sunday 18 May. Everyone Welcome PS: As the service is in the Parish Hall, it won’t be streamed or recorded. All the more reason to come along and join us, ifContinue reading “@St Molua’s”

Our next Sole Mates outing is to Delamont Country Park on the shores of Strangford Lough Co. Down. We will meet in St Molua’s Church carpark at 10.00am on Saturday 17 May and travel in shared cars together. Click here to download a country park guide (pdf) Our walks are open to all – to church members,Continue reading “Walking Group”

A date for your diary 😃 Our friends at St Columba’s, Knock are holding a Sale of Pre-Loved Ladies Fashions and Accessories in support of Christian Aid. Details below:

Our Ladies Guild have also been out and about as their 2025 Summer Outing took them to Comber, Co. Down where First Comber Presbyterian Church are celebrating 380 years of Christian Life and Witness. To mark this occasion, they recently held a Flower Festival with the theme “Be Still and Know that I am God”.Continue reading “Ladies Guild at Comber”

Please join us for Morning Worship at the start of Christian Aid Week 2025 when our guest speaker will be David Thomas, Education & Campaigns Coordinator at Christian Aid. Everybody welcome http://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christian-aid-week