Have low expectations and high hopes
Dublin Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; Friday Night Live with SAMS; Summer Madness Anniversary Ball; New Derry & Raphoe web site; Seminar Tells of Elements of Church Planting
An overview of Prominent British evangelical leader Steve Chalke urging the Christian Churches to rethink inherited attitudes to same-sex relationships; and the Roman Catholic reaction to the UK government’s proposed policy
Six short reports with links to various aspects of these rulings including comment by Archbishop of York, Robert Pigott BBC Religious affairs correspondent, The Christian Institute and the National Secular Society.
Jesus was a practical, one item at a time man
Church Army leader comforts C of E murder victim’s widow; Memorial Eucharist for Canon Brian Mayne; The Four Corners Festival seeks to inspire the people of Belfast; Call to report abuse suspicions
ABC-elect Welby on banking reform; Plough Monday Prayers for farming; Resources for churches marking Holocaust Memorial Day; Media review
Organist Appointed; Living Worship 2013; Music, Eucharist & You; Brian Houston LIVE at Willowfield; Service celebrates decade of girls voices; The Hymns Collective
Poverty and understanding
Media reports on the current crisis by Liam Clarke and Andrew Gilligan, including comments from the Chief Constable, Paul Bew and Mike Nesbitt.
Kids are enjoying the riots too much to stop, says cleric; Rising middle-class in no-man’s land; A Scottish perspective of East Belfast
Programme for Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism; Diocesan web site; MU Commissioning; Marriage Week NI launch event; Media review - Bishops’ intervention is normal democracy; TDs attack bishops on abortion; Dublin fee paying school to admit girls
C of E Laity to vote on leadership; Justin Welby is now Archbishop of Canterbury-elect; Christian Aid looks to secure longterm future; Lord Carey warns government on European rights ruling; The Beeb is out of tune with Anglicans; Lord Harries on Civil partnerships: Church ‘must prioritise blessings’; Gay marriage could signal return to ‘centuries of persecution’, – say 1,000 Catholic priests; UK child sex trafficking 'rising'
Jesus throws an impromptu party
Walk on. Walk on, with hope in your heart
Tercentenary of the birth of Rotunda founder; Bishop Williams welcomes new Bishop of Limerick; Window dedicated; Black Santa says thanks; Job vacancy: Media review
Bishop calls for press regulator with guaranteed independence; Promising effective social care is a moral duty, says lead healthcare bishop; Civil partnerships: ‘We should have shown workings’ bishop; C of E statement on food waste; House of Laity meeting; Media review
Kilkenny Concert; Ceremony of Carols; Come and take some musical "French leave”with RSCM; Dublin Palestrina Choir sings in Papal Mass; Recent contemporary releases
The face of God appears as a loaf of bread
Bray Narnia Festival; Launch of Lenten study resource; Down MU Diocesan President commissioned; Long service in Clogher recognised; Call to daily prayer for Belfast; Oireachtas health committee hearing
The Church of Nigeria Responds to the Church of England Bishops and Civil Partnerships; Same-sex weddings to begin at Washington National Cathedral
Sabbath, memory and joy
The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin, and Mr Samuel Harper, Lay Honorary Secretary of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland, made a submission to the Joint Committee on Health and Children this morning, Thursday 10 January 2013, as part of three days of public hearings on the implementation of the Government decision following the publication of the Expert Group Report into matters relating to A, B & C v. Ireland.
Street Pastor Training; Interchurch Service in Irish; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to Preach at St Saviour’s, Arklow; Certificates Presented for Archbishop’s Course in Theology; Bishop's Medal dedicated; Vacancy - Warden, Lapp’s Court, Cork
Senior Judge Catherine McGuinness defends Supreme Court role in X case
"Clearer and more cohesive": new CMS leader's wishes for 2013; LGB&T Anglican Coalition comments; Happy, clappy and out of the closet Evangelicals; Church attacks plan to change laws of succession; AN Wilson comments; Care pathway professional concerns; Bishop Nazer - Ali in planning dispute
Complexities of current Jewish-Christian dialogue highlighted; US faith leaders pray for civility in public political debate; Primate of Kenya hits out at Church of England lifting of gay bishop ban; Petition asks White House to officially recognize Catholic Church as a ‘hate group’; Syria death toll could be more than 60,000, says UN
By love I sail!
The past Christmas holiday period in the USA was dominated by two events - the so-called fiscal cliff negotiations and the reaction to the shooting of primary school children in Sandy Cove, writes Houston McKelvey.
Bishop of Down on East Belfast disturbances; C of I Presentation To The Oireachtas; Electoral College for Kilmore; Growing Deeper in Derry; Maridi Music Marathon In Dromore Cathedral; Media review - TD says social media bullying has contributed to deaths
C of E Rejoicing over Christmas Twitter campaign; Expert solutions for heating churches; Bishop of Exeter to retire this year; Media Review - So gay bishops should have sex and lie about it. Really, Giles Fraser?; January - the busy month for marriage; Bishops share Prince’s succession concerns; Sentamu claims China more equal than GB; Deep fried cathedral; House of Lords could reject same-sex marriage