Bishop's Bible Week
The ‘real' beginning of the Church Year in parishes is September! People have returned from their holidays, children's work is up and running, organisations have started up again, and there is a sense of buzz about what God will do among us over the coming months.
However, in the end of the day, it is not just good organisation which grows and develops churches, but people with a real heart for God and for others. That is especially the case with leaders - in music; in serving; in children's and youth work; in the Mothers' Union, on the Select Vestry, etc, etc.
The Bishop's Bible Week is intended to be four evenings of encouragement as parishes prepare for the year ahead. Encouragement from the Word of God speaking into our lives. Encouragement in worship. Encouragement in simply being together.
This year (our first!) the Bible Week will be held in the newest church in the Diocese of Down & Dromore - St Saviour's in Dollingstown. Many of you will not yet have had the opportunity to see it.
The Bible Week will be held from Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 August, and the theme is ‘Looking on the Heart!' The speaker this year is Ed Vaughan from Crinken Church, near Bray. And the worship and atmosphere will be informal.
Don't miss it! I'll be there to welcome you all each evening, and my prayer is that God, who will certainly be there, will bless us abundantly.
Your bishop and friend
+ Harold Down & Dromore
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