FESTIVAL OF 100 NATIVITIES
26th - 29th November
Thurs 10am - 8pm. Fri 10am - 8pm
Sat 10am - 6pm • Sun 2pm - 6pm
YOUR PARISH NEEDS YOU!
Can you help on rotas for any of the
following, even for a short time?
Welcome Team
Speak to Christine Neill - 07811182501
Catering Team
Kitchen, Serving, Baking etc
Speak to Valerie Milne - 07526330178
Parking
Speak to
Rev Gerald Macartney - 07850040027
or Robert Jennett - 07921003518
Sponsorship towards overheads
Booklets / Signs / Catering
Speak to Julie Magowan - 07743126880
Set-up, Preparation early that week,
Decorating Church / Tree etc
other manual handling jobs
Speak to Rev Elizabeth - 07719857187
Welcome to Mullavilly!
Mullavilly Parish is in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Armagh and is situated between Portadown and Tandragee. It covers the villages of Mullavilly and Laurelvale and the surrounding countryside.
If you would like to join us or have have any questions then please contact the Rector, the Venerable Elizabeth Cairns (Archdeacon of Ardboe). We look forward to seeing you soon!
Our Ordained Local Minister:
Revd Edwin McCambley
The Revd. Ediwn McCalbey to Mullavilly. Revd. Edwin was ordained by Archbishop John McDowell in St Patrick's Cathedral Armagh.
Our Diocesan Readers
Will and Natasha were commissioned as Diocesan Readers at Armagh Cathedral following placements with Mullavilly Parish.
If you need help, support or assistance of any kind please contact the Rector.
This might involve:
• Collecting a prescription;
• Delivering groceries;
• Providing pastoral assistance by phone;
• Or just a listening ear.
Please let us know if you or a family member are admitted to hospital.
Useful Information
Parish Honorary Secretary: Mrs Julie Magowan: (07743 126880)
If you need a GDPR Form for anyone 13 years old and older in your family, please request one from our Secretary and when completed return to her. Any other outstanding forms should also be returned asap. Any changes of address should be forwarded to us as soon as possible so that we can keep our Parish Records up to date.
Parish Honorary Treasurer: Mrs Wendy Walsh (07732 630074)
If you would like to find out more about setting up a ‘standing order’ to use instead of envelopes, please speak to Wendy.
Graveyard Warden: Mr Herbie Pearson (07514 031807)
Any headstones, surrounds, inscriptions to graves, etc., must be approved by the Rector and Church Wardens before work commences. Can we request that all dead flowers /wreaths are removed so that our Church Graveyard is kept tidy at all times. Thank you.
Baptisms / Weddings etc: Rector (Tel: 07719 857187 email: revecairns@gmail.com)
Please speak to the Rector if you would like to arrange Baptism, or a Wedding (before any confirmation of your venue is booked), to ensure the date is free. You can also contact her through this web site here.
Please let the Rector know as soon as possible of anyone who has been admitted hospital (or been discharged) or who is ill at home or in a Nursing Home.
Click here to see the full list of those elected to the Select Vestry and other offices.
Why go to Church?
Why go to Church?
If you are spiritually alive, you're going to love this!
If you are spiritually dead, you won't want to read it.
If you are spiritually curious, there is still hope!
A church goer wrote a letter to the editor of newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.
He wrote: "I've gone for 30 years now, and in that time, I have heard something like 3,000 sermons, but for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time. The preachers are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all".
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor' column.
Much to the delight of the editor, it went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"
Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible!
Thank God for our physical and spiritual nourishment.
Never take it for granted and expect Church to always be there.
That is a freedom and privilege denied to many in our world today.
Yes, of course, read your Bible and say your prayers at home, but never give up in meeting with other believers for fellowship, support and encouragement.
B.I.B.L.E.~ Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth