Groomsport Presbyterian Church

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

Worship service each Sunday at 11.30am.  Under present Coronavirus advice this service will be limited to approximately 30 minutes without ‘live’ music.
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The church building is now open on Wednesdays, 10 am – Noon for personal prayer.

In the meantime, we will continue to record a virtual service each week. The service will be uploaded to this page, every Sunday for 11.30am.

Please find below, an audio recording of this week’s service and a video children’s talk.

These have been specifically recorded for members of Groomsport Presbyterian Church. However, we pray that it will be of blessing to all who choose to listen in. The musical items in the service were recorded at worship services in the past but all other parts were recorded just a few days before uploading to this website (Hymn numbers refer to the Irish Presbyterian Hymn Book)..

Audio Service for Sunday 29th November.
Conducted by Rev Paul Dalzell.

Click Here For The Order Of Service

Children's Talk by Rev Paul Dalzell -Christmas Story

Message From The Moderator

The Moderator Dr Bruce offers some encouragement to Presbyterians at this time and commends Refined,
the new suite of online resources available to help support and develop congregational life and witness.

Church For Now …

Church life is continuing while the building is closed. We are still connecting with our members and encourage people to join us with our online activities. See below how we are still connected. 

Virtual Services

Every Sunday at 11:30 am we will upload a new audio service to our homepage and on Facebook.

Pastoral Care

Pastoral care is still ongoing, albeit in a different way. Our pastoral care team is actively connecting with members of our congregation by telephone. If you need any help from our pastoral care team please contact the office by emailing office@groomsportpresbyterian.com.

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Visit our Facebook page, keep up to date with our virtual activities. Join us for our virtual coffee mornings and find out about our online bible study on Zoom. We'd love to hear from you and find out how you are doing.

Operation Christmas Child

A simple shoebox gift packed with love and fuelled by prayer can have a huge impact! Watch how Operation Christmas Child brings Good News and great joy to children around the world.

There will be some shoe boxes available in the porch of the Church from Wednesday. Fill them with some small gifts, place a note inside the box to indicate if the gifts are for a boy or a girl and for what age group. It is suggested we donate £5 per box to help cover costs for shipping.

Watch the video below to learn more.

Mission In Groomsport Presbyterian

The Mission Committee has been reviewing the various projects that we had hoped to support this year.
Following approval by session, our supported projects have received donations from Groomsport Presbyterian Church. We have also sent donations to ‘Storehouse North Down’ and ‘Hope Christian Trust’ that supports a Christian school in Gaza. Please remember the work of the mission committee and the projects run by our partner organisations in your prayers. Thank you.

Store House Collection- North Down

In these difficult times, we are aware that many families will have to rely on food banks. Storehouse North Down will continue as long as there are groceries to give out. Groceries may be left at any of the following, Storehouse North Down premises at 12 Balloo Avenue Monday and Thursday 10 am - 3 pm, The Co-Op Groomsport Road, First Bangor Presbyterian, Sainsbury’s Holywood Exchange. Storehouse are unable to buy in bulk and are short of the following: tins of meat - ham, corned beef etc., tins of meals - minced steak, chunky chicken etc rice, tins of rice meals - curry, chilli con Carne, etc rice sauces, tins of custard and rice, tinned tomatoes fruit juices, diluting juices, cooking oil, toiletries, toilet rolls, kitchen rolls, cleaning sprays.
Thank you for all your support and we would ask you to pray for protection for the volunteers, many of whom are in the vulnerable age group.

Knysna Presbyterian Church, South Africa

Our sister Presbyterian Church in Knysna, South Africa is also providing online services at this time of global pandemic. If anyone is interested in accessing these, the links are available on their website by clicking the photo.

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