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College Square North in Belfast. Picture: Google The Reverend W J Thompson, BA, the new minister of College Square Presbyterian Church in Belfast has been cordially welcomed at a meeting of the congregation which had been held in the lecture hall in Albert Street. The Reverend Gordon Young, BA, who presided at the meeting described the new minister as a crusader in the cause of Christianity, temperance and social welfare. The Reverend Young added that we was assured that by his ministry at College Square that Mr Thompson would “exceed the great expectations” which were centred on him at that time, he remarked that he was sure that the minister would be able to rely on the “support, sympathy and assistance” of his congregation. ....
Presbyterian Moderator Rt Rev Dr David Bruce at his home in Lisburn In a service being livestreamed from Wellington Presbyterian in Ballymena, Right Reverend Dr David Bruce will preach to a congregation of worshippers online. Dr Bruce was ordained assistant minister of Wellington, between 1985 and 1987, before being called to serve as the minister of two congregations in Dublin. The Wellington service is part of the moderator’s virtual tour of one of Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s 19 regional presbyteries which is taking place this week. He said: “I have also pre-recorded a message based on 1 Corinthians 1:9 on the subject of True Fellowship for a virtual mid-week rally that will also be taking place. Then, of course, I will be back in the pulpit and preaching from Wellington, alongside Rev Alistair Bates, which I am really looking forward to. It will be my first time back preaching there since 2009.” ....
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