Weekly Announcements

Thought for the week from The Vicar … In our parish discussion group we are looking at the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  These qualities are first collected together by St Paul in his letter to the Galatians.  The Galatian Christians were a small community of people who were trying to worship Jesus but were living in an area that was famous for its worship of colourful pagan gods.  The very positive characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit are in stark contrast to many of the very negative ones St Paul lists that were very evident in the lives of many people living in Galatia such as impurity, idolatry, witchcraft, uncontrolled temper, jealousy, divisions, envy and drunkenness.  Following Jesus is a journey, or process whereby we rely on his strength and guidance to leave behind such negative and destructive characteristics and embrace those of the Spirit.  We call this process sanctification, but really it is just about becoming more like Jesus every day.

Sunday 26^th October – remember the clocks go back by 1 hour

2025 Flower List (July–December) – The Flower List for July to December 2025 is now available for parishioners who wish to donate towards the church flowers on a particular Sunday – whether in memory of a loved one or to mark a special anniversary.  You can find the list in the foyer of the Parish Centre or simply speak to one of the churchwardens.

Extra Mile Bucket update: We’re delighted to share that £1,028.84 has now been raised since the launch of the Extra Mile project in support of ShelterBox.  This generous amount is nearly enough to fund two standard ShelterBox kits at £590 each.  By providing emergency shelter and tools for families robbed of their homes by disaster, the ShelterBox teams are transforming despair into hope.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far to the Extra Mile collection for ShelterBox.  Your support is making a real difference.

FIRE DAMAGE REPAIR FUND – there is a GoFundMe link available on the Parish Facebook page [https://www.gofundme.com/f/all-saints-parish-church-antrim-repair-fund] for anyone wishing to donate to this fund.  As an alternative, if you are a tax paying parishioner, we can claim Gift Aid if you make your donation through the Fabric Fund.  Please speak to Brian Neill for more information.

OASIS FOOD BANK – please consider donating an item or two to support the local food bank project.  This is a marvellous way of showing God’s love in a practical way.  Please leave items in the box in the Parish Centre [eg pasta, tinned soups, tinned vegetables, cereal, toiletries, etc]