Rev. Ian Wishart remembered as dedicated and respected fixture of N.L.’s Legion
A mainstay of Remembrance Day in Newfoundland and Labrador and Presbyterian Church is being mourned by many.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/reverend-ian-wishart-obituary-9.7117452?cmp=rss

Presbyterian ministers 'told not to speak out' after apology from pulpit over safeguarding failures – Belfast Telegraph

Presbyterian ministers ‘told not to speak out’ after apology from pulpit over safeguarding failures  Belfast TelegraphPresbyterian Church in Ireland…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BrettCampbell #EastBelfastNews #PresbyterianChurch #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Catholic Church formally bans gender-affirming care at its hospitals

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1961 – Kilmakee Presbyterian Church, Seymour Hill, Belfast
Architect: Munce & Kennedy

Kilmakee Presbyterian Church opened in 1961, replacing a temporary wooden building, serving the Seymour Hill estate. A harshly geometric shape externally with a soaring
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1956 – Presbyterian Church, Rathcoole, Co. Antrim
Architect: Robert J. McKinstry

Rathcoole Housing Estate was one of the first large-scale housing schemes in Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 50s. At the time it was the largest housing estate in Northern Ireland and followed a co
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_The Evening Post_, 10 April 1924:
WOMEN IN
PRINT.

A Press Association message from #Christchurch states that at the Christchurch #Presbytery yesterday a motion, “That the Presbytery initiate the necessary steps to amend the Book of Orders [i.e., Book of Order] to admit #women as #elders of the Church,” was lost, only the mover and seconder voting for it.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240410.2.111

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The Presbyterian Church in NZ voted to admit women as elders in 1954 https://teara.govt.nz/en/presbyterian-church/page-2

1904 – Augustine Presbyterian Church, River Ave., Winnipeg
Architect: John H. G. Russell

St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, now Augustine United Church, was originally founded in 1887. In 1904, the congregation moved into this, a newly fin
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1904 – Augustine Presbyterian Church, River Ave., Winnipeg | Architecture @ Archiseek.com

Architect: John H. G. Russell St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, now Augustine United Church, was originally founded in 1887. In 1904, the congregation moved into this, a newly finished Gothic Revival church designed by John H.G. Russell. In 1910 a 3-storey structure known by congregation members as the “Guild Hall” was added behind the organ, this

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1887 – Crescent Church, University Rd., Belfast
Architect: John Bennie Wilson

Designed by Scottish architect John Bennie Wilson after an architectural competition to design a new church for the Linen Hall St. congregation who were relocating. Weirdly only one B
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1887 – Crescent Church, University Rd., Belfast | Architecture @ Archiseek.com

Architect: John Bennie Wilson Designed by Scottish architect John Bennie Wilson after an architectural competition to design a new church for the Linen Hall St. congregation who were relocating. Weirdly only one Belfast-based architect entered the competition. In an Early French Gothic style, the building has a prominent 140ft bell tower with a remarkably open

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1923 – Ulsterville Presbyterian Church, Lisburn Rd., Belfast
Architect: Samuel Stevenson

Congregation formed in 1902, the church was designed circa 1913 but not built until 1923 because of World War I. The foundation stone was lai
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1923 – Ulsterville Presbyterian Church, Lisburn Rd., Belfast | Architecture @ Archiseek.com

Architect: Samuel Stevenson Congregation formed in 1902, the church was designed circa 1913 but not built until 1923 because of World War I. The foundation stone was laid by Kate Booth, whose father William founded the Salvation Army. Opened on 5th Jan 1924. Built to the same design as Ballysillan and First Dromore Presbyterian churches,

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1876 – Presbyterian Church & School, Magheramorne, Co. Antrim
Architect: Samuel P. Close

Delightful collection of buildings finished in stone with yellow brick timmings.

"The buildings which form one of our illustrations this week are the in course of ere
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1876 – Presbyterian Church & School, Magheramorne, Co. Antrim

Architect: Samuel P. Close Delightful collection of buildings finished in stone with yellow brick timmings. “The buildings which form one of our illustrations this week are the in course of e…

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