Important message from the Rector regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Updated 02/04/21
Live Stream
Welcome to our brand-new live stream services.
We aim to begin the stream at 10:55 every Sunday, however if you are slightly early or we are a bit late the link will take you to our YouTube channel. If this occurs please refresh your browser or click the link again. If the stream has finished or no live stream is taking place such as during the week, then you will be taken to our home page where you can revisit old services. The link can be found by clicking on ‘live stream’ below
Live Stream
Updated 01/04/21
Maundy Thursday is a very holy day in the Christian calendar. It is the day Jesus initiated Holy Communion when he shared his last supper with his disciples – just hours before Judas betrayed him and his crucifixion. If you’d like to revisit last years online Maundy Thursday service, please click the link below:
On Good Friday, we return to in-person worship in the church at 7.30pm. Or you can join us online, live, from 7.25pm
Updated 28/03/21
In our Palm Sunday service at 11am, we remember the start of Jesus’ holy week journey to the cross and rejoice with the crowds singing and waving palms for his triumphant arrival in Jerusalem. Clergy from all the local Area Deanery Churches come together in this united service. There is no 15 minute count-down to this week’s service. It will start at 11am and can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below
25/03/21
Please find a letter regarding worship in the church building below
Updated 21/03/21
We’ve reached the 5th Sunday in Lent, the start of Passiontide, when we focus between now and Good Friday on the suffering of Jesus and what he went through for us. Join us on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below
So that those without internet are not excluded from worshipping with us, an audio version of the service is available by dialling the local phone number below
A welcome message will be heard immediately. Then there will be around 30 seconds of silence before the service begins. So hold on!
The number to dial is: 02891 249440
Please tell this number to your friends and family without internet
Updated 14/03/21
Sunday is Mother’s Day, so naturally we pay tribute and give thanks for all who have had maternal care for us. We think too of some biblical mother’s and see what we can learn. Join us on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below
Updated 07/03/21
Jesus makes a bit of a scene in the Temple. He wants God’s house to be holy, not for commerce. He reminds us too our church buildings are just that – buildings. And God resides inside and outside. Join us on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below
Updated 28/02/21
On the 2nd Sunday in Lent, Jesus tells his disciples he is to suffer and die. They don’t like it. In our service we ask why and reflect on our own ideas about Jesus. Join us on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below
Updated 21/02/21
We’re now into Lent, journeying with Jesus to the cross. In our service, we consider the link between Noah and the Flood and the Cross of Jesus. Join us on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below:
Updated 17/02/21
𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗵
Throughout Lent, Bishop David will give a short reflection each day (5-10 minutes) on a passage from the Book of Nehemiah. The first reflection will be available to view from today (Ash Wednesday) via the following link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjni0DrNHAI
All following daily reflections will be available to view on the Down and Dromore YouTube Channel at the following link
https://www.youtube.com/user/downanddromorevideo/videos
𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆
A Service for Ash Wednesday will be available to view via the Down and Dromore YouTube Channel from 10am today (Wednesday 17th February).
The service takes place in Inch Abbey and is led by Bishop David who gives a meditation on The Beatitudes – available via the following link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6e-uCLHpN4
Updated 14/02/21
With Ash Wednesday fast approaching, we think ahead to Lent and how God’s glory shines in the face of Christ. Join us on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be found below:
Magazine
Here is the 2021 Lent magazine, please click below to read. If you know anyone who would like a printed copy please get in touch with the rector.
Updated 07/02/21
Jesus’ whole message is about transformation. In our service he discusses mixing the old with the new. As our parish enters a new era, we consider Jesus’ words in light of our situation. Join us on Sunday 17th at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0jG5x1Muto
The notices for this week can also be viewed below:
Updated 31/01/21
Jesus heals a man in church who is possessed by an evil, unclean spirit. What does this story teach us about Jesus, the church leaders and evil spirits? Join us on Sunday 17th at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be viewed below:
Updated 30/01/21
As we approach Lent, we’d like to encourage everyone to join a diocesan wide focus on daily bible reading. Many members get the printed version of Our Daily Bread Daily devotionals, a lovely 2 minute daily engagement with scripture and God. It is also available online at this link, which includes the option to have it read to you.
Read | Our Daily Bread Ministries
Alternatively you could get the Church of Ireland Daily Worship App for your phone here
https://www.ireland.anglican.org/prayer-worship/lectionary/daily-worship-app
Or you could simply download the Bible to your phone
Updated 24/01/21
Jesus starts his ministry by calling 4 fishermen to follow him. But what was he calling them to do? And is it still relevant for us? Join us on Sunday 17th at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be viewed below:
Updated 17/01/21
So many have expressed confusion over what our COVID19 restrictions actually say. But perhaps it shouldn’t be an issue. In Sunday’s service, Paul argues regulations and laws shouldn’t guide us. Join us on Sunday 17th at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeseObollkQ
The notices for this week can also be viewed below
Updated 10/01/21
Although we’ll miss gathering in person for the next few weeks, it’s right we support the stay at home message, do our part not to endanger others or add to the NHS burden. Our God faithfully is with us wherever and however we gather in his name. And he’ll be with us as we come together online, courtesy again of the great Soaring Productions crew, back in charge for a short period, we pray.
We’re in the season of Epiphany when Jesus the man is revealed to be much more than that. Join us as we learn what the baptism of Jesus himself teaches us. The service broadcasts for the first time on Sunday at 11am, with pre-service preparation from 10.45. It can be accessed below:
The notices for this week can also be viewed below
Updated 07/01/21
Online Services
With most of society in lockdown now until February, Sunday worship will move online with effect from Sunday 10th January. This will be available via a link from our website which will be available before the broadcast at 11am on Sunday morning, from facebook, or by going straight to the parish Youtube channel St John the Evangelist Killyleagh Parish Church – YouTube. Please look out for further communications and share this message, thank you
Updated 05/12/20
We are delighted to meet again online. We’re now in the season of Advent, thinking about our preparations for the coming of Jesus and how John the Baptist prepared the way
Updated 26/11/20
There are no services in the church building on 29th November or 6th December. Please join us online at 11am (note the time) on 6th December for Morning Worship from Killyleagh.
Sunday 29th November is Advent Sunday. If you wish to worship elsewhere around the diocese, here are two possibilities.
1. Advent Carol Service from St Finnian’s, Cregagh, Belfast at 11am
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCra_6LE8XzioILLDAhl0a3w
2. Advent Morning Worship live-streamed from Downpatrick Cathedral at 11am
https://downcathedral.org/services/
Also here are 5 wonderful Advent hymns, especially recorded for this season of online worship. The soloist is Jenny Hart and accompanist Michael Harrison who recorded at the lovely St Philip and St James, Holywood.
To access the dropbox with the hymns please click here
Updated 22/11/20
Pastoral letter from Bishop David, read in all churches in the diocese on 22nd November
Updated 05/11/20
A message from the House of Bishops regarding receiving both bread and wine at Holy Communion can be viewed below
In Killyleagh Parish Church, when we gather for Holy Communion on Sundays, for the time being, we will continue to receive bread only, with the celebrant only receiving wine.
Updated 26/07/20
Welcome back to church – 2nd August 11am
By clicking on the below attachment you will find guidance on what to do and what to expect when you come to church. Please take a few moments to read this. We look forward to seeing you
In this, our last online service of this type, we again focus on the teachings of Jesus through 5 parables. Join us for this celebratory finish to this season of online worship at 11.30 on Sunday. The service can be accessed by clicking the link below
If you wish to see how the start and end of the service was uniqely filmed click on the link below. It’s amazing!
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Updated 19/07/20
We continue our look at some teaching of Jesus – this week, we hear about the parable of the wheat and tares (a corn-like weed)
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Updated 12/07/20
Over the next 3 weeks we consider the teaching in some of Jesus’ parables – this week it’s the parable of the sower.
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Updated 05/07/20
Are you scarred by or completely fed up with Covid19? Jesus invites you to come to him if you are heavily laden, bring all your hassles, and rest. It seems his words were meant for today’s world. Join us as we continue worshiping online throughout July
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmqj5HXm4lY
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Updated 01/07/20
Our short reflective service of Holy Communion, with prayers for those in need, will start at 10.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOHNv1dAuVc
The first broadcast is scheduled to commence at 10.15. If you join us early, you will see some preparation slides and bible verses for the 5 minutes before 10.30. The service will start promptly at 10.30. You can still add comments during this broadcast.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, anytime after 11.15 on Wednesday, you will be able to move forward through the pre-service preparation, if you wish.
Updated 28/06/20
Not worshipping in the church, we consider what the church is, as we celebrate the scheduled close of Sunday School for this term. Please encourage all Sunday School children to be with us this week
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Updated 21/06/20
Sunday is father’s day. In our service we acknowledge our human fathers and consider what Jesus means when he says we should love him more than our parents.
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Updated 17/06/20
Our short reflective service of Holy Communion, with prayers for those in need, will start at 10.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below.
The first broadcast is scheduled to commence at 10.15. If you join us early, you will see some preparation slides and bible verses for the 5 minutes before 10.30. The service will start promptly at 10.30. You can still add comments during this broadcast.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, anytime after 11.15 on Wednesday, you will be able to move forward through the pre-service preparation, if you wish.
Updated 14/06/20
As we move into the second half of the church year and reflect on Jesus’ sayings and teachings, we consider what’s behind his statement that there aren’t enough harvest workers
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
The notices for the service can be viewed by clicking the link below
Bishop David’s message to local parishes as we plan for church in the building again can be viewed by clicking the link below and clicking on the first video available
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKfRG9oXT0_KITfbwOy2Qw/videos
Updated 07/06/20
In our Trinity Sunday service, we think about the mystery of the Holy Trinity and what it means for us.
Our service today will start at 11.30am (UK time) and can be accessed by clicking the link below
We have timed the first broadcast to commence at 11.15. There’ll be a still slide of the church and then 5 minutes of moving slides with bible verses to prepare yourself to worship.
If you are watching after the first broadcast, basically anytime after 12.30 on Sunday, there will be a still slide for 8 minutes, followed by 5 minutes pre-service material before the service proper starts. To avoid waiting, you can move forward to around 13 minutes in the production.
Updated 09/04/20
Church Finances
Some parishioners have been asking for details of the church bank account.
They either wish to set up a Standing Order so that, even if it is not possible to bring the envelopes to church, their Free Will Offering can continue, being paid straight from their bank account to the church account.
Or they wish to make one off payments to the church account online from their own account.
The Select Vestry is very aware that in these unprecedented times of crisis, many people will have less income, higher outgoings, or both.
However if at all possible, the Select Vestry requests our parishioners to continue to make similar donations to the church, either via Standing Order, one-off online donations, or if you still have cash available, by putting it into an envelope and bringing it when church resumes. (You don’t have to use a separate envelope for each week – it can all go into the one envelope).
The reason for this is that church outgoings will not reduce by too much, while the money coming in each week will of course be considerably lower.
Standing Order is the church’s preferred method and has certain advantages:
• Usually free of charge for Parishioner and Church and it minimises bank charges.
• Easy and quick for you to set up (online is best, or by phoning your bank, or by completing a paper copy, which can be emailed or posted to you.
• Useful for making regular recurring offerings (weekly/monthly/any other frequency).
• Giving by standing order is enormously helpful to the church and allows the Treasurer to plan ahead.
• It makes administration much easier by not having to open, count and record envelopes and keep them for 6 years.
• It is more secure than taking cash to church.
• Standing orders mean no more last-minute desperate searches for cash to put in the envelopes!!
If you want to know more about what a Standing Order is and how it works, look in the ‘About us’ folder on the church website www.killyleaghparish.com
Please tell our Treasurer, Judith Shortall (judithshortall@hotmail.com), or Freewill Offering Secretaries, Christine Patterson and Jennifer Skelly if you set up a Standing Order.
Church Bank Account details
Name of Account: Killyleagh Parish Church
Church Bank Account number: 46290005
Church Sort Code: 98-08-60
Reference (if asked): your own name
Updated 23/03/20
We have new guidance on the opening on the church please read it by clicking here
We also urge you to please stay at home like our NHS respiratory staff advise – click here
If you wish to see older messages about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) please see our archived messages page by clicking here
If you missed any of our online services or wish to watch them again please visit our archived serives page by clicking here
Important Links
Please see the other important links relating to the current situation, they can be found below
Digital Support for Youth Children and Families
Bishop David’s letter about the suspension of church services (issued on St Patrick’s Day)