Night of praise at Drumlough

The hills around Drumlough Presbyterian Church near Hillsborough were alive with the sound of music on the evening of Sunday September 22, when the Bowling and Table-Tennis clubs held their Service of Thanksgiving.

The evening began with a warm welcome from Mr Will Young, President of Drumlough Bowling Club and Chairman of Drumlough Table-Tennis club.

Will congratulated Rev Gareth McFadden on his third anniversary in the church and stated that he was a real blessing.

Mr Young also thanked all those who organised, took part or helped in any way to make the service possible and ended by saying that everyone was there to give praise, honour and thanks to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for the friendship and fellowship we share together.

Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor Margaret Tolerton, attended the service, and she was accompanied by Councillor Luke Poots.

Musical items were provided by the “Voice of the Bann” under the leadership of Pastor Sheila Smyth, together with musicians James and Ann Patience.

Voice of the Bann performed six pieces during the evening, with featured solo performances by Will Young, Roberta Young, Sheila Smyth, Pauline Collins, and Linda Little.

Sharon Jordan, Drumlough’s church organist, lead the congregational praise. Other members who participated included Mr Bobby Cairns, a member of the Table-Tennis Club, who led the congregation in prayer and Rachel Jordan, the youngest member of the Bowling Club.

October 13 and 14 was another occasion of celebration as the rural congregation celebrated Gods provision of the harvest.

The choir provided a good service in song as did special guests, Angie Katherine, Ali and Ros from Boardmills.

On the Monday evening the congregation enjoyed praising God and appreciated the music performed by Bryan and Fiona Gormley. It was particularly appreciated that one of the songs performed, “Harvest” was especially written for Drumlough by Bryan and made special reference to the harvest in the drumlins.

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