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On this page you will find information and resources to help you stay connected to the Harmony Hill church family and continue to grow as a disciple of Jesus. Please check out this page regularly for updates and the most current prayer points.
SUNDAY WORSHIP
We continue to meet each Sunday at 11.00am, for gathered worship in the church building. Please do remember that even if you aren't able to gather with us in-person in the church building you can still join with the church family for worship via the livestream on Sunday mornings or by accessing a recording of the service which will be available after worship has taken place. You can find both of these options by clicking on the Sunday Worship link.
PRAYER
This week we'd encourage you to engage again with the PCI's 'Let's Pray' resource which is focused around helping you pray, in a relevant way, into a variety of areas, local and global, of the life and witness of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and also into the ongoing challenges facing church and society. You can download this week's 'Let's Pray' by clicking here.
The PrayerMate App is an award-winning Christian prayer app that seeks to help you actually pray for all the people and causes you care about. PrayerMate brings all your prayer points together. Whether it's your personal prayer points for friends and family, regular updates from mission organisations, or the latest version of PCI's 'Let's Pray', PrayerMate puts it all together in one place and helps you focus on what's important - praying! To download the free PrayerMate App simply visit Apple App Store or Play Store for Android.
BIBLE STUDY
Our Tuesday evening Bible study returns, after the summer break, for the autumn season, on Tuesday 22nd September 2026 at 7.30pm , when we will be setting out to explore the distinctives of Christian community together.
In an increasingly globalised world where technology and travel grant us unprecedented access to one another there is yet a deep desire for a sense of community. We find ourselves with more acquaintances or 'followers' on our social media channels but with fewer friends and loneliness has been identified as one of the greatest challenges facing our societies today.
It is against this backdrop that the Bible describes a revolutionary community designed for any society, in any age, and the Bible's most pervasive image for this new community is family. The Creator of the universe chooses to approach us as Father and invites us into relationship with Him as His children. And adopted into the family of God, we find ourselves with an extended family of brothers and sisters in Christ - the most wonderful family we can ever be a part of. Anyone can become part of this community, and no one is expendable. Within this community everyone has distinctive skills and giftings, yet there is a sense of unity even in our diversity. This is a community where people are loved and nurtured and cared for, where they can know healing and restoration, and where the members are accountable to one another. This is a community centred on joy, and wholeness, and worship. This is Christian Community.
Join us on the third Tuesday evening of each month (usually) as we explore all that we can experience through being part of Christ's body, the Church, and think about how we might grow in community, learn to love and nurture one another, and reflect Christ's love to the world around us such that others will want to be part of the remarkable, counter-cultural thing our community shares. For on our planet, every individual carries a deep desire to be "... no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow-citizens with God's people and members of God's household..."(Ephesians 2:19 NIV)
The questions that we will be thinking into in each of the studies are available in book format. if you'd like a copy, or if you'd like a bit more information or a chat about what is involved in coming along to Bible Study please speak to Rev Fiona.
The first Bible Study in the new autumn season will take place on Tuesday 22nd September 2026 at 7.30pm. Remember to get your copy of the book we will be using in good time to allow you to prepare!
RESOURCES
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland launched the Present initiative at the General Assembly in June 2024. The initiative will roll out over three successive church years, inviting and encouraging congregations and their members to make themselves fully present to God who is ever present to us.
As congregations we are invited to explore and express being present in four particular ways:
- Be present in this season of life and witness;
- Be present to God as His people;
- Be present for one another in God’s family of the church;
- Be present where God has placed us to be His witnesses.
In doing so the initiative seeks to:
- encourage us to celebrate that God is at work in the ordinary;
- enable creativity in approaching the spiritual rhythms of our life together in fresh ways;
- facilitate the expression of a renewed denominational connectedness among congregations across Ireland.
As such, Present is simple enough for every congregation to engage with, but significant enough to really make a difference if we do so.
The initiative is set to unfold over three years, giving time and space for the theme to become familiar and embedded in our consciousness and then to grow and take root in whatever way is most appropriate in our local setting and circumstances.
To watch an overview video and to keep an eye on the progress of the Present initiative, and accompanying stories and resources just click here.