St. Gall’s Church Parish of Carnalea
Diocese of Down & Dromore in the Church of Ireland
Welcome to St. Gall’s Church in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland.
We are an Anglican/Episcopalian Bangor Church. A congregation in The Church of Ireland within the Diocese of Down & Dromore. If you are local to Bangor, or even just visiting to the area, you would be very welcome to join us here in St. Gall's in Bangor West. Details of our Sunday Worship times are available on this site. For a guide on surviving church go to the Tempted Link.
If you are wondering just where we are have a look at a map by following the link below. The location of the church is marked on the map by a red circle. Detailed Directions
The Rector here is
The Reverend
Michael Parker. He was instituted to the parish in May 2000 having served in
parishes in Birmingham, England and also in Belfast here in Northern Ireland.
You can read his monthly Rectors
Letter from the parish magazine if you are wondering what is in his mind.
If you are thinking about the things
of faith and would like some food for thought do take time to have a look at our
Reflections page or our
Prayer Page.
For something a little more tongue in cheek see the link from that page to
the Wise Words of Winnie section.
When it comes to navigating the
site the colour graphic in the top left corner of each page will always return
you to this Home Page. The Site Map page in the navigation
bar will give you a full overview of the contents of this website. The blue stylized cross will
take you to the Provincial website of the Church of Ireland The parish has a broad range of
very active organisations catering for all age ranges. If you are younger organisations of interest include Beavers,
Cubs, Scouts, Rainbow Guides, Brownies, and Guides and Youth Fellowship
For our older members we have a large range of things going
on. An annual dinner dance to a "Friendship Afternoon", and a thriving
Indoor Bowling Club are just some of the activities available. Our Mothers Union
branch is strong having just recently enrolled an additional seventeen members.
It provides for the parish, amongst many other things, a Traidcraft stall. In addition the St. Gall’s Walking Club
is open to all ages
and runs a series of walks throughout the year aimed at walkers of all
abilities or none. Recent triumphs include an assent to the summit of
Slieve Donard, a wander around Tollymore Forest Park and a rather nice barbeque
lunch to follow! If you are neither "young" or "older" we
have an active program of events for people in their 20’s, 30’s and even
sometimes in their 40’s! We refer to this group as "The
Mob". Highlights in the forthcoming year include "Can’t
Cook, Won’t
In 2005 the Select Vestry of the parish took the decision to
declare the church a "Fair Trade Church". This means that all tea and coffee
served in the church - at functions, events, after services - will all be
from a fairly traded source. This means
that those who have worked to provide these drinks will have been paid a fair
price for their produce and for their labour. That has to be a good thing.
Interested in knowing more? Visit the Fairtrade Foundation Site by clicking on
the logo.
There
is full access for those in wheelchairs to the church and halls. An induction
loop is fitted to the church for those with hearing difficulties. The
church is also fully prayer conditioned.
We hope that you have enjoyed your visit to Saint Gall's Online. Would you like to receive Email bulletins about parish events and notification of any updates to this site? Click on the email animation to send a message to our parish office. We shall add you to our list of "virtual parishioners"!
If you live locally and would like to join us for worship here you would be most welcome.
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Last Updated 24th April 2007
This website is produced by the Reverend Michael Parker
