Christmas Greetings from the Manse

2018 has been a year when I’ve been reminded of the privileges that go with being a minister. This year Julia, the boys and I had the once in a lifetime experience of spending 8 weeks in Kingsway, Etobicoke, Toronto. While in Canada we not only got to experience...

Celebrating Culture

It has been an interesting week for the Morrow family in Toronto. We have been taking in some of the city’s culture. We visited the annual Toronto carnival on Saturday the 4th August. I’m not quite sure what it was a celebration of, but it was most definitely a...
A Canadian View of the Twelfth

A Canadian View of the Twelfth

Tim Bruneau from St Giles Kingsway Presbyterian Church gives his thoughts on this years twelfth parade in Garvagh. Our family participated in what is likely the largest celebration in Northern Ireland of the year – the July 12th Parade. It is commonly called “The...

Niagara Falls

Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling....
Learning from the past

Learning from the past

Yesterday, (Friday 13th July), Julia, Robin, Jacob and I visited the Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto. For those reading this back home in Northern Ireland, Black Creek Pioneer Village is very like the Folk park at Cultra or the Ulster American Folk park in...
Moneydig to Toronto

Moneydig to Toronto

Moneydig and St Giles Kingsway Exchange update, 8th June 2018 Things are a little different in Moneydig this summer for our minster Stuart and his family. Stuart has swapped pulpits with the Rev Tim Bruneau from St Giles Kingsway Presbyterian Church in Toronto . Tim,...