Mullingar Presbyterian Church

What's on :

Everyone is welcome to attend our services. Our service for Sunday 15th February was recorded and shown on the RTE One tv programme Sunday Worship. It can be seen on the RTE Player here. We hope you enjoy it.

Our next Sunday service will be on Sunday 15th March at 11.30am. Why not join us this week? As always, it will be an all-ages family service and everyone is welcome. There is a Sunday Club for young people who attend primary school where they learn Bible stories through fun activities and songs. The creche room is for families with very young children where they can still hear and see the service.

There is a prayer box in the welcome area of the church and if there is something in particular you would like to have included in our prayers, please leave a little note in the prayer box.

We will be having a short time of prayer together on Tuesday 10th March at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come and it will be very informal.

Oodles & Doodles is for pre-schoolers and their carers. It is on every Wednesday morning (during term time) including next Wednesday, 4th March from 1030am - 12.00pm. There are toys to play with and snacks to eat. For the parents and carers there is time to meet new people and chat. It's free! Every one is welcome. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Next Saturday, 14th March starting at 6pm we will be having a Céilí in the church hall. No previous experience or skills are required! Come along and join in the craic. There will be a short epilogue as we reflect on the Patrick story. More details about St. Patrick can be found here. There will also be some refreshments. All ages are welcome.

Grounded Youth is for teenagers and we join together with teenagers from All Saints, Church of Ireland and Mullingar Fellowship Church for various fun activities and fellowship. The details for March are below.

The Church AGM will take place after the service on Sunday 22nd March. Everyone is welcome to this.

Our next Bible Study will take place this Tuesday, 24th March at 7.30pm. If you are interested in "developing a heart for God" or just learning more about Christianity, you would be welcome to join us.

We have a podcast called Gospel Roots available where ever you get your podcasts but this is a link to download it here. To read about recent and up-coming events, please read our most recent newsletter by clicking here.

Donations:

Following a recent visit from Alan McElwee, we are currently collecting donations for Christians Against Poverty. More information about this organisation can be found here.

Throughout the month of November, we had a special collection for the Presbyterian Children's Society. The offering at the Carol Service in December was for Mullingar St. Vincent de Paul. Thank you to Martin, the President of the Mullingar branch who collected the donation and outlined the work of the organisation. The offering on Christmas morning went towards the Presbyterian church's World Development Appeal. Thank you for your generosity giving to these charities.

Past events:

As a congregation, we enjoy spending time with each other socially as well as during worship time. In the run up to Christmas, Grounded Youth (for teenagers) went ice skating and Rooted (for young adults) went bowling. The ladies and girls had a lovely lunch together and the men got together for a Big Legacy Breakfast. With lots of new people coming to church, these events are a chance to get to know each other and to have some informal fellowship. We look forward to the next time!

Our Holiday Bible Sports Camp took place from 14th - 20th July. Salt Factory Sports ran the camp in conjunction with Mullingar Presbyterian Church and Mullingar Fellowship Church.

Mullingar Presbyterian Church hosted the Crown Jesus Ministries prayer meeting for Westmeath on 6th June as part of the 10 Days of Prayer held in the 32 counties of Ireland. 

In March, we thanked God and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of this church building on March 7th 2015. We had some nice fellowship with a lovely shared lunch after the service. We went to see the film Bonhoeffer in March. On Easter Sunday afternoon, we had a lovely walk around Fore Abbey, followed by refreshments in Fore Abbey Coffee Shop. Our annual BBQ took place with our sister congregation in Corboy on 21st June.  We really enjoyed some relaxed and tasty fellowship! Following the service on Sunday 29th June we shared a lovely lunch together.

Saturday, 11th January 2025 was a special day in the life Wallace Moore and his family and the congregations of Corboy and Mullingar churches. His service of Ordination, Installation and Induction to the congregations of Corboy and Mullingar was a warm and welcoming occasion. It was lovely to see everyone who travelled from the North to support Wallace and Jane and everyone from the Mullingar, Edgeworthstown and Longford areas. Thank you to everyone who took part in the service making it so special.

Please keep our minister Wallace, his wife Jane and the congregations of Corboy and Mullingar in your prayers.