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Sunday Worship: 02/08/2015

02/08/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, 02/08/2015

A service to celebrate 50 years of the Corrymeela Community of Reconciliation.

Service marking the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment in Northern Ireland of the Corrymeela Community of Reconciliation, from the community's centre at Ballycastle.

Fifty years ago the Corrymeela Community of Reconciliation was established in Northern Ireland. Sunday Worship from the Community's Centre at Ballycastle marks its anniversary.

In 1965, before the "Troubles" began, a small group led by the Rev Dr Ray Davey, then the Presbyterian Chaplain at Queen's University in Belfast was deeply concerned about the tensions existing in Northern Ireland society. They established a Christian Community to work for and promote reconciliation. It took its name, Corrymeela, meaning "Hill of Harmony", from the site of the centre they obtained near Ballycastle on the beautiful North Antrim Coast.

Sunday Worship, live from the Corrymeela Centre, during the Community's Aperture Festival, marks and celebrates half a century of work in the frequently difficult and sometimes misunderstood field of reconciliation, not just over religious differences, but across many of the areas where people are divided.

The service is led by the Leader of the Corrymeela Community, Padraig O'Tuama and the preacher is a former Leader, Bishop Trevor Williams. The music is led by "Voices Together", directed by David Stewart.

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