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Mark Smith: Husband and father, creative writer and grateful Christ follower. All views my own.

Belfast
Joined October 2011
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Psalms of Lament launched at moving event Over 100 people attended Thursday evening’s ‘Considering Lament’ event in Belfast. You can watch the video and hear the the specially composed Psalms of Lament and reflections of those who took part here: presbyterianireland.org/news…
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It’s now 40 years since this quite brilliant episode of Yes, Prime Minister was broadcast but somehow it still seems remarkably appropriate after all this time! One of the best comedy series ever and superbly acted.
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30 years ago today (6th February 1996), this kid uttered the words: "David Blevins, Sky News" for the first time. @SkyNews
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PCI News Digest is a new short one page e-zine that will bring news articles & comment from the all-#Ireland denomination directly to you. Keeping you in the loop about what PCI is saying & has a heart for. First one is out soon. Story & how to subscribe: bit.ly/4qdiRqj
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Grandpa turned into Superman after retirement. 😂
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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it’s a 2 minute radio program, never repeated, broadcast 18 times a week. Bigger audience than Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon … combined. Millions listen, with no need for the information it gives. Just to listen. The BBC Shipping Forecast is 100 years old.
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How can you worship God today?
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Communities Minister @gordonlyons1 saw first-hand this morning the benefit that supported accommodation provides for homeless people recovering from substance abuse, when he visited PCI's Gray’s Court in north Belfast full Story: bit.ly/484V3Qd @CommunitiesNI
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Reform's swan protection unit respond to a tip-off from a concerned mother.
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Had a wonderful time with An Garda Siochana, in Letterkenny. Thanks to Supt David Kelly & his colleagues for the warm welcome & positive engagement. I expressed the thanks of our Church to those who serve in the Garda throughout the state.
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At a special service yesterday evening attended by over 450 people @pcimoderator Dr Trevor Gribben dedicated PCI's newest church building, the meeting house of Buckna Presbyterian near Broughshane in Country #Antrim where he preached on Luke 4. Full story: bit.ly/4nD8vPZ
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Thousands of people in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu attended the special celebrations over the weekend to mark the 150th anniversary of the first Christian mission in Livingstonia, at which @PCIModerator Dr Trevor Gribben preached. Story bit.ly/45qkZUQ
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This morning @pcimoderator Dr Gribben will preach at the Mzuzu city football stadium in northern Malawi at this weekend's celebrations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Livingstonia Mission. He will also meet the President of Malawi. Story: bit.ly/47wKgxO
Fantastic warm welcome in Lilongwe after long flight to #Malawi. Met by members of the Lilongwe Presbytery of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian’s Synod of Livingstonia. Preaching tomorrow at the 150th anniversary of the Livingstonia Mission – in a football stadium...
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Kinfire Festival in Kilkenny. A beautiful expression of the vibrancy of the church in Ireland.
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Reichenbach Falls today for my 70th birthday. Sherlock Holmes has been a constant in my life for almost 60 years. Life is good. I love and am loved. I’m actually looking forward to new challenges over the next decade. Not bad for an orphan boy who struggled to find his voice : )
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🐬Dolphins! Donegal looking like paradise today… and dolphins just made it magical! 🐬☀️ Who else would love to be here right now? 🎥 footage by Danny MacGinty at Tullagh Bay Beach.
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Between the Sticks was an initiative of Rev David Moore, a Presbyterian minister working in west Belfast which saw compromise rules matches between Antrim select GAA hurling & Camogie teams and Scottish shinty teams over the weekend presbyterianireland.org/News…
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Countdown’s on for a unique sporting encounter Saturday organised by PCI’s special ministry in west Belfast & @AontroimGAA - hurlers & camogie players vs men and women’s shinty teams from Scotland using composite rules from 4pm, Corrigan Park: bit.ly/3G2Glxy #Feile25
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What a truly grotesque image: burning the effigies of migrants - who the organisers ensured all had brown skin. Even from the perspective of the loyalists involved, this is stunningly stupid: it might be a migrant's vote that swings a border poll. (Photo by the great @Kscott_94)
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