Ballyscullion Parish Church


St Tida's Church of Ireland - Bellaghy

Navigation
Testimonial

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”   

  
MARTIN LUTHER

 
Parachutes Away!

 

 





     

The Jump has been successfully completed.

*****  See the Photos here...  *****


Earlier ....

Earlier this year the church committee was very pleased to receive a surprise offer from not just one, but two of the younger generation to participate in nothing less than a sponsored parachute jump to provide much-needed finance for the repair of the church roof.

And its Girl Power too!!

And the excitement continued to grow when it was learned that one of the rookie parachutists was a young lady!

Parish members William Davison and Judith Overend have decided to hop out of an aeroplane flying over an airfield near Garvagh, on the morning of Sunday 10th July this year. The first jump starts at approximately 9:15am (weather permitting).

More details will be posted here later ...

Urgent need to replace Church Roof!

When the members of the church discovered that there was an absolute need to replace the ageing, and very tired, roof of their 220 year-old building they quickly realised that the costs would be gigantic.

The present roof went on in c1793

The new one has to be as close as possible to the original specification due to the church's 'listed' status. Being 'listed' means that the general public also have a desire to see this building repaired with its original architecture and internal furniture kept intact for future generations to view.

This means using the very expensive 'bangor blue' slates.

The tip of the spire has also been found to require some essential maintenance to stop water ingress.

All of the planned works will be done together to minimise the cost and to alleviate the inconvenience to the public.

Fundraising Events

  • Skydivers to the rescue! 

A number of exciting fundraising ideas were planned and executed during the past couple of years. All of them were designed to be fun and subsequently proved to be thoroughly enjoyable and profitable.

This is the present position of our fund raising campaign...

  • There is still quite a long way to go!

Judith and William after their 13,000 foot drop! 

Fundraising Events

  • A number of exciting fundraising ideas were planned and executed during the past couple of years. All of them were designed to be fun and subsequently proved to be thoroughly enjoyable and profitable. However there is still a fairly long way to go.

 

St Tida's Church - Drawn by Andrew Hartwell

 

  • Sponsorship  

Those parish members whose stomachs do not quite lie to jumping out of an aircraft, first thing in the morning, are busy asking their friends and neighbours for sponsorship for this terrifying adventure. The public are asked to consider giving generously to make these young skydivers' task worthwhile.

 

  • Gift Aid Enhancement 

The sponsorship can be enhanced if the gift is from a UK taxpayer and he/she signs the consent part of the sponsorship form. This permits the church treasurer to recoup another separate 25% from HM Revenue & Customs.

 

 

 

Would you like to send
A MONEY DONATION
for this project
safely via our e-mail address
by using the 
'Donate'  button below

 

The safe and trusted way for you to donate from a remote location to our Church
from your own credit card, debit card or bank account. We have been using
the PayPal system for several years without losing a single penny!

Click on the PayPal Donate icon above and follow the easy directions... We will
send you a personal e-mail of acknowledgement in due course....

All of our financial transactions are recorded and presented annually to an
appointed firm of Chartered Accountants for audit and taxation purposes.

Thank you


Some previous Fundraising Events

  • Fergi Afloat - August 2009 more.... 
  • Guess the Name of the Doll 
  • Sale of Photos 
  • Harvest Supper 
  • Fireside Quiz