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The first woman to lead one of the four major churches in Ireland is due to take up her post on Wednesday 12 June 2013.

The Reverend Heather Morris will be officially installed as president of the Methodist Church in Ireland at a ceremony in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was elected to the post last summer and will serve the usual one-year term.

The President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev.Kenneth Lindsay has issued the following in the light of yesterday's gun attack on PSNI Officers:
 
"In a week when there was good news on the jobs front for Northern Ireland and within weeks of the G8 leaders meeting in Co. Fermanagh, today's attempt on the lives of PSNI Officers in West Belfast is a retrograde step. This attack was not only a callous attempt to undermine the police service, it showed a total disregard for those people living in the area."
 

Every year the Methodist Newsletter and The World Development & Relief Committee (WDRC) of the Methodist Church in Ireland organise The Big Picture Photgraphic Competition. This year (2013) many fantastic pictures were entered from Methodists in Northern Ireland and throughout the world.

The Fund Raising Committee at Bray Methodist Church has compiled a book of Uplifting Stories, Talks, Poem, Songs and Quotations which have inspired and encouraged people over the years. Contributions include happiness, bravery, loneliness, inspiration, bereavement, unemployment, sadness, family, love or a simple observation. A wide variety of people have kindly supported the book: young and old, famous and infamous.