Pictured against the banner of RPB No 169 showing the Biblical scene �Adam and Eve� are musicians and singers who took part in �My Favourite Hymns� at Dromore Orange Hall last Sunday evening (13th July). L to R: (seated) Jubilee Singers (Closkelt) Robert Hanna, Derek Herron, Kenneth Johnston, Norman Fairley and Leslie Hanna. (back row) Ooleen Barlow (accompanist), Bro Eric Jess (Worshipful District Master) and Laura Johnston (soloist).

Dromore Orange Hall was packed last Sunday evening (13th July) for a service of �My Favourite Hymns�. Organised by Dr Jonathan Mattison, Edward Hanna and Alicia Dickson of Lower Iveagh Cultural and Heritage committee, the evening of praise concluded a series of events in the Ulster Scots Festival. Banners with religious themes were positioned round the hall bearing testimony to the deep Christian faith on which the Orange Order is founded.

Dr Mattison introduced each hymn with an interesting and meticulously researched background about the hymn writers including Banbridge man Joseph Scriven, who wrote the well-known hymn �What a friend we have in Jesus�. Christine Ward presided at the keyboard and led the singing of a great selection of Gospel praise requested by lodges in the Lower Iveagh District. The Jubilee Singers (Closkelt) accompanied by Ooleen Barlow brought several messages in song and the soloist was Laura Johnston.

District Chaplain, the Rev Jim Mattison, thanked all who took part and requested that the event should become a permanent fixture in the district�s busy calendar of events; this suggestion was endorsed by Bro Eric Jess (Worshipful District Master) who said that it was one of the most enjoyable evenings he had ever attended in Dromore Orange Hall.

The retiring offering of �220 will be donated to the Lord Enniskillen Memorial Orphan Society.
 

Lower Iveagh Cultural and Heritage Committee pictured at �My Favourite Hymns� in Dromore Orange Hall last Sunday evening (13th July). L to R: Bro Eric Jess (Worshipful District Master), Bro Dr Jonathan Mattison (Deputy District Master), Councillor Nora Beare (Chairman, Banbridge District Council), Bro David Hobson (District Secretary), Alicia Dickson, Bro Edward Hanna and Bro Gareth Lough.	Scottish Orange Lodge No 1977 members L to R: Bro William Mullen (WM), Bro Walter Mullen, Bro Brian Burke and Bro Paul Edwards pictured with Bro Dr Jonathan Mattison (left), Bro Edward Hanna (right) and in the back row - Bro Norman Corbett, Bro Andrew Skelly, Bro Eric Jess, Bro Norman Biggerstaff and Bro Geoffrey Dickson.

16/07/2008