The Church Choir

Mothers Union

Women’s Fellowship

Female Faith

The Seniors Drop-In

Indoor Bowling Club

House Groups

 The Church Music Group

Girls Together Group

The Choir

The Choir also sings special sacred pieces of music at the major Church festivals - Easter, Harvest & Christmas as well as singing an Introit or an Anthem at various Sunday services during the year.

The Choir members enjoy good camaraderie with each other and have recently raised over £1500 for the building of the Sanctuary, a project for Outreach at the Church Hall premises, by having a SING IN, this entailed continuous singing of chosen Hymns and Choir pieces for over 3 hours on a Wednesday evening in June 2006.

The Indoor Bowling Club

Donaghadee Parish Indoor Bowling Club commenced Indoor Bowling on the short mat in The Admiral Leslie Hall, which was situated on the Millisle Road in Donaghadee.

The enterprise by enthusiastic players of Outdoor Bowls began by inviting a team from St. Mary’s Church on the Crumlin Road in Belfast to come along and ‘bring their 2 mats’ with them to show us what was so interesting about the Indoor Game. As a result a Club was formed in November 1957.

In 1989 a new suite of Church Halls situated in Church Lane was built and the Indoor Bowling Club were then able to provide short mat bowling on 4 Rinks. The Club has continued to attract a membership of Church Members and interested others all who enjoy playing Bowls on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and Wednesday afternoons. 

The club currently has 45 Members and has two teams playing in the Bangor Indoor League. Club Competitions are also held annually and the members compete for 9 Cups/Shields. ‘Rinks’ taking place on a weekly basis.

The Annual General Meeting and the Annual Prize Giving are held in April each year; both are well supported and the Club is able to contribute generously to various Charities each year by holding Open Bowling Tournaments on the first Friday of each month.

The Womens Fellowship

The Women’s Fellowship was formed in 1961 catering for the Ladies of the Church; it continues today to meet on the 3rd Thursday afternoon of each month, September until April. The Rector at the time the group was formed was the late Revd Canon Ian Swenarton. He and his wife Peggy organised the group, inviting interesting speakers and going on outings to various places of interest. When the 40th year Celebrations took place in 2001 we received personal good wishes from Canon Swenarton and his daughter Evelyn. They both had fond memories of life with Donaghadee Parish Church. He paid tribute to the list of very able ‘anchormen’ and their abundance of talent enabling the Women’s Fellowship to survive into the 21st Century.

Current Membership is around 24 Senior Ladies, and the elected Committee arrange a varied programme, from Armchair Aerobics, hands-on Flower Arranging sessions, Cookery demonstrations and sampling sessions. We also enjoy the invited company, at Christmas time or St Patrick’s Day, of other Ladies Groups in the Town

The W.F. support the Save the Children Fund and make generous donations each month.

Seniors Drop-In

Since 2001 The Seniors Drop-in club has met most Mondays from 2.00 - 4.00pm in the Parish hall. This permits friends from the various churches in Donaghadee and the surrounding area to come together for Christian fellowship, fun and entertainment. This can take the form of reading and poetry, quiz’s, and games. Regularly we relax and enjoy the musical gifts of our own members.

We have played host to similar groups from other towns and enjoyed their hospitality by visiting them.

The members of the Drop-in support Tessa, a young 5-year-old Indonesian girl, in her schooling and spiritual upbringing. We keep in contact with her and the family through her teacher and the organisation Compassion.

Our aim – we try to provide comfort to those in distress and spiritual sustenance to those in need, lonely and seeking friendship.

Come and join us for a cup of tea and a chat.