News & Updates
PUBLIC MEETING
Friday 15 September at 8pm. All warmly welcome.
THE CORONATION
As I write this, I’ve just received a lovely souvenir Coronation mug in the post, and it’s caused me to reflect once again on what was a most memorable and significant historical occasion for our [...]
ULSTER BULWARK
The new edition of the Ulster Bulwark - July-September 2023 - will be available soon. Order your free copy today - epsbulwark@yahoo.com
ORANGE HALL RENAMED IN MEMORY OF HM THE QUEEN
West Belfast Orange Hall on Shankill Road has been renamed West Belfast Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Orange Hall. EPS President, Rev William Malcolmson, has had a long association with the hall and is the Chairman [...]
A WOKE REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
For many of us, the annual festival of remembrance broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall by BBC1 has been very much a traditional part of the calendar. While it has adapted over the years in [...]
EPS PODCAST
EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTISM Bob McEvoy in conversation with Wallace Thompson As part of his Semper Reformata Podcasts series, Bob McEvoy chats with Studio guest, Wallace Thompson of the Evangelical Protestant Society, about issues such as the [...]
MILESTONE BIRTHDAY FOR EPS PRESIDENT
Our President, Rev Dr William J Malcolmson, celebrated his 90th birthday at the end of May. At our Council meeting on 11 June, we presented Bill with a home-made cake and a biography of J [...]
“‘ROARING’ REV HUGH HANNA”
This important book on the life and times of Rev Hugh Hanna of Belfast, published by EPS, casts much light on social, political and religious issues in Ulster in the second half of the 19th [...]
BILL OF RIGHTS
A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland has been mooted for many years, and following the “New Decade, New Approach” document which restored devolved government, an Ad Hoc Committee was established by the NI Assembly [...]
LORD, HEAL OUR LAND
One of the most famous verses of the Old Testament is 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn [...]
SEAMUS MILLIGAN 1927-2020
We were saddened by the passing of our former Secretary, Mr Seamus Milligan, on 30 January. Seamus was 92 and died peacefully in a nursing home, thus ending a life well lived and a race [...]