A FORMER member of the Ulster Volunteer Force who became a pastor in England after serving an 11-year sentence in the Maze prison is to deliver a series of talks.
Pastor David `Packie' Hamilton will be speaking on the theme How Healing Comes at churches including St Anne's Cathedral, St George's Parish Church, Belfast, and Lisburn Cathedral.
He was imprisoned in 1978 and had a strong Christian conversion in 1980 which he attributes to the fervent prayers of an elderly lady called Annie Beggs.
On his release from prison in 1983, he became a full-time Christian worker, evangelist and preacher, working firstly with Prison Fellowship and Teen Challenge before becoming a pastor of a large independent church in Manchester.
He is now retired and undertakes preaching engagements wherever and whenever called. He has a repertoire of a rich number of factual stories to tell and brings them alive with his style, which can be very humorous at times.
On previous visits to Belfast, many have commented on how they were impacted by David’s testimony and preaching. He is the author of A Cause Worth Living For: My Journey Out of Terrorism, published in 2008.
His appearance in St Anne's Cathedral will be at a Special Service of Healing organised by the Interdenominational Divine Healing Ministries.
The full schedule is as follows:
Feb 18, 11am and 12:30pm, Lisburn Cathedral (Day of Prayer)
Feb 19, 11am, Lisburn Cathedral
Feb 20, 1pm, St George's, High Street, Belfast
Feb 20, 8pm, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Feb 21, 8pm, St Finnian’s, Cregagh Park, Belfast
Feb 22, 8pm, Clonard Monastery
