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I recently left my Church, a relatively large presbyterian affair in Greenwell Street, Newtownards.

Now Greenwell Street has been my place of worship for many, many years; my parents were married there and I was baptised there. However the last few years haven't been great, bad things all around, and more and more I found myself thinking that I should move on.

So, I took my reasons and left - expecting some divine intervention to carry me off to a new church. However that didn't happen and now 8 months later I'm thinking of going back.

Nothing has changed at Greenwell Street, some things there have actually got worse - but I have changed; having given up all my ties to the place I see it in a different light.

Instead of being focused on the bad things around me I can see the good things beyond me. And that's good enough, because at least now I've got somewhere to go.

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