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[[File:Rev Dr Harold Good - minister Methodist Church.jpg|thumb|Good speaking in Belfast in 2014]]
'''George Harold Good''' OBE (born 1937 in Derry) is an Irish Methodist who, in 2005, played a vital role in the Northern Ireland peace process.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/4283674.stm|title=Decommission witnesses in profile|publisher=BBC News|date=26 September 2005|access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> In October 2024 the Dublin publisher Red Stripe Press published Good's memoir, "In Good Time", A Memoir with Martin O'Brien.
He trained as a hospital chaplain at Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis in 1967–68.<ref>Watson, Beth Newton, Interview, [http://pulse.iuhealth.org/portal/intranet/home/IUHealth?prevpaf_dm=shared&paf_dm=full&paf_gm=content&dexmode=oneItem&paf_gear_id=7300002&documentid=186100022 "Sanctuary Moment"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805121943/https://pulse.iuhealth.org/clarian/layoutTemplates/html/access/outside_Loginform.jsp/ |date=5 August 2020 }}, Pulse, Indiana University Health, 15 Sept. 2014, accessed 16 Sept. 2014.</ref> He served as a minister in Shankhill, Belfast and also at the City's Crumlin Road prison. From 1973 to 1979 he was director of the Corrymeela Community Centre for Reconciliation. In 2001, he was appointed president of the Methodist Church in Ireland. In 2005, he was one of two independent witnesses, the other being Alec Reid, who oversaw the decommissioning of arms, a vital part of the peace process.<ref>''IRA destroys all its guns to end 35 years of bloodshed.'' David Sharrock Ireland Correspondent. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 27 September 2005; pg. 1; Issue 68503.</ref> In 2007, he was awarded the World Methodist Peace Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/1994/archbishop-of-armagh-congratulates-the|title=Archbishop of Armagh congratulates the Revd Harold Good|work=Ireland Anglican|date=26 October 2007|access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref>
Good was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours "for relief work to the community";<ref>United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=44999 |date=30 December 1969 |pages=15 |supp=y}}</ref> in the 1985 Birthday Honours he was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).<ref>United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |date=14 June 1985 |supp=y |issue=50154 |pages=10 }}</ref>
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