# Harold Good

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[[File:Rev Dr Harold Good - minister Methodist Church.jpg|thumb|Good speaking in [Belfast](/source/Belfast) in 2014]]

'''George Harold Good''' [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 1937 in [Derry](/source/Derry)) is an Irish [Methodist](/source/Methodism) who, in 2005, played a vital role in the [Northern Ireland peace process](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Martin_O'Brien_(journalist)). 

He trained as a hospital chaplain at [Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis](/source/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](/source/Minister_(religion)) in [Shankhill, Belfast](/source/Shankill_Road) and also at the [City's](/source/Belfast) Crumlin Road prison. From 1973 to 1979 he was [director](/source/Director_(business)) of the Corrymeela Community Centre for Reconciliation. In 2001, he was appointed [president](/source/President_(corporate_title)) of the [Methodist Church in Ireland](/source/Methodist_Church_in_Ireland). In 2005, he was one of two independent witnesses, the other being [Alec Reid](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the [1970 New Year Honours](/source/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](/source/1985_Birthday_Honours) he was promoted to [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/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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