Posts by David MacDermott
Youth Discussions
This term we have been discussing various questions at CB:youth. One of these topics was What it means to be a Man or Woman of Christ. We have added the girl’s thoughts on what it means to them to be a woman of Christ. Perhaps you could use the pictures below to start a conversation with them. As older Christians in the fellowship, we should be displaying what it means to be a follower of Christ to our young people.
Peru Team Summer 2019
Week 1: Carrickfergus to Tacna, Perú Mark 16:15 “He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Where do I begin…I could write a short novel on everything we packed into just over 2 weeks in Perú, but I’ll try and summarise it for you all with the highlights. Myself and May set off early on the Friday morning from Belfast to London, change of airport and then onto Lima where we stopped over…
Peru 2019
Two people from our congregation are members of a team visiting Peru this summer: Alex Boyd and May Green. The team is being led by locals David and Yury Fleming and includes people from a range of churches in Northern Ireland. From 20th July the team will be in Tacna in the south of Peru, where John and Lourdes Brew of Irish Baptist Missions, Yury’s parents, will accommodate them. They plan to visit a girl’s shelter, help a local church…
CB:kids Summer
We have always found that the Holiday Bible Club offers a chance to reach out to children who wouldn’t normally attend our Children’s ministries and tell them of the great love of Jesus. It also helps strengthen friendships within our church family and provides an opportunity to connect with new people. Last July saw the first HBC in our new building. Epic Explorers was a great week with many people contributing to its success. We were thankful for the children…
Alex gets Baptised
How wonderful to celebrate a baptism on Easter Sunday.
Raymond’s Baptism
How wonderful to celebrate not one but two baptisms on Easter Sunday.
Emily Peru Hope Trust
First, thank you for the very generous Christmas morning collection. We plan to use this towards a three-year cycle to replace the school uniform of every child at Casa Hogar El Amor de Dios (about 60 children). Funds were provided for a Christmas present for every child there, and also at New Hope (48 children). Contributions towards Summer Camps for the children in their (current) summer holiday were added. We have moments of turbulence as we try to learn to…