Saturday, October 17, 2009

IRELAND CHURCH CONFERENCE

On October 26th, we will be leaving for Ireland with a small faithful mission team. We will be working with Pastor James and Rachel (pictured above with their family.) We have been asked to return for our second annual church conference. The theme this year is the "Call of God." One exciting component this year is that they have just completed their new church building. Last year, while we were there, it was under construction. Below is a picture of the Pastors dedicating their building to the Lord.
Below is a picture of the new sanctuary where we will be ministering the conference. We will be leaving Monday, October 26th and returning Wednesday, November 7th. Spending 10 days encouraging, refreshing, ministering and fellowship with our precious Irish brothers and sisters in the Lord is greatly anticipated.
Below is a map of southern Ireland. It is small but if you look closely you can see a small yellow dot where Portlaoise is located. Dublin, which most people are more familiar with is to the east. We fly into Dublin and drive to Portlaoise, staying in the homes of the warm Irish church members. This conference includes a Kids Club Vacation Bible school for 3 days, a service to the youth, 5 services to the adults, one leadership session and 5 more services to the children. We also serve in their nursery enabling church members to attend the conference. This is quite a full and exciting itinerary. We ask that you keep us in our prayers.