Mission Ireland

MISSION BY BEING GOOD NEIGHBOURS with Steve Timmis

BOARD OF MISSION IN IRELAND

URBAN MISSION NETWORK

MISSION BY BEING GOOD NEIGHBOURS
Steve Timmis

Tuesday 13th March 2012 10am-1pm
RAVENHILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BELFAST

Although speaking primarily to the urban situation we recognise that this material has relevance to congregational mission in every setting.
All Ministers, elders and church members are invited to join the conversation.

 

EFFECTIVE URBAN MISSION REQUIRES THAT WE FIND WAYS TO BE PRO-ACTIVE IN MAKING CONNECTION WITH OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS

Steve Timmis is the Acts 29 Network Director for Western Europe and Director of the Porterbrook Network. He is the founder of the Crowded House. All three initiatives grapple with the issue of being effective as the Church in mission in contemporary society. Steve will be opening up a conversation around the content of his recently published book Everyday Church: Mission by being good neighbours (IVP). Together we will explore what the church as a ‘gospel neighbour’ looks like in various urban setting around Ireland today.

The gathering is free but please book by emailing the Board of Mission in Ireland at bmi@presbyterianireland.org by Thursday 8th March 2012 at the latest.

 

'URBAN EYES’ URBAN MISSION SUMMER TEAM

 

Based at Mountpottinger Presbyterian Church, Belfast
18th-24th August 2012

 

All over Ireland there are towns, cities and estates in which people suffer from poverty, exclusion and disadvantage. We as the church need to re-connect, to bring the good news to them.

When the city came into view, he wept over it….
We urgently need to develop the vision for urban mission we see in Jesus that first Palm Sunday overlooking Jerusalem – a picture of God’s possibilities for needy people and communities viewed through moist eyes.

‘Urban Eyes’ is different! It’s a summer team for people who want to explore God’s call to live and work in the urban world – and be the means of its transformation.
 hear what the Bible says about the challenge of mission in the urban world
 learn skills and approaches to working in an urban environment
 participate in the local mission of an urban congregation
 visit a variety churches and agencies developing mission in different urban settings
 reflect with others on how God is giving us ‘urban eyes’
 discover a range of possibilities for serving God in urban mission with the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Having our eyes opened to the challenge of urban mission may only be the start of it. The prayer of the organisers is that you might be given...
A heart won by urban mission for urban mission

Application forms at www.pciyac.org/summeroutreach

The 'Real' Ballysally Coleraine

Ballysally Presbyterian Church, Coleraine - Revd John Coulter

Prayer and Praise for:

· Pray for John Coulter, Jonny Doey and Julie-Anne Cromie who lead the work of outreach into this estate from Ballysally Presbyterian Church.

Give thanks that the church has an effective outreach programme and witness to the families of this area

POSTPONED: BMI URBAN MISSION NETWORK MEETING

 

Due to ill health our guest speaker Steve Timmis is unable to travel to be with us as anticipated at the Urban Mission Network Gathering scheduled for this Thursday, 10^th November 2011 at Ravenhill. Please do remember him in your prayers at this time.

We very much hope to be able to re-arrange the event for early 2012.

With apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment this postponement may have caused,

 

 

Visit of Steve Timmis

Forthcoming  Board of Mission  in  Ireland Urban Mission Network Gathering

Thursday 10th November 2011 10am-1pm 

RAVENHILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BELFAST

Steve Timmis  Mission by being good neighbours

This event is open  to anyone to attend but do please  register by Monday 7 November

 email bmi@presbyterianireland.org

 

Putting the ‘urban’ back into Urban Mission

What is Urban Mission?

Download Oct201UrbanMissionezine.pdf (1818.1K)

Urban mission is one of the headline themes of conversation around the world Church today. It is a huge subject with many and varied aspects. What contributors to the disscussion mean by urban mission often differs depending on the particular urban setting in which they are working. It is not easy to generalise about the characteristics of the urban challenge. Often when we enthusiastically import solutions to ministering in urban areas in Ireland from other parts of the world they fail to live up to the hype when we get them home and take them out of their packaging. Equally, working in a Presbyterian system with inherited models of church, what seem like the best ideas of entrepreneurial church planters often don’t seem to fit easily into the places in which we find ourselves. While others are designing, from scratch we find ourselves trying to refine what we are already doing and re-aligning congregational mission to meet the challenge of our rapidly changing urban settings.

 

Hope and a future: Off the Street

Download Off the Street-output.pdf (202.8K)

Peter Cheney finds out how one church’s work with local young people is creating hope in inner East Belfast and being recognised for the difference it’s making.

  

Church volunteers are working at attempting to turn round lives in the heart of East Belfast.

Arson attack at Strand Presbyterian Church

The Fire Service says a blaze at a church in east Belfast on Friday night was arson. 

A shed on the grounds of the Presbyterian Church at Strandburn Drive was completely destroyed when the fire took hold at around 9.30pm.

The building was well alight when emergency crews arrived, before being brought under control.

Seven other homes were partly damaged in the blaze.

Police are investigating the incident and have asked anyone with information to contact them.

© UTV News

 

 

BMI: June 2011 Urban Mission ezine

 

 

Download June Urban Mission ezine.pdf (971.6K)

Urban Mission Gathering: Tim Keller Unplugged

Board of Mission in Ireland Urban Mission: Tim Keller Unplugged by MissionIreland

Talk 1 David Thompson

Talk 2 Dave Clawson

Talk 3 Various Speakers