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February 2020Issue No.14

INTERNATIONALNORTHERN IRELAND

Markets Bible Club “How do we know the Bibleis true?” “When is Godgoing to make a newworld?” These are justsome of the questionsasked by the children at our6-week club during whichwe focused on the life ofAbraham, trying to answerthe question “What isfaith?”. Pray that faith wouldtake root in the hearts ofthese children.

Judith Rogers

Stoneyford“It is the Lord's doing and itis marvellous in our eyes!”As we look back over recentevents and how things havejust fallen into place werealise afresh how he is thePotter and we are the clay!In September we movedour Bible Club to a localchurch hall; there is muchmore room and we are alsonearer to the kids in thevillage. It is a great newopportunity to reach outand wonderful that the Clubhas been able to continueduring my time of illness.Thank you to all those whohave been praying for meand for our Bible Club.Great to have the supportof BCM!

Joan Gregg

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Bible Clubs Updates

MAKING BCM NI BETTER KNOWNIf you would like a member of the BCM NI team tocome to your church to talk about the work of BCMin Northern Ireland please email office@bcmni.org

BCMWEEKENDS

City Teens21 - 23 February 2020

City Kids20 - 22 March 2020

Summer Training17 - 18 April 2020

City Teens12 - 14 June 2020

WOMEN’SWEEKEND24-26 April 2020at Mullartown Housethis is open to all women;there will be time

to relax, chat, and havemeals served to you!

You can find informationabout this and bookingforms on the website or by contacting the office.

CandYThis year in CandY, instead ofchoosing a theme andappropriate bible stories tomatch, we decided to gothrough the book of Samuel,telling the children a little partof the story each week. Wehad hoped that throughgetting familiar with thecharacters in the book, andthe development of theirindividual circumstances, thatthe children would learnsomething from it. It has beenso encouraging to see howmuch the children canremember from one week to

the next; each night theyamaze me with the facts thatthey have learnt from theprevious weeks. I think it hasbeen beneficial for them tolearn about the ups anddowns of the lives of Biblecharacters, yet still see howGod is with them even in thelow parts of their lives. I havereally enjoyed helping thechildren discover that theGod of the Old Testament isthe same God who is withthem through each of theirindividual circumstancestoday. (photo of CandYChristmas outing)Cathy Hanna

Start children off on the way they shouldgo, and even when they are old they will

not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6

CEO UpdateIn the book of Revelation we arereminded that one day we are goingto be part of a multitude which noone can number, standing in thepresence of God, worshipping ourLord and Saviour. It is our heart’sdesire and prayer that many childrenand young people from NI will joinus on that day. At our recent visionday we reflected on our currentministries and considered how thework of BCM NI might be developedin the future in order to help moreand more children and youngpeople engage with the message ofthe Bible. In particular, with God’shelp, we would love to reach thosefrom communities who don’tcurrently have many opportunities tolearn God’s word, and those youngpeople whose additional needsoften exclude them frominvolvement in regular Camps andBible Clubs. Please pray with us forGod’s guidance and provision.

Judith Rogers

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6.00 - 7.30pmBible Lessons - QuizSongs - Drama

Crafts - Memory VersesFun & Games

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PRAYER MEETINGSJoin us on the FIRST TUESDAY EACH MONTH8.00-9.00pm in the BCM Centre, Seymour Street

Lisburn. All welcome and all needed!

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DISCIPLESHIPUPDATES

DEEPERAt Deeper this year we have beenlooking at the lifestyle of Jesus;what was different about his life?How do we apprentice our lives toJesus to make our life more like hislife? We have looked at reading,meditation, prayer andintercession. During our reunionweekend we looked at Jesus’attitude to sin and the grace heoffers us; we had 5 young peoplesay yes to this life with Jesus overthe course of the weekend!

Dan McCready

OAKSA great encouragement at Oakshas been seeing past membersjoining the leadership team. Theyhave benefited from Oaks and arenow giving of their time toencourage and support ourcurrent members in their Christianwalk.We have also been encouraged

this year by the return of ourregular members along with a fewnew ones. We have beenparticularly encouraged by ourcurrent group of sixth formers whowanted to stay on at Oaks whenthey are reaching an age wherethe things of this world seem tohave more of an attraction andthey normally would drift off fromChristian organisations. This hasgiven us an opportunity to splitinto two groups (Junior & Senior)which has helped us to tailor ourstudies better.

Alastair Glenny

Emily KaneBack in October we launched ourkids’ camp follow up, MountainTop, once a month in Lisburn andAnnalong. With games, craft,stories, quizzes and memory verseswe are taking the barn with us!Over the weeks we have beenteaching the kids about their needto be prepared for Heaven, and weare currently going through theLord’s Prayer. Your prayers thatmore kids would come along, aswell as prayer that those who docome are more settled and listen to

the story would be muchappreciated.As well as this, I have been

involved in Bubbles. We have beenteaching the girls about how toapproach reading their Bibles aswell as looking at the Armour ofGod. I have been so encouragedby the girls in the middle agegroup and their enthusiasm andinterest to learn more. Pray that thiswill continue throughout the yearand that we as leaders will beguided in what we study with thegirls throughout the rest of the year.

Nathanael McIlveenA new year and we’re excitedabout our outreach to schools. Wework with children from numerousbackgrounds. The interns help outat junior and senior SUs at KilkeelHigh, leading small groups anddiscussing the Gospel. The SU atShimna Integrated Collegestands out from the rest of our workas most of the pupils are notchurched. This has beenchallenging as the kids have littleBiblical knowledge but has also

been very encouraging as numbershave grown from 3 to 15, and wecan witness to unsaved kids. Weput together 6 week lessons forAnnalong & Newcastle Primary.Our theme was “Child Heroes ofthe Bible”, we got to teach aboutthe impact that children their ownage had. We also led an assemblyat Maghaberry Primary School.This was an exciting experience, itallowed the team to bond andutilise our different gifts in theplanning.

Jonny DoddsOaks has been going well this year.Numbers have been the highest theyhave ever been, and they are splitrelatively evenly between the olderand younger groups. We have beenworking our way through the book ofJames focusing on consistentChristian living. We have had twojoint nights so far this year. On thefirst joint night Nathanael and I gaveour testimonies and on the second

joint night we had a spiritual health

check with the lads.

We have been able to do a lot of

maintenance work at Mullartown sofar this year which has included

painting several dorms and creating

a path and flowerbed around the

pond. Our main project so far this

year has been renovating the

disabled bathroom by the front

entrance. We have also started to

renovate the pool room too.

Interns Update BCM MissionariesScott & Joanna Widman “Will you take this woman?” The wordsthat would turn any man’s legs to jelly!Well, on December 21st, 2019, we hadthe pleasure and honour of hearing our

son take those amazing vows and enter intothe next phase of his life as a married man. God has broughta lovely Christian woman named Carolyn into his life. It wasso much fun to watch him sweat before the service and seethe grins on their faces after the service!One of the perks of going to the wedding was that it was held

in Florida. Oh the hardship! Twenty-two degree temperaturesin December are not too hard to take! Another blessing wasbeing able to spend Christmas with family - the whole family! Itwas the first time in five years that we were all under the sameroof; we were so thankful for an amazing time together. Back home now in Northern Ireland. But we can take a box

load of great memories into 2020 and a new year of ministry.To God be the glory!

Nate & Rachael Heater(currently in the USA)We are continuing to work towardsreturning to Northern Ireland. While thereisn’t a firm timeline for getting back, we

are trusting God to re-open the door whenand how He pleases. In the meantime, we are both pursuingfurther schooling, working with BCM in a variety of roles, andenjoying each cup of decent tea we can get our hands on!

Jason & Gemma HillSince September we have been busy withweekend groups, schools work, interns,maintenance, bubbles and regular churchcommitments.We are so pleased to see Mountain Tops

started and regular contact with campers and friends. We areso thankful for those who come along and volunteer to helpput on this additional programme.We have fully appreciated the larger team at Mullartown as

we have been able to pick up many more opportunities, bothat Mullartown and off-site. As we begin to think about nextyear please pray that God will bring us the right interns forSept 2020.

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