Welcome
You are very welcome to our website and even more welcome to our church.
News
- Our new drop-in centre the ‘Hub’. This is located at the Football Club beside the Community Centre and is open on Wednesdays from 2.00 – 4.00 . Please click on the ‘Community’ button above for full details. View video of this outreach: http://vimeo.com/19405290
- Walking Group -The newly formed Walking Group (Walkie Talkies) had their third walk, up through the Water commissioners in Carrick. For most of us it was their first visit to this location and it will certainly not be our last. Great location and thanks to Tommy & Margot Noteman for organising, they were also able to organise great weather for the night . The walks are held every other Thursday night. Please check our web page for further details, click on heading. Our next outing will be on Thursday 7 June and we will be meeting at the Rinka, we will then be proceeding to the Car Park opposite Mauds, ScotchCorner, Carrickfergus. Peter & Charmainne Keys will be organising this walk. Please bring along your own tea/coffee, or for those that are interested we could visit the local emporium for a Knicker Bocker Glory!. Come and enjoy the exercise, fellowship and fun. Contact Lawrence Kinney if you require any further information on 93 382764 or lkinney@o2.co.uk Everyone welcome
- Saturday 2 June A plant and buy sale will be held (DV) in Islandmagee Community Hall . Plants, home baking, jams, toys, books, bric-a-brac, teas. If you could offer some help in providing items other than plants, helping to set up before the sale, looking after a stall, serving tea or clearing up afterwards please contact Iris Tweed.
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Calendar
Please check our calendar to make sure you know what is happening in the church.
To add or change an item please email lkinney@o2.co.uk
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Sunday 27 May
We welcome all our young people , their parents & friends to our ‘ Children’s Day’ service and look forward to the contribution they will make during the service, Andrew will be leading the service. Our thanks to Andrew Macquarrie & all the teachers for the work they put in to make this occasion possible.
Family Picnic after Children’s Day service in grounds of the church. Everyone very welcome. Please pack your picnic and bring your picnic rug/seat and we can all have lunch and good chat together.
6.30pm Impact meet in 2nd Islandmagee Church Hall .
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See Announcements page , plus note the following
Tuesday 29 May
Postman Pat club meets from 10 – 11.30am. There will be no Postman Pat on the 5 June, due to holidays.
8.00pm Tuesday Prayer: Everyone is invited to meet each Tuesday for a time of prayer for the needs of our congregation and for others, in the church hall. If you are unable to come please take a prayer list from the table in the vestibule and pray at home.
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Wednesday 30 May
The hub opens for business as usual 2-4 pm at the football club. Do drop in for a cup of tea and a chat
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Friday 1 June
IMPACT youth club continues to meet between 7-9.00 pm in the Community Centre.
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Saturday 2 June A plant and buy sale will be held (DV) in Islandmagee Community Hall . Plants, home baking, jams, toys, books, bric-a-brac, teas. If you could offer some help in providing items other than plants, helping to set up before the sale, looking after a stall, serving tea or clearing up afterwards please contact Iris Tweed.
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Sunday 3 June
11.30am We celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, Rev Maynard Cathcart will be conducting the service.
7.00pm Evening service in the Community Centre, Rev Cathcart will again be leading this service. There will be a time of Prayer at 6.30pm.
6.30pm Impact meet in the Community Centre.
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Postman Pat
There will be no Postman Pat on Tuesday 5 June, but please note that on Tuesday 12 June we will have our last day, so bring your teddies & rugs for a ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic.
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Wanted – Help Needed
Can you afford a little time or have a skill we would find useful, please click above.
- Anyone willing to make tea & coffee after morning service during the month of June, July & August (even for 1 week ) please sign the sheet in the vestibule.
- If you would be willing to lead Children’s Church for one or two weeks in June, July or August please write your name on the list in the vestibule.
- The Homework Club will re-commence in September. Anyone interested in helping should contact Marie as soon as possible.
- Holiday Bible Club 2012! Are you interested in helping out at this year’s holiday bible club from Monday 16th July – Friday 20th July?? If so, put your name and contact details on a sign up sheet in the foyer or coffee area and Andrew will be in touch with you soon.
- IMPACT youth outreach week… This summer from Monday 23rd July – Friday 27th July IMPACT returns. And if you’re free we’d love to have your help. So if you’re interested and feel that you’d love to spend some time ministering to teens whilst being part of a dynamic leadership team and visionary programme then stick down your name and contact details on a sign up sheet in the foyer or coffee area ASAP as we hope to get everyone together to begin event planning. For more info contact Andrew Dickson on 07545840131.
Watch out rumour has it the Ground Force Team are about to cut the grass !- Victor Craig has agreed to run this team, and, as the warmer weather is here, there will be some outside maintenance work to be done around the church on a weekly basis (e.g. grass cutting and strimming). We are hoping to organise team rotas to do these jobs over the warmer months. If you are interested in becoming part of a team, please sign up at the vestibule table (the more people who volunteer, the more the work is shared)
Are you interested in Overseas work – Romania, Ukraine, London or Italy. See notice in vestibule
Opportunities to serve at SU camps can be seen at the vestibule.
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Events
Sunday 27 May -
Children’s Day Service 11.30am in Church. Lighthouse Club Children will be taking part in the service. Everyone very welcome.
After the service we are having a Family Picnic in grounds of the church. Everyone is very welcome. Please pack your picnic and bring your rug/seat and we can all have lunch and good chat together. Last year the weather was good to us and hopefully will be this year, but if not we will hold it in the church hall. Please contact Mandy Blair if you have any queries on 077846310457.
The loose offering on Children’s Day will go to the Presbyterian ‘Orphan & Children’s Society’.
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Monday 28 – Thursday 31 May - General Assembly 2012 – See Presbyterian Herald for details.
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Saturday 2 June A plant and buy sale will be held (DV) in Islandmagee Community Hall . Plants, home baking, jams, toys, books, bric-a-brac, teas. If you could offer some help in providing items other than plants, helping to set up before the sale, looking after a stall, serving tea or clearing up afterwards please contact Iris Tweed.
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Saturday 2nd June – 7.15pm – Youth Night – Assembly Buildings, Belfast. Theme “Run” Speaker Stuart Hawthorne.
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Saturday 2 June 2012 - The Celtic Islands Tour with Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townsend and the New Irish Choir and Orchestra.
This concert is being held in the Waterfront Hall and you can book by calling: 028 90 33 44 55 or on www.waterfront.co.uk
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Friday 8th/Saturday 9th June. Focusfest Women’s Conference – “Born for Such a Time as This” . Speaker Valerie Murphy. This event will be held in the Waterfront Hall. For further information and to book tickets visit http://focusfest.co.uk/theme.html or phone 028 90 455 400.
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Sunday 24 June - PW Salad Lunch – Open to all – This will be provided in the church hall after the conclusion of our Sunday morning service. Minimum subscriptions are £7 adults and £3 for children. Proceeds will go to church funds.
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Saturday 7 July
You are invited to support a Coffee Morning in Margaret & Maynard Cathcart’s home, 4 Cloughfin View between 10.00am – 12 noon Donation £3.00 Proceeds are to support the teams from our church going to Ukraine and to provide resources for Nagybereg School plus to provide our young people with the necessary resources for a Holiday Bible Club.
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New Horizon 2012 – This event will run from the Saturday 11th – Friday 17th August. Venue is the University of Ulster Coleraine Campus. www.newhorizon.org.uk
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24 – 26 August – The Word - Greenhill YMCA Centre, Newcastle – Conference for 18-30 year olds. Speaker Alistair Bates
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26-28 October – Mad Weekend – Theme “Live Love” – Speaker Duffy Robbins - Cost £45 – Booking forms available www.pciyac.org/events
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Prayer
Pray for all those in need. Pray for the grace we all need to extend God’s Kingdom through our church in Islandmagee.
Prayer Triplets
As we approach a time of vacancy and decision making within the life of our congregation, session is keen that we should revive the initiative and increase prayer for this time. If you would like to be involved, simply invite a couple of people to join you for prayer at a time convenient to you as a group. This can be weekly, fortnightly or what suits you, but we would ask that you make a regular commitment to pray. Prayer topics will be made available to you from time to time and, to facilitate this and to encourage each other, we would ask that you “register” YOUR group on the sheet which will be on the notice board in the vestibule of the church, or e mail your commitment to m.kane626@btinternet.com.
Do remember the work of Terry Kirkpatrick, our E3 schools worker in prayer. Feel free to pick up his prayer letter in the vestibule
Click heading to go to our Prayer page
Courses
Basic Hygiene Course Are you involved in catering within the church and in doing a . If interested click under Courses above.
If you are interested in becoming a full member of the congregation, Communicant classes are available. Contact Marie Kane or any elder
Christianity Explored and Alpha courses are run from time to time. If you are interested in either of these please contact Marie Kane or any elder.
Click heading to take you to courses page.
Youth
We have a new Drop-in which operates from Chapter 1 Coffee shop at Mullaghbuoy on a Tuesday from 4 – 5.30pm.
Remember Impact Youth Club on Friday nights at the Community Centre from 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Look out for our Sunday Night Impact sessions from 6.30 to 8pm, we alternate between the Community Centre and 2nd Islandmagee Church Halls. See Calendar for venue.
Announcements
Please click on Announcement heading to view.
New Photos
We have now separated out the various groups and organisations photographs into their own pages with slide shows, please have a look at these under the Photo Gallery header. If you have some relevant photographs please send them to Lawrence using an alternative email address kinney.lawrence@gmail.com
