Designed by Lydia HamblinAnnouncements
Announcements
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We warmly invite you to spend time with friends, family and neighbours or meet someone new.
Enjoy a free healthy meal. Browse through a community information booth or take your blood pressure
at the health stall, explore the free clothing stall or just read a book from the mini-library.
Kids can play games, colour in and get their face painted.
There something for everyone
Dates: Last Sunday of the Month.
Time: 10-11:30am at SDA Church Hall
Place: 9 Newry Road, across the road from Lidl's
For more information or to book your place please contact Pastor Curtis Samuel on Curtis@adventist.ie
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A weekend for the youth of Northern Ireland to come together to have some fun and grow spiritually.
It will take place in L/Derry church.
For ages 9-17.
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The website is being udated and will be undergoing some changes in the following weeks.
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Banbridge Seventh-day Adventist Church. 120/30 year Anniversary
On the week-end of 23 and 24 September we will recall the history of the Banbridge church. It begins 120 years ago with the arrival of the first Adventists in Northern Ireland in Banbridge. We also remember the building of the church 30 years ago. Come learn about the McClements, the Bells, the Watsons and many more.
We invite friends of the congregation from far and wide to join us for the week-end:
Programme:
Friday: 19:00 - 21:00 Remembering 120 years. Speaker - Pastor John Ferguson.
Sabbath, 10:30 - 13:00: Remembering 30 years. Speaker - Pastor Ron V Edwards.
Sabbath Potluck (all are welcome)
Sabbath Afternoon 14:45: Baptism Service - Pastor Weiers Coetser
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Adventist Church Members Embark on Fundraising Campaign in Aid of the Earthquake Victims in Japan
Members of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Portadown, Armagh and Banbridge are embarking on a fundraising campaign to support relief work in earthquake stricken Japan. This campaign will take place from 26 March to 10 April. All money raised will be handed to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), which is one of the important agencies who are currently on the ground, doing relief work in Japan. The fundraising campaign is part of an annual initiative authorised by the Fundraising Standards Board. In 2010 the local congregation managed to raise £1000 for the international charity work of ADRA. They hope to raise an even higher amount in the following two weeks. Members will be knocking at doors, visiting businesses and pubs in the Portadown and Armagh area to ask for contributions.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing to respond to the devastating tsunami that was triggered by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Friday, 11 March. The death toll now stands at over 8,450; but there are more than 12,000 missing and over 370,000 evacuees.
ADRA Assessment teams reached the severely affected city of Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture within 24 hours after a 7-metre tsunami wave crashed through the city, destroying entire communities. "The damage is so devastating, I have no words left to utter," said Atsushi Suhara, Programme Officer for ADRA Japan after flying over Natori city to assess the level of the damage.
"Getting precise information and the holistic picture of the damages on the ground still remains a challenge," said Hideo Wantanabe, Programme Officer for ADRA Japan, after his initial assessment in the city of Sendai. "However, we are gradually getting clearer pictures of what kind of support and assistance are needed by the people affected."
Working together with local authorities, ADRA Japan was appointed on Wednesday, 16 March to support an Evacuation Centre in Wakabayashi ward in Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture. This Evacuation Centre is a public junior high school. ADRA Japan is providing hot meals at the Centre where approximately 300 displaced people are living and around 1,000 come to eat. The first truckload of food, non-food supplies, fuel and cooking gas left the ADRA Japan Tokyo office on Wednesday afternoon. These will be the first hot meals for the evacuees who are battling not only with loss but with snow and increasingly cold weather.
Rather than managing the Centre, ADRA Japan will support and fill the "gap" of activities that the Evacuation Centre Committee has already been implementing. Evacuees have been helping each other and ADRA will work alongside them. ADRA Japan's major activity for now will be to serve hot meals to 1,000 people twice a day until the situation allows people to live by themselves.
Electricity, water and gas and gradually being reconnected in some wards and cities in the affected areas but there are many isolated places still awaiting access. Petrol is very scarce in the affected area and in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The humanitarian situation continues to be exacerbated by reports of hundreds of large aftershocks, the onset of sub-zero temperatures in the heavily affected region of Sendai, and the fear of nuclear fallout from damaged nuclear power plants.
The ADRA Japan office began in 1985 primarily as a funding office for developing nations. Due to the numerous natural disasters that face the nation, ADRA Japan already had an emergency response plan formulated, tested, and in place. This pre-planning allowed staff and volunteers to rush to the affected areas and begin working, and included securing large vehicles to aid in the transportation of relief items from other parts of Japan to the affected areas and the distribution of food and non-food items.
In Japan itself ADRA is receiving generous donations of both cash and relief items. Approximately $US62,000 was received from the famous artist group "DREAMS COME TRUE". Donations are being given to ADRA-UK, ADRA International in the US, and various ADRA offices in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. Your donations will join all these others to provide help and hope to those affected. To help ADRA Japan reach out please make a donation on the ADRA-UK website http://www.adra.org.uk by following the link on the home page. Regular news updates are also available on the site.
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ADRA Annual Collection for Adventist Development and Relief Agency. Aid for Earthquake and Disaster Relief. Plus Development; helping People to help Themselves in the future. For more info see ADRA
Collection in Northern Ireland March 26th to 10th April. Collectors are Official Volunteers and Unpaid. Giving of their own time People helping People in Japan, Haiti, New Zealand and 120 Countries around the World.
Please give generously to us, Neighbours from your own Community, asking for Help on behalf of those in such great Need!
More than 90p in each pound actually gets to the People in Need. ADRA started in 1956 and are one of the Oldest Charities in the UK and Worldwide.
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A Festival of Beans
On Sunday, 6 March, three highly skilled cooks from Dublin will visit
the Banbridge church to do a cooking demonstration for anybody
interested in healthy vegetarian cooking. A special invitation is
extended to church members from across Northern Ireland. The theme for
the day is: "A festival of Beans." Beans is a healthy replacement for
meat and it can be prepared in a great many different ways: Humus /
Falafal / Soup / Caserols / Tofu and other soya products / Salads. The
cooking demonstration will begin in the Banbridge church hall at 10:30.
It should finish at 14:00. Between demonstrations there will be
opportunities to sample a variety of bean dishes. There will also be an
opportunity to ask our health experts and our expert cooks questions.
There will be a short presentation on how to make healthy food more
attractive to children. Why not plan to join us for this sumptuous and
filling festival. For more information, please contact Edith Samambwa
at: edensams@yahoo.co.uk
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Jenny McKibben is inviting all the Church members from Banbridge and Belfast to participate in a Joint Valentines Day Social to be held in the Church Hall on 12th February. More details will be added when they become available.
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Free Money Management Course Arrives in Banbridge
Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in 9 Newry Road to run CAP Money
As the recession shows no sign of abating, a national charity today announced that it will be offering local residents in Banbridge the chance to get their finances back on track with a free money management course called CAP Money.Christians Against Poverty, the national debt counselling charity, is running the three-week course through a partner church in Seventh Day Adventist Church.
With over 400 successful CAP Money courses already up and running across the UK, delegates for the course will be offered teaching on good money management skills, budgeting tips and overall advice on how to curtail expenditure. The course will be run in partnership with SDA Church and open to everyone, whether they’re Christian or not. The course begins on Thursday 10 February 2011 and will be held at SDA Church, 9 Newry Road Banbridge BT32 3HF
Trained CAP Money Coaches Simone, Patrinne and Heather will be on hand to lead the sessions and offer practical advice. The course also boasts the feature of providing access to CAP’s new online resources via www.capmoney.org
Simone, CAP Money Coach, said: “We’re thrilled to be able to launch CAP Money in Banbridge. With the recession still creating havoc with people’s finances, it’s a critical time for us to step in and help.
“Through the course we aim to bring hope to those in financial difficulty in the local community. Whilst many in the UK are reeling from the effects of the financial crisis, we are convinced that, with the launch of CAP Money, many will be saved from slipping further into debt, whilst picking up excellent financial skills that will stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives.”
Those wanting to attend the CAP Money course can contact Simone on 07785255878 to confirm details.
CAP Money is available for churches to run for a one-off subscription of just £150. The price includes thorough training by CAP of up to three volunteers as Money Coaches and materials. Courses are then offered free to all delegates.
For more information visit www.capmoney.org or call 01274 760567.
Listen to an interview with Patrinne Irvine, one of the CAP Money Coaches as she talks about the project on the Banbridge local community radio station: Shine FM.(The interview happened on Friday, 7 January, 2011, between 10:30 and 13:00).
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Come and enjoy a Christmas Eve with a difference. There will be something for young and old.
Hosted by Banbridge Youth Group.
Designed by Lydia Hamblin
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The Banbridge Seventh-day Adventist Church is planning an indoor football tournament for children between the ages of 6 and 13 on Sunday, 21 March 2010.
We plan to rent an indoor venue in Banbridge and Craigavon. We are inviting boys and girls to join us for a few hours of fun. Current regulations only allow us to rent a hall one week in advance. We are therefore not able to provide the exact venue details. We request people who are interested to join us for the event to register their interest with Pastor Coetser by Sunday 14 March. This will enable us to make the correct bookings and to communicate the details to the interested parties. Pastor Coetser can be contacted here, or by phone on 028 4062 7782.
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Connecting with Children
by Heather Haworth
28 June at 10:30am
Banbridge Church
To book by 22 June contact marci@adventist.ie
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ADRA: PROJECT ZIMBABWE 2009
Here's your chance to help!!
JUNE 25 - Dublin church car park.
A container will be located in the Dublin church carpark with a banner from June 25 until Sabbath, 27th of June. VOLUNTEERS from Dublin needed for collection of goods on Sunday-Wednesday from 3-8pm and to man container and youth hall. On Thursday we pack the container and any donated goods not already boxed would be done so then so the container can leave on Thursday evening or Friday.
Please box as many items as possible and clearly mark the box with what is inside so that we can let the customs and ADRA Zimbabwe know. Eg. Clothes for girl ages 6-9years or children's books or shampoo and soaps, etc. We will need volunteers for all on Thursday to make sure everything goes smoothly.
If you need help getting your donated goods to Dublin please contact Stephen@adventist.ie
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Portlick Scout Campsite has once again been chosen to host this year's Irish Mission Summer Camp.
Ages 9-17
Contact
Pastor Adam Keough
Address: 17 Woodbreda Gardens, Belfast, BT8 7JP
Phone: +44 (0)28 90500077
Mobile: +44 (0)7889 920990
Email: adam@adventist.ie
Forms will be available on the Irish Youth Mission Website:
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Theme: Growing Together: Closer to Him - Closer to each other
Location: Newmarket on Fergus - West of Ireland
Guest Speakers:
Cindy Tutsch (Associate Director - Ellen White Estate)Jane Sabes (Principal - Newbold College)
When: 31 July - 3rd August 2009
Accommodation: There are camping pitches available on site. You will need to bring your own camping equipment, including cooking appliances for some meals. Sabbath meals will be available for a charge. See application form. On site showering and toilet facilities.
B and B accommodation near the site. Two mile Inn Hotel at the cost of 40.00 euro p/p per night. You will need to make these arrangments yourself.
In true campmeeting style, a large marquee will be used to hold all services to accommodate any weather condition.
CLICK HERE for application form. Closing date: 18 July 2009.
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We are extremely pleased to announce that Pastor Adam Keough, pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Belfast, is being ordained into the Gospel Ministry. In the Seventh-day Adventist church pastors work for a few years before they are ordained. We want to congratulate Pastor Adam and his wife, Heather on this milestone in their ministry. We know that God is truly blessing their ministry and we are proud to be associated with the event where this will take place.
The ordination ceremony will take place in the Belfast Seventh-day Adventist church on Sabbath, 25 April 2009. The day will be a day of fellowship for members from across Northern Ireland. We will therefore spend the whole day in Belfast. Pastor Don McFarlane, the president of the Seventh-day Adventist church in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland will be our guest speaker for the day. The programme begins at 10:00. The ordination service will take place at 15:00.
Directions to the Belfast Seventh-day Adventist Church is available on their website.
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The Banbridge Church Board meets again on 6 April 2009. All agenda items must please be submitted to pastor Coetser before 1 April.
