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NEWSLETTER September 2019 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY BCM WEEKENDS Issue No.13 BIBLE CLUBS City Teens PRAYER 4 - 6 October 2019 Stoneyford is recommencing on Friday 11th October MEETINGS City Kids BCM Northern Ireland 25 - 27 October 2019 6.30-7.30pm in a new venue – Are you excited about how St John’s Parish Church Hall. God has worked in young Junior Teens people’s lives over the 6 - 8 December 2019 inform Ballygowan Mission Hall (Dromore Co. Down) is summer ...do you want to Senior Teens starting up again on Sunday see more of this? 30 Dec - 1 Jan 2020 INTRODUCING NEW 29th Sept from 3-4pm. Kids & Merge Join us on the FIRST 24 - 26 January 2020 CandY kicks off on Friday INTERNS 2019/20 TUESDAY EACH MONTH 4th October 6.30-7.45pm WOMEN’S WEEKEND in the BCM Centre. 8.00-9.00pm 24 - 26 April 2020 in the BCM Centre, open to all women. Markets Surestart Centre Seymour Street Lisburn. Watch the web for info will host a Christmas Bible Club and booking forms. in November and December All welcome and on Thursdays 6.00-7.00pm. SPORTS HALL FUND Wow! What all needed! We thank God for your gifts that enable the monthly loan a summer! payments of £743 to be LLARTOWN U HO Shout it from the mountain tops As I’ve started finding M U M S C E made. The loan to be repaid B Jesus came to save us my feet in my new role now stands at £48,000. and His saving never stops over the past couple of DISCIPLESHIP Emily Kane Nathanael McIlveen Jonny Dodds months I have been so Did you have fun this summer at Mullartown? GROUPS Magherally Presbyterian Emmanuel Baptist Glengormley Baptist encouraged to see Do you wish to meet up with your Summer Banbridge Lisburn Newtownabbey how God has been Camp Leaders throughout the year? DEEPER - YEARS 10-12 working through First Saturday of the month Moun tain Do you want to learn more about God? The interns will be helping with the daily tasks that need to be done camps, Hello Life 7.30-9.30pm in Sloan Street Top >>> Well now you can!!! around Mullartown as well as with school assemblies, the Bubbles teams and Bible Clubs Presbyterian Church Hall. FOLLOW UP and Oaks Discipleship groups, and more! This will be a time of over the summer, and Starts Saturday 12th October in OAKS - BOYS YEARS 8+ personal development in their walk with God and in learning and also privileged to play Annalong Presbyterian Church Hall Mondays 8.30-9.30pm a part in some of these 7.00 - 8.30pm practising new skills. Please pray for them and for Jason and Gemma and Saturday 26th October in Mullartown House, Annalong as they work together. We will hear from them in the next newsletter. ministries. Now it’s time to get stuck into Bible Lessons Lisburn Baptist Church , Longstone Street BUBBLES: GIRLS YEARS 8+ Quiz - Songs my CEO “to-do” list; I and happens every month Mullartown House, Annalong Kati Rose returned to the USA in early Memory Verses would appreciate Check www.bcmni.org/mountaintop Wednesdays 7.30-9.00pm September. She said “ the year of internship Fun & Games Fridays 3.30-5.30pm prayer for wisdom and for more information was amazing. God stretched me in so many direction in the ways and, while it was hard, I feel like I have coming weeks, and learned so much and done things I never that God would open BCM Centre 41 Seymour Street, Lisburn BT27 4SY thought I would have done. I loved new doors for the T: 028 9260 3864 E: [email protected] Web: www.bcmni.org working at camps, leading in Bubbles and Gospel. Thank you for working with all the youth and everyone. your partnership with Mullartown Camp & Conference Centre us. 159 Glassdrumman Road, Annalong BT34 4QL I’m going to miss my second home so T: 028 4376 8217 E: [email protected] much but praise God for the year I had INTERNATIONAL there!.” Judith Rogers NORTHERN IRELAND BCM International NI is a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in Northern Ireland NI 639093 CEO Registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC 105856 Inform Sept 19.qxp_Layout 1 26/09/2019 14:21 Page 2

We want to say a huge THANK YOU to four of our Programme SUMMER OUTREACH CAMP AT MULLARTOWN Directors for whom this was their last year at Mullartown! In Summer 2019 we had 8 full fun packed weeks including 4 Kids Camps, a family camp, Merge Camp for 11-13 year CANDY 3-DAY CLUBS COREY and BECKY WATSON olds, Junior Teens and Senior Teens. – Junior Teens IN LISBURN We had 610 campers, 201 leaders and 72 cooks, dish staff, This year was our 6th and final year table setters and maintence (who are all very important.) The pl an was two teams in Hillhall and Whitla on of being programme directors of In total 882 attended camp. Tuesday and Wednesday and then meeting Junior Teens. It has been the most During the summer Mullartown was transported to altogether in the BCM Centre on Thursday. amazing, challenging and fun 6 Disneyland, Shrek, a Go Kart race track, World War II, a So, on Tuesday night we went to Hillhall, armed years, and God has taught us and Carnival, Superheroes and back to the 70’s all in theme days with lesson visuals, memory verse, a football and shown us so much. We just want to of course! HELLO LIFE parachute for games and of course the all thank everyone who has Our Kids theme was “the Big Picture” and teens was LISBURN important sweets. Ten children joined us on the supported us and joined with us in The team, easily recognisable in their pale pink “LIFE:” both looking at the gospel of John, focusing in on mat with more playing football round about. A the Junior Teens ministry, it's been hoodies, held 3-day clubs in local housing estates, some of the key life changing encounters average people had few boys kept us on our toes, but all-in-all it was a a blast! had a Fun Day, and did outreach at the Tweflth field. great first night, and the kids were enthusiastic with Jesus adn then looking at what we can learn from these. Other highlights were a special Bible Club in How Jesus can - reunite us back to God; transform us and about coming back. At Whitla, just one girl DONNA NEILL Ballymacash Community Centre and a visit to a care commands us to go and tell others: and how Jesus cares and appeared – an ever wee faithful CandY member! – Kids Camp home for elderly people. We estimate that the team is capable of all things including restoring the world. However, another two kids came at the end with As I handover leading Week 2 to had the opportunity to share the good news about In the Missionary Stories we looked at the Burnham Family their mum and were keen to come back the the great Claire Martin, I am Jesus with approximately 1000 people, either orally who served with New Tribes mission in the Philippines and following evening. For our Bible lesson we told excited what God will do through or in written form! Let's pray that the seeds planted how their faith was challenged as they were held as hostages the children about Zaccheus, and how Jesus can her leadership, but also a bit sad will bear fruit in the lives of those who were exposed and tragically as the Father Martin was killed, but how the transform lives, if only we will admit our sin and as I step down as I have had 6 to the truth of God's word. Lord has used their story in the lives of countless people. realise our need of Him. amazing years of Week 2 were Throughout the summer we heard of over 40 professions Unfortunately, the good old Northern Irish rain there has always been madness, of faith and a number of re-commitements which is amazing meant that we had to cancel our 2nd night of laughter and also a few challenges BELFAST and so precious to the work at Mullartown. Over the 5 days it clubs. But this didn’t seem to discourage any kids but throughout it all I have loved Many Christians were encouraged to continue in their was wonderful to from coming to our Fun Night on the Thursday. to be part of a team that who journey and were given teaching to develop a better see the dozen or Fourteen kids came and we had a great evening loved spending time with the relationship with God. so kids at the Ava catching up with some usual CandY faces and campers and excited about We saw many new leaders and returning leaders step up to Street Bible Club introducing what we do at CandY club to some teaching them how much they are their responsibilities and sore with strength - pouring into the bonding with each new kids too. We had face painting, games, juice loved by God. Camp will always lives of kids and young people, which is so encoraging. other and with the team, and even more and biscuits and then what we do at a normal have a special place in my heart Our team of programme directors excelled themselves to encouraging to see their growing enthusiasm for the night of CandY – plenty of singing, a Bible lesson, and you may see me in the kitchen produce an outstanding summer of camps and we would be singing, memory verse and Bible stories. Both here memory verse & quiz. It was great to hear some of from now on, which means I get to lost without them. and at the Markets Bible Club we had the the kids say our memory verse (Romans 5:8) after got to bed at a reasonable time.. We want to thank everyone who prayed or supported in opportunity to share the Gospel with children from hearing it just twice, and listening so attentively to haha!! a variety of faith backgrounds. In the Markets area Andrew giving us our Bible lesson. We also had a anyway to the success to summer camps. Finally we want to thank an amazing God who helped us we had 40-50 children waiting eagerly at the gate few who had been to camp, and were eager to REBECCA ARMSTRONG through hard times, times when our bodies were exhausted each evening, and a few of them came along to City teach us some new songs to sing at CandY. – Merge Camp and times when we questioned what was going on. Kids camp later in July. Some practical work in the Overall, it was It has been a privilege to be In Psalm 34 it says “I will bless the Lord at all times His area helped to build relationships within the great to kick- involved in leading this team over praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes it’s community and we also had the chance to meet start our year the past 3 years. With this year boast in the Lord. Let the humble hear and be glad. Oh some refugees and asylum seekers and learn about at CandY club being my last year leading the magnify the Lord and let us exalt his name together. the challenges they face. Please pray for guidance and we’re team, please continue to pray for as we seek to follow up these two groups of children excited to get the work that continues to go on Jason & Gemma Hill, Camp Directors over the winter. started! through Merge Camp. Summer 19.qxp_Layout 1 26/09/2019 14:30 Page 1 SUMMER CAMPS 2019

KIDS WEEK 3: Robert and Melanie

KIDS WEEK 2: We are beyond privileged to have seen the Lord at work in the lives of so many week 3 campers. We rejoice that 16 children Donna and Claire came to faith! 16 souls brought from darkness to light! And what a delight - and challenge - to hear a camper stand at the This was a great week with a full campfire & praise God that He had answered her prayers for camp of 75 kids with one or 2 going the salvation of her little brother! Our God is good and He home due to sickness or being saves! homesick. This year I had a great team of leaders who went above and beyond to make sure that the JUNIOR TEENS: campers had the best week. We Corey and Rebekah enjoyed a carnival day and trip to Lisburn swimmers which tired all our This year saw another great week for Junior Teens! It was campers out. It was great that over packed full of our annual house competitions, messy and the week campers were really 'slippy' days, and a Shrek/ Far-Far-Away day! One camper had engaging in the big meetings and in this to say, "It was so far away I almost couldn't see it!" The their dorm times with their leaders theme of the week was "Life" where we looked at the book of and through this we had 14 campers John and how Jesus came to show us how to have life as God make a commitment or say that their intended. We're so thankful for an amazing week spent learning leaders had really helped them about God and all that He has for us. Please join with us in understand what it means to be a continuing to pray for the campers, that they would long to Christian and now it makes sense. have a deeper relationship with God. Summer 19.qxp_Layout 1 26/09/2019 14:30 Page 2

FAMILY CAMP : Jason & Gemma

22 adults, 7 teens, 21 children and 18 leaders! The families come needing rest and relaxation and so the leaders work hard to ensure they have every opportunity for just that ! We are thankful to God for the good weather which allowed us to have our full outdoor programme. While the children and teens were having their Bible Clubs and discussions, Samuel Chestnutt led the adults sessions looking at topics such as “parenting with serious joy; and helping our children with their faith”. It speaks for itself when the families were asking if they could book now for next year!

MERGE : CITY KIDS: Rebecca and Gary Judith and Stephen

At Merge Camp we have so much to TJ shared on Sunday, “I’m afraid of dying, it’s not like give thanks for!! Each member of the anyone has come back again to tell us what it’s like”, how team gave 100% of their efforts to all wonderful to hear him say on Thurs, “I used to be afraid of the teaching and activities. A highlight dying but I’m not any more because if Jesus is my friend then of the week has to be our WW2 day, I have eternal life”. . . Kelsey told the bus driver on the way when the teens experienced rationing home that the best thing about Camp was getting the and evacuation to the farm (Streamvale!) courage to start following God. . . Aaron took his first step of Throughout the week multiple kids faith on Thursday evening during his Quiet time. . . Lauren made the decision to follow Christ. brought the children’s Bible to Camp that she got at a Hello Another highlight was hearing of a child Life Bible Club at the start of July and insisted that her dorm coming to faith, having been led by a use it to guide their prayer time. These are just a few snippets fellow camper. Please continue to pray of how God was working in the lives of these children, most for each of the kids as they get settled of whom come from homes, schools and communities which back into "normal" life. are largely opposed to the Gospel and many of whom have Thank you all for your continued had to deal with numerous difficulties in their short lives; prayerful support and encouragement! please continue to pray for them.