Wycliffe Wild Weekend… well, not quite yet

Perhaps you’re tired of seeing this mini poster. Or perhaps the image concept intrigues you – do you see yourself in the Wordle? What part could you play in the Bible translation team with Wycliffe Bible Translators? Well, Wycliffe and Me happened in Belfast last Saturday hosted by Saintfield Road Presbyterian Church – a big [...]

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Can you see yourself here?

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2020 VISION: Mission in times of uncertainty

Flying from Belfast to the Global Connections conference first thing on Monday morning  28-30 November. The title is above – and it is challenging. There are 2 cycles in the 3 day conference: – Mission in a Changing World – Mission with a Changing Church Please pray for all those going, but especially: my friends [...]

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Flying the flag at Queen’s University CU

It’s been a while since I was the Wycliffe person at a university CU event (thanks Stephanie for all those long evenings) but I rather enjoyed being at Stranmillis CU last week and Queen’s University CU this week. Just for fun, here are a few photos from odd angles at Queen’s… And what contacts did [...]

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With George Verwer @ Belfast Bible College Mission Day

We spent a good day at Belfast Bible College Mission Day yesterday… some reflections: Singing Amazing Grace in English, whatever language you like, Hungarian and Spanish – a touch of Rev 7:9 George Verwer praying round the globe George Verwer speaking wisdom, hard-hitting stuff – spiced with belly laughing humour Did you know that YouTube,Twitter [...]

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Irene Walker (1919 – 2011) Wycliffe short termer for 14 years

Irene Walker’s Thanksgiving Service | Hamilton Road Baptist Church, Bangor | Tuesday 18 October 2011 I was asked to give a summary of Irene’s years with Wycliffe: here is an edited version. We are told that people today will typically have at least four careers. This is contrasted with previous generations who tended to have [...]

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I love it when a plan comes together!

They may not have been the A Team – but the plan did come together last Saturday morning for a Wycliffe Bible Translators NI team at Portadown Baptist Church‘s Children’s Missionary Discovery Day! A team of 10 led by Bill Bailie put on a two and a half hour programme with stories, games, singing, memory [...]

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Bangor Worldwide: Reacting to the leading of the Holy Spirit in Ireland

I’ve just been listening again to Trevor Morrow’s excellent talk at Bangor Worldwide on Thursday evening 25 August. Trevor spoke autobiographically about how the situation in Ireland has changed since the days when he was an assistant minister in Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church in Bangor 30 thirty years ago. A series of sermons that he [...]

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God’s Great Big World: reflections on Bangor Worldwide 2011

Yesterday evening, I had the great pleasure of speaking at the Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention in Northern Ireland. To be honest, I’ve never been to anything quite like it before; worldwide is a week long event with meetings in the morning and evening all concentrating on the theme of world mission. What is surprising is [...]

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Church as we have known it is passing away

I saw American missionaries overseas sell their washing machines and move back to USA. There are many reasons why, but nobody is talking about missionary attrition. Our best missionary families, who know the language and culture, are returning due to lack of funds and in their place we are sending teams of teenagers to visit [...]

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