Welcome to our August prayer email! We hope you've had a good summer, albeit a wet one! As we close in on the start of our 2012 Convention we continue to value your prayers.

Please remember to pass this on to people you feel may be interested or even get them to sign up.

2012 Convention

For those of you new to the Convention, the dates for this year are Friday 24th August through to Saturday 1st September. As usual we meet in Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church.

Fore more information, visit our website, www.worldwidemission.org

Worldwide Stories

In the next in our series on the stories of people who attend Worldwide, we listen to David Leach (Associate Minister of Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church) as he brings us his memories of the Convention.

You can view the video of David here.

Worship at Worldwide

We are privileged in be led in worship each year by various talented groups. This year, in addition to welcoming back the talented Alistair Hamill, we also welcome back Melanie Johnston and Nathan Jess.

We are also excited to see the New irish Orchestra joining us this year for our final night of the convention. 

Alistair Hamill and his team are with us again this year to lead our praise at the evening meetings throughout the week. Alistair is involved in music ministry at Glenabbey Church.

Melanie Johnston hails from Ballyclare and is a secondary school teacher. She attends Glenabbey Church and has a passion for worship through music. She has had the privilege of being part of various worship teams and is very much looking forward to being part of Bangor Worldwide 2012!

Nathan Jess studied music at QUB, graduating in 2010, and then quickly established himself on the Christian music scene. He is really passionate about writing congregational worship songs and we look forward to him joining us on Youth night.

We look forward on the final Saturday evening to Members of the New Irish Orchestra leading our praise at the closing meeting this year, under the direction of Artistic Director Jonathan Rea.

Medical Mission & You – Monday 27th August (2.30pm)

Could you do medical mission? To go, or not to go? Please come along and be challenged. Hear from those involved in long term work, short term work and those involved in elective experiences in the overseas context. Guest speakers include:

• Sid & Jean Garland (Mission Africa)
• Shirley Stronge (PCI – Board of Mission Overseas)
• Dr Rory and Denise Wilson (CMS Ireland).

For more information this seminar, please download our flyer.

Mission Secretaries Seminar – Saturday 25th August (10.30am – 12.30pm)

If you are a mission secretary or a mission representative in your local church. then this seminar is for you! It is designed to give you fresh ideas of how to move your church forward in mission, a time to network with other like minded people and an opportunity to talk through any issues you may have you with your role.

For more information this seminar, please download our flyer.

Prayer Topics

As ever, we finish our Prayer email with our Prayer Topics. Thank you for remembering the convention in your prayers.

1. Please remember our Chairmen for this year’s evening meetings. We are very grateful that Rev. David Leach (Associate Minister of Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church), Pastor Jonathan McClaughlin (Pastor of Hamilton Road Baptist Church) and Pastor Glen Mitchell (Pastor of Kings Fellowship, Bangor) have accepted our invitation to act as chairmen throughout the week.
   
   They are all busy people who have young families as well as their churches to look after and we would ask for prayer that they will have time for their preparation for the Convention.
    
2. Worship is an important element of our meetings so please pray for our worship leaders – Alistair Hamill, Melanie Johnston and  members of the New Irish Orchestra and singers.
   
   Remember them as they prepare over the next few weeks and that they would be inspired to lead us in worship which brings glory to God.
    
3. Continue to pray for the speakers especially those who have not visited the Convention before that they will be guided as to what to say and what material to include.
    
4. The Convention opens with a reception for retired missionaries followed by our opening prayer meeting. Please pray for a good attendance at these so that we can get off to a very positive start.