MAY 2021We traditionally hold our launch event in the month of May and we are therefore delighted to be doing so again this year after the restrictions in 2020 meant we had to launch online. TRIATHLON UPDATEThe end of April brings us to the halfway point between January 1st and the convention in August. Good progress is being made by our ambitious athletes towards the 850 targets. Jed has now completed 483 lengths of his garden, Tom has walked 470 miles and Joy has run just over 400 miles. Thankfully, there are no injuries so far! 2021 LAUNCHWe hope to have our launch event on Wednesday 26th May at 7.30pm in Hamilton Road Baptist Church. The speakers will be Mark Ellis, Director of CUI and Pastor Trevor Ramsey of Newtownbreda Baptist Church. Please do consider joining us as we reveal our theme for 2021 and pray for all the arrangements. Keep an eye on our website for more information! MAP CONFERENCEMAP will be holding a Passion for Mission 2021 online conference on 11 May 2021 entitled, Global Voices - What if we really listened. Amongst the line up of speakers will be Vinoth Ramachandra and Ruth Padilla Deborst. OMF PRAYER ZOOMOMF invites you to a special morning of prayer over Zoom on Saturday 12 June from 10.00am to 12.00pm when Northern Irish Christians living and witnessing in East Asia will share stories. They would appreciate you joining in prayer to support their work. To register please contact Nathaniel, nathaniel.jennings@omfmail.com POINTS FOR PRAYERINDIAA particular point for prayer this month is for Dr. Stephen Alfred who runs a hospital in India and was to be one of our speakers this year. His latest email tells of his hospital being overwhelmed by the effects of the pandemic. Please pray for Stephen and his staff who will be exhausted at this time. He still holds out the hope that he could get to the convention in August so pray that he will be guided in any decision he might make. LAUNCHWith arrangements for the Launch evening meeting settled, we are now focussing on having a breakfast for church workers (ministers, pastors etc) at which we would talk about the plans for this year’s convention. Pray that restrictions will be lifted as presently planned by the government, and that there would be sufficient interest to make the event worthwhile. MONDAY PRAYER
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