Apprentice

Here’s what I want to do, or at least attempt to kick off:
It’s a community project with the community being Christians in Ireland. The aim is to create a free audio Bible that anyone can download and hear the Word of God read aloud in the voices and accents of the everyday Christians in Ireland. [...]

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Peter and I put up a new banner on the church on Thursday last week. The Easter banner was past due to come down and the first one we got (the non-seasonal one) was ripped off in a storm so I got to order a new banner. I was given the chance to choose this [...]

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This year I come to the end of my certificate course at the IBI. If you had asked me last year what I would do I would have probably said “continue on and get the degree” but to do that I’d have to switch to full-time studies (or else finish when I’m 30) and I [...]

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Tomorrow it will be two weeks since I posted the flyers in Cahir about the free Gospel outreach. So far I haven’t received one request, no letters, no phone calls or texts, no emails, nothing. I’m planning on going into Cahir tomorrow to check on the flyers. Could you please pray for this little project, [...]

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Colin Adams at Unashamed Workman has a short helpful post up about how he prepares a sermon. Like Colin, I prefer to type up a full manuscript. I fear being lost for words and it’s nice to have something prepared to fall back on but I do feel free to ad lib and paraphrase. Sticking [...]

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A while ago I posted about an outreach project I was working on for my church. On Monday I went into Cahir after work and walked around going into shops, butchers, the post office, the enterprise centre, the coffee shop. I walked all over, and posted up flyers advertising the free copy of John’s Gospel [...]

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Peter and I put up a new banner on the front of the church today. The banner arrived, after some trouble with the couriers, on Wednesday. It arrived just in time since it’s an Easter banner and when Peter pulled up to the church on Sunday he discovered the old banner lying on the ground.  [...]

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I preached my sermon on Romans 3:19-26 today. I think it went well and, as usual when I preach, I’m thankful to God that I didn’t swear or anything. It’s always a worry. My parents came along today, making this the first time they’ve ever set foot in my church. My sister and her kids [...]

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God has really been direct about reminding me of his presence lately. Prayers I’ve prayed have been answered… a lot. One request in particular I had just finished praying when it was answered. My hands were still joined in prayer. While I always know God is real and he is with me there are [...]

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Last Summer I went on my first short-term mission trip when I did Encounter run by World Harvest Mission and IFES Ireland. I had such a great time and it was really one of those life-changing events. I found myself doing things I never thought I’d do, relying on God instead of myself and seeing [...]

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