What's New - February 2012

  • Sunday 19th Feb will be "College Sunday" in Grove. In the morning, Pastor Peter Firth will let us know something about what is happening currently in the Irish Baptist College (IBC) at Moira. A couple of the students will then take our evening service.
    Peter is the former Pastor of the Comber church and is now the Biblical Studies Tutor at IBC.
  • On Thursday 8th March we will be holding an Internet Awareness evening with Todd Clements from the PSNI
    Todd will be letting us know all about some of the potential perils associated with children surfing the web.
    For example, 1 in 12 children actually go to meet people they have only 'met' on-line!
    Please tell other parents about this night, we would love to see the hall filled.
  • To check out all our upcoming dates, just go to our On-line Calendar here. eg our first meeting of the 4 local Baptist churches coming together is on Wed 28th March at Mountpottinger.
  • To look at all our Photos, including recent ones from the Grove Ladies Christmas Dinner and new ones of our "Cafe Grove" outreach, just click here.
  • To view the Cafe Grove News for Autumn 2011, just go here. Many thanks to Kathy for making Cafe Grove News available on-line. Paper copies were distributed in November to the regulars.
  • To read a report from our last Holiday Bible Club where we hosted our first BYE Team (Baptist Youth Evangelism), just go here.
  • For a few photos of the young people's barbecue, just click here.
  • For a few photos of our "Day in the Park" at Carnfunnock on 20th August, just click here.
  • Our 5 Day Club for the kids around Grove ran during the evenings from Mon 25th - Fri 29th July. The theme was "Rocky's Plaice" and you can still see the 5 day club info here. This was a great success thanks to all the hard work put in by the 5 day club team, by the Baptist BYE Team (see next paragraph) and by all those who prayed for the work that week. To see some photos of "Rocky's Plaice" just go here and to see photos of the BYE Team etc. just go here.
  • Café Grove is an outreach to the local community and is open each and every Tuesday and Thursday. The cafe is located in our portacabin beside the church on Clara Street under the leadership of Johnny and Hazel. Hazel writes… "Many of our customers are regulars from before but its been really nice to welcome some new folks. We have folks from all over popping in for a cuppa or a light lunch - all free of course! Please make a point of calling in to see us each Tuesday and Thursday between 10am and 2pm."
  • September 26th 2010 saw the start of our Big 7 meetings.
    To read all the details, please go to our flyer here.
    To listen to all our previous BIG 7 meetings, just go to our Audio Ministry page here.
    Come and hear a variety of speakers deal with the BIG 7 - seven of the most common objections about Christianity. A question time (with tea/coffee provided) will follow each meeting. The seven meetings are once per month, Sunday evenings at 6:30pm.
  • It is great to see new faces attending our Sunday Services and also Cafe Grove. Our Sunday Services are at 11:30am and 6:30pm and Cafe Grove is open each Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm. You can also listen to our Church Services on-line by going to our Audio Ministry page and and selecting the service you want to hear.
  • All our church organisations are listed on our What's On page. If you need to know any more information on any of the organisations, please send us an email here.
  • Our former Church Secretary and dear friend, Tom Fleming, passed into the presence of his Lord and Saviour late on Thursday 25th June. In Peru, Tom and Isobel had been working with Baptist churches in Puno and Arequipa where the local churches there will miss them greatly. You can read a tribute to Tom Fleming from the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland here.
  • We are still offering a free audio tape of one of our evening gospel services to post out to you anywhere in the world. Just send us an email with your postal address (see 'Contact Us' below). Previous tapes have been sent to India, Iran, South Africa, the Philippines, Zimbabwe, Australia, USA, Nigeria and closer to home too.
  • Would you have a spare Bible you could send to someone who would cherish it?
    Our good friend Pastor Godstime from "Spread the Word Ministries" in Nigeria will ensure that it is put into the very hands that need the Word of God.
    If you can spare a Bible (and a few pounds in postage), please send your Bible to:
    Spread the Word Ministries
    Att: Pastor Evbota Godstime Idemudia PO Box 11827
    Benin City, Edo State NIGERIA

Last updated 30/01/12