We're very happy to welcome you to our website - it's our desire that you will get to know us better (and the general Aghalee/Ballinderry communities) through these pages. And as you meet us, we hope you will meet the One who is the Light of the World. Please explore the sections available and feel free to contact us on info@craigmore.org.

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NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

• Friday 27 June - Youth Club End-Of-Term Disco - it's a great way to celebrate the end of the year! 8pm.
• Saturday 28 June - Church BBQ - open to everyone, feel free to come along and bring your own meat if you haven't signed up. Starting at 7.30pm, this evening will also include some worship and the launch of adult small groups within the life of the church.
• Sunday 29 June - Soup, Bread and Cheese Lunch for World Development - have lunch together after worship and raise money for World Development causes.
• Sunday 29 June - Alan Cunningham - a special meeting for worship and prayer in the church at 7.30pm.
• Sunday 3 August - Castlewellan Holiday Week - G-Force is visiting CHW this day (several people from the church will be staying the whole week). More details about CHW on the website.
• All our regular weekly activities are listed HERE.
• Adult Small Groups - we're in the middle of a consultation process to see when, where and how often small fellowship groups should take place, connected with the Church. We believe they're vital for the spiritual health of any congregation. Have you filled in a form yet? More details from Ross. 19-05-03
• Keep an eye out for the ConneXions booklet over the next few months: it's a programme for renewal and mission that the Methodist Church in Ireland is offering to us... More details from John. 11-11-02
• G-Force has been transformed into a cell structure since 19th January... If you have any questions about what this means (or if you'd like to sign up for a cell), please feel free to e-mail Kathryn. G-Force celebrations are on the first Sunday of each month (apart from 27 April, 13 July and 10 August). 08-01-03

A DIARY OF SOME NOTEWORTHY MOMENTS...

• The June Sunday School service was themed on the Body of Christ, when the children led our thinking with a great "Body Song", photos of the church family were put on the big screen, and Helen Warren from SU reminded us to work together for God.
• Craigmore young people returned from Easter Camp at the end of April 2003, determined to follow through on the theme of "No Compromise". The extended weekend was a very special time for everyone there, with many meeting God for the first time and many more re-dedicating their lives to Jesus.
• A special feature of the Methodist Church is its Covenant Service, an opportunity to re-dedicate your life to God at the start of the new year (the first Sunday in January)...
• Christmas 2002 saw the annual Children's Service on the last Sunday before Christmas, as well as our 10.30am Christmas morning service, united with Glenavy Methodist (2003 will see the service held in Glenavy)...
• We had two experimental events in November 2002 - one was a social evening of games and food called "Craig-more Craic", the other a relaxed Sunday evening service in a cafe setting - "Cafe Rock"...
• The now almost-annual Youth Club Children in Need Disco took place in November 2002, raising almost £300!
• During the Autumn of 2002 the Rev. Johan du Plesis led monthly meetings with the theme, "Developing your ministry"... Also during the Autumn was Parentalk, a weekly parenting course...
• We hold annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services - in 2002 the special speaker was Rev. Gary Haire (Christian Guidelines)...
• The Power to Change media campaign took place in September/October 2002 - we held some special events, including a weekend of prayer and renewal with Brian Mills (Inter-Prayer)...
• Every youth and children's volunteer worker in our church is expected to be trained in Child Protection issues - we held a refresher course in September 2002...
• In the Summer of 2002 we went on a big bus to the Ulster American Folk Park!
• We ran a mini holiday Bible club called A Flintstone's World for children aged 4-7 in Summer 2002. Games, songs, drama, games, Bible stories and lots of fun! Click HERE for photos!
• The Youth Club goes almost every year to Castlewellan Castle for Easter Camp - have a look at the photos HERE, and if you're young enough why not come this year?

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