Getting ready for outreach!
We've begun a small ministry which is mobile and the heart of it is to connect with people around Ireland, learn what needs there are and go serve whether we do it ourselves or connect people who we think will be a good fit - NETWORKING! So we have done four circuits of Ireland in the last few years and then lots of little trips to get to know people, play music, worship, pray and get more of God's good heart for this place.
The cafe we ran for Fiddler's Green - good fun!
Music workshop our team ran at Summer Madness Youth Festival
Special Guest: Aaron Weiss of mewithoutYou
Exploring the West...
We're so blessed to be building relationship with the Benedictine nuns at Kylemore Abbey, and had a great opportunity to do some garden work for them in exchange for an incredible place to stay for the weekend. Here's a taste of Connemara:
Beautiful Connemara, County Galway
Salmon Festival music outreach trip - Ballina, County Mayo in the west of Ireland, where Joey and our friend Nathanael's ancestors were from.
Bert and Val - great hosts to the team
Prayer in Rosserk Friary
Downpatrick Head - Ballycastle, with Sean and Nathanael...
Sometimes you can't resist the chase.
Our friend Nathanael has joined us for a few of the mobile team trips around Ireland. We've had great times together and have been a doing a lot of worship together- a great blessing!!
Ceide Fields - Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
Hedge torn out, 36 tons of soil in, let the planting begin!
Sowing and reaping...
Recording one of Joey's songs in our 'summer flat'
Cooking community meal for 30-40 people, which we have every Friday, inviting people from the area into our lives. This was almost all from the garden - A stir fry, a garden-salad and then chocolate beet-root cake!
Christy singing "Pressing On" with Liam O'Maonlai of Hothouse Flowers at The Music of Healing in An Cuan. There's a real story here! Click here for the full video!
A peaceful stroll in the land of many castles
"The Beard!"
The "Mourne Wall" - County Down where we live...
