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your anniversary
opportunities to get involved Mission Resource Coordinator Rachel Brittain highlights the opportunities for all of us to get involved in CMS Ireland’s anniversary programme.
This is a description from the first meeting of CMS supporters in Dublin, on 22nd June 1814. Imagine if CMS Ireland advertised for a meeting in 2014 that had 22 speeches and lasted three hours, with no mention of tea, coffee or traybakes? Do you think we would manage to attract only 500 supporters? You’ll be glad to learn that our Anniversary programme offers something for everyone, whatever your attention span! As you’ll see, there’s a wide range of activities, from Advent Prayer Gatherings to marathon running, from CMS Chai Coffee mornings to our main conference and celebration event in Armagh, and much, much more.
As someone who takes an interest in our work by reading this magazine, you are very much part of CMS Ireland – this is your anniversary as much as it is mine. So, please do get involved over the next year – even if it’s just committing to one or two things from the programme. We’d especially encourage you to join us as we begin our anniversary with a special prayer focus during Advent. The enclosed booklet provides some prayers for the coming weeks, but we’d also love you to attend one of our prayer gatherings on 11th December (11.12.13) or even organise a small prayer gathering of your own.
We are looking for people who are interested in volunteering at our events throughout the year – so if you feel you have some spare time to give to supporting our work, please contact the Belfast office.