Carnalea Methodist Church
Pat Jamison on Bangladesh 11/12/2011
 “I can’t evangelize in Bangladesh. I just try to show Jesus by what I do everyday!”
Pat Jamison, one of our Mission Partners, gave us many illustrations of how she does this in a loving and joyful way at a well-attended Mission Breakfast in the Rank Room recently. Pat is based in Jobarpar, a rural area of Bangladesh, which is twice the size of Ireland. Jabarpar is 8 hours away from the capital Dacca. Pat lives in a large compound which includes a school, St Mary’s Church of Bangladesh, a sisterhood of nuns attached to the same church, a Methodist Church and a boys’ and girls’ hostel. Pat outlined in many ways how being part of the community had meant so much to her and been a great support in her work and life. Challenging Perspectives on Palestine 01/11/2011
 During April this year I joined a pilgrimage to the Holy Land led by Rev. Andrew Kingston. There were 28 in the group from various parts of Ireland, including Pat Russell, Melanie McCloskey & myself from Carnalea. Not having been to the Middle East previously I had a variety of pre conceived ideas about what I might find.
Over the course of two weeks we travelled extensively throughout Palestine, Israel, and Jordan, visiting numerous places of interest. Many of my views were challenged including thoughts around the Palestinian- Israeli conflict. Add Comment  Mission partner, Pat Jameson, will speak about her work in Bangladesh at our mission breakfast to be held in the Rank Room at 9:30am on Saturday 26 November.
Crown Jesus Ministries 15/10/2011
 CMC and many other local churches will be involved in a Bangor wide mission for all ages in 2012 with Crown Jesus Ministries. An envisioning evening will be held at Bangor Elim on Sunday 27 November at 8:30pm. This will give a flavour of what's to come in 2012.
 The Discovery It was at Bible by the Beach Conference 2010 that I heard John and Juliet Paculabo of Kingsway Music speak about Ray of Hope Amazon.
CMC Publicity 10/09/2011
 Phase 1 of the planned leaflet distribution to homes in the area surrounding CMC was completed by the end of August. All the volunteers who helped reported a very positive and friendly response at most of the homes they called at. All enjoyed refreshments and fellowship back at the church halls after the leaflets and invitations to Back to Church Sunday were given out.
Back to Church Sunday 14/08/2011
 During the week beginning 22nd August volunteers from Carnalea Methodist Church (CMC) will be calling on homes in the area around the church and distributing a new leaflet to tell people about what CMC as a church believes and about all the events that take place there each week. They will also invite people to 'Come Back to Church' and issue invitations for 'Back to Church Sunday' on 25th September. This is a nation-wide initiative which has had a big impact in its 6 years.
Developments at Carnalea Methodist 07/06/2011
 There have been some exciting things happening in Carnalea Methodist Church (CMC) in the last few years! This article aims to give you a flavour of them.
The society has gone through the process of ‘Clearing Our Vision’, initially under the leadership of David Millen from Ecumenical Ministries and with a ‘Vision Team’ of about 8 members of the congregation and Philip Agnew the minister. At the first meeting David explained that COV was a tool to find a way from where you are now to where you believe God wants you to be. The question was: Where could we be in 5 years time with the resources God has given us? How do we get there? Very exciting! ‘May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.’ Romans 15:13 David thought nothing brings hope more than vision. When people are losing hope, what an opportunity to bring the hope of the Lord Jesus! El trabajo de Dios en Cuba 07/06/2011
 Introduction:
I wonder what you think of when you hear of Cuba? Castro, rum, old cars, sandy beaches, cigars perhaps? Certainly in March 2007 when I first heard of an opportunity to go to Cuba that is probably the general perception I had. That all quickly changed. Spending a month there in June of 2007 opened my eyes to the real Cuba, the real people of that country and what God is doing there. As a communist state, Cuba is still stuck in the 1950s, with generalised widespread poverty. This poverty is not on the scale of a remote tribe in Africa yet the destitution and lack of resources is ubiquitous. With all families subjected to a ration book for food barely enough to survive on, limited job satisfaction or income and little prospect of improvement, life in Cuba is generally quite bleak. A stark contrast to the jolly, relaxed Latin-Caribbean image presented by a propaganda driven government. Hope is something that is not viable for most Cubans, dreams are crushed at a young age and the main aspiration then becomes how to leave the country for a theoretically better life. The unfortunate thing is Cuba is a beautiful country, with beautiful people and land that if used better would be a holiday paradise. Cuba is a country defined by having two faces: the one the government wants to portray and the one that real people live in. So often we get taken in by the imagery. Exodus Mission 30/11/2010
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