11 September 2014 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland [Irish Mission Communications, BUC News] There is a sense of expectancy hanging over Dublin. After many months of preparation, pre-meetings, town centre witnessing, training and prayer, the three-week climax to the ‘Dublin: City of Hope’ programme launches on Sunday, 14 September at the downtown Ballsbridge Hotel.
Saturday afternoon, 6 September saw members addressing 1,000 personal invitations to contacts that have been built up over the past year. Evangelist Mark Finley, who arrived in Dublin on Thursday, 11 September, in preparation for the series of lectures, ‘Ancient discoveries reveal the future’ states, “We have prayed, prepared, and perspired and God will honour His word and do something special. Whatever the ultimate results it will be said of our pastors and members, ‘they did what they could…'”
Pastor Finley also prepared a short video message for the people of Dublin explaining the purpose of City of Hope.
‘What they could’ has included major pre-meetings with Pastor Finley and the team back in May, various seminars with local leadership through the summer, a special ‘Irish’ edition of Focus magazine, a series of ‘Tough Questions’ videos focused towards a Dublin audience, and most recently a Youth Impact project during the last week of August.
Standing at the entrance to Pearse Street Station in Dublin during Thursday morning rush hour, Irish Mission President, Pastor David Neal, is fairly buzzing with excitement. While handing out the Focus magazine to commuters he shared that, “This is the biggest evangelistic programme to ever happen in the Irish Mission.” With a big grin on his face he added, “Church members are united and excited. We have seen God’s guidance in the planning and now we look forward to the meetings and seeing lives being changed.”
The programme will be making an impact beyond Dublin. All lectures and Sabbath services will be live streamed via the http://cityofhope.ie/ website and relayed both to churches and small home groups across Ireland. Viewers are also welcomed from the UK and around the world. The first lecture started at 7:15 pm on Sunday, 14 September. [tedNEWS]
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