Pictured last Friday morning are some of the 40 leaders and over 120 young people who took part in Street Reach Lisburn 08 on Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th March.
Pictured during prayers and worship on the opening morning (Thursday), are some of the over 160 young people from 31 local churches who packed First Lisburn Presbyterian Church Hall for Street Reach Lisburn 08. Pamela Woods, Jean Murray, Pauline Adair and Craig Adair about to serve up a scrumptious meal in Railway Street Presbyterian Church on Thursday night for the leaders and volunteers who took part in Street Reach Lisburn 08. Enjoying a scrumptious meal in Railway Street Presbyterian Church on Thursday night are (clockwise from left) Keith Lunn, Jill Craig, Ashley Parkes, Ian Robinson, Ashlea Thompson, Lynette Guiney, Sam Clarke, Jonny McGeown and Matt Craig. Enjoying a scrumptious meal in Railway Street Presbyterian Church on Thursday night are (clockwise from left) Louise Reid, Nicola Reid, Natalie Baird, Ashton Williamson, Alannah Vient, Sarah Faulkner, Alison Hallett and Edward Logan. Leaders Laura Kelly, Ruth Calbert, Jill Craig, Matt Craig, Deepak Samson, Johnny Wales, Ben Searle-Barnes, Keith Lunn and Chris Weir pictured with the Mayor, Councillor James Tinsley and the ‘Lisburn City Centre’ team of Street Reach Lisburn 08 volunteers. Leaders Grace McCann, Sam Clarke, Ashley Parkes, David Bell, Roy Graham and Judith Lindsay pictured with the Mayor, Councillor James Tinsley and the ‘Knockmore and Tonagh’ team of Street Reach Lisburn 08 volunteers. Leaders Ruth Miskelly, Mark Snowden, Dave Parkinson, Stephen Jones, Zara Wortley, Patricia Mullin and Billy Kirkwood pictured with the ‘Hillhall and Low Road’ team of Street Reach Lisburn 08 volunteers. Leaders Johnny Davis, Michael Hunter, Lyndsay Auld, Ben Steen, Stephen Aulds, David McKechnie and Hannah Jess pictured with the ‘Ballymacash’ team of Street Reach Lisburn 08 volunteers. Leaders James McCarthy, Alastair Lennon, John Blair, Mark Goody, Gillian Walker and Mandy Mullin pictured with the ‘Lambeg’ team of Street Reach Lisburn 08 volunteers. L to R: Laura Kelly, Ben Searle-Barnes and Johnny Wales (front) and Graham Walker, Rosie Erwin and Joanne Hill (back) are pictured in Bow Street on Thursday morning as they offer tea/coffee to June Nettleship, Councillor James Tinsley (Lisburn Mayor) and Alderman Edwin Poots MLA (Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure); and also offer free balloons to June’s colourful daughters Lucy (left at front) and Rachel (right).
Some of the City Centre team pictured on Friday afternoon after entertaining residents of the El Shammah Residential Home, Lisburn with a selection of well-known items of praise. L to R: (front) Holly Wales, Pearl Christy, Holly Pedlow, Miriam Fleming and Ian Robinson. (back row) Marion Davis (Assistant Manager), Stanley Aiken, Jill Craig, Margaret Davis (Manager), Joanne Hill, Simon Watt and Edward Logan.
Stephen Jones welcomes the Mayor, Councillor James Tinsley who called in with the leaders and volunteers of Street Reach Lisburn 08 on the opening morning (Thursday) to see at first hand the work being done by them as they demonstrate a practical display of Christian love throughout our City. Guitarists Dave Watt and Stephen Woods pictured in Lisburn City Centre last Saturday afternoon with some of the young people from Street Reach as they led the singing of ‘I want to see Jesus lifted high’. Zara Wortley (centre in back row) and a Street Reach team from Lisburn Cathedral pictured at the BBQ at Railway Street Presbyterian Church last Saturday night. The Street Reach BBQ at Railway Street Presbyterian Church last Saturday night.
Pictured last Friday morning are some of the 40 leaders and over 120 young people who took part in Street Reach Lisburn 08 on Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th March.
Over 160 young people from 31 local churches took part in Street
Reach Lisburn 08 on Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th March. Each
morning they met at First Lisburn Presbyterian Church for
prayer, worship and teaching before dividing into five teams for
community work in Knockmore and Tonagh; Hillhall and Low Road;
Lambeg; Ballymacash and Lisburn City Centre. Organised by
Lisburn’s Christian youth leaders, they were involved in
painting fences, tidying gardens, litter picking, graffiti
removal and all the usual Street Reach activities including
street parties, children’s clubs, games and creative arts.
Some of the City Centre team offered free tea/coffee and
balloons to shoppers in Bow Street; some did face fainting etc
in Bow Street Mall; and some visited Residential Homes
entertaining residents to a selection of well-known items of
praise.
The Mayor, Councillor James Tinsley called in with the leaders
and volunteers last Thursday morning to see at first hand the
work being done by them as they demonstrated a practical display
of Christian love throughout our City.
The 31 churches represented were: First Lisburn, Railway Street,
Kilmakee, Carryduff, Harmony Hill and Elmwood Presbyterian
churches; Balliemills Reformed Presbyterian Church; Lisburn
Cathedral, St Paul’s, Derryvolgie, Moira and Glenavy Church of
Ireland; Seymour Street, Broomhedge, Ballynahinch, Finaghy and
Glengormly Methodist; Lambeg, Carr, Ballynahinch, Finaghy and
Strandtown Baptist; Lisburn, Hillsborough and Lurgan Elim,
Lisburn Congregational; Wallace Avenue Gospel Hall; Base Youth
Club; Sanctuary; CFC Strandtown; and Church of the Epiphany
Finaghy.
After a hard day’s work they met in Railway Street Presbyterian
Church at about 5.00pm for a scrumptious meal prepared by a team
from Railway Street on Thursday night and a team from Lisburn
Elim on Friday night. Led by guitarists Dave Watt and Stephen
Woods, some of the young people entertained shoppers in Lisburn
City Centre on Saturday afternoon. A barbeque and concert in
Railway Street Presbyterian Church on Saturday evening (6.00pm
to 8.00pm) was followed by a Street Reach Celebration in
Brownlee Primary School with Focus 24, bringing to a conclusion
a great week of Christian outreach.
The organisers wish to thank all of the local churches for their
support and to the many people who generously donated goods and
money to the project. They also extend a special thanks to
Lisburn City Council, Lisburn Community Safety Partnership and
to the local businesses who supported Street Reach, including
B&Q and Smyth Patterson Ltd.
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