For a report on Tim Shaw's Medical Elective trip, click here.
Arequipa
Working with Latin Link
Mumbai 2005
Glenabbey Healthcare send a team of teachers, a pastor and healthcare professionals to Mumbai & Hubli with Acts of Mercy
Hubli 2006
Glenabbey Healthcare send a team of healthcare professionals to assist with screening pastors and families in Hubli with Acts of Mercy.
Russia
Louise Kerr Serving with Love Russia, August 2009. For more details click here.
Ibiza 2009
Christine Scott (Nurse) serving with 24/7 Prayer ministry, for more details click here.
Bulgaria
Louise Kerr (physiotherapist) serving in Sophia
God’s great goal is to bring people from all nations, languages and ethnic groups to know Him. Jesus passed on His mission to save lost people to the Church, telling them to spread the good news about Him throughout their own region and across the whole world. Mission is therefore at the core of what Church is, and Glenabbey seeks to be part of God’s mission to the world.
We engage as a church in mission beyond our immediate area in a number of ways, which are listed below.
For more information about any aspect of missions in Glenabbey please contact our Missions Team by email: missions@glenabbey.org.uk
Short Term Missions
Short Term Missions
We encourage our members to take some time to travel to other parts of the world and help with missionaries or churches in different countries. There are many organisations who make this possible and offer various opportunities for folks to serve in a range of ways. If you are thinking that 2012 might be the year you could do something please contact us at stm@glenabbey.org.uk so we can help and support you in that.
Glenabbey Healthcare - Using healthcare to love our neighbours
We challenge, encourage and support healthcare professionals both experienced and in training, to use their skills to serve God by working with established agencies on a variety of projects.
If you are interested in getting involved then please let us know by clicking on the link -contact us
Support Groups
Support Groups ensure the spiritual, physical and emotional well-being of Glenabbey Missionaries. They are the main conduit of information to and from the supported missionary.
Naomi has been a member of Glenabbey since 2001 and has followed the call of God on her life to bring His message of love and hope to vulnerable women in Chad, Central Africa.
She is working in N'Djamena the capital of Chad in partnership with AIM and Glenabbey
Naomi's support group meets on the first Tuesday of the month and it is led by Vivienne Mairs and Linda Mulholland.
John & Eleanor have been members of Glenabbey since 1995. John is the Regional Co-ordinator for OM in Northern Ireland. He meets church leaders, visits OM prayer groups, school Srcipture Unions, preaches in churches, answers questions on OM from local Christians and encourages people to get involved in missions.
John & Eleanor's support group meets on the first Tuesday of the month. The group is led by Brian Scott.
It’s out ! The fantastic new edition of Operation World is now rolling off the presses. This is the definitive prayer guide to every nation. 970 pages of information about our world and what God is doing. Cost £13 from John McIlvenna
Teenagers are now booking for TeenStreet in Offenburg Germany beginning 30 July
Go4It is now being distributed. Pray. This magazine outlines summer teams where people can serve God across the world with OM
John & Ruth have been members of Glenabbey since its formation in 1988, joining the church from the mission field in Malawi.
John is a coach/mentor to Agape Team Leaders in the Student Ministry.
Approx. 50% of his time is invested the UK – with the Birmingham, London, Oxford, Bristol & Nottingham teams.
The other 50% is invested in Europe – Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Spain.
At this season in life John is still committed to help raising up a new generation of European students who can make it possible that there is an unavoidable witness for Jesus on their campus’s.
Ruth is head of Staff Care & Leadership Development for Agape in W Europe.
This is approx. 900 staff serving in 17 different countries.
Ruth’s vision is that all staff under her care are looked after & are growing in their
In the UK Ruth also heads up new staff training.
Many say that Europe is a dark continent, where the Great Commission is least likely to be fulfilled. We are both contributing at field & support levels to see God work again in a special way here.
Mark and Nube Vogan have been members of Glenabbey since 2002 and are currently serving with OMS in Loja, Ecuador. Their main ministry is with Radio Hope. Mark administrates Radio Hop and assists in technical tasks. Nube presents the gospel through live and recorded programmes on Radio Hopes AM & FM stations reaching across Loja city and the province. Together they visit contacts, encourage pastors and train believers through short courses.
Mark & Nube's support group meets on the third Thursday of the month and is led by David Beasant.
David and Pam have been involved with Glenabbey since the church formed in 1988. They lead Agape's university work in 20 Western European countries. This includes evangelism, teaching, mentoring and planning.
David & Pam's group meet on the third Tuesday of the month and it is led by Yvonne Hutton and Gavin McQuoid.
Claire is currently on a Short Term Mission with SIM in Zambia.
From mid August 2010 Claire has taken up a teaching position in Mukinge Hill Academy in North West province for one year. Mukinge is located in a rural setting, approx. 5 Km from Kasempa and 25o Km from Solwezi, the nearest big town! The school has three teachers and is headed by Janet Parke (from UK) and currently has 69 pupils between the ages of 5 and 11 years.
BREAKING NEWS
Claire will be extending her time in Zambia for another year. Here is an excerpt from her latest prayer letter to explain.
"Since the turn of the year I have been thinking and praying about what
might lie ahead for me in 2011 and beyond. As you know from my emails
I am really enjoying my time here in Zambia and feel like God is
challenging me and stretching me through my teaching role at Mukinge
Hill Academy. Over a number of months I felt increasingly sure that
God was prompting me to stay here a wee bit longer! Various needs and
opportunities were brought to my attention and suddenly the number of
months I had left to be involved in these things seemed very short!
So last month I applied to my school in Northern Ireland for an
extenstion to my career break. I'm pleased to say that the Board of
Governors met last night and approved the extension for a further
year, once again realeasing me, God willing, to continue serving here
in Zambia."
If you would like to receive regular updates from Claire please email her on clairerobinson0@gmail.com.
Glenabbey supports the work of Release International and Open Doors. We have a support group dedicated to praying for and informing Glenabbey about the persecuted church. This group is led by Martin Spence and Mark Stevenson and meets once per quarter. Email: pc@glenabbey.org.uk for more. information
For more information about Release International, click here.
For more information about Open Doors, click here.
To find out how you can get more involved with our partnerships please email: missions@glenabbey.org.uk.
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Team
Valerie Brown
Missions team
Heather Lennox
Heather is married to Gilbert and they have four adult children and one granddaughter. She is a founder member of Glenabbey and over the years has been involved in many different areas of church life. Heather is a full-time P1 teacher in Abbots Cross Primary School, where she is also on the Board of Governors.
David is married to Vivienne and they have three adult children. Formerly in management in the IT industry, he is now on the full-time staff of Glenabbey, where his responsibilities include managing the staff, leading Missions and assisting in pastoral care.
Florence Milliken is married to Russell and has been attending Glenabbey since 2005. She works as a physiotherapist and has had the opportunity to use these skills in India, Uganda and Nigeria. Florence takes a particular interest in encouraging others to also go on short term mission trips.
