Ballymena Gospel Hall (Cambridge Avenue) – Gospel Meetings continue in a portable hall on a site in Galgorm (kindly granted) adjacent to Wrightbus. J Rogers and M Radcliffe are responsible.
Ballycastle Gospel Hall – 19 – 23 September - good numbers attended the special meetings with G Woods and the ministry on ‘Bible Words’ was enjoyed.
Ballintoy Gospel Hall – N Mellish had a week of interesting ministry meetings on ‘The Seven Dispensations of Scripture’ 12th – 16th September with good interest.
Clonkeen Gospel Hall – K Totten had ministry 3rd and 4th October and D Alves has a ministry report 17th and 18th October.
Clonkeen Gospel Hall – (Randalstown Hall) K Totten spoke at the monthly Gospel Meeting 5th October.
Kells Gospel Hall – Ministry with J Allen 19-23rd September on ‘Christ in the Hebrew Letter’ ‘was very much appreciated.
Lisburn (Plantation) – B Currie and D McAllister continue in the gospel. Prayer and support appreciated.
Co Antrim (Forthcoming)
Ahoghill Gospel Hall - Annual Conference commencing November 5th at 1.00pm. J Grant, M Radcliffe, R Thomson, P McCauley. R Thomson ministry Lord’s Day at 4.00pm; J Grant continues in ministry Monday to Friday at 8.00pm.
Ballymena Gospel Hall (Cambridge Avenue) – Saturday Night Fellowship continues:-
Nov 5 J Grant
Nov 12 ) P Coulson – ‘led - clearly led’
Nov 19 ) “ “ “
Nov 26 ) “ “ “
Dec 3 J Hay ‘Will the rapture of the Church precede the Great Tribulation?
Dec 10 Question Night – T Meekin and R McKeown.
Dec 31 Last Meeting of the Year (11 pm) D Gilliland
Ballymena (Cambridge Avenue) - R Plant expected (DV) for children’s meetings week commencing 23 January.
Ballymagarrick Saturday Night Ministry Meetings at 8pm
5 November – David Alves (Mexico)
3 December – Tom Meekin
7 January 2012 – Andrew DeVille
4 February 2012 Stanley Wells (USA)
3 March – Stephen Grant and continuing Monday 5th – Friday 9th at 8pm
Ballymena (Harrville) – D Gilliland expected for ministry (DV) week commencing 16 January.
Ballyvaddy Gospel Hall – J Hay expected on Lord’s Day 4 December (DV) (Gospel) and continuing in ministry 5th – 8th. All welcome.
Clonkeen Assembly ( Randalstown Hall) Monday 14th – Friday 18th November, R Plant is expected for a week of children’s meetings.
Co Armagh (Report)
Drumacanver – The assembly has been greatly encouraged by the large number of local people who attended three weeks of Gospel Meetings in a modern barn in Milford, two miles from Armagh. The gospel was preached by M Campbell and C Law. The believers were greatly encouraged by seeing blessing in salvation.
Armagh Gospel Hall -The assembly held open air meetings from June to September all around the city with many thousands of homes visited and tracts distributed.
Markethill Gospel Hall – J Wishart and Pickering are now in their third week of Gospel Meetings. Many invitations were given out with a few responses.
Armagh Gospel Hall - Saturday Night Ministry Meetings at 8pm:-
Nov 5 – S Gilfillan and D Armstrong
Nov 12 S McBride
Nov 19 M Radcliffe
Nov 26 B Currie
Dec 3 G Woods and U Ushher (Venezuela)
Dec 10 J Baker (Scotland)
Co Longford (Forthcoming)
Longford Gospel Hall – J Rogers hopes to have a short spell of Gospel Meetings in this hall towards the end of November.
Erryroe Gospel Hall – T Meekin and J Preston hope to start a gospel effort around the end of October.
Monaghan Gospel Hall - Gospel Meetings have commenced just outside the town in a community centre. Speakers S Patterson and T McKinley.
Enniskillen – The saints are looking forward to having two weeks of Gospel Meetings early in November, with brother David McGarvey. Please pray for this needy county.
Co Tyrone (Report)
Martray – Gospel Meetings in a portable hall in this area concluded at the end of September. The meetings were reasonably well received by the local people who did attend - a number of them in a consistent manner. Speakers were S Nelson and N Fleck.
Omagh Gospel Hall – Gospel Meetings in connection with this assembly will commence in a portable hall mid October in the Derry Road area of the town. Speakers D Gilliland and S Gilfillan. Prayer requested.
Omagh Gospel Hall - 5 November Annual Conference commencing at 2pm. Missionary Report Meeting at 6pm.
Kingsmills Gospel Hall – November 26th Ministry Meeting at 8pm with A Colgan.
Lungs Gospel Hall – This rural assembly held their annual conference on Saturday 1 October. Featured speakers were J Fleck, R McKeown, J Palmer and B Currie.
Belfast (Report)
Glengormley Gospel Hall - P McCaulay and P McClarty finished four weeks of Gospel Meetings at the beginning of October. The assembly was much encouraged by the clear and faithful preaching of the word. A good many people heard the gospel over the weeks, many brought by the Christians, both families and friends. In spite of several thousand invitations and tracts distributed locally, direct response to these was small but some came. One man professed who had been long prayed for and attended many meetings. We rejoiced at this news and also at the good seed sown, praying that a day of reaping may yet come.
Belfast (Forthcoming)
Bloomfield Gospel Hall – Ministry Meetings 22 – 24 November with T Meekin.
Glengormley Gospel Hall – P Coulson expected for one week of ministry commencing 13 November.
Co Londonderry and Co Donegal (Report)
Limavady - S Gilfillan and A Steele have concluded six weeks of gospel meetings in a portable hall (end September). The meetings were well attended, the saints were encouraged and there was blessing in salvation.
Moneydig - J Martin and W Martin had six weeks of gospel meetings in a portable hall in the townland of Aghadowey. Every home, over a wide area, was visited twice with invitations and gospel literature, but the response was disappointing with only a few from the neighbourhood coming into the hall.
However, the meetings proved very worthwhile in that an encouraging number of the believers’ young people trusted Christ as their personal Saviour.
Portstewart - R Plant had two weeks of children’s meetings with an attendance of between forty and fifty each night. There were some who attended for the first time, which was a direct result of his work in the local schools. The meetings concluded with a well attended family service.
Co Down (Report)
Ballymagarrick and Newry – Both assemblies had a week of excellent children’s meetings conducted by G Patterson.
Kilkeel – On each Friday evening in September, a Gospel Meeting conducted by K Newell and T Wright was held in Kilbroney Lecture Hall Rostrevor with very good local interest.
Ardmore – The annual conference was held on 24 September with encouraging ministry from S Grant, T Wallace and J Rogers.
Ebeneezer Bangor – The assembly enjoyed a very profitable week of ministry with S Harper on the subject of ‘Joy in Christ from the Epistle to the Philippians.’
Central Hall Bangor – J Allen conducted a very instructive and well attended week of ministry on the subject ‘A world in crisis – the signs of the times’
Ebeneezer Portavogie – The annual conference was well attended with helpful ministry from P McClarty, J Hay, A Colgan and W Martin.
New Road Portavogie - Gospel Meetings conducted by W Boyd and J Bingham are being held in a portable hall, Main Road, Portavogie with very encouraging local interest.
Reports
The beleivers here held their centenary conference in late 2011 with John Riddle and David West. David West remained for 2 nights' ministry. The assembly also marked 100yrs in its present building with a series of six powerful gospel meetings with Ian Jackson, including also the 400th centenary of the KJV as a feature of the week. Good numbers of young people, parents and other friends and contacts came out, many of whom had never been in the Hall before. The local mayor and his wife attended one evening and listened very respectably. The assembly was greatly encouraged by the interest shown.
Brother John Frost writes: Prior to Christmas various activities took place and we were encouraged by the response that we saw. The Carol Service on Christmas Eve and the Christmas Dinner for the homeless gave wonderful opportunities for presenting the gospel to very many unsaved. A number of them were in the hall for the first time and there was excellent attention and interest by all who were present. During the early days of the New Year we have been distributing gospel calendars in English and various languages and these too have been well received. Other works recommencing in January are the "Free Breakfast" on Tuesdays the "DropIn" on Thursdays and the "English Class" on Wednesdays. Pray that this year many will be saved.
Here are some excerpts from Michael Cordiners recent newsletter. The Drop In work at the office continues to be open for a couple of hours each day. This has worked well as a place to follow up with contacts made at the soup kitchen and to hold small bible studies. Schools work has been good for getting access to share a little about the work in which we are involved. At one primary school in Broughty Ferry it was a joy to be able to tell a good few hundred pupils that God is able to save anyone. Continue to pray for the work done through the Jiffy Truck. We have had some wonderful conversations over the past year and many have opened up and seem that step closer to salvation. Pray also for those who have been through rehab centres in an effort to come off drugs. "Dan Mac and Andy" who have all trusted Christ as saviour need to be remembered with others like them, as they move on to a new phase in their lives away from the relative security of a rehab centre.
Jack Hay has been encouraged in his own area with attendances at anything special that was arranged over the Christmas period. Invitations were distributed round Comrie to hear the gospel on Christmas Eve and the response was gratifying. Particularly encouraging was the presence of the mother and father of a brother in the Lord. This was the only time they had come to anything except when they attended their son's baptism quite a number of years ago. Similarly when preaching the Gospel in Perth on Christmas day it was again encouraging to see the mother of a young sister present. She had never been in the hall before. Pray for their salvation.
The Culloden Assembly held a weekend of special meetings in November on the subject of the Bible, taking advantage of the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. Tom Wilson was the speaker, and the assembly was encouraged to see excellent attendance at all the meetings and several unconverted present over the weekend. The subject was of interest to believers from other places, and a number spoke of being blessed. We continue to pray that the Lord will use the Word presented to awaken and save
Meeting at Christmastime.
Nitish Patel reports; After seeing a few Hindu men saved, we were praying that the Lord would save some ladies too. The Lord answered that prayer and sent a Hindu lady to us in October. Her name is Bena and she told us that she started reading the Bible in 2006 after glancing over to see a Bible someone was reading on the bus next to her. She bought a Bible for herself and had been looking for a Bible study. The Lord led her to Wembley Gospel Hall and she has been regularly attending our Monday meeting. She was in tears when she told us of the joy she had within, at finding a place where she can have her questions answered. She told us that she had stopped worshipping idols after she read the book of Judges and saw it was wrong. She is very close to the kingdom of God and we value prayer that she will be saved soon. Recently a young Gujarati lady named Anu joined the Bible class. She is from India and seeking the Lord. We pray that she will continue to attend and find salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jim McMaster reports that they have seen a steady stream of people from the soup kitchen work, come into the gospel hall to hear the gospel preached. Several are showing a deepening concern for their soul and one man who is blinded by modern philosophy has been earnestly seeking the truth. 2011 has seen 10 of those who regularly attended, losing their lives as a result of addiction or violence on the street! The Good News van continues to be the focus of the work and is recognized all over the city. The Jail work goes on with visitation to the cells on the wings and the Bible Class continues to give encouragement. An urgent need for prayer would be the appointment of a new chaplain. Please pray that he will be sympathetic to the gospel and that this needy work will not be hindered.
Here is a recent summary from Wesley Downs year end report.
Graeme Patterson was with the assembly here for a week’s children’s meetings in the hall. The number of children present was in the mid 20’s each evening with a couple of parents also coming in. Also during the week Graeme went into local schools to take assemblies and spoke to just under 1000 children, each receiving a gospel calendar. It was good to see the continued interest of the children in attending the meetings and of the schools to give access for assemblies.
The assembly put on a Bible Exhibition in October. It was advertised to commemorate 400 years of the KJV Bible. Around 50 adults and 300 school children came. Stephen Baker was with the assembly all week, and stayed for a second week during which children's meetings were held with up to 30 children coming daily, including some new ones.
The assembly at Auchinleck was greatly encouraged during nine weeks of gospel meetings with Ian Robertson. Many local people attended the meetings and some professed salvation. They also had the joy of four people being baptized on the last Friday of the year when good numbers from the district also attended the meeting.
Gospel Meetings in Buckie (October/November) with Joe Baxter and Martin Hunter.
Two weeks of gospel meetings in Clifton Gospel Hall, South Norwood saw good numbers of folk brought under the sound of the gospel. Night by night Jonathan Black faithfully preached the message of salvation.
Two weeks of tent meetings in Bicester during August with Terry Topley and Dan Gillies saw a good interest from the locality. Over 70 adults and children filled the tent on the last evening of the first week, and numerous new contacts have been integrated into the regular weekly meetings since then. In Wallingford during October a week of the Bible Exhibition was followed by a week of children’s meetings with Stephen Baker.
J Rogers concluded gospel meetings on 8 September. Local believers covered a large area around the hall prior to the commencement of the meetings with approximately 4500 homes being visited. Some came and heard the Gospel. Opportunity arose which enabled the privilege of presenting the gospel in many homes. Quite a few new contacts were made which the local saints will follow up with a view to having them attend their weekly gospel meeting. God was pleased to bless in salvation. Neighbouring assemblies gave great support which was very much appreciated.
Reports and forthcoming meetings in N.I. as at the beginning of October.
David Morgan has had a number of gospel tent campaigns over the summer. Although the numbers have been small the gospel has been faithfully preached. At Aberystwith about 12 souls came in but no real interest was seen which was disappointing for the little assembly. Although few in number they have a great interest in the district which they regularly visit with tracts and they have a great desire to maintain the principles of gathering. David found it a real joy to be among them to encourage their faithfulness. Four days were spent as well standing outside the Royal Welsh Show at Builth Wells. In previous years as many as 40,000 people passed by but with coach transportation from the car park into the show, this is now reduced to around 7,000. However the majority of people were still able to hear the gospel over the amplifier as they returned to their cars in the evenings.
Gospel work in Wembley.
Reaching children with the word of God in Aberdeen and Inverurie.