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Those were the days!

27/4/2016

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Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church Sunday School
Fashions come and go but Sunday School continues each Sunday
I'm not sure if everyone will appreciate this or not - particularly if you were a Sunday School member in these photos! The caption reads, "Pupils of Dromore N.S. Church S.S., who shared in the honour brought to their school in the winning of a shield".

The exact year is missing from these newspaper cuttings but suffice to say, it wasn't yesterday!

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On the reverse,
- Down Shoes Sports and Social Club was hosting The Hilton Showband
- St Patrick's Hall Disco had an admission fee of 50p
- Drumnavaddy Invitation HPS were advertising a cabaret with guest artists Teamwork, Gene Fitzpatrick, Jean Chambers and D. Hamilton. Tickets? £1
Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church Sunday School
Sunday School members from a little while ago!
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Annual Brunch

19/4/2016

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Annual fund raising brunch at Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church Hall in aid of the Friends of the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital
Brunch in aid of Friends of the Cancer Centre
The annual fund raising lunch in aid of the Friends of the Cancer Centre was held recently and, as usual, was really well supported and a big success. Many thanks to the local team for organising and to the many local, and not so local, folk who made the journey to come to the hall to support this important and worthy charity. £1200 was raised.
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The joy of simplicity

12/4/2016

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Hedgehog photo
Hedgehog resting on meadow. Photo: www.theguardian.com
As I head out for another day of presentations I just reflected on something that happened around 9pm last night at home.

Joanne shouts, " Ivan, Ivan quick! " and I knew instinctively "our hedgehog had returned". 


The joy the two of us got from standing watching through the window at a little hedgehog eating the cat food in jelly we left out for it makes me realise - in life we complicate things. We worry and 99% of the things we worry about never happen when in reality "it's the simple things that make us happy". 

"Spike" first appeared in the middle of last summer and Joanne being the woman she is decided we need to leave it food and I'm on to Google " food for hedgehogs" and I'm away to Poundland for bags of cat food in jelly.

Spike appeared every night and a month or so later brought two "baby Spikes". 

As winter appeared they obviously hibernated in the hedges in the garden and then on the 1st of April Spike appeared again but unfortunately we had no food out. We put food out every night since but no sign of Spike and we were thinking he thought there's no food for me anymore.

The joy on our faces when he appeared last night was wonderful. 

Such a simple thing - but such great joy. Thank God for nature. 

​Just wanted to share this and hopefully make someone feel good this morning when they think of something simple that made them feel good recently.

Ivan McCombe (Ballymena)
River Lagan flows through the town park towards Dromore Viaduct
Thank God for nature. The river Lagan moves through Dromore Park towards the Viaduct
Ivan McCombe is owner/operator at Yellowtom - helping you find the local businesses you need quickly and easily - and to get their best offers! He is thankful to God for everything.

"My wife was healed from a serious cancer and a follow up blockage in her small bowel. I have come out the other side of a tough time in business by simply praying and saying, "Jesus I surrender myself to you, you take care of it".

"My little hedgehog story was just a tiny way of saying, "Isn't God good".

"I'm Church of Ireland and my wife's a Roman Catholic and we say thanks to the same God every day - and many times a day."
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Run in the rain!

12/4/2016

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This grandmother runs out in the rain. When you see why, you'll probably want to run in the rain too.
“We are reminded of the need to avoid becoming weighed down by the trivial hindrances that soak our paths on a daily basis. There are always people in worse situations with real troubles and that should put our small daily problems in to perspective. Perhaps things aren’t as bad as they first seem.” Imageynation 
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Come aboard!

10/4/2016

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Rev Wilson and the congregation proved how effective working together really is. Photo: Jane Russell
We had a practical demonstration of how a group of people can achieve amazing things together. Members of the congregation were invited to blow up balloons.

Rev Wilson's weight couldn't be supported by a single balloon but when he used a table to rest on all of our balloons, not only did they support his weight - he invited us all to join him on the table and bounce - and we survived to tell the tale!

Jesus called His disciples to be "fishers of men". It might be argued that Jesus wasn't the best judge of character, given the sort of people He chose. But He knew what He was doing.

They were ordinary people just like you and me. Crucially, the sort of individuals who could related to all sorts of different people - and bring them "on board" too. Ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Rev Wilson went on to indicate that that's where each of us comes in. The work of the church, the extension of God's kingdom, the fishing for men is too much of one person to carry the load.

Jesus doesn't ask about our backgrounds, or education, our beliefs, or anything else about us. He welcomes us just as He did the disciples. He knew that Peter, Simon, Judas and Thomas would let Him down.

He knows that we will find it difficult, at times, to be strong, and to overcome our fear at others, but encourages us, as He did them:

“Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:10, 11
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