The SOMA mission to Northern Ireland saw all of the SOMA branches throughout the world being invited by Bishop David Mc Clay of the Diocese of Down and Dromore to come under the directorship of SOMA UK to take part in a mission throughout the Diocese. Thirty-three parishes were visited by more than sixty international …
It is wonderful to share about our mission trip to South Sudan and the impact it had on the local church and people. It is clear that the South Sudanese church leaders and the community were eagerly awaiting the message of faith, peace, reconciliation, and transformation that we brought. The obstacles we faced in organising …
Ministry with young people Working with young people is far different to what I imagined. I’ve been a Sunday School teacher since 2019 and I fell in love with it as soon as I started. Attending church every Sunday, during my mid-teens, was not my cup of tea. I found the services to be …
Reflections on Zambia Lusaka – a place, I believe, that is truly filled with God’s presence. A city that offers both beauty amongst the landscape as well as beauty within its people. Amongst the many things that our visit had to offer, there were two significant aspects that scored a mark on my heart …
Reflections on mission to Diocese of Lusaka That great and wonderful hymn ‘Be thou my vision, O lord of my heart’ by Mary Byrne were my soul words in my experience with the South African SOMA mission to the Diocese of Lusaka right from our arrival on Saturday being met by a number of the …
“‘Glory to God,’ I say again, ‘All the glory to God!’” calls out the Dean of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, Charley Thomas. It was a poignant moment following a spontaneous silence of reflection on the life of the late Bishop David Njovu, who passed away in April this year. His absence …
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest,” Matthew 9:37b-38 (ESV). Jesus saying that the harvest is plentiful, but that the laborers are few, is filled with urgency, perhaps even desperation. It is an emotive imagery employed that …