A series of commissioning services, taking place throughout June, will complete the preparations for almost 100 CMS Ireland volunteers travelling to Africa and Europe this summer.

Over the next few months five META teams will work alongside our partners in Burundi, Kenya, Uganda and Romania; short-term volunteers will spend time in Brasov and Arua; whilst Mission Partners on home leave will be heading back to Kiwoko Hospital in Luwero.

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Roger Cooke, CMS Ireland’s Regional Mission Partner for South Asia, asks if we’re ‘ready to jump’, as he encourages us to consider our response to God’s call.

“For Moses it was a burning bush. For Samuel, a voice in the night. Isaiah saw God seated on the throne, in all his glory. And then there was Mary, by the tomb, with the Gardener…”

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Former CMS Mission Partner, Sheilagh Jebb, was recently honoured at a special event in Downpatrick.

‘Spirit of Patrick: Continuing the Legacy’ celebrated the lives of five key people in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down & Dromore and was part of Down Cathedral’s 400th Anniversary celebrations. Sheilagh and the others were chosen because, in the Spirit of St Patrick, they have served in mission over an entire lifetime.

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The team will head out to Kajiado on Sunday. Here’s a few thoughts before we go.

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After four months away from Kiwoko, Denise Wilson reflects on their time in Ireland and how their thoughts are turning to getting back to Kiwoko.

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The Kenya youth META team ‘Hakuna Matata’ were commissioned on Sunday night in Warringstown Church of Ireland.

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