At the start of September, a highly successful rush control demonstration was hosted by Quad X, with representatives from RSPB and DARD’s Countryside Management Unit, at Dickson Graham’s farm on the Whappstown Road outside Ballymena. Ground conditions were very wet for the 100 farmers attending but luckily there was no rain on the day!

RSPB’s Lapwing Project Officer, Lorna Whiteside, briefed the farmers on the reasons for controlling rush, and how it could be managed. Farmers were also introduced to revolutionary machinery invented by Ahoghill based company Quad X. This machinery was researched, designed, tested and manufactured by the County Antrim company to control rush on wet ground conditions.
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Staff and customers have had a huge weight lifted off their shoulders as Tesco confirmed the purchase of their Newcastle store on the Castlewellan Road, their home for the last ten years.

The purchase follows lengthy negotiations with landlord, Lidl which had previously resulted in failed attempts to extend the lease or acquire the site, putting the livelihoods of 160 Tesco employees on the line. Up until now the team in the Newcastle store were living with the knowledge that their store may be forced to close if an agreement could not be reached or an alternative site for a Tesco store could not been found.
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CUBAN PASTOR TO BE EVICTED AS NEW REPORT REVEALS SHARP RISE IN RELIGIOUS LIBERTY VIOLATIONS


Pressure on religious leaders in Cuba has increased significantly over the past year according to a new report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). Comprehensive evidence within the document details a sharp rise in religious liberty violations there. Independent church leaders from the fast growing Apostolic Movement have been particularly targeted for harassment, detentions and court summons by the Government.
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Saturday 31st October
Titanic’s Dock & Pump - House

Habitat for Humanity and Meningitis Research have joined forces to recruit 300 daredevils to take part in the first ever ‘Take a Titanic Leap’ in NI. Both charities want YOU to don your harness, enter a specially built Pod and get hoisted 100 feet into the air! You’ll then one by one jump feet first out of the Pod hurtling towards the ground, stopping just a few feet from the ground after the most amazing adrenaline rush of your life!

For more details or to register contact
Danielle Smyth at Habitat for Humanity on 90243686 ex 228 or visit the Habitat website in www.habitatni.co.uk
Or
Emma Collins at Meningitis Research on 028 9032 1283 or visit the Meningitis website on www.merningitis.org

Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship
By Tim Pettingale

By now the story is well documented, how in 1994 a little known church near the end of a runway at Pearson International Airport, Toronto, came to the world’s attention as a place where God was meeting powerfully with His people. As a result of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the members and staff of the then Toronto Airport Vineyard were thrust into a ministry that would spread around the globe and bring more than 3 million visitors through the doors of their modestly-sized church building to see what was going on.

Many who have visited Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship in the years between then and now have done so out of a desperation to see and experience a greater depth of God’s presence than they have previously known. Others have done so out of a desire simply to bask in God’s presence and have been surprised by the degree to which He has been able to minister to them when they stopped trying and just rested in His presence.
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Pontiax Blues Band Concert

Date: 03 October 2009
Starts at 19:30 sharp

Venue: Cregagh Methodist Church

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&am ... G29875b2G7

A Colombian Pastor was assassinated in his home last Sunday by three masked gunmen. Forty-one year old Rafael Velasquez, pastor of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Marañonal, died instantly.

The attack took place on the evening of September 6, after a church service in a Montelibano hamlet. The armed and masked men broke into Pastor Velasquez’s home and shot him dead in front of his wife and six young members of his church.

Paramilitary groups vying for power in the region are thought to be responsible for the pastor’s murder. At least fifteen pastors in Córdoba have come under threat over the last six months. A number have been forcibly displaced as a result of the threats against them and their families.
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by Jo Brazier

It’s difficult to imagine the British church without the songs of Matt Redman. From ‘I Will Offer Up My Life’ to ‘You Never Let Go’, his music has been shaping our worship for fifteen years. As he takes his ministry stateside with a new church plant in Atlanta, Matt talks about the Passion Movement, his new album and his desire to paint a big picture of God through his music.
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