Serve the Lord on a mission trip to Derry Ireland!
July 2nd-14th 2015
iHeart Derry is an annual event held in Derry Ireland. Up to 100 American
youth and adults come together and do various physical, social, and spiritual
projects in the city. It lasts just over
a week. In 2015, there will be five Kids’ Week locations, playgrounds being
built, community outreach projects, street prayer, mobile medics, an extended
football tournament, and more! The event
is put on by Cornerstone Church, led by Pastor Brian Somerville. To find out more about this church, visit: www.cornerstonecity.eu
A little history
behind Derry:
Derry,
sometimes called Londonderry, is located in Northern Ireland. It is the second
largest city in Northern Ireland and claims the only remaining completely
walled city in Ireland. On October 5th,
1968, a civil rights march took place; this was the beginning of conflict that
would last for 30 years, ending on April 10, 1998, with the Good Friday
Agreement. Unionists, primarily a Protestant body of people and by far the
majority, wished to remain part of the United Kingdom. The goal of the
nationalists, an almost solely Catholic party, was to be free from British
Reign. During this period of trouble, over
3,000 people died as a result of the violence.
Years later, there is still evidence of tension between the political
parties.
iHeart
is bringing people of the community together to help dissolve tension and show
Christ’s love as the answer instead of violence.
In
2014, a team from Mount Hope Church was taken to Derry to be part of
iHeart. I was blessed to be a part of
that trip. When I heard there would not
be a group going from Mount Hope again, my dad and I decided to organize a
team. This is a chance for parents to go and serve the Lord with their
children, young people to experience Ireland, and an opportunity to work for
the Lord in a beautiful country with their parents!
I’d be happy
to talk with you about my experience there and share how the Lord worked!
Lydia Fedewa
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