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Summer 2019
                                                                    At the end of March, we will have a
               Youth Mission Team                                   residential weekend away together to
               to South Africa                                      help us consolidate team relationships
                                                                    and to give us more time to read the
               (Exodus Team 25)                                     Bible and pray together. As a team, we
                                                                    will also be doing an act of kindness
                                                                    by serving the church in a local project
                We are delighted to be leading this                 here in Ballymena.
                year’s High Kirk Exodus summer
                mission team to South Africa from                   At High Kirk, we are planning to hold
                17 July to 1 August!                                a few fundraising events over the next
                                                                    few months for the South Africa team
                Eve Patterson, Rachel McCartney, Amy                and for other young people from High
                Turner, Jonny Hunter, Craig McClintock,             Kirk who are taking part in a summer
                Sam Hill, Jonny Cochrane, Jack Spence,              missions project. Your support for all
                Adam Paul, Ben McKane and Joseph                    of our young people is greatly
                Mawhinney have all signed up to take                appreciated. If you want to donate to
                their faith to a completely new level as            our Exodus Team 25, go to
                they use their head, heart and hands in             www.exodusonline.org.uk/high-
                a foreign mission context.                          kirk2019/

                The team will be serving with “Out                  Please pray:
                of Africa Missions” in George, a city
                situated halfway between Cape Town                  1. For the Exodus team as we meet
                and Port Elizabeth on the Garden Route              each week to study God’s Word
                in South Africa. The team will have                 together that we will grow closer to
                the opportunity to work with children,              God and to one another.
                young people and the host organisation
                in various ways to include running                  2. For good team relationships and
                Holiday Bible clubs, building                       that team members’ witness will
                relationships, doing outreach,                      reflect Jesus Christ in everything they
                carrying out small DIY projects                     do.
                and leading local church services.
                                                                    3. That we will all be protected
                In preparation for the mission                      spiritually and physically as we carry
                placement, the young people meet                    out preparation for the work we will
                weekly at our house to learn more                   do in South Africa.
                about growing as disciples of Jesus.
                We are working through the Exodus                   If you would like more information
                course “Ex-press” which seeks to                    about this team, please feel free to
                empower young people to minister                    ask us.
                through publicly expressing their
                private faith to those around them.                 Stuart & Stephanie Beattie
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