Missionary Support

Trinity has always been deeply involved in mission work. From early times, when one of its members, Dr Hanna, went to India and served there, to the present day, when Norman and Ruth Geary and their family are serving in Eastern Asia, Trinity has supported their missionaries in prayer and finance.

At present we are also supporting Paula Hamilton in America and Lydia Kirwan, with Abaana, a Northern Ireland based charity that works with deprived children in Africa.

Our mission work also takes place in the summer with our Holiday Clubs in Trinity, Bangor and also in Cork, in the Republic of Ireland where we are in partnership with Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cork and also work alongside Harry Moreland, an Irish Mission worker.

Last year we sent a team to Hungary to work with children and adults both in language teaching and in Christian work.

In October 2008, a team is going to Calcutta to work with street children, alcoholics and others with social problems.

Our organisations are all involved in mission work - the P.W.A. supports the Presbyterian missionaries in various parts of the world as does the Friendship Group. The PWA organises a collection of educational and medical supplies to be sent to Malawi as part of the ‘Boxes for Malawi’ Appeal.

At harvest time in October, we also send boxes of food to Eastern Europe through our contacts with Eurovangelism

CAMEO supports the Operation Christmas Child Appeal through the filling of shoe boxes with Christmas presents for children in Europe and Africa.

The B.B. and G.B. Companies support overseas extension work and the Junior Christian Endeavour supports the Seamen’s Christian Friendship Society in Cork, Norman and Ruth Geary, and Blythswood, another Northern Ireland based charity which supports adults and children in Romania through gift parcels of clothing and other necessities.

The Sunday Schools are involved in the Presbyterian Church Sunday School Project. This year support is going to the Presbyterian Church in Pakistan to help with training and development work there.

Our Bible Class raises funds and supports the Julia House in Romania which houses and provides for orphaned street children and those from the state orphanages.

But mission is also closer to home. We have a partnership agreement with the YMCA who use our facilities for some of their projects and we have close contact also with the Fountain Centre, a Methodist Church based drop-in centre sited in town centre Bangor.

Some of our members are involved in the Friday and Saturday evening outreach work in the clubbing areas of the town.

We have church representatives for The Leprosy Mission, Tearfund, Christian Aid, Save the Children Fund, Open Doors and Mission Aviation Fellowship. The World Development Appeal of the Presbyterian Church splits its funds between Tearfund and Christian Aid and Trinity is part of that appeal.