FUNDING CRISIS!

Please pray for the Vine Centre especially at this time. We are having a major funding crisis which could meaning losing 3 vital positions at the Vine. This would have a devasting effect on the work that we do. Pray that we hear soon as to what our situation is going to be and that we are able to carry on helping people in this community. Thanks

Community Prayer Meeting

On the last Wednesday of every month from 1pm - 2pm a Community Prayer Meeting is held in the Vine Centre. It is an opportunity for Christians in the area to come together to pray for the work of the Vine Centre and the whole area.

Dates for the next Community Prayer meetings are

29th October 2008
26th November 2008
There will be no prayer meeting in December

If you would like information about the Community Prayer meetings contact David Surgenor (Pastrol Care Worker) on 90351020 or call into the Vine Centre at 193 Crumlin Road.

Digital Photography for the Over 50's Course

Have you got a digital camera that you are not sure how to use?

The Hammer Community Complex on Agnes Street (beside Malvern Assembly) are running a FREE digital photography class for the 50+ age starting on Thursday 23rd October 2008 from 10:45 to 12:45. The course will run for 10 weeks and Digital Camera's will be provided.

For more information you can contact Tracey or Natalie at 90332860 or call into the Hammer Complex on Agnes Street.

Meet our new American Volunteer

Greetings. My name is Joel Pier-Fitzgerald and I will be working at the VINE Centre for the next year. I will be working as a part of the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) programme which is sponsored through the Presbyterian Church USA. I am from Holland, Michigan in the United States and am very excited to be here in Northern Ireland. Holland is a small industrial city on the shores of Lake Michigan. I just graduated from Albion College in Albion Michigan with a degree in Religious Studies. As part of the YAV programme, I will be working part of the week at the Vine and the other part of the week at Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church. I will help out with a variety of activities at both sites. I look forward to living in Belfast and sharing in ministry at the VINE Centre and Cooke.

We are saying goodbye to a valuable member of staff next June here at the Vine Centre so we thought it was important to mention this now on our blog spot.

Bill Whitley - Advice Services Manager attended the Management Committee meeting on 18th September 2008 together with Mr Trevor Cummings - Director of the Vine Centre and Mr Stephen Reid - Centre Manager.

Bill Whitley announced his intention to retire from the Vine Centre in the summer of 2009 after 11 years of valuable work with the Vine. Bill will be 65 in June and feels it is now time to hang up his hat as Advice Manager.

Rev Jack Drennan chaired the Management Committe Meeting.

Has summer really ended?

Hi everyone

Summer is coming to a end! Well not sure if we could call it summer but a new term has started here at the Vine Centre. Lots of new programmes and events are going to be happening over the next few months so keep checking our blog spot so that we can keep you updated.

Goodbye from American Volunteer

Hello all-

I have had the privilege of being the American volunteer this year at The Vine Centre. As I start to pack up my bags to return home, I wanted to say farewell and thank you to all of those at The Vine that have made my experience here in N. Ireland what it has been, incredible. 

Never have I been fortunate enough to work in a place quite like The Vine Centre. The people that work at the Vine are just wonderful and their commitment to serving the community constantly inspires me. 

I will very much miss my time in Belfast, and most importantly, The Vine. I wish all of my co-workers and friends at The Vine continued success and loads of thanks for all that you have done for me this year.

Blessings and peace.

Love, 

Melissa Wheeler