Portadown has long been one of Elim's finest churches. Edwin Michael (pictured here with his wife Margaret, daughter Laura and son Ryan) leads a great ministry team. Around 600 people were present for the morning service. It is a church bursting at the seams. A major feature on Portadown will appear in a forthcoming issue of Direction. On Saturday, shortly after flying in, I visited the Y Zone drop-in centre in the town. It is not unusual for a church to cater for young people who are vulnerable to drugs and other addictive lifestyles. What is immediately striking about this outreach is that there are no threadbare carpets or old setees. Everything is of the highest quality - top multi media, IT, internet access, big screen Xbox gaming etc. The lounge area with is sumptuous leather sofas would not look out of place in a corporate HQ. By showing respect and value to the young peopole who attend they, in turn, treat the facilities with respect. The members of Portadown Elim have invested heavily in reaching their community in a spirit of excellence.
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I want to just say congratulations to Pastor Michael. He is a great man and I pass on many congratulations from Ballymena Elim to him for being alected the role of Irish Superintendent from next year and I pray that as the rest of the year and starr of next year go by that as he takes the role of Pastor in our Church, again Ballymena Elim, that it will bless him. He has been a great blessing in my life and baptised me and 13 others on the 24th of Jan 2010. This has blessed me graetly and I hope that soon as he will be our Pastor he will know that. Thank you for posting this John
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