Audiomission Prayer Focus September 2011

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Amy and David Roche

Amy and David are CMS mission partners working in south-west France. They planted an international church, called Riverchurch, in 2007 and their heart is to share Jesus within a deeply secularised culture. To help do so, Dave and Amy work in partnership with other local French churches and are developing strategies to help people in the community who are in need. They first came to Perpignan for a year in the late 90s and quickly realised that modern Europe was a mission field. Riverchurch aims to understand the needs of this generation. Dave and Amy’s vision is to build a community of Christians seeking intimacy with God which shapes lives. Their purpose is to make the Good News relevant, bringing hope and new life, and which expresses church in a contemporary, fresh and energetic way. Their heart is to motivate others to find their life calling and engage in God’s mission. This includes welcoming and supporting UK gap-year students who come to serve the local church. Their five children – Abbie, Beth, Grace, Zach and Levi – are all bilingual and attend local schools.

Lucy and Steve McIlhenny

Lucy and Steve are CMS SALT partners working for the Bethesda Project in Muyinga Diocese, Burundi. The Bethesda Project is part of The Kepplewray Project, Cumbria, UK and is working in partnership with the Anglican Church of Burundi. Kepplewray's vision is to bring disabled and able-bodied people together as equal partners. Steve spent much of his childhood in Nepal where his parents were missionaries. Lucy previously worked as a civilian in Avon and Somerset Constabulary but started working as an instructor at The Beacon Youth and Outdoor Activity Centre, part of Lee Abbey Community in Devon. She continued her training at Kepplewray in 2009 and has also been working as administrator and fundraiser for The Bethesda Project. Lucy has welcomed the chance to work in Burundi where her uncle and aunt, Graham and Sarah White, lived for 20 years.

Andrew Daunton-Fear

Andrew is a CMS mission partner on the staff of St Andrew’s Seminary, Quezon City, Manila, in the Philippines. The courses he teaches include church history (his specialist subject) and pastoral subjects. Born in Worcestershire, Andrew lived in South Africa and Australia with his family. He was ordained in Australia in 1970. He has worked in theological colleges and as a parish priest, as well as being a former chair of CMS South. He became a CMS mission partner in 2005. St Andrew’s is the training college for clergy of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) and some of the ordinands of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI). Andrew has also run study days on the healing ministry and Alpha courses. He married Jenny, a Filipina, in 2010.

Reflection from Jonathan Self, CMS link materials editor (Track 17) 

Published: 00:00 01 September 2011  |  895 views
Last updated: 28 September 2011
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