Without God...

I posted at the end of July about moving into a season that will be impossible for us without God’s divine provision. We are now in that season. I’m going to give you a few details of things that MUST happen this year in order for the work to continue here in Ireland beyond 2026.

• Irish financial support for Zoe Community must grow enough to take over the operational needs of the organisation.

• Our Zoe Community team must expand with at least two more team members able to commit at least in a part-time capacity.

• Our itineration requirements must be met by July 2026. (*more info next week)

• Eden must be accepted into a secondary school for Fall 2026.

Unbelievable opportunities are coming our way, and it’s only the beginning. Our Unshamed Conference (fully booked! yay!), our annual Zoe Community volunteer interest meeting, a new one-day women’s conference in March, and our new and improved volunteer training (now available to the public) are just a few things happening soon!

I’m writing this to you, not in desperation, but because you are insiders. If you’re reading this and/or get our emails, then you most likely support us either financially or through prayer. I have zero doubt that God is going to provide. What He has begun through us, He will see through to completion. You are as much of this team as we are, and we need you.

Please consider a consistent weekly prayer time dedicated for Zoe Community, the nation of Ireland, as well as our church and family. Please consider increasing your monthly contribution. Together, as we continue to follow Jesus, we will see Him miraculous and mighty things. Thank you for walking this journey with us!

Something is Stirring

Something is stirring in Ireland. In Zoe Community we are seeing more and more broken, hurting women coming on to our live web chat to speak with volunteers. In Open Arms (our home church here), we are seeing a greater hunger for God.

This past week I (Blake) had the privilege of helping to train 14 of our worship leaders in our brand new South Dublin location. Coming out of covid our Dublin team had to be rebuild beginning with only myself and one other young worship leader. Since then we’ve seen our teams grow to now having 14 passionate worship leaders. In fact, this past weekend our South Dublin team had a powerful breakthrough. They led our congregation through a powerful service experiencing an intense presence of God in the place…and I wasn’t on stage. I helped with sound in the first service, but the second service I actually got to sit with my family! (That is very rare for me these past few years.)

This has been and always will be our vision. What we see happening in the Open Arms worship team is what we pray to see in Zoe Community. Our goal is to establish the ministry work under the Holy Spirit’s leading, then train faithful Irish leaders to whom we will pass the ministry to at the appropriate time. It’s 2 Timothy 2:2 in action.

We are honoured to be called to Ireland. We are seeing this great hunger for God impacting Zoe Community, our weekend church services and the hearts of our leaders throughout the church. God is up to something. You and we are lucky enough to be part of it! Thank you!!

Last First Day

This will be Eden’s last first day of primary school! We’ve been so grateful for Ravenswell Primary School for the care and attention they give their students. Eden (12) will be going into 6th Class and Eli (9) will be entering 3rd Class. It’s hard to believe how fast time flies.

After such a whirlwind summer (so many great memories made!), it’s nice to be back into routine today. Katy and I dropped the boys off, went to grab a peaceful coffee together, and headed into the office for some focused work with our team on the upcoming conference and Zoe Community events/projects.

We’re so excited to get into this coming season and see what God has in store. Stay tuned, because we have some very exciting updates in the coming weeks! Thanks for being on the team!