Four feature testimonies from Alpha Newspaper Sept - Dec 2010
Gary Flynn, 45, of Twickenham, Middlesex, runs his own scaffolding company, London Network Scaffolding. He went from drink to cocaine to cancer. Then his business began to fall apart. A friend brought him on Alpha. Here he tells the astonishing story of his life and how God has transformed it.
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Alpha Advertising Campaign Dublin 2011
There has been a really encouraging growth of Alpha Courses in Ireland to 120 Courses per year. Accordingly Alpha Ireland has decided to launch an Alpha Media Campaign initially focusing on Dublin. This campaign will then be rolled out across the country over the next two to five years. The Dublin Campaign will link in [...]
Youth Alpha in Schools
Youth Alpha has been run successfully in a number of Secondary schools in Dublin. The good news is that 6 Ministries are partnering together to promote Youth Alpha in Transition Year in Secondary/Community schools around Ireland. They are Catholic Youth Care, YWAM, Scripture Union, Youth for Christ and the Church of Ireland Dublin Youth ministry [...]
Office of Evangelisation Hosts 6 Alpha Courses
Dublin in the only one of the 26 Catholic Dioceses in Ireland that has set up an Office of Evangelisation and this office has produced a special edition of the gospel of Luke with beautiful photographs from Dublin Churches and Museums. Along with the Church of Ireland it has now distributed 250,000 copies of this [...]
National Marriage Week, Dublin March 2010
Alpha Ireland worked alongside Catholic Agency Accord, Focus on the Family, Retrouvaille and 3 other ministries in hosting a National Marriage Week in February last. President McAleese was our guest speaker and event was well attended. The founders of the Alpha Marriage and Pre Marriage Courses - Nicky and Sila Lee – were also guest [...]
Nicky Gumbel guest speaker Lunch Dublin Fri 20th March 2009
Nicky Gumbel addresses those gathered for lunch at the Davenport Hotel Dublin on Friday 20th March 2009. Over 180 people gathered at the Alpha Lunch to hear Nicky Gumbel speak.
You can watch the full video below or click here to launch it in Vimeo.
Jackie McClafferty shared her wonderful testimony at the Alpha Lunch
Jackie McClafferty, businesswoman, Dublin
Alpha Course turned my life around, says Dublin Businesswoman
Ten years ago, at the age of 57, my father suddenly died. At the time I was seven months pregnant with my second son. At four months old my baby son was rushed to hospital, very ill. His brain was bleeding rapidly and his [...]
Bear Grylls - Adventurer, Writer and Television Presenter
Bear Grylls is best known for his television series Born Survivor, currently no. 1 on Discovery Channel in US. He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, doing so at age 23, having broken his back at age 21. Bear married Shara in 2000 and together [...]