Christ Church, Kilkeel

Ken & Eva Needham

It is the aim of trans-Mission to awaken Christians everywhere to our enormous resources in the Risen Christ, while challenging all to live adventurously by being wholeheartedly abandoned to Him.

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Thomas Keown

Thomas Keown was born in Kilkeel and is the co-founder of ‘One Home Many Hopes’, a loving home for orphaned and abandoned girls in Kenya. Known in Kenya as “Mudzini Kwetu”, OHMH finds, rescues, houses, loves and educates former street children and equips them to be the future agents of change in their community. Currently they house 35 parentless girls who had spent their earliest years surviving on Mtwapa’s streets and trash piles. Today they live as one family, attend school, and care for one another. Thomas is busy as an advocate and fundraiser for OHMH as they build a new home which will house up to 60 girls.

Samantha Seed

Samantha set off for Nigeria in January 2010 and will be there for two years serving with Mission Africa. Initially she will be living in Jos, settling into a role with the Fellowship of Christian Students. Eventually she expects her work to take her north, out of the city. Samantha will be tackling the Hausa language, something for which she’d like our prayer support! This is her second spell in Nigeria having previously spent 8 months there with Mission Africa.

Robert, Sharon and Sam Heaney

The Heaneys left to join St. John’s University of Tanzania as Senior Lecturers in Theology in early January, 2010. Robert is from Annalong and the former curate of Dunboyne Union in the Meath and Kildare Diocese. Most recently, he has been doing theological research at Oxford University and helping out in local ministry. Sharon teaches at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire and is the author of ‘Contextual Theology for Latin America’ published by Paternoster Press. At St. John’s they will contribute to the ongoing expansion of BA degrees, launch a new MA and lay foundations for research degrees. At the moment they are at language school learning Kiswahili. use this link to read the Heaney blog.

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Ronnie and Maggie Briggs

Ronnie and Maggie Briggs have been involved with CMS Ireland for almost 30 years – spending more than 15 years of that time serving, with their family, in Kenya. They recently returned to Kajiado diocese, where they are playing a pivotal role in implementing the new diocesan strategy. Ronnie is responsible for much of the diocese’s ongoing development work and Maggie keeps a particular focus on income generation programmes for women. They are both passionate about helping churches and individuals in Ireland build lasting partnerships with the global church. They have facilitated hundreds of cross cultural mission opportunities for volunteers in recent years and hope to continue this during their latest term of service.

Click here to read Ronnie and Maggie’s blog on the CMSI website.