Monaghan Elim Church

05/06/2026

We're looking forward to church this Sunday morning at 11am as Mark Mulligan is our speaker.

Fully supervised creche available during the service with tea and coffee afterwards.

We'd love to see you this Sunday but if you can't make it in person you can join us online on YouTube Live and Facebook instead at 11am.

04/06/2026

It’s exam season. Preparation is over and right now young people’s emotions are running high. Take comfort from the word of God today.

Proverbs 16:3-4 - Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.
The LORD works out everything to its proper end…

The Hebrew word commit is “gālal” - meaning “roll”. In context it means to roll your burdens onto the Lord, portraying a complete dependence on God. Rolling your worries, your stress and pressures onto God and trusting in the sovereignty of Christ; His plan and purpose for your life!

Whatever you do, keep this in mind, remembering that the Lord’s burden is light and His yoke is easy. Don’t carry burdens that you were never meant to carry. God will establish your plans. Trust in God and commit your exams, and your plans into His all sufficient, omnipotent hands and He will work out everything to its proper end.

Does this mean that Christians can sit back and do nothing? Of course not. “We must maintain a delicate balance: trusting God as if everything depended on Him, while working as if everything depended on us”.

Moses trusted in the Lord when the pressure was on but he still had to stretch his hand out over the Red Sea and lead the people out of captivity.
Noah rolled his burdens onto the Lord but he worked over 50 years building the ark.
Tears were shed at the tomb of Lazarus but burdens rolled away when Jesus commanded the people to roll the stone aside and shouted “Lazarus, come out”. The people had a part to play and Lazarus had to walk out from that tomb of despair.
The early church committed everything to Jesus in prayer but they had to add steps to their prayers in order to witness the plans of the Lord established.

If we truly commit everything to the Lord, not superficially, or temporarily, or without playing our part. The weight upon our shoulders is lightened, enabling us to walk freely in the unforced rhythms of God’s grace.

Preparation is good but it’s the Lord who grants the victory over every battle that we face (Proverbs 21:31). Whatever you face today - commit everything to Jesus and remain committed to Him who has great things in store for your life!

03/06/2026

Hanna McMullan is going with Vibe to help run a youth camp in Latvia this summer and is hoping to raise money to help cover the costs for some Latvian young people to attend the camp.

As part of this, there will be a Table Quiz on 5th June at Monaghan Elim at 8pm.

Come along and enjoy some fun and fellowship and if you are able help support a great cause!

03/06/2026

Thrive Ladies are meeting again tonight at 8pm for a relaxed time of worship and prayer. We’ll have some refreshments afterwards too!

We’re meeting upstairs in the youth complex, and ladies of all ages are very welcome.

Would love to see you later!

02/06/2026

Clips from Sundays message.

“Daniel did not hide his walk with God. He was steady. And church we need believers like that again today”.

Check out the full message at the links below.



https://youtu.be/DOeqNGPvd44?si=tsV-lTy9xkASJnOK

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dz8oZzRoh/?mibextid=wwXIfr

01/06/2026

Catch-Up with Sundays message titled - “Babylon Wants You Tired”.

01/06/2026

It's the final week of "Little Wonders" Parent and Toddler group tomorrow before the summer break. We've loved meeting you all and seeing you this year and hope you all have a great summer ☀️

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow from 10am - 12noon.

28/05/2026

It's the last night of Crossroads Youth tomorrow night at 8pm!

Tomorrow is our LAST night @ youth 😭💔
But don’t be sad… it’s gonna be one to remember

Starts at 7:45pm — we’re having a BBQ, loads of fun, and maybe plan to get SOAKED. We can't wait!

And to all the 6th class students… we CANNOT wait to see you there!! 🥳

28/05/2026

Looking forward to this Sunday night 31st at 7pm we have our Sunday School prizegiving with the children taking part with stories and songs and much more !

Speaker : Emma Bloomer

Refreshments afterwards - this is always a great night and everyone is welcome 😊

28/05/2026

In the busyness of work, ministry, and life don’t forget to go home and bless your own family.
Christians are blessed by God to be a blessing to others. Leaving a trail of blessings (not destruction) wherever our feet touch the ground. But if we arrive home more often than not with nothing left in the tank to bless our own families, then we need to make changes, and quickly. Whether you’re a mother, father, son, daughter, brother or sister - you are to be a blessing to your own family.

This week’s weather has been unusually spectacular. On one of the days when I had a lot on my plate my kids asked me would I do a BBQ that evening and play with them. I thought to myself - I really don’t have the time for this today but then a verse that blessed me from the Bible that morning triggered a different response. I chose to be a blessing to my family that evening and the kids smiles and laughter proved it was the right call!
God will always be first in my life but family is something which God has entrusted to every parent and what we do in the family home can be some of the most amazing and impactful ministry we will ever do. Yet, we have to bless from a place of blessing, the source of blessing - Jesus!

There is a verse in 1 Chronicles 16 that I think most people miss. David is busy getting everything ready and organised for the ark of the covenant. Then in v43 we read this - “David turned and went home to bless his own family”.
It doesn’t say he begrudgingly turned and went home or when he was completely exhausted he decided to go home and complain about his day, shouting and moaning throughout the house. No, David chose to go home from a place of blessing (God’s presence) in order to be a blessing to those closest to him, a family entrusted to him by God.

Church doesn’t interfere with family. It’s a place where blessings are imparted into our lives and overflow out to everyone around us, including our families.

If we are blessing everyone else but not our families then we have got it wrong!

Are you leaving a trail of blessings or destruction in your home?
Are you blessing from a place of blessing?
Do you know the source of true blessings?