In the Spring of 1998 a 12-week pilot youth project was set up in Kilkeel. The premises (kindly donated) were laid out in the theme of Star Trek and was called JIMS. The project offered a soft drinks bar, snack food, music, games such as darts, pool and play stations etc.
Since then, JIMS has expanded and grown into the centre that the community calls JIMS. We target youth and adults alike for various programmes. JIMS holds numerous theme events in our new end as well has hosting regular drop-in Friday and Saturday nights each weekend. Check out our programme page for further details.
Our 2nd annual table tennis competition was a success despite the absence of Paul Bronsink. It came down to the battle of the brothers on Saturday night at David and Mark Henning were playing for the honor of first place. In the end, David won the tournament…and received a great JIMS prize: a voucher to Xtravision.
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In January 2010 we introduced a group of 2nd years (all boys) to the romance academy project with 4 weeks of discussion and 1 week of film and fun. The fellas loved the sessions and seriously would be up for extending the programme.
A big thank you to the volunteers who made the project possible – you were amazing and added life to each evening!
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Saturday, the 17th January JIMS opened its doors for the first in-home social. Our own Becca Dean facilitated the evening; it was full of laughs, fellowship, and amazing moves. We learned to dance the ‘Hoedown Throwdown’ (including Timothy Johnston and Andrew Gordon), played ‘Shuffle Your Buns’ and enjoyed free pizza from RICO’S cafe.
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This month at That God Thing we’ll be taking a look at what poverty is, what the big deal is, and what we can actually do about it. Megan will be leading our evening with teaching and group discussion…as we’ll have our peer leading the praise.
We encourage 1st-3rd years to come along and learn about the Word of God and how it applies to this world-wide issue.
MARCH 2010
Hey folks! So Social Justice Month at JIMS is here and happening… Here’s the schedule of events:
Wednesday, March 10th 7.00pm: Jeremy speaking on Human Trafficking
Wednesday, March 17th 7.00pm: Ruth discussing AIDS
Saturday, March 20th 6.30pm: That God Thing: Megan talking about Poverty
Wednesday, March 24th 7.00pm: Dave leading discussion on Poverty
Saturday – Sunday, March 27th-28th: Homeless for a Night
Sunday, March 28: Souled Out
We’d like to welcome 2nd year and older to Wednesday meetings as well as proper adults. All events are FREE of charge and take place in JIMS Youth Centre. For more information contact Megan McIlveen at 07716514393 or Becca Dean at 07935982875…or come into JIMS and find out details!