The preaching of Gods word is a vital and much loved part of Summerfire and aring food together and hearing God speak right to the issues of our hearts. Looking forward to meeting you at the Summerfire Weekend 2022.
The story of Summerfire so far
"The shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous" - Psalm 118:15 God stirred our hearts and showed us his purpose for us in His mighty plan! This SummerFire Gathering with Pastor Carter and Teresa Conlon + friends was held at Betania Dublin. Friday was a special evening of worship & word night for ladies with Pastor Teresa Conlon and Saturday was a full day of teaching, preaching, worship and fellowship for all.
Prayer & Action - May 2022
What an amazing time we had at Elev8 in Ovoca Manor, Thank you Jesus! Elevate youth conference was an opportunity for youth of secondary school age to set aside distraction and encounter Jesus. God used Pastor David and Tara Ham from Soul Cry Church to bless and encourage our young people to seek God for breakthrough, vision and power. We believed God for great things and as always he delivered!
Youth weekend
Pastor Jay and Fiona Fallon are great friends of Summerfire and they brought a challenging and encouraging word to our Young adults. They reminded us that Our energy is finite but Gods grace is infinite! Jay is a gifted evangelist and was Teen Challenge executive director (UK), Fiona is currently the National Programme Director for SummerFire Ladies ministry.
February 2023
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We are so excited to announce our Cork Church Easter Youth weekend - Encounter 2023! It’s going to be a weekend in which we make space for God and to hear from Him! Make sure you get a registration form asap and sign up, spaces are limited!
March 2023
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We are currently planning more summerfire events for 2023 so keep an eye on our social media to see any updates
Coming soon
Founding pastor of Cork Church where along with his wife Kathryn, some family members and a few close friends he started the church over 20 years ago. The Lord has been faithful to bless the work and development of Cork Church into a vibrant Christ centred church; which has been built solidly on the New Covenant. Pastor Nick's heart for people has led him to help set up Global Missions Ireland.
Conference Director
Born to a Nigerian mother and Northern Irish father in Lagos, he spent his early childhood in Manchester moving to Cork in 1998. After spending 7 years serving as an evangelist/youth worker Patrick began as Youth Pastor in Cork Church in 2014. He leads our Youth and Young Adult ministries at Summerfire and coordinates our national youth work. He lives in Cork with his lovely wife Laura and his rather large sneaker collection.
Youth and Young Adults Leader
Originally from Donegal, Stephen moved to Cork in 2006 to serve as Associate Pastor. His desire is to see people come to maturity in their faith & to enjoy the fruit of a Christ centred life. In a wider context, he coordinates & leads the worship ministry at the SummerFire Conference. He is married to Wilma, has four children. He deeply values & enjoys family life.
Worship Leader
Since graduating from Teen Challenge Evangelism School in 1995 Fiona been involved in the pioneering of a local church, pioneering a residential rehab centre and served as manager of Hope House residential rehab for 9 years. Fiona is currently the National Programme Director for Summerfire Ladies ministry. She is married to Jay and has a son called Ethan.
Ladies Ministry Director
Pastor Mike and his wife Corrie have been missionaries in Ireland for over 50 years and many of the Summerfire faithful would see them as spiritual parents and even grandparents although their energy and joy would certainly challenge any young person.
Conference Founder
Gavin & Judith are cornerstones of Summerfire since its beginning and work in more ways than we can list. They are the main drivers of the team that organise, plan and run the logistics of the conference. When you come to Summerfire make sure to say hello and thank you to these wonderful people. They are known for their kindness and would love to meet you! You may even get to taste Gavin's famous cooking!!
Conference Co-ordinators
Jess is a missionary to the Irish church, originally from Missouri in the United States she travelled to Ireland on a missions trip in 2015 and felt God's call to return. She works on the Graphic design,marketing,promotion and organising of all of our events. She can be seen running around the Trabolgan site, sometimes on camera but always with a coffee in hand!!
Assistant Conference Co-ordinator
Frank is child protection officer for all our events and works with all our staff and volunteers to make sure all the children we are blessed to minister to are cared for in the best way. Frank is a deacon at Cork Church where he works with the Feed Cork program
Child Protection Officer
The preaching of Gods word is a vital and much loved part of Summerfire and aring food together and hearing God speak right to the issues of our hearts. Looking forward to meeting you at the Summerfire Weekend 2022.
Prayer simply put: is talking to God. He loves it when we draw near, to speak to Him in faith. Faith is simply believing God and in His Christ, and in all that Jesus came to teach and do. It is simply breathtaking to consider that God Almighty visits us when we pray. At Summerfire Conference prayer is the starting point of all our activities, and over the last few years the prayer meetings have grown by grace and moved to a greater depth in God. We start with a word of exhortation and then we move on to worship, after this its congregational prayer for local and national issues. Finally we gather to pray for the sick and the needy through the anointing of oil by the various Pastors in attendance who will pray in faith believing God for a breakthrough. Are you looking for a breakthrough? or just want to believe God for someone else? or dp you want to uphold those who carry a burden in this year’s conference?? Then join us , fellowship with us, but above all else let’s lift our hearts in faith to God and PRAY and we do God will heal our land.
This is a wonderful part of Summerfire that has grown to bless our Pastors and leaders. These events allow older ministers to bless younger ones and many times be ministered to themselves by seeing how God is raising up a new generation to reach this world. All pastors and leaders are encouraged to attend these events so if you are a pastor make sure you mention when booking so to be sure to reserve your tickets and be assured you will not be dissapointed. Many pastors have testified of hearing how God has helped other pastors before them and are left in no doubt that he will help them in their time of need.
This ministry is one that God has been blessing and it has grown ever year, not just in number but in God moving his hand to touch many lives. If you are a young adult coming to Summerfire this year,looking to meet some other young adults and make some new friends, don't miss these wonderful times of fellowship, from nights around a camp fire on the beach hearing powerful testamonies, to nights sharing food together and hearing God speak right to the issues of our hearts. Looking forward to meeting you at the Summerfire Weekend 2022.
There is a dynamic; Christ-centred Youth programme that runs during Summer Fire Conference, providing for the social, mental, physical and above all spiritual needs of the youth.There are ample opportunities for friendships to be formed as the broad spectrum of personalities are catered for by enthusiastic youth leaders, who are desperate to see God move in the lives of the Youth. Local, National and International speakers are lined up to speak the Word of God, and to minister into the lives of the Youth. Summerfire Conference has been a springboard for the Youth to have a fun exciting times with other Christian Youth, to develop friendships nationally and to grow in God. We are trusting God for a great time and a mighty move in our hearts.
On top of the Youth and Children’s ministries at Summerfire, we provide an age specific ministry for the 10-12 year olds. The Preteen ministry is a space where your children can have fun, engage with other christians their age from around the country. Most importantly, we have times of worship and teaching that aims to facilitate opportunities for foundational encounters with christ. We believe that this age is incredibly important in the life of a christian; so many testimonies point back to an encounter with God in their formative years and so, as a conference, we believe that it is important to provide a space for this age group. We can guarantee that after a week in preteens you will have definitely met someone new, had a heap of fun, met with God and probably been soaked!
Children are a heritage from the Lord. Children's ministry and crèche is one of the highest priorities of summerfire conference. We provide a quality crèche for all our 1-2 year olds, and dynamic children's ministries for our 3-5 and 6-12 year olds, where warm, friendly and competent workers will minister Christ's love to each child. Kids ministry will coincide with all main services and seminars
As part of Summerfire we have many social events such as talent nights, food and hangout nights with games and even some Irish dancing!!
A wonderful aspect of Summefire is the centre of Trabolgan village where many go to relax after the meetings and talk about the what God is speaking to them through the preaching. It's a great place to grab a coffee and have a chat, You are sure to make new friends or bump into old freinds here and get to talk about wonderful memories of times gone by or talk about how God is blessing you now.
Pastor Carter Conlon
Pastor Jay Fallon
Pastor Nick Cassidy
Summerfire Conference is a volunteer led initiatiive of Cork Churh (CHY): 13718 (RCN): 20043421
Starting from the position that God is Worthy of all Worship and Deserving of all praise, and understanding that we can boldly enter into His presence as Jesus has made the way for us; there is always a great sense of liberty; excitement; integrity and exuberance in the Worship at Summerfire Conference. With Musicians from all over the country and the Congregation from various corners of the World, the sound is both unique and familiar: it’s the sound of God’s people worshipping Him with all their hearts. God’s presence has been evident in the Worship for all the past conferences, and we are confident that this year will be even better than before.We encourage you to come to magnify God and as we Magnify Him with Singleness of Purpose, He will glorify Himself in our lives.