Diocese of Cork, Cloyne & Ross

My name is Sarah Louise and I’m delighted to be part of this year's Pioneer Ministry training group.  
I’m based in Carrigrohane Union of Parishes in Cork. I’m currently working as the Pioneer Evangelist / Youth worker for the parish and in partnership with Church Army. I have been so blessed by the calling to this work. It is a joy to see all that God is doing in and through the young people we engage with, but it has also opened my eyes in a new way to the deep longing in the hearts of so many for a place of welcome and belonging that can only be satisfied in Jesus.  
I applied to Pioneer Ministry out of a calling to be part of what God is doing across this island here and now.  He is moving and working and as a church we are called, as John McGinley puts it, to “raise the sails and catch the wind of heaven when it blows.”   
I’m excited to see how Pioneer Ministry will energise and equip the Church of Ireland to reach out in love in new ways, not just opening our doors to those who don’t know Jesus but going out into the community and creatively sharing the good news of the hope which Jesus brings through words and actions.

While in many ways there is a deep sense of ‘unknown’ looking forward, I know God goes before us and I’m honoured to get to be part of the journey.