Harry & Catherine Bryans are based in Belgium and are working with Action
International Ministries in French speaking Europe since 2007. Harry,
originally from N. Ireland, has been a missionary in Belgium since 1983 and
has been involved in full-time children’s ministry since 1990. Catherine
works part-time as a social worker and they have 2 children Laura (19) and
Tim (17).

Since May 2008 Harry serves as Hope for Europe Convenor of the European
Children’s Ministry Network. This is a strategic international networking
role through which he is seeking to facilitate and strengthen international
ministry relationships, partnerships and projects.

Harry also serves as a European representative of the Global Children's Forum and as Western European Facilitator for the 4/14 Window Global Initiative.

Please pray for the upcoming projects for the end of the year and early 2012:

- Mission-Net European Youth Conference 28/12 – 2/1/2012 in Erfurt, Germany: Harry will have a stand and lead a workshop at this and provide a European children's ministry resource DVD for participants.

- 16-17 January: Hope for Europe Working Group and Convenor's Round Table.

- 20-22 January: French speaking Europe Evangelists Forum in Belgium. Harry will have a stand and lead a 4/14 Strategy workshop.

- 1-3 February: European Ecumenical Mission Council in the World Council of Churches HQ in Geneva.

- 6-9 March: First 4/14 Window Convention for French speaking Africa in Burkina Faso. This is a strategic opportunity to build relationships and partnership links with our FS Europe Forum.

- 12-14 March: European Children's Ministry Congress planning meeting in Switzerland.

- 21 March: presenting the 4/14 vision and strategy to staff & students at the Continental Theological Seminary, Brussels, Belgium.

- 15-20 April: Global Children’s Forum 4.1 in Colorado Springs, USA.

- 9-10 May: Hope for Europe “State of Europe Forum” in Copenhagen. We will be presenting 4/14 and addressing children and youth issues as part of this.

- 10 May: Danish 4/14 Forum in Copenhagen.

- 14-18 May: World Prayer Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia.

- 19-24 May: European Leadership Forum in Hungary.