<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. On Monday 31st October I will be making my own version of the film 'run fatboy run' by taking part in the Dublin marathon. I aim to run the full distance but im sure walking and even crawling may feature.</p> <p>As a lot of you will know I am very involved in my church Bangor elim and will be running it to raise funds for our current building project. You can see details of what we do at www.bangorelim.com and www.bangorelimfamilyfoundation.com. Below is a quick history of Bangor Elim.</p> <p>Thanks for your help!!!</p> <p><span style="color: #555555; font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: initial none initial;">Bangor Elim is the fourth longest established Elim Church anywhere. The Elim Pentecostal Church is a worldwide fellowship, which incorporates a large and growing number of national Pentecostal groups around the world. There are 60 Elim congregations throughout Ireland, North and South, and over 500 throughout the UK.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: initial none initial;">The Elim church in Bangor was established in 1919 and the first minister was E.W. Hare, a former president of Cambridge University&rsquo;s Christian Union. Pastor Robert Tweed opened the purpose built church at Southwell Road on 31st January 1926 at a total cost of &pound;643. The church remained in the same building until an increase in numbers required them to move to larger premises on Bloomfield Road in 1992, (which is now where you will find Lidl).</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: initial none initial;">The Bloomfield Squash Club was bought and renovated for this purpose. The congregation numbers steadily rose at Bloomfield Road until it became necessary for us to look for new premises again. In April 2000 exactly eight years after moving into Bloomfield Road, Bangor Elim moved to it&rsquo;s current &lsquo;state of the art&rsquo; building in Balloo Crescent.</p> <h3 style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; border: initial none initial;">A &lsquo;good&rsquo; problem to have</h3> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: initial none initial;">We find ourselves 11 years on in Balloo Crescent with a continually growing congregation and the wonderful problem of needing to update and accommodate the requirements of our expanding church. In 2011 we hope to embark on a refurbishment programme that will see us increase our main auditorium seating to just fewer than 1000 seats.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>