Sandyknowes Blog

Living beside the busiest roundabout in Northern Ireland gives plenty of opportunity for watching the world go by. Sandyknowes Blog is the personal blog of Niall Lockhart (minister of Ballyhenry). Pull in and have a read…

This Sunday - 6th January

3 January 2019

This Sunday we meet in Ballyhenry for our morning service at 11am. This week we welcome Steve Gaston as our guest speaker. Steve is a candidate for PCI's 'Accredited Preacher Scheme' and we look forward to what he will be sharing with us. Our morning service includes a supervised creche, full children's provision and a teenage Bible Class.

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This Sunday - 23rd December

20 December 2018

This Sunday it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

Join us in Ballyhenry at 11am for our all-age Christmas nativity.

Then at 5.30pm we have our annual Carols by Candlelight. This is a great opportunity to invite friends and neighbours as we share together the story of the first Christmas. For all the community.

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This Sunday - 16th December

14 December 2018

This Sunday we meet in Ballyhenry at 11am for our morning service.

As Christmas approaches we will be taking time to think about Joseph's role in the Christmas story and what we can learn from this carpenter from Nazareth who became father to the Son of God. Our Praise Group will be leading the praise and and we will have a full children's provision / supervised creche / teenage Bible Class.

At 7pm we look forward to one of our own members sharing her story. Do be encouraged to join with us!

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This Sunday - 9th December

7 December 2018

Christmas is on the way and this week we look forward to meeting in Ballyhenry at 11am and 5.30pm.

Ricky and Marlene Ferguson will be speaking at our morning service, sharing with us the latest news on their work with Wycliffe Bible Translators. It is always good to hear from Ricky and Marlene and we really look forward to listening to them. Our morning service includes a supervised creche and ful children's provision / teenage Bible Class.

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This Sunday - 2nd December

29 November 2018

This Sunday sees us step into December here in Ballyhenry. This week we welcome Steve Gaston who will be leading our service. Steve is a candidate on the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's 'Accredited Preacher' course. We have already heard from Steve this term and look forward to him speaking on Sunday when his topic will be 'Jesus the Firstborn over all Creation'. This title comes from Colossians 1 vs 15 and sits well in that this Sunday is also the 'first Sunday in Advent' when as a congregation we start to look forward to Christmas.

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