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 weekend we remember and celebrate the events of the first Easter.

On Good Friday (14th) we meet at 8pm for a service of reflection, which will include remembering Jesus' death as we share together in bread and wine (Communion / Lord's Supper). This is always a very meaningful opportunity to gather on what is a very poignant day in the Christian calendar. 

Then on Sunday 16th (Easter Day) we gather at 11am to celebrate the empty tomb and resurrection. Our service will include children's provision and a supervised creche.

This Sunday we are delighted to be welcoming the Moderator of the General Asssembly, Rt Rev Dr Frank Sellar, to Ballyhenry.

At 11am the Moderator will be speaking on the next section of our journey through John's Gospel. Our focus verses will be John 19 verses 16-37 as we take time to explore why Jesus died and what His death means for us today. Our service will include a supervised creche and a full children's provision.

This Sunday morning we meet for morning worship in Ballyhenry at 11am. We will be looking at the next part in our series on John's Gospel - John 17 vs 1-26. In these verses we gain a unique insight into Jesus' heart for His disciples and for His Church. In our children's talk we will be focusing on the specific fact that 'Jesus prayed' seeing how that can teach and encourage us today.

Our morning service includes a supervised creche, full children's provision and teenage Bible Class. Our Praise Group will be leading the praise.

This Sunday we meet at 11am for our morning service when we will be looking at the topic 'The work of the Holy Spirit'. This takes us in to the next part of John's gospel - John 13:31 - 16:33 (with a particular focus on 15:26 - 16:15).

At 7pm we have a single talk which takes us back into the Old Testament, and the book of Joshua. Looking at Joshua 1: 5-9 we will be reflecting on the Lord's command that Joshua was to be strong and courageous as he responded to God's call upon his life.

This Sunday we meet for morning worship at 11am. We are back in John's Gospel focusing on chapter 12 verses 1-36 and particularly Jesus' much celebrated arrival into the city of Jerusalem. We'll be seeing how people's expectations of who Jesus was pointed them in a very different direction to what Jesus was actually all about. Our morning service includes a supervised creche and full children's provision. We are also looking forward to sharing in a baptism at this service.

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