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 - 2nd April

30 March 2017

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.

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This Sunday - 26th March

23 March 2017

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.

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This Sunday - 12th March

11 March 2017

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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This Sunday - 5th March

3 March 2017

This Sunday we have our annual Tearfund service and lunch. Tearfund is a long established missions partner of Ballyhenry and we always value the opportunity that this service brings to deepen that relationship. Our guest speaker will be Tim Magowan, Northern Ireland Regional Manager for Tearfund. Tim will be sharing something of the vision and work of Tearfund drawing on recent personal experiences in frontline situations of great need.

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Reasons for Hope 2017

1 March 2017

Members of Ballyhenry will be familiar with the work of Christian Unions Ireland - the student organisation which Lorna Morrison works with.

Christian Unions Ireland is hosting two internationally renowned Christian thinkers  for a 3 city tour this spring: prolific author William Lane Craig and philosopher of science John Lennox (University of Oxford). Lectures will include Q&A sessions after, open to all who want to come.

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