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 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.

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.

This Sunday we meet in Ballyhenry at 11am and 7pm.

Our 11am service will be led by Rev David Bruce. David will be picking up the next part of our series in John, looking at the remarkable story of a man called Lazarus (John 11:1-44). Our service will include music led by our Praise Group and a full children's provision (from creche through to teenage Bible Class).

Then at 7pm we welcome Mr Philip Houston (currently a student for the ministry) as our guest speaker. (Prayertime at 6.30pm).

This Sunday we would love you to join us in Ballyhenry for our annual 'Thinking Day' service when we gather with the girls of our Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. The service will run from 11am-12pm and in addition to the girls taking part we'll also be joined by special guest speaker Mrs Brenda Kerr. Our service includes a supervised creche.

Then at 7pm we gather for our evening service (payer time at 6.30pm) - for the second part in a series entitled 'Grace Wins' where we'll be looking at Philemon vs 8-22.

So ... what's happening this Sunday in Ballyhenry?

At 11am we meet for our morning service. Our journey through John's gospel continues with a focus on John 9:1-41. In this passage Jesus heals a man born blind and a whole rumpus kicks off as people find themselves divided over who Jesus really is. (If you're reading ahead for this Sunday read John 8:12 - 10:42 which gives the wider context for this week's material).

If you have children / teenagers with you we have a full children's provision running from supervised creche, through 'Primetime' to a teenage Bible Class.

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