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 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.

This Sunday at 11am we host our annual 'CE Sunday'. This service gives an opportunity for the children and young people of our Junior Christian Endeavour to lead the service with Bible readings, prayers, songs and much much more. This also gives us a real opportunity to welcome friends from our local community. Whether you are always with us or thinking of visiting be assured of a warm welcome. The service will be in an 'all age' format (supervised creche will run during the service).

This Sunday morning we pick up the next part of our journey through John's Gospel. We're reading John 5:1 - 8:11 in preparation, and focusing in on chapter 5 vs 1-30 (The healing at the pool and a dispute over Jesus' authority.)

Watch out also for the Feeding of the 5000+ in our children's talk.

As usual our service contains a full children's provision, alongside a supervised creche and teenage Bible Class. 

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