Sandyknowes Blog

This Sunday is Harvest Sunday in Ballyhenry. If you live in the countryside 'Harvest' is a big thing and it makes sense to think about ploughed fields and all that they produce. However even in our urban context we believe that it is good and important to pause at this time of the year and to acknowledge that (to quote an old harvest hymn) 'all good gifts around us are sent from heaven above.' In the morning we welcome back to Ballyhenry our former Assistant, Rev Mark Dodds (who is based in Tyrone).

This Sunday is a special day in the life of Ballyhenry. Over the summer months we have been carrying out a programme of refurbishment to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of our church building in 1976. With this work now complete we gather on Sunday to give thanks for God's faithfulness over the years and to rededicate ourselves, and our facilities, to Him and His work.