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…

Meet the Neighbours - TOMORROW - Saturday 20th August

19 August 2016

It's that time of the year again for Meet the Neighbours at Ballyhenry. This year's event is being held on Saturday 20th August and gets under way at 12pm and runs through until 4pm.

Over the years Meet the Neighbours has grown into a really appreciated part of our local community's diary and this year as ever we have a whole range of things lined up to keep all ages entertained.

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This Sunday - 21st August

15 August 2016

This Sunday in Ballyhenry we meet for our morning worship service at 11am. We seek to put our services together in a warm and welcoming environment, accessible for those who maybe haven't been to any church for a long time, as well as being 'home' for those who attend regularly.

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Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention

5 August 2016

The Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention is taking place this month in Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church, Bangor (19th-27th August). The convention brings together a wide range of missionary speakers from around the world and also includes a series of morning 'Bible Readings'. This event comes warmly recommended (either to attend in person or to access many of their talks on-line).

For full info visit the convention website

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This Sunday - 7th August

4 August 2016

It's Olympics time - and this Sunday we will be picking up on that theme introducing our service with words from the Apostle Paul:

‘Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Run in such a way as to get the prize.’ (1 Corinthians 9 vs 24-25)

We'll be tying this in to our Children's Talk, and alongside this we will be hearing about some upcoming outreach work being done by the band Reality.

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This Sunday - 31st July

29 July 2016

This Sunday we meet for our morning service in Ballyhenry at 11am. We have a supervised creche and our special summer children's programme entitled Streetwise. At our service we will be beginning a new short series entitled 'The Shepherd and the Sheep.' In this series we will will be looking at how this theme is developed through both Old and New Testaments and how it can enrich and deepen our understanding of what it means to know and follow Christ. This week we are looking at Psalm 23 'The Lord is my shepherd', with Niall due to give the talk.

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