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 - 15th May

13 May 2016

This Sunday morning we meet for morning worship at 11am. Our service will include the celebration of 'The Lord's Supper' (also called Communion). The service (which will be based around the theme of 'Fruitfulness') will be shared by Niall and Rev Colin Morrison. Colin is 'Moderator' of the North Belfast Presbytery and we look forward to welcoming him to Ballyhenry. Our Praise Group will be leading and as usual there will be a full children's provision and supervised creche.

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Keeping the Pace with Ballyhenry

6 May 2016

It's been a week of activity and exercise in Ballyhenry. On Monday teams from the church took part in the Belfast Marathon, with 'Cliff's Crusaders' showing the way over the 26 mile course. Then in the afternoon a range of talents (!!) took to the field in a much anticipated local derby against our friends from Glengormley Presbyterian. Geoff McSparron was an early favourite for man of the match for a spectacularly taken headed goal, however honesty prevailed with Geoff admitting that he never actually touched the ball :) The game ended in a very honourable 2-2 draw.

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Eugene Peterson, Bono and the Psalms

28 April 2016

Recently in church we have been doing a series on the life of David. David's story is told in the books of 1 & 2 Samuel. A story of complexity, a story of faith and failure. David's response to that story is found in another Bible book - the book of Psalms. The Psalms are honest, the Psalms don't pretend. The Psalms model how to make that often illusive connection between where life is at, how we are feeling and who God is.

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Thi Sunday - 1st May

28 April 2016

This Sunday we meet for our morning gathering in Ballyhenry at 11am. Lorna Morrison will be giving the main talk at the service. Lorna is a member of Ballyhenry and a full time Regional Staff Worker with IFES Ireland, working among students in the North West of the Province. Service will include supervised creche / full children's provision / teenage Bible class.

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This Sunday - 24th April

22 April 2016

This Sunday we meet in Ballyhenry at 11am and 7pm. Our 11am service is our annual PW Service. PW stands for 'Presbyterian Women' and ladies from our PW group will be involved in leading the service. Our guest speaker is Mrs Evelyn Hamilton. As usual we have a supervised creche and full children's provision during the service. Our Praise Group will also be involved in leading the service.

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