It was a packed company of members and adherents of Ballymena Baptist Church, who, along with many friends from all over the province, gathered for the evening service to give thanks for and celebrate the ministry of Freddie and Linda McClaughlin over nearly forty years, and also to mark the end of Freddie’s time as […]

Our own Adam McCready is the new E3 worker for the North Coast and has started a period of induction before starting full time in the area in October. Pease pray for him and the pupils and teachers he comes in contact with on a daily basis. But what is the “E3 Schools Project” anyway? […]

“Have you noticed that everything in your life wears out? The sweater that you loved so much and wore winter after winter is now stuffed in the bottom drawer of your dresser, threadbare, unused, and unwanted. The car that excited you so and that even smelled new is now just a car with scratches and […]

Our Table Quiz and Meal has now become a much anticipated annual event! It started about 7 or 8 years ago when it was used as a fund raising event for the young people’s summer teams and has gone from strength to strength. We have held them in the Sixth Form Centre at Ballymena Academy, […]

There is an area of the gym I don’t venture into all that often; the heavy weights area for the wannabe bodybuilders! Large muscle sculptured physiques covered in tattoos, lifing twice their body weight…and that’s just the females!! Don’t get me wrong, I can lift weights…I can comfortably bench press a weight that any teenage […]

Magpies. That’s what we are. We find ourselves perpetually pulled towards the shiny bright things in life. Yet, instead of collecting foil wrappers to tuck away in our nests, we’re drawn to the dazzling displays of any nearby screen. It’s understandable, perhaps. Bright spots, whether bonfires or twinkly stars in the night sky, have always […]

We invite all ladies to join us on Thursday 16th and 23rd May at 7:30pm for our Fit 4 Life programme. You can walk, join the fitness session or the craft group. We have a guest speaker each evening for a short epilogue and finish with supper. These nights are free and informal! We hope […]

Focusfest Women’s Conference was founded in 1993 and has become Northern Ireland’s largest event for Christian women, drawing women of all ages together from different denominations, backgrounds and locations. The desire of Focusfest’s heart is that it will be a tool for equipping and mobilising women of all ages to make a difference in their […]