Childlike Humility
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Childlike Humility

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...

Something Sparkly This Way Comes
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Something Sparkly This Way Comes

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...

Little Moments, High Calling
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Little Moments, High Calling

“It was a wintry Tuesday night. I was counselling all day and had taught for three hours in the evening. I was driving home about ten o’clock, dreaming about an hour or so of relaxation before I hit the bed. I silently hoped that for some inexplicable reason, the whole family had gone to sleep...

Fit4Life
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Fit4Life

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 2013
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Focusfest 2013

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...

Thursday Fellowship
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Thursday Fellowship

On Thursday 11th April we celebrated our 20th Birthday! It was 20 years ago that we first met, when a gap was identified in the church programme by the late Mrs June McAllister. Thursday Fellowship was started to provide a monthly meeting for more “senior” folk to come along together for a programme followed by lunch. The concept was...

Football Fun Week 2013
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Football Fun Week 2013

The Football Fun Week will take place between 17th – 21st June at Ballee Playing Fields from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Due to high demand, we cannot accept any more registrations.

Boys’ Brigade Climb Slemish
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Boys’ Brigade Climb Slemish

On Saturday 20th April Ballymena Battalion Boys’ Brigade met to celebrate 125 years of Boys’ Brigade in Ireland. Approximately 100 boys and officers from the Battalion climbed Slemish and enjoyed a BBQ in the car park afterwards. 

E3 update (SUNI Schools)
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E3 update (SUNI Schools)

Amazing Jesus and Life of Jesus lessons… As well as the usual assemblies and SU group visits during this term we will be delivering the ‘Amazing Jesus’ lessons with teams of volunteers in 5 schools; Ballykeel PS, Portglenone PS, Longstone PS, Carniny PS and Knockahollet PS. We are also taking the Life of Jesus lessons...

Christian Vision for Men
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Christian Vision for Men

CVM … connecting men to Jesus and the church to men. CVM is thrilled and delighted to announce a new partnership with Ulster Rugby working with their team in Northern Ireland to win men to Jesus. Last year’s Heineken Cup finalists and current leaders of the RaboDirect PRO12 League are in phenomenal form, with several...