We are Ballywillan Presbyterian Church
We work to know Christ and Lovingly to make Him known.
Welcome to Ballywillan
Registered Charity in Northern Ireland (NIC 105543)
Ballywillan Presbyterian Church is a church situated just on the outskirts of Portrush in County Antrim. We have a live webcast of our service every Sunday morning as well as an archive of our past sermons. More information about the church can be found in the sections below:
The Church Office will be open on Monday to Thursday mornings each week from 9.00am to 12.30pm. Contact can be made at all times by telephone 70822612 or by e-mail to the office address: [email protected]. This website for the Church is updated on a regular basis and all immediate and important information will be detailed here.
Posted Thursday 23rdMarch 2023: The Bulletin for the Morning Service on Sunday 26th March is now available on this website. During this Service there will be a Presentation to the Community Rescue Service Team. Freewill offering envelopes should be placed in the baskets in the Link or Vestibule. Tea, coffee and biscuits are available in the Link after each Service. Every Sunday morning the Prayer Ministry Team will be available in The Fraser Room from 11.30am to 12.00 noon to pray with you in person. If you are not in church during that time you can either call or text on 07927292336.
LENT STUDIES: this year will use the NI Bible Society material "Daring to Hope", teaching us how to use the Bible's grace of lament in our journey through life. Stephen will introduce each study on Wednesday evenings (7:30pm - 9.15pm) in the Frazer room, continuing on Wednesday 29th March when the theme will be "Boldly crying out: "Help". The study will also be streamed online - please contact the Church Office to obtain the online link.
BIBLE STUDY GROUP: will meet on Monday 27th March at 10.30am in The Frazer Room to discuss the Lent study material.
YOUTH ORGANISATIONs: MTT meet on Sunday evenings at 7.30pm in the Youth Room.
LADIES FRIENDSHIP GROUP: Ladies are invited to Glenmanus R Presbyterian church for their guest evening on Thursday 6th April at 7.30pm. The speaker is Brenda Kelso and the topic is 'Trusting God in the tough times'. Please contact the Church Office to give your name as they would like to know numbers attending.
COFFEE MORNING: The 'Wednesday Coffee Morning' continues on Wednesday 29th March from 10.30am to 12 noon. Please join us if you can - you will be made very welcome. If you could help in any way with the Coffee Morning, please speak to Bill or Liz Houston.
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER TIME: this takes place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 7.30pm and all members of the Congregation are invited to attend. Meetings are held in The Frazer Room. The group will next meet on (date to be confirmed). An Elders Prayer Meeting takes place at 8.00am on the last Saturday of each month.
"COME DINE WITH ME": will take place on the 3rd Sunday of each month. The next lunch will take place on Sunday 16th April 2023 in the Royal Court Hotel.
BOWLING CLUB: meets every Wednesday evening at 7.00pm and every Friday evening at 7.30pm. New members will be made very welcome!
DAILY BREAD Bible Reading Notes - We encourage everyone to read the Bible regularly. Bible reading notes are available to help with this and these can be ordered through the Church Office.
CHALLENGE MINISTRIES NI: Container Appeal: A container will be leaving N Ireland at the end of March to go to Eswatini. If you wish to donate anything for the container please leave items at the Church on the week commencing 27th March. A leaflet detailing items required is available in the Link & Vestibule of the Church.
BALLYWILLAN YOUTH & FAMILY: for all our latest youth and family updates check out Ballywillan Youth on these links: Facebook and Instagram. On this page, you can also click on the Youth and Family button, which is on the right on a desktop and at the bottom of the page on mobile, for all relevant details.
YOUTHREACH 40th CELEBRATION: This year, we believe YouthReach is 40 years old, and so we'd love to celebrate reaching this milestone. We are hoping to produce a display with lots of different photographs from down the years, which we can show in the Link before church on the Sundays leading up to Easter. If you have any photos that you would be willing to share, please bring them into the Church Office or give them to Chris, with your names on the back of each photograph so they can be returned at the end of YouthReach. Thank you in anticipation!
Chris Cunningham is our Youth and Family Worker and he can be contacted at [email protected] or by phone 028 70444841.
MISSED A WEBCAST SERVICE? You can watch recorded Services by going to the Live Webcast page and following the instructions there.
CHURCH MISSION STATEMENT AND PLAN 2019 - 2023 - Session have updated the Church Action Plan for the next 4 years. This can be found under the title ABOUT US: WHAT WE BELIEVE.
350 Years of Ministry
The book "To lovingly make known .... Ballywillan Presbyterian Church from 1661" has been produced to celebrate 350 years of ministry in the church.
Copies to purchase are available in the Church vestibule and in the Link or by contacting the church office.
Services this week
Sunday, 2nd April 2023 Service
10:30am - Sunday Morning Service