WE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR WORSHIP EACH SUNDAY MORNING

Services are livestreamed and also archived so they can be viewed on-demand via the Live Webcast page on this Website.

- SUNDAY SCHOOL -

OUR P1 - P7 CHILDREN'S MINISTRY JAM (Jesus and Me) MEETS DURING EACH SUNDAY SERVICE. JUNIOR BIBLE CLASS IS OPEN TO ANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN 1st - 3rd YEAR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHO LEAVE THE SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE JAM CHILDREN.

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:

1. Our Mission.
2. Directions to the church

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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE BULLETIN AND WEBSITE: All announcements that are to be included in the Bulletin and placed on the website must be with the Church Office early on Thursday mornings (by 10.00am at the latest).

POSTED ON Thursday 19th December 2024: The Bulletin for the Morning Service on Sunday 22nd December (4th Sunday in Advent) is now available on this website. This Nativity Service will be led our children and by Rev Alistair Bill. The Orders of Service for the Carols by Candelight Service on Monday 23rd and for the Christmas Morning Family Service on 25th can also now be found alongside the Bulletin.

THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FROM TUESDAY 24TH TO FRIDAY 27TH DECEMBER - REOPENING ON MONDAY 30TH JANUARY 2025.

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 Frazer 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.

JAM and BREAD and BIBLE CLASS: full details of these Sunday morning programmes for our children and young people can be found in an insert on the Bulletin page of the website.

WHAT'S ON: DECEMBER: Monday 23rd - Carols by Candlelight at 8.00pm (World Development Appeal collection); Wednesday 25th - Christmas Morning Family Service at 10.30am.

SUNDAY 5th JANUARY 2025: Morning Worship Service at 10.30am and Evening Worship Service at 7.00pm.

ANNUAL FREEWILL OFFERING ACCOUNT LETTERS FOR 2024: these will be distributed by the Elders to all members of the congregation before Christmas. Included are details of the new REPAIR FUND APPEAL. Information about this Fund can also be found under the CONTRIBUTE heading of this website.

CONGREGATIONAL BIBLE READINGS: This week Sunday 22nd December 2024: we are using some sermons from recent years and their associated readings. They may all be found at www.ballywillapci.org/sermons or in the webcast services.
1 The Baptist's cry: opportunity and mission; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:1-20; Rev Isaac Thompson; 15th Dec 2024 2 Looking back with gratitude, but moving forward with faith; Joshua 4:1-9; Rev Ivan Hunter; 8th Dec 2024 3 The miracle of the moment; Galatians 4:1-9; Rev Stuart Morrow; 1st Dec 2024 4 The Bible on Bible Sunday; 2 Timothy 3:14 to 4:8; Rev Noel McClean; 10th Dec 2023 5 Old Testament Prophets: waiting for a promise; Isaiah 40:1-11; Rev Stephen Williamson; 4th Dec 2022

Week beginning Sunday 29th December 2024 6 God in charge; Psalm 46; Rev Donald Watts; 10th Nov 2024 7 Blessings; Psalm 1; Rev Jim McCaughan; 21st Jan 2024 8 The road from Bethlehem; Matthew 2:1-12; Rev David Clarke; 31st Dec 2023 9 No mountain to climb; 2 Corinthians 8:1-12; Wesley Stewart; 15th Jan 2023 10 Jesus: patterning values; Mark 1:29-39; Rev Alistair Bill; 31st January 2021

"COME DINE WITH ME": takes place on the 3rd Sunday of each month. In January the lunch will take place on Sunday 19th January at 12.30p in the Royal Court Hotel. Everyone welcome to attend!

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.

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.

Chris Cunningham is our Youth and Family Worker and he can be contacted at [email protected] or by phone 028 7044 4841.

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.

Click here for office contact information