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Parish ofKilconriola

andBallyclug

Parish MagazineJune 2017

Northern Ireland Charity number: NIC103115

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Diocese of Connor - Parish of Kilconriola and Ballyclug

WHO’S WHO IN OUR PARISH

CLERGY

RectorThe Revd Mark McConnell

102 Galgorm Road, Ballymena (Tel 2565 2253)Mobile No 077 5954 5932

Email mmcconnell60@yahoo.co.uk

Curate Assistants The Revd Dennis Christie The Revd John McClure 127 Whitesides Road, Ballymena 69 Parkgate Road, Connor (Tel 2589 2324) Mobile No 075 0060 7448 Mobile No 078 4186 6414

Email revdennischristie@gmail.com Email mcclurejohn@hotmail.com

LAY READERMr J Perry, 261a Galgorm Road, Ballymena

YOUTH WORKERS Lucy McLaughlin Alan Ross 3 The Commons, Broughshane 70 Maine Road, Shankbridge, Ballymena Tel 2586 1524 Tel 2589 2740 Mobile 077 5995 0497 Mobile 077 5991 6755

PARISH OFFICESt Patrick’s Hall - Tel 2563 0741 E-mail - kilconriola@btconnect.com OR ballymena@connor.anglican.orgWeb Site - ballymena.connor.anglican.org and Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ballymenaparish

Open - Monday, Wednesday and Friday morningsPARISH ADMINISTRATOR: Mrs Lorraine McBride

CHURCHWARDENSSt Patrick’s Rector’s Mr Alex McNeill

People’s Miss Ruth DixonBallyclug Rector’s Mr William Burnett

People’s Mr Jackie GreerSt Columba’s Rector’s Miss Laura Doole

People’s Miss Elizabeth PeacheyGlebe Wardens Rector’s Mr Kenneth Hughes

People’s Mr Peter Chestnutt

SELECT VESTRYClergy, Church Wardens, Glebe Wardens and: Mr Alan Adair, Mrs Andrea Cotter, Mr Richard Cotter, MrBarry Duke, Mr Ronnie Fleming, Mrs Vera Greer, Mrs Elizabeth Hughes, Mrs Emma McAleese, Mr AlexMcKay, Mr Alastair Marrs, Mr Richard Todd and Mrs Helen Weir.

Honorary Secretary: Mr A Marrs 32 Granville Drive, Ballymena

Honorary Treasurer: Mr R Cotter 6 Markstown Crescent, Cullybackey

Sextons: St Patrick’s Mr John Linton St Columba’s Miss Margaret Mawhinney

Organists: St Patrick’s Mr Adrian Poston, Mr Frank Hewitt and Dr Iris Millar St Columba’s Vacant

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There’s a very famous Church in WashingtonDC where the American Presidents tend toworship. A lady phoned the minister in themiddle of the week asking if the Presidentwould be there this coming Sunday? The min-ister said, “I don’t know, but I can tell you thatwe are expecting God to be present and Henormally draws a good crowd!”

I think most of us would be a little nervous if the U.S. President poppedin to Sunday worship yet God Himself always promises to be there – andthat fact we often completely ignore.

It is very tempting to let our senses and minds drift from the reallyimportant to the really secondary. The really important of course is thepresence of our holy and loving God in word and spirit. The reallysecondary is everything else.

In Hebrews chapter 12 verses 18 andfollowing, we are presented with twovery different worship venues and experi-ences. Mount Sinai is in view and theterrifying presence of God was there forall to see! But worship for us today isdifferent but is holy ground nonetheless.So let’s try to re-kindle a correct sense ofholy expectation and awe the next timeyou are in church – who knows who might

show up, regardless, God has promised that when two or three gathertogether He will be with them.

RectoryRamblings

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PILGRIMAGE

Pilgrimage to some holy ancientsites around Ballymena hosted bythe former rector Revd Stuart Lloyd.

This will take place on Thursday22nd June meeting at St Patrick’s,Castle Street, ready to leave at 6.30pm. Bring clothes for all weathers.Some information for the mind andsome prayers for the spirit.

Watch out for booking in sheets atthe back of church early in June.

DID YOU MISS IT?

The Easter Vestry I mean, then youwill have missed my report after notquite a year in Ballymena. I won’tre-visit the report in full but, hereare a few key points.

· Our theology of the churchmust be firstly, UP to God,secondly OUT to others, thenthirdly IN to each other. Getthis theology wrong and thingswill get tricky.

· I have spent year one watchingand learning and along withtwo bishops and our two cu-rates prayerfully consideringwhat needs to change. Withthis in mind I will be sharing mythoughts so far with key lead-

ers over the summer monthsand will be planning a VisionService in the autumn to reviseplans for the future.

· We have an amazing and dedi-cated staff and team of volun-teers who keep everythinggoing. It has been a shock tothe McConnell’s to come tosuch a big and busy church.Thank you all for your timetalents and unwavering faith inour Saviour.

There was much much more on thenight – including quite a funny mo-ment when we were trying to findsome under 35’s to serve on variouscommittees. If you weren’t there –you missed it – I hope the abovegives you a flavour of the evening –maybe you might come next year!

Mark

REVD JOHN McCLURE’S LAST SUN-DAY – 11th JUNE

Do please put this date in your diary.John will be popping into all threemorning services to receive a gift, topray for us and ask us to pray forMargo and himself as they prepareto move to Muckamore Parish at theend of June.

I have enormously enjoyed workingalongside John since moving to Bal-

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lymena. He has a gift of encourage-ment, preaches from the heart andsupports the best team in the coun-try – what’s not to like! We will allmiss John very much and we prayGod’s wisdom and strength uponboth Margo and John to meet thechallenges ahead. You’ll alwaysknow a welcome in Ballymena.Please pray for us as we begin toplan for what’s next on a staffingfront.

DID YOU KNOW?

Ever heard of the Stavros Founda-tion? There are lots of differentagencies and organisations who seekto help those caught in addiction.What maybe sets Stavros apart is theway they bring Christian Faith to thecore of all their caring and counsel-ling services.

Founded in the late 1970’s by ArthurWilliams, a pastor and recoveringalcoholic. This ministry exists tobring recovery and fullness to thoseaddicted to drugs and/or drink.Their website is:- www.stavros.com.Tel No: 028 9082 5058. Tuck thisaway – you never know when itwould be useful.

FROM THE FOOD BANK - ‘A bigthank you’

Since we opened the Food Bank inBallyloughan Church we have beenprivileged to be able to feed,through Ballyloughan alone, in thefirst year 70 adults and 41 children.From October to May this year wehave been able to feed 94 adults and75 children. This is all thanks to thegenerosity of the community. Thethree churches Hillside, Bally-

loughan, and ourselves in St Colum-ba’s provide the volunteers everyThursday morning. There are atleast 4 helpers needed each week soif you would like to help let Les or Iknow.

Thank you for your continued sup-port and please don’t forget us overthe summer months both in yourprayers and with food contributions.

Les Hughes and St Clair Beatty

ADVANCE NOTICE – Antiques andCollectibles Fair

An Antiques and Collectibles Fairwill be held in St Patrick’s ChurchHall on Saturday, 23rd September2017 (10.30 am – 4.00 pm). Pro-ceeds in aid of Action Cancer andchurch funds. Further details willfollow in the July/August magazine.

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B�llyclu�Notes

It is good to welcome back William and Jackie as Rector's and People'sChurchwardens for the new church year and Vera Greer and Alan Adair asvestry persons. Nicola Burnett has been elected as synods person repre-senting under 35’s. Our thanks to Dessie Dunlop and Nicola Burnett whohave stepped down from the vestry for their work last year.

We wish Jackie and Vera our best wishes as they head off to Wales to workon a caravan site for about 4 months.

We would appreciate help with grass cutting and to tidy the churchgrounds during the summer months. So if you are free on a Thursdayevening we would be delighted to see you.

William Burnett

FREE TO BE

A group of Ladies went to the ‘Free to Be’ conference in GlenmachanChurch of God in Belfast on Thursday 18th May run by Care for theFamily. The speakerswere Cathy Madaavanand Bekah Legg andworship was lead byZara Monteith.   Thetopics covered were‘Free to be me’,  ‘Freeto be loved and tolove’, ‘Free to be real’and ‘Free to be brave’.A good night was had byall and we got somegreat resources to usewithin our church.

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MOTHERS AND TODDLERS GROUP

As another season draws to an end, we want to thank all thevolunteers who help us function from week to week. Our numberssince Christmas have been very healthy and we are delighted thatso many people continue to support our group.

Many congratulations to June on the birth of her grandson Noahat the end of April. We are sorry to say goodbye to Mary Cochraneas she moves away from Ballymena and we wish her happiness inher new home. Mary was a very valued member of our catering team andthere is now a vacancy. If anyone would like to volunteer to help us onceper month, please contact Dorothy. We can promise very good terms andconditions!

We finish on 13th June with a party where we will say goodbye to theboys and girls who are moving on to pre-school groups. Mothers andToddlers will resume on 12th September 2017.

Rota for June:

Dorothy (2589 2740), Anna, Anne, Catherine, June

Around theParish

DATE NAME FUNCTION

6th JuneRosemary Stacey, Sandra McKay,

Mary Cochrane and Jean Cunningham Tea

Bee Robinson Welcoming

Alex McKay and Eddie McClelland Car Park

13th JuneEvonne Stinson, Eleanor Burnett,

Vera Owens and Marlene Gray Tea

Mary Steele Welcoming

David Oliver and Derek Bell Car Park

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‘LANDLUBBERS’CHILDREN’S BIBLE WEEK

MONDAY 12th -FRIDAY 16th JUNE

ST PATRICK’S HALLFROM 7 - 8.15 PM

FOR ALL PRIMARYSCHOOL CHILDREN

Landlubbers are pirates searching for hidden treas-ure on a desert island. They discover the greatesttreasure of all - know-ing Jesus. That'swhat the apostle Pauldiscovered and sharedwith Jesus’ followersin Philippi. Landlub-bers is based on Paul'sletter to the Philippi-ans. Each night we will be learning more about thisthrough craft, song, stories, DVD and games.

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It seems a little strange to be writing this without a big project on handto bring you up to date with, but for a while at least let’s all enjoy thepeace while it lasts. In the meantime the more everyday matters ofkeeping the churches, halls and houses in good shape carries on, and weare very glad to have John back at work as sexton in Castle Street andhope that he is well recovered from his recent illness, he was very muchmissed in his absence. Thanks to all who helped cover his duties at StPatrick’s while he was away, and especially so to Eddie and Millicent forstepping back into their old roles so willingly for a while.

Your new Select Vestry has a good mix of some of the old hands, and moreimportantly perhaps a good number of new faces too who will we hopebring some fresh perspective on a few of the same old problems whichbeset the parish, and we’ll all pray that not too many new problems ariseto test us.

I’d like to make you aware of some changes that are going to be tried outin the way that your Select Vestry conducts its business. In an effort tolimit the length of the Select Vestry meetings (because no one is produc-ing their best thinking once we get well into the third hour and we’drather be back at home getting ready for bed) we are going to try settinga time limit to the monthly meetings of two hours. Once nine thirtycomes we propose to try dealing only with any very urgent business thathas not already been settled, and moving anything else which has notbeen discussed to the top of the agenda for the next meeting. If all goesto plan this should see the regular Select Vestry meetings ended by nolater than 10.00 pm.

In addition the agenda for these meetings will be created and circulatedto the members a little earlier so that they have a better chance to thinkabout what we will look at beforehand and perhaps form their opinionson the best course of action in a less pressured way. This does mean one

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change for the way I prepare the agenda, however, that you need to takeon board please. Up to now it has been quite common for me to findcorrespondence for the Select Vestry on my mat when I got home fromwork on the day of the meeting. From here forward if you have anythingthat you want to go onto the agenda, please try to get it to me earlier,I’d suggest a week if possible, otherwise it will be held over until the nextregular meeting unless it is dramatically urgent.

In case you didn’t know the S.V. meets on the second Tuesday of themonth (and not in July or August), so if you have anything you want us tolook at on June 13th can you get it to me by (in an ideal world) the 6thor 7th of June please? Otherwise it probably won’t be up for discussionuntil the September meeting. We’ll keep working to that time-table intothe future too, but don’t get too hung up about it, as ever the mostimportant thing is to let a member of the Select Vestry know of anyconcern you have at any time, and we’ll do our best to deal with it in atimely way.

I hope you all have a good summer.Alastair

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Church Wardens

ST PATRICK’S

Alex McNeill

I am employed as a manager within the publicsector. Having attended evening service in StPatrick’s for several years I was privileged tobe asked to be Rector’s Churchwarden. Overrecent Sundays I have met many parishionersnot previously known to me and during myterm in this office I’m sure I shall meet manymore. My interests include beekeeping, an-

tiques, photography and gardening.

Ruth Dixon

This is my third term as a Churchwarden. In 2007 I was the People’sChurchwarden and then Rector’s Churchwarden in 2016. I thoroughlyenjoyed my time in both positions. When I was asked recently if I wouldlike to be considered for People’s Churchwarden again I considered it areal honour to be asked and decided I wouldlet my name go forward. My father had alsobeen a Churchwarden on three occasionsand I thought it would be nice to hold thesame record as him. I was a member of theGFS which I really enjoyed and later joinedthe choir. At present I work as a legalsecretary in Belfast. My hobbies are nu-merous but my favourites are singing, BibleStudy and I just love a bit of retail therapy.

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2017/2018BALLYCLUG

William Burnett

I am delighted that Mark has asked me tocontinue as Rector’s Churchwarden at Bally-clug for another year. I married Karen four-teen years ago and we have six childrenbetween us. Most of them have left home butthey tend to come back on a regular basis andwe are delighted to see them and enjoy theircompany. Karen and I enjoy holidays but aswe both work we are restricted on how oftenwe can get away.

Jackie Greer

I served my time as an engineer with the Merchant Navy and worked withseveral local companies since leaving the Navy. I became a member ofSt Patrick’s when I met my wife. We have three grown up children andtwo grandchildren. I would like to thank the congregation of Ballyclugfor choosing me once again to serve for another year and for their

continued support. I thoroughly enjoy myrole in the parish and the continued in-volvement with the various work partiesin the upkeep of the church and grave-yard. My hobbies are music and caravan-ning. Since retiring last year I wonderhow I ever found time to work. One ofthe best things that has happened thisyear was being presented with a littlegrand-daughter called Evie a few weeksago.

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ST COLUMBA’S

Laura Doole

I come from Ballymena and live with my fian-cée Alan and our precious daughter AlannaAnne. I qualified as a legal secretary/officemanager and have worked in various Govern-ment Offices. I am currently employed as asecretary at Dunclug Primary School. My hob-bies include music, reading, study of ‘TheWord’, walking, fashion shows and travelling.I have been a parishioner of St Columba’s

Church for many years and have held various posts within the organisa-tions connected with St Columba’s. This includes acting as People’sChurchwarden for Revd R Elsdon and Bishop P Storey. To be asked to beRevd McConnell’s Churchwarden is not only humbling but a true honourand to take part in God’s plan for St Columba’s and the spirit filled teamof clergy and lay ministry is most exciting.

Elizabeth Peachey

I was born in Germany as my father was in the army. After he left thearmy we returned to live in Ballymena. Upon leaving school I trained tobe a hairdresser, but now I do voluntary workfor Good Morning Ballymena and for the pasttwenty years have been working in a voluntarycapacity with the Girl Guides. I have threedaughters Chloe, Danielle and Kathryn whomI absolutely adore. It was a privilege to beasked to let my name go forward as People’sChurchwarden for St Columba’s. I have beena member there for the past twenty years andhope many more years to come.

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Saturday 17th June7 - 9 pm

St Patrick’s Church, Castle Street

For all young people of all organisations,Sunday School, Youth Club and families

Bouncy castles, cage football, archery,face painting, BBQ, candy floss

No parking in church groundsParents are responsible for their children

at all times

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This month the Youth Club and Sunday School were looking at the work ofChristian Aid and how they help many people who have fled from theirhomes due to war.  We talked about going on a journey and what thingswe would take with us, remembering that those that flee their homestake very little with them.   We looked at Psalm 31 in the Bible and readthat God is our safe place and our rock of refuge. We prayed that peoplewho flee their homes due to war would know this.  We donated £65 to thework of Christian Aid so that they may help these people.

Youth Club will finish on Saturday 17th June and start again on Saturday9th September.

Any remaining Smartie tubes to be brought in as soon as possible - so farwe have over £300. Sunday School will finish on Sunday 11th June andthe following Sunday will be Children's Day. Children to meet in hall at11.00 am. During the summer months we will have Children’s Church forany children who wish to attend.  Sunday School will start back again onSunday 3rd September.

Some Sunday School teachers went toEquipped training on Saturday 6th Mayin Drummaul Parish in Randalstown.  We attended different workshopsincluding ‘Technological Teens’,games and working with children un-der seven.  It is great to meet up withother leaders from the diocese andget new ideas.

Anyone wishing to purchase a hoodiewith the church logo on it contactLucy.  These are available in children and adult sizes in navy, sapphireblue and pink.

Anyone wishing to go to Summer Madness for a day either Saturday 1stJuly or Sunday 2nd July please contact Lucy.

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Children's Week Monday 12th - Friday 16th June 7 - 8.15 pm. Anyonewilling to help please contact Lucy.

Congratulations to our parish - we camerunners up in a Church of Ireland commu-nications competition run by the Churchof Ireland but externally and profession-ally judged. Our facebook page waspraised for a good use of photos andvideos to show church life, numerous tabsand regular updating with over 650 fol-lowers and a good explanation under par-ish and clergy in the ‘about us’ section.This is a great achievement for us recommunications  and reaching others.Special thanks must go to Helen Weir asadministrator of facebook and for all herphotos and videos. Facebook provides apotentially vast audience and offers inno-vative ways to assist in our church’sministry. Communication is being used tobuild Christian community and communi-cate the Christian faith.

Statistics -  Easter  week we reached 4000 with 503 viewing videos MessyChurch 1000 - 62% women, 36% men with average age 35 - 44. We arereaching America, Brazil, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Malaysia,Uganda, Turkey, Poland, New Zealand, Nepal, Argentina, Mexico, Germa-ny, Spain, Colombia, Bolivia and Vietnam. This is amazing - we areshowing them our church life through photos/videos/sermons/children’stalks/events/services/publicising/fundraising and promoting.

We were delighted with theresponse from our parish to ourSummer Madness appealthrough all our fundraising.The coffee morning raised£782.20. This was a fantasticamount and a great achieve-ment for the young peoplethemselves.  Thanks to all whosupported us and to all whohelped and donated cakes,buns and scones.

Lucy

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For primary school children

Monday 14th - Friday 18th August3 - 6 pm

St Patrick’s Church, Castle Street£1.50 per child

Games, arts and crafts, computers,cooking, sports, DVD, snacks, tuck shop

Contact Lucy 077 5995 0497to book a place

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The Curate’sLetter

What a journey this has been:-

From May 2014 things have moved and changed in our lives. Ourdaughters Stephanie and Rachel having grown up and flown the nest tolive their own lives and follow their own paths.

In June 2014 I was called to minister in Ballymena Parish. The Lord hascertainly been good to Margo and I. We are very thankful for thewelcome from the Parish. The support we have received as a family hasbeen a wonderful witness to God’s love and care of us.

We have made so many new friends and been provided with lots of loveand care. The many cups of tea, dinners and yummy tray bakes alongwith the chat and banter leaves us with expanded waistlines and precioushappy memories. Over the past three years we have laughed and shed afew tears together as we have approached life’s challenges. Through theyears we have shared together the Word of the Lord and the faith thatupholds us as Christians.

I am very thankful and consider it to have been a great privilege to havereceived sincere leadership while I have been here, under the directionand guidance of Cannon Stuart Lloyd. I wish him a long and fruitfulretirement. I know that he still keeps himself very busy and is aninspirational man.

Special thanks to all of you for the great help and support that I receivedduring the period when the parish was vacant – so many people supportedme by their prayers and practical help. I apologise that I am not able toname everyone, however, I would like to personally acknowledge the helpof the ladies in the office, Lorraine, Sandra and Lucy, who kept me on theright track with their knowledge, skills and ability to face all challenges.Having worked under Rev Mark McConnell’s guidance in Ballyclare for afew years I had some insight into his many talents and skills along with

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his gift of the gab and his questionable true stories! It has been lovely tore-establish this relationship, catch up on the family’s progress over theyears and to have the privilege of working with Mark again. I would askyou as a congregation to continue to support Mark, Cherith and the familyas they lead the ministry within Ballymena Parish.

The addition to the church of my ‘Co Bodyguard’ Dennis, his wife Jen andfamily has brought another dynamic energy to the church in Ballymena.They are sincere and enthusiastic about the work that they do.

This is a very exciting time for us as we prepare for the move, and lookforward to meeting many new people, also some people that my wife hasnot seen for many years, as she used to attend St Jude’s as a child whenshe lived in Muckamore, until she fell in love with a handsome young manand moved to Glengormley.

I thank you all for the love and support that you have surrounded us withduring our time in Ballymena. I hope that our friendships continue togrow as we endeavour to follow the Lord’s guidance on our journeythrough life.

It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible at my Institution atSt Jude’s, Muckamore on the 28th June.

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HOLY BAPTISM

21st May David Samuel Miller 76 Shandon Park, Belfast

HOLY MATRIMONY

21st April Mervyn Linton 83 Edenbane Road,Garvagh

Gayle Boyd 7 Grange Avenue, Ballymena

CHRISTIAN BURIAL

29th April Alexander Wallace 27 Grangegorm Drive, Ballymena2nd May Robert Andrew 60 Toome Road, Ballymena Thompson

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Alexander (Alex) Wallace

Alexander was born in Ballymena on 30th November 1923 and was one of10 children. He was a bell ringer and a member of St Patrick’s ParishChurch. Alex was married to Merle in 1961 and they remained marriedfor 55 years. He was a family man and adored his wife and his daughterAlana and all of his family circle including his nephews and nieces. Hestarted work at 16 years of age on the railway in Ballymena where herepaired steam engines. Alex had a great passion for repairing machinesand was an excellent maintenance fitter. His final job was with the MilkMarketing Board at Dromona Creamery from which he retired in 1988.Alex had a strong faith and shortly after his retirement he went to visitthe Holy Land with his wife Merle and daughter Alana. Alex lovedtravelling and he and his wife enjoyed many trips throughout mainlandEurope, North Africa and the USA. He loved classical music and was amember of the Ballymena Silver Band. We extend our sincere sympathyto his wife Merle, his daughter Alana and his extended family circle. Ourprayers are with all the family at this sad time.

Robert Andrew Thompson

The  funeral of Robert Andrew Thompson, better known as 'Drew', washeld on Tuesday 2nd May 2017, at St Patrick's Parish Church, Ballymena.Drew was born in Drumquin, County Tyrone in September 1942, theyoungest of three children to Margaret and Robert Thompson.  Drewjoined the army in 1964 and went on to serve as a UN peacekeeper,serving in Cyprus and Germany.  Drew was married to Maureen for over45 years, and they had a daughter Andrea.  Leaving the army after 22years of service, Drew settled downwith his family on the Toome Roadin Ballymena, where he opened upa local shop known as Thompson’sGrocers.  The shop was very wellknown in the area and Drew servedhis community through it for 31years until its very recent closure.Drew was fondly thought of by thechurch family here at St Patrick'sBallymena, and our prayers are withhis wife Maureen, daughter Andrea,and all the family at this time.

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OUR ACTIVITIESSAINT PATRICK’S

Day Time Venue

Bellringers Friday 7.30 pm TowerBible Fellowship Tuesday 8.00 pm Choir VestryChurch Choir Thursday 8.00 pm Choir VestryChurch Lads’ Brigade YBC Friday 7.00 pm Parochial Hall JTC Friday 8.00 pm Parochial Hall CLB Friday 8.00 pm Parochial HallGirls’ Friendly Society Tuesday 7.15 pm Minor HallHealer Prayer Group Tuesday 7.15 pm Church VestryIndoor Bowling Club Monday 7.30 pm Parochial Hall Thursday 7.30 pm Parochial HallMothers and Toddlers Tuesday 10.00 am Parochial HallMothers’ Union 2nd Wed. 8.00 pm Minor HallStill Active Club 3rd Wed. 2.00 pm Minor HallMen’s Fellowship 1st Thursday 7.30 pm Minor HallJunior Youth Club Saturday 7.00 pm Parochial HallSenior Youth Club Saturday 8.00 pm Parochial HallBadminton Wednesday 7.30 pm Parochial HallSewing Group Thursday 10.00 am Parochial Hall

SAINT COLUMBA’SDay Time Contact

Beavers Monday 6.30 pm Mrs L McCullaghCubs Monday 7.00 pm Miss H HughesLadies’ Circle 4th Monday 8.00 pm Mrs L HughesBrownies Tuesday 6.30 pm Mrs S CardwellSquirrels Wednesday 6.30 pm Mr P HoustonGuides Thursday 6.30 pm Mrs K BlackSenior Guides Thursday 8.00 pm Mrs K BlackRainbows Friday 6.30 pm Mrs H StrainScouts Friday 7.45 pm Mr K Hughes

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ST PATRICK’S PARISH CHURCH

SUNDAY SERVICES8.15 am Holy Communion

10.15 am 3rd Sunday in the month Family Service 11.30 am Morning Prayer 1st Sunday in the month Parish Communion 6.30 pm Evening Prayer 3rd Sunday in the month Holy Communion 4th Sunday in the month Living Faith Service

EVERY WEDNESDAY10.30 am Holy Communion

ST PATRICK’S, BALLYCLUG

SUNDAY SERVICES10.00 am Morning Prayer

4th Sunday in the month Holy Communion

ST COLUMBA'S, DUNCLUG

SUNDAY SERVICES8.30 am 1st Sunday in the month Holy Communion

11.30 am Morning Prayer 2nd Sunday in the month Family Service 3rd Sunday in the month Family Communion

SUNDAY SCHOOLS

ST PATRICK’S11.30 am Church Leaders - Mrs L McLaughlin and Mr A Ross

ST COLUMBA’S11.30 am Church Superintendent - Mrs S Foster

HOLY BAPTISMAt Sunday services by arrangement

OUR WORSHIP