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News

News

  • Faithful Men
    Beginning 12th September. Join us for a journey to Biblical manhood that lasts. Open to all men. Be equipped. Be challenged. Be encouraged. Let’s grow together as men who know …

Calendar

Monday 19th October

  • 10:15 am - First for Tots

  • 7:30 pm - Missionary Prayer Meeting

    We are praying for the Missionary Societies and missionaries we support as a congregation, also for Christians being persecuted and the work of Release International. Everyone welcome. (This will be followed by a Missionary Committee meeting).

  • 8:00 pm - Women of Hope Bible Study

    The Armour of God

Tuesday 20th October

  • 3:00 pm - First for Kids

    All boys and girls (P3 -P7) are invited to come along for a healthy snack, help with homework, craft, a  Bible story, praise time and other fun activities.

  • 7:30 pm - Equip

    Equip is an informal training program that would seek to explore some of the key doctrines of the Christian faith from a distinctively Reformed perspective. We will be thinking about why they matter and what impact they have on our discipleship. Our 2nd series plans to consider Why we do what we do in a service of worship from a Reformed perspective.

    It is for everyone regardless of their position in their congregation.

    Tonight we consider Why we pray. Speaker: Stephen Kerr.

    More details at https://equip-academy.org/

Wednesday 21st October

  • 8:00 pm - Small Groups

    We would encourage as many people as possible to be involved in the small groups held on the third week of every month. This year we are looking at the 7 Big Questions Christians Ask, such as ‘How can I know God really loves me?’ ‘Why doesn't God seem to answer my prayers?’ ‘How do I know God's will for my life?’ On Wednesday evenings we have three groups meeting.

Thursday 22nd October

  • 6:15 pm - GB

    6:15pm – 7:30pm for girls in P1 – P7 (Explorers & Juniors)
    7:00pm – 8:30pm for girls in year 8-14 (Seniors & Brigaders)

Friday 23rd October

  • 6:45 pm - BB

    6:45pm – 8:00pm for boys in P1 – P7

  • 8:00 pm - CONNECT Yr 8-10

Saturday 24th October

  • 8:00 pm - Prayer Time - All Welcome

Sunday 25th October

  • 10:15 am - Sunday School and One-to-One

  • 11:30 am - Morning Worship

    Steve McGall

  • 6:15 pm - Harvest Evening Service in Brookside

  • 7:45 pm - NO CONNECT - Off for Half Term

  • 8:00 pm - Prayer Time - All Welcome

CONNECT

Connect is our umbrella for all youth organisations. It consists of 3 tracks: Connect for Young Adults (18+), Connect for Kids (the umbrella group for Sunday School, Explorers, Junior GB, Anchor Boys and Junior BB) and Connect for Youth (Y8 and up). Check out our Connect Page for further details.

Missions

We support a number of missions both locally and further afield. A selection of them can be seen below. Press the Further Mission Details for details of all the missionary organisations we support.

The Bible Society, Northern Ireland

https://biblesocietyni.co.uk/ The vision of The Bible Society is to reach everyone with God’s Word in a language and format they can access and afford, so that each person might experience …

PCI Global Mission

 www.presbyterianireland.org/Mission/Global-Mission The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has been engaged in mission overseas since it was established in 1840. Today PCI has partnership links with indigenous churches, Christian institutions and international …

Platform 67

https://www.platform67.org/about.html A platform is simply a stage from which to proclaim your message – loudly and clearly! We work from the premise that a congregation that is informed and educated about the …

Further Mission Details

About Us

Our church

1st Ahoghill is a vibrant, Bible-based, warm and welcoming church right in the heart of County Antrim, led by our minister Rev Mark Neilly.


Sunday morning worship is at 11:30, and Sunday evening worship is at 6:15 alternating between us, Trinity, Brookside and the Grange. We also meet for bible study and prayer on Wednesdays at 8pm. Sunday school meets between 10:15 and 11:15 on Sunday mornings. All our services can be viewed on YouTube.

Our History

Our History

First Presbyterian Church, Ahoghill

Little is known about Presbyterians in Ahoghill until October 1654 when a group of Presbyterians were supplied with sermons from Antrim where Presbyterian ministers, who came across from Scotland, had been working for periods of six months at a time.   The people of Ahoghill then sought permission to elect elders and this was carried out in 1657.  Their first minister, Mr John Shaw from Scotland, was called and ordained on the 30th June 1658.


First Presbyterian Church Ahoghill was established – the small group of people had organised themselves into a congregation, elders were elected and a minister was installed. This young congregation in Ahoghill began to grow in size and presumably built their own meeting house for worship. As the people in 1658 were poor and living in houses built with mud walls and thatch roofs, it is to be expected that their meeting house would also be made in like fashion.


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Get in touch

if you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.



First Presbyterian Church Ahoghill

276 Galgorm Rd,
Ahoghill,
County Antrim,
Northern Ireland,
BT42 1HY
neil@firstahoghill.co.uk