Recent Services

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News

News

  • BB Registration Night
    BB registration is on Friday 11th from 7pm – 8pm for boys in P1 – P7.
  • Sunday School & One to One
    Our Sunday School kicks off again on Sunday 13th September for anyone who is aged 3+. (‘Little lambs’ for pre-school, Sunday school for primary, bible class for Y9 -10 and …
  • 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

Wednesday 9th September

  • 8:00 pm - Midweek

    Sermon on the Mount – Eyes, Teeth,  Cheeks & Tunics (Matthew 5:38-42).

Thursday 10th September

  • 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)

  • 8:00 pm - Session meeting

Friday 11th September

  • 7:00 pm - BB Registration Night

    (BB recommences on  Friday 18th September, 6.45-8.00pm).

Saturday 12th September

  • 8:30 am - Prayer Time - All Welcome

  • 9:30 am - Men's Breakfast

Sunday 13th September

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

  • 11:30 am - Morning Worship

    Rev Mark Neilly. Integrity in the  Faith (2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4).

  • 6:15 pm - Joint Evening Worship in First

    Greetings (1 Timothy 1:1,2)

  • 7:45 pm - Sunday CONNECT

    We are so excited to see you all and get going for another year - tonight will be a welcome back night with fun and games as well as a chance to share our theme for this year and some of the plans that we have. We'd especially love to welcome all of you who have just started Year 8 as well as anyone who has never come along before - our encouragement would be to come along for a week or two and  see what you think.

Monday 14th September

  • 8:00 pm - PW

    "Heritage and Hope" – startin aff wi a wee Ulster-Scots yarn or twa, wi a wheen o wurds wi oor Shirlie Gregg!

Tuesday 15th September

  • 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 worship. Speaker: Michael McClenahan.

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

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 …

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 …

Wycliffe Bible Translators

https://www.wycliffe.org.uk/ Ian and Claire Gray worked as translators for over 50 years and we have supported them for many years. Ian’s main work recently had been the translation of 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