Recent Services

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News

News

  • 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

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

  • 10:00 am - First for Tots preparation morning

    This is for all existing helpers and anyone who would be interested in joining the team. We would love to welcome you along. First for Tots will recommence on Monday 28th Sept.

  • 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/

Wednesday 16th September

  • 8:00 pm - Choir Practice

  • 8:00 pm - Midweek

Thursday 17th 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)

Friday 18th September

  • 6:45 pm - BB

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

Saturday 19th September

  • 10:00 am - Faithful Men

    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 Christ and live for His glory.

    Each session includes teaching, devotion and discussion. Beginning with coffee at 10am.

    Today's topic is Identity in Christ

  • 7:00 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.

Missionaries in Poland

For many years we support a couple living in Poland who are engaged in ministry to the Syrian refugees in Poland, as well as to students, mainly from the Middle …

Mission to Mexico

Henry Middletown Mission to Mexico was founded approximately 30 years ago when Henry visited Mexico City and began to work with street kids. We have served the Lord amongst the …

AsiaLink

www.asialink.org Through the agency of AsiaLink support is given to indigenous mission workers in a number of unreached areas of the continent of Asia. We support Gordon and Noleen Stewart, …

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