Hillside Community Church Ballymena

22/05/2026

❗️𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎❗️

Unfortunately, our planned 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 is now ❌️𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙀𝘿❌️.

This is to allow members of the Neighbourhood Chaplains team to attend a funeral.

We're sorry for any disappointment caused. Please spread the word. 📢

We'll see you again next month 🗓 for our final lunch before the Summer break 😎

30/04/2026

30/04/2026

🚨 𝖳𝖮𝖭𝖨𝖦𝖧𝖳! 🚨 - the last event of our French/Belgian 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 team's week.

Philippe, Joshua, Xavier, Ivan, Nathan & Angelyna have been busy, soaking up Ballymena and NI culture.

They've visited local homes 🏠 to give out Mark's Gospels, chatted to our Neighbourhood Lunch  🍽 guests, spoken at Ballymena Academy and Cambridge House SU groups and had a trip to a very sunny 🌞 Giants Causeway yesterday.

They're looking forward to telling you about art 🖼, food 🥐, language, sightseeing, sport ⚽️ and more in their home countries this evening.

Come and bring some friends, to say "merci" and "au revoir" 👋🏼!

28/04/2026

With the sunny weather 😎 this week, maybe you're getting in the holiday mood 🏖?

Check in on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 at 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 for our *free* '𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝘼𝙏 𝙃𝙊𝙈𝙀'🛫 event!

Our visiting team from France 🇫🇷 and Belgium 🇧🇪 would love 🫶🏼 to introduce you to some of the sights 📸, sounds👂🏽and tastes 😋 of their home countries and to explain what has brought them to Ballymena this week....🤔

All ages👱🏼‍♂️👵🏼👩🏼‍🦰👶🏾 welcome to enjoy learning about a new culture 👩🏽‍🏫 - or maybe showing off what you already knew 🙌🏼 ?! - in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Our European tour will finish off with some authentic crepes 🥞 & waffles 🧇 and a goodie bag of souvenirs to take home 🧳.

À bientôt - see you soon! 👋🏼

𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻🚶🏾‍♂️𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 to the church will be available from 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖).

25/04/2026

Mark up your diaries 🗓 !
Our next ℕ𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕕 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤' 𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙 🍲 ☕️ is being served this 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 (𝟮𝟴𝘁𝗵) from 𝟭𝟮.𝟯𝟬-𝟮𝗽𝗺. Regulars and newbies all very welcome. 🤗

Hillside is hosting some visitors from France 🇫🇷 & Belgium 🇧🇪 for the week and they've booked a table for lunch too.
They've heard about our wheaten bread 🍞 and flown in ✈️ to try it for themselves 😋!

03/04/2026

This 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (5th April) at Hillside, we will be celebrating 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 🌷🪺 and we would love your family to join us at 11.30am. 🕦

The programme will last around 45 minutes and will be suitable for 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 👩‍👧‍👧👨‍🍼. Church members will present 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 🎹, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀📖, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 🙏and 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🤔 on the meaning of Jesus' death ✝️ and resurrection.

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 🫖🍪 will be served afterwards, with a chance to chat 💬 and get to know us better.

Hope to see you then! 🤗

28/03/2026

‼️🚨 Don't forget 🚨 ‼️to put your 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗 ➡️ 1 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 when you go to bed tonight. We don't want you to be too late 🤦🏼 for your turn on the bouncy castle 🤸🏼🏰 tomorrow afternoon!

The weather might not be too good, 😕 ☔️ but don't worry; all our *FREE* 🤩 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 🎯 🎲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 🍪🌭 will still be going ahead 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀👍🏼.

📍𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵
🗓 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
🕞 𝟯.𝟯𝟬 - 𝟱.𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺

Pedestrian🚶🏾‍♂️access to the church will be available from 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖) & 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠), as well as the main gate.

We're looking forward 😁 to welcoming everyone*!

* 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵. 👩‍👧‍👦

25/03/2026

📢 Just four sleeps 💤 to go until our 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 🐣 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆🎉 at Hillside ‼️

If you're walking 👟  from the surrounding estates, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 from both 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖) and 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠)

Of course, the main gate to the church will be open too!👍🏼

We look forward to welcoming 👋🏼 you and your family 👩‍👧‍👦 this 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻, from 3.30 🕞 - 5.00pm 🕔.

21/03/2026

🄴🄰🅂🅃🄴🅁 🐤🐇 is almost here, and Hillside is getting ready to 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 this special time of year with our families, friends & neighbours - that includes 👉🏼𝗬𝗢𝗨👈🏼!!

Put the date in your diary 🗓 and plan to join us for this 🌟 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 🌟 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁, suitable for 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆-𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻* 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽and their 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 👩‍👧‍👦🧑🏼‍🦳👨🏾.

🐰 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵
💐𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
🍫 𝟯.𝟯𝟬 - 𝟱.𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺

There will be a 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 🏰🤸🏼, Easter-themed 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀, ⛳️ 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 🧩& 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀 🖍✂️, 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 🌭🧁and a short 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 on why we believe Easter is always worth celebrating. ✝️ 🥳

Spread the word 🗣; we are looking forward to seeing you there! 🙌🏼

* 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵.

19/03/2026

Join us this 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 (24 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵) for our special Easter themed 🌷🐰ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏᴜʀʜᴏᴏᴅ ᴄʜᴀᴘʟᴀɪɴꜱ' ʟᴜɴᴄʜ.  🍽

The team will be serving their usual delicious soup 🍲 & wheaten bread, along with some 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 🍪🍫.
Everyone will also receive a 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 🎁 from us at Hillside. 

We would love to see you there!👍🏼