Hillside Community Church Ballymena

17/06/2026

📢 𝟭 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢! 📢

Our Ranger team are getting ready to welcome a troop of keen P1-7 Wilderness Explorers onto the trail 🌲🥾 at '𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆' 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 next week!
(𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺).

If you live 🏘 close to Hillside, keep an eye 👀 out for a 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 📃 coming through your door 🚪 from this evening.
Pupils at Dunclug Primary School should also receive one in in their school bag 🎒 this week.

To skip the queue at registration, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄,📱🖱 using this link: https://forms.gle/A3jJyt2ddnahpsWd9

17/06/2026

Girls and ladies of all ages 👩🏻👵🏼🙋🏼‍♀️ – come along this 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 at 𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 for an evening of '𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧, 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥' 🧁🙏🤗.

Hillside member, and owner of '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭'👩🏼‍🍳 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, will be sharing some of her baking 🍰 and her story 💬 with us.

Gail is the lady behind the delicious soups 🍵 and wheaten bread 🍞 served each month at our community lunches! Why not come and meet her in person?

08/06/2026

Online registration now open! https://forms.gle/4iLA8wfBjmS7jaKBA

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! 🤗

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.