Dundonald Methodist Church

01/09/2026

Please take a few minutes to fill this in and have your say about the future of our community
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The Ballybeen Improvement Group wants to build on the success of the Ballybeen Sports and Wellbeing Hub, to further improve facilities and broaden the services and activities it can offer residents and users. To ensure your views are taken into account, we have created a Survey Monkey questionnaire. Please take a few minutes to answer the questions. This will help us build up our proposal, shaped by those who live in the area and use the facilities. Thank you.

The survey questions can be found here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BSDFF2C

29/08/2026

WDR’s response to the events in Nepal https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14n3is5dPvp/

🇳🇵 Nepal Floods Response

In light of the devastating floods in Nepal, WDR has provided an immediate emergency grant of £3,000 (€3,500) to our partner, Kopila Nepal based in Pokhara.

NGOs in the country are being asked to help in whatever way they can. This emergency funding will enable Kopila to respond by providing counsellors and carers to local hospitals, supporting survivors and families who have lost loved ones.

Many Kopila staff are social workers and are well equipped to offer this expert care. In Bina Silwal's (Director of Kopila) words, Kopila staff are there to support those with "tearful eyes and painful hearts".

We are thankful that Kopila’s own work has not been directly impacted and that all their staff are safe.

It is your support that makes it possible for WDR to respond with financial assistance to our partners in times of great need. Thank you for standing with us and our global partners.

If you would like to support the wider relief effort, we would encourage you to donate through our sister agency, Christian Aid Ireland's Appeal: https://give.christianaid.ie/donate/cam-013106

🙏 Please pray for:
- Those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods
- Kopila’s counsellors and carers as they support survivors and families
- The safety and wellbeing of all those affected by the floods

26/08/2026

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📚Back to School Appreciation Post📚

As children and young people head back to school this week, we want to say a great BIG THANK YOU to all those who make the School Uniform Project happen.

This summer, ROC School Uniform Projects provided 800 children with back to school essentials - whether spare uniform items, a PE Kit, a stationery pack or being fully kitted out!

The project is not possible without the generosity and kindness of families, schools and communities donating thousands of outgrown uniform items! Thank you also to James Brown & Sons Funeral Directors & Clanmill Housing for donating stationery packs - they went down a treat! Thank you to the many volunteers from local churches and community groups as well as Danske Bank UK and DWF Law for giving their time to sort donations, set up the pop-up shops and being personal shoppers!

Special thanks to our partners and host venues for going above and beyond, collecting donations, transforming halls into uniform shops, creating a welcoming, safe space for families, and most importantly easing the burden for many families as they get ready for the new school year. Thank you Christ Church Presbyterian, Dundonald, Eglinton Presbyterian Church, BallysillanPresbyterian, St John's Parish Falls Road, Alexandra Presbyterian Church, Glengormley Methodist, Vine Centre, Forthspring Intercommunity Group and Dundonald Methodist Church.

For all those heading to school this week, we hope you have a blessed year, enjoy learning, time with your friends and all the opportunities that come your way!

01/07/2026

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🌞🎶School's out for summer!

👔If you have any school uniforms you no longer need, please bring them to Christ Church:
Tomorrow (Thursday 2 July) from 7-8pm
Saturday 4th July from 10-11am
(We are just collecting for the schools in Dundonald)

🛒You can come and get any items you need from Christ Church
on Monday 6th July from 3-7pm

23/06/2026

Join us on Sunday as Rev Paul begins a short 3-week sermon series as we head into the summer holidays. Join us in-person or online at 11am on Sunday morning

11/06/2026

🥳 BALLYBEEN IT’S YOUR MOVE 🥳

What a fantastic morning in Ballybeen!
It was a joy to run a workshop with the three P7 classes in the school hall in Brooklands Primary School alongside Paul from Dundonald Methodist Church, and Richard, Jack and Peter from Christ Church Presbyterian, Dundonald!

As we thought through the changes, choices and challenges of post-primary school we loved getting to know more these amazing pupils and we are so excited for them and their next schools 🎉

15/05/2026

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02/04/2026

Tonight at church we gathered for a fellowship meal and to share in Holy Communion. It was a great night with good food, great friends and family and lots of chat and laughter as we remembered the night Jesus shared the Last Supper with the disciples. These were the same disciples who would betray him, deny him and abandon him, yet he still broke bread with him. What a memorial night. Looking forward to gathering again tomorrow night around the cross 7pm Dundonald Methodist Church

11/02/2026

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01/01/2026

Christmas thought https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E1Dqjz1tP/

If there’s one truth that quiets the chaos of this season, it’s this: He came for all people.

Not just for the wealthy or the wise. Not just for the devout or the deserving. Not just for the ones who have their lives together or seem like they do. He came for the shepherds on the hillside, the Magi from far-off lands, the weary and the waiting, the broken and the burdened.

He came for you. He came for me.

The Christmas story is so much more than a heartwarming scene, it’s a reminder that from the very beginning, Jesus broke every barrier. His love is not limited by status, nationality, or sin. He came for all, and He invites all to come to Him.

The angel’s message to the shepherds that holy night still rings true:

“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord.” -Luke 2:10-11.

All the people. The forgotten ones. The sinners. The skeptics. The ones who feel like they don’t belong. The ones who are clinging to hope by a thread.

This Christmas, let’s carry that truth in our hearts. Let’s be intentional about reflecting His love in how we welcome others. Because if He came for all people, then everyone, every stranger, every neighbor, every family member, is worthy of our kindness, grace, and joy.

He came for all. Let’s live like it.

-Little Sparrow Loved.

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