Ballylesson.Church

Ballylesson.Church We are a welcoming rural parish church on the edge of 2 cities! We are situated in a beautiful area We aim to become the community ‘hub’ in Ballylesson.

Our vision is to be a loving, accepting fellowship of believers who passionately worship God and
reach out to the community in a relevant way. We exist to bring glory to God and to see everyone become faithful followers of Jesus Christ. We are an Anglican (Church of Ireland) Parish church meeting every Sunday 9.30am Holy Communion and 11am for Morning Worship. The church has existed on this site

from 1791. At the instigation of the Marquis of Downshire, Wills Hill, a site was chosen and work was commenced. The architect, on the Marquis’ advice, was Charles Lily of Dublin. The work commenced in mid 1789. The land belonged to one James Beers, who gave the land for free and forever to the Parishioners of Drumbo. A church had existed in the village of Drumbo, but had fallen into ruin in the sixteenth century. The parish was part of the Archdeaconry of Down and the pastoral needs were looked after by a curate. Horatio Maunsell became the first rector in 1834 when Drumbo was granted full Parochial status. Robert Batt, whose father was Narcissus Batt, a founding partner of the Belfast Bank, was instrumental in having the church enlarged by adding two transepts and the chancel in 1863/64. This followed the 1859 revival, which saw a great increase in church attendance which necessitated many churches to be extended, including Drumbo. The grandson of Narcisus, Robert Narcisus Batt, re-roofed the church and extended the windows in the nave in 1874.

SUNDAY 31st MAY 2026Last Sunday we celebrated the birth of the church at Pentecost…technically this Sunday we celebrate ...
28/05/2026

SUNDAY 31st MAY 2026

Last Sunday we celebrated the birth of the church at Pentecost…technically this Sunday we celebrate our church as we are named after the Trinty!

9.30am Morning Prayer

11am Morning Worship and Sunday School.

7pm Prayer&Word: Rev Dr Ian Dickson will guide us through John 17.

Coffee&Tea at each service.

‘Holy, holy, holy,
Merciful and mighty
God in three Persons
blessed Trinity!’

*The Rector is now off until Monday…for any pastoral needs contact Pastor Reece Gordon*

J John must’ve been listening to my sermon this morning ;-)
24/05/2026

J John must’ve been listening to my sermon this morning ;-)

Christmas was God with us.

Easter was God for us.

Pentecost is God in us.

It's a stunning day here in Ballylesson!If you need a break from the heat, Join us from 6.45pm(for refreshments) and Pra...
24/05/2026

It's a stunning day here in Ballylesson!

If you need a break from the heat, Join us from 6.45pm(for refreshments) and Prayer&Word at 7pm in the coolness of the church!

We'll be looking at what 'Pentecost' really means for the church.

'Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.'

It was lovely to welcome Toby Catney-Lloyd in our church family this morning as we celebrated Pentecost
24/05/2026

It was lovely to welcome Toby Catney-Lloyd in our church family this morning as we celebrated Pentecost

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Without Christmas, we wouldn't have Easter.Without Easter we wouldn't have Pentecost.Without Pentecost we wouldn't have ...
23/05/2026

Without Christmas, we wouldn't have Easter.

Without Easter we wouldn't have Pentecost.

Without Pentecost we wouldn't have Church!

Without the Church we wouldn't have YOU!

YOU are all welcome to join US this Sunday as we celebrate PENTECOST!

9.30am Holy Communion ( A quiet spoken service)

11am Morning Worship for all...you might need a waterproof for this service...and it's not just for the baptism of Toby ;-)

7pm Prayer & Word 'Have a whit, it's Pentecost'

Tea and coffee at all services...and maybe some cake after the 11am.

'I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.'

22/05/2026

A wonderful celebration with Megan and Jordan today…they even had doves! I wonder could I get the doves back for our Pentecost service!

It will be busy around the church from 11.30am-1pmish!  We are celebrating the marriage of Jordan and Megan…May God rich...
22/05/2026

It will be busy around the church from 11.30am-1pmish!

We are celebrating the marriage of Jordan and Megan…

May God richly bless them both on this happy day!

Don’t miss pickle ball and bellringing tonight!  get those arms working ;-)
21/05/2026

Don’t miss pickle ball and bellringing tonight! get those arms working ;-)

21/05/2026

We do love the buzz the day before a wedding!

We’re n the middle of a busy wedding season!

Tomorrow it’s Jordan and Megan’s turn! We wish them God’s richest blessings!

Address

Ballylesson Road
Belfast
BT88JT

Opening Hours

Tuesday 3:30pm - 6pm
Wednesday 7pm - 9pm
Thursday 3:30pm - 6pm
Sunday 9:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+442890826048

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