Holy Trinity Ballylesson, Parish of Drumbo
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We are a welcoming rural parish church on the edge of 2 cities! We are situated in a beautiful area of the Lagan Valley just south of Belfast. We are an Anglican (Church of Ireland) Parish church meeting every Sunday @ 11 for 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.
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Opening Hours
- Monday
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Tuesday
- 18:30 - 21:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 - 11:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Friday
- 18:30 - 20:00
- Sunday
- 09:00 - 12:00, 18:45 - 20:00
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Escape the gloomy weather...come and join us for an amazing night of entertainment! #ballylessoncommunity #localtalent
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Congratulations to the Venerable Andrew Foster, the newly elected Bishop of Derry and Raphoe.
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TAKE A MINUTE OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY AND HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS! Here is a taster of one of the songs from our Guest Artist Catherine Hamilton who will be performing at the concert at Balylesson at 7pm this Friday.
MUSIC VARIETY CONCERT featuring talented local musicians. FRIDAY 30th AUGUST at 7pm in HOLY TRINITY BALLYLESSON Following on from the success and enjoyment of last years concert, Salwan Cartwright-Shamoon has put together another amazing night of local talent and entertainment. Suggested donation of £5 on the door. All proceeds go to the church fund.
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Strong Families (Day 237) #BiOY https://www.bibleinoneyear.org/bioy/commentary/3403/en
What an absolutely amazing week! Our 1st ever Holiday bible Week!!! So you are all invited to join us THIS SUNDAY at 11am for a celebration service. A BIG thank you to Jack and all his team. “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son, by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life."
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A ‘first’ for Bishop Harold at Holy Trinity Ballylesson
It's time again to get limbered up for PILATEs, Our popular classes start back on Tuesday 3rd September at 10am. Thursday's class starts at 7pm on 5th September. New comers are very welcome...just arrive a bit earlier to fill out a medical questionnaire. Contact Nicola Irvine on 07713622730 for more info. Rev Merv
So SPY CLUB started tonight...may I say that some of the children’s disguises were amazing!! They looked a lot older!!
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