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September 13, 2017 By allys

Holiday Bible Club 2017

Holiday Bible Club 2017

Dervock Presbyterian Church

You may have noticed the mini bus driving around Dervock village picking up boys and girls and bringing them along to our annual Holiday Bible Club. This year’s Holiday Bible Club was held during the third week of August and we followed through the story of Daniel. Every day we memorised new memory verses, sang different songs, heard a story about the life of Daniel and had some other interesting activities along the way. On Monday and Tuesday, James from Fun with Drums visited us and we were taught how to keep beats and use many of the plethora of instruments he brought along. Jonny Bell from Coaching for Christ visited us on Friday and we were drilled and worked hard with the balls and equipment he brought. Harry’s Ice Cream van visited us also on the Friday and we all enjoyed an ice cream each. In between all of these activities, we made crafts, watched DVDs and played many games together.

Our stories took the following themes; the forbidden food, the dazzling dream, the stunning statue, the heavenly hand and in the pit. Daniel is a story that we’ve all heard many times, but it’s a constant reminder to us that we all set up our own kingdoms and we all make ourselves kings of our own lives, but there is only one King, and He expects our whole lives and devotion. Daniel is also a lesson to many of us when it comes to prayer. We hope the lessons from the stories this week will take root and grow in the lives of the 70 boys and girls whose names were on the roll during the week. We even had the challenge of organising the club on the Friday with no electric, but we persevered on and it didn’t cause too much of a problem, thanks to the organisational skills of all of the leaders.

Many thanks to the members of our own congregation who helped out and made sure we could staff it ourselves this year. This year it was good to see some of our ow members step up to the mark and help lead from the front. This is a good way of introducing members to leadership in youth ministry, why not think about coming along and helping with a quiz or a memory verse and developing skills in leadership? Thank you to the boys and girls who came along and thank you to the parents who dropped their children off every day. We look forward to planning next year’s, with even more input and participation from our own congregation.

If you enjoyed Holiday Bible Club, please don’t forget Sunday School during the year. It’s back again during term time.

September 11, 2017 By allys

Tuesday Tots

Tuesday Tots is a Parent & Toddler group that meets in Dervock Presbyterian Church Hall every Tuesday (Term-time) from 10:00am – 12 noon.

Children can expect playtime, songs, stories, crafts and a snack. Parents, grandparents and carers can enjoy a chat, cup of tea and a scone.

Cost is £1 per child.

September 1, 2016 By allys

Position Of Organist | Praise Coordinator

Here at Dervock Presbyterian Church we are currently seeking to appoint someone to the position of organist | praise coordinator with responsibility to lead, develop and accompany praise in our services of worship. This is a great opportunity to use your skills and gifts to help develop the praise here, in partnership with the ministerial team. For more information on the position, please contact Rev. Scott Moore on 028 2074 1589 or email swmoore@presbyterianireland.org

Dervock Presbyterian Church, situated close to the famous Dark Hedges and Ballymoney, is a welcoming and family orientated church. We have services each Sunday at 12 noon and an evening service once a month at 7.00pm. We also have a mid-week Bible study and prayer time every Wednesday at 8.00pm as well as other organisations and ministries taking place. We’re also actively involved in outreach in the village of Dervock and the surrounding local community. You can read our latest church magazine here to get a glimpse of life in Dervock Presbyterian or browse through our website here.

Contact the minister, Rev Scott Moore, if you are interested in finding out more about this position of organist | praise coordinator in our church.

For further information and a full description of the role please get in touch with him on 028 2074 1589 or by email swmoore@presbyterianireland.org

June 30, 2016 By allys

Ambassadors Football Coaching Week

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20

Ambassadors Football Coaching Week at Dervock.

Dervock Football pitches were busy during that monumental week for our own GAWA. As hundreds of thousands, both home and abroad cheered on the boys as they lined up in the Stade des Lumières in Lyon; not only did they put one in the back of the net against Ukraine, but two. Just as Northern Ireland was being overcome in football fever, we had our own football coaching week with Ambassadors Football. Ambassadors are a Christian organisation that coach football, whilst at the same time, tell boys and girls the Good News about the Lord Jesus Christ. The organisation takes their name, Ambassadors, from the Bible verse above and are at work in over 65 countries across the world.

Between Monday 13th – Thursday 16th June 2016, over 50 children were registered for a football camp ran in partnership with Dervock Presbyterian Church and Ambassadors Football. Every night, Lead Coach Derek Livingstone (Ambassadors Football) set up the drills for the boys and girls. The drills were designed to help each player develop in their shooting, passing, dribbling, co-ordination, ball control, and the like.

After an hour of steady base work we had time for a quick drink of juice and Derek brought us a new thought each night from God’s word by looking at the letters that make up the name JESUS. After Derek had spoken to us we then played some matches, allowing the boys and girls to put their new skills into practice. The week ended with our own Euro 2016 competition as the boys and girls competed as different countries for the Dervock 2016 Euro Trophy. Although everyone had a great time, prizes were awarded to the winning junior and senior team of our euro finals and junior and senior male and female players of the week were awarded prizes.

We hope the children who attended the week enjoyed it and we’re grateful to Ambassadors Football for providing the equipment and preparing the talks, Thanks also to William McConaghie for opening the grounds and taking the photographs, to Dervock Reformed Presbyterian Church who gave a hand with a few coaches and to our own band of willing coaches, Lorraine Harkness, Peter McConaghie, Leonard McConaghie, Gareth McConaghie, John Richmond, Andrew McCaw, Scott Moore and Lee Patrick.