Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church

Date: Sunday, 16th November 2025Time: 7:00 p.m. (Doors open 6:30 p.m.)Venue: Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church, Killynure RoadSpeaker: Mrs Margaret CameronBorn in 1959 into a devout Roman Catholic family in the Glenshane Pass, Mrs Cameron was reared in the traditions of Rome—rosary at the fireside, weekly confession, First Communion, and the League of Mary. Yet from the age of 16½, while training as a nurse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, the Lord pursued her with relentless love. Through gospel tracts, faithful witnesses like Sharon Wiley, Mary Orange, and Elizabeth Atchison, and even a joiner from Ballymena, God placed “stumbling blocks” on her path to hell.On the 25th March 1977, at a quarter to two in the morning, she knelt by her bed and cried, “I need to be saved—NOW!” That night she trusted the Lord Jesus Christ alone, who “offered one sacrifice for sins for ever” (Hebrews 10:12, KJV).For 38 years she prayed for her parents. In her mother's final days, the Lord opened the door—no family at the bedside—and Mrs Cameron's dying mother confessed, “I've done it, Margaret—I've asked the Lord to forgive my sins and make me ready for heaven.” Six months later, her father too heard the gospel at his bedside. “There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5, KJV).Come and hear how the Good Shepherd sought and saved a lost sheep from a tricolour-flagged road in the Glenshane Pass, and how “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8, KJV).Special Music – Gospel Choruses led by local brethrenPrayer & Fellowship – Light refreshments afterwardsAll Welcome – Roman Catholics, Protestants, those of no faith—“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28, KJV).Free Admission – An offering will be taken up for the Lord's Work“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”1 Timothy 1:15 (KJV)

Date: SUN 11:30am 16th November 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Psalms 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul,and forget not all his benefits:

Date: SUN 7:00pm 9th November 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Hebrews 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Date: SUN 11:30am 9th November 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Luke 24:7-87 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered his words,

Date: SUN 7:00pm 2nd November 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.In the Gospel of John, chapter 6, Jesus performs the miracle of feeding the five thousand and then reveals Himself as the true sustenance for the soul. The message explores Christ's majestic declaration as the Bread of Life, the miraculous demonstration of His power, the merciful discovery of His heavenly origin, and the mighty doctrine of appropriation by faith. May these truths draw readers to feast upon the living Bread who alone satisfies eternal hunger.

In 1 Thessalonians 3:9–13, the Apostle Paul prays fervently for the young church he was forced to leave behind in Thessalonica. Longing to return and strengthen their faith, he asks God to cause their love to “increase and abound” toward one another and all people. Yet love's ultimate purpose is revealed in verse 13: that the Lord would “stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness” before God at Christ's return.This heartfelt prayer links love and holiness inseparably. True love, poured into the heart by the Holy Spirit, produces a life set apart for God—a hatred of sin and a passion for righteousness. Holiness is not outward ritual or sinless perfection, but God's inner work, beginning in the heart, grounded in Christ's cross, and perfected at His coming.Have you a heart for holiness? This vital question lies at the core of Paul's prayer and the Christian life.

Every year on the 31st of October, countless Christians across the world pause to remember one of the most momentous events in human history — the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. This anniversary is far more than a historical commemoration. It marks the rediscovery of the true Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ — a truth long obscured by man-made traditions, yet preserved by the Word of God.The Reformation was not a rebellion against the Church; it was a return to the message that has been true from the beginning — that the just shall live by faith. It was God's gracious act of reawakening His people to the authority of Scripture and the sufficiency of Christ's finished work on the cross.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 26th October 2025Preacher: Rev. Derek ErwinBible Reference: 2 Timothy 3:16-1716 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Date: SUN 11:30am 26th October 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 3:10Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

Date: MON 8:00pm 20th October 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Isaiah 17:10-11Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation,and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength,therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants,and shalt set it with strange slips:In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow,and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish:but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 19th October 2025Preacher: Rev. Gary GoodesBible Reference: Genesis 2:17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Date: SUN 11:30am 19th October 2025Preacher: Rev. Gary GoodesBible Reference: 2 Kings 7:2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 12th October 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 2 Kings 4:38And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

Date: SUN 11:30am 12th October 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 3:8For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 5th October 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Date: SUN 11:30am 5th October 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 28th September 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness:but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Date: SUN 11:30am 28th September 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy.

Join with us to hear Marion Getty's testimony at Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church on Sunday 21st September at 7pm. Marion's powerful testimony is a heartfelt account of God's transformative grace.Saved at 13 through the gospel shared by a Filipino choir, Marion's life was changed by the cleansing power of Jesus' blood. Despite challenges—a difficult childhood, the loss of her husband at 23, and recent personal trials—she has seen God's enduring faithfulness. Her story includes leading her husband to Christ, ministering to seafarers in Belfast's ports, and witnessing lives transformed by the gospel. Marion's message urges all to come to Christ, emphasizing the urgency of salvation and the sufficiency of God's grace in every trial.

Date: SUN 11:30am 21st September 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 14th September 2025Preacher: Rev. Fred GreenfieldBible Reference: 2 Kings 5:10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

Date: SUN 11:30am 14th September 2025Preacher: Rev. Fred GreenfieldBible Reference: Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 7th September 2025Preacher: Rev. Raymond McLernonBible Reference: Zechariah 1:5Your fathers, where are they?and the prophets, do they live for ever?

Date: SUN 11:30am 7th September 2025Preacher: Rev. Raymond McLernonBible Reference: Esther 3:6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 31st August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

Date: SUN 11:30am 31st August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 24th August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 2 Kings 25:28And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

Date: SUN 11:30am 24th August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 17th August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Amos 8:1-2Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me,The end is come upon my people of Israel;I will not again pass by them any more.

Date: SUN 11:30am 17th August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, -- That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 10th August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save itfor mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Date: SUN 11:30am 10th August 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 3rd August 2025Preacher: Rodney MitchellBible Reference: Genesis 7:5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Date: SUN 11:30am 3rd August 2025Preacher: Rodney MitchellBible Reference: Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Date: SUN 7:00pm 27th July 2025Preacher: Rev. Michael PatrickBible Reference: 2 Timothy 1:1212 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Date: SUN 11:30am 27th July 2025Preacher: Rev. Michael PatrickBible Reference: Philippians 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Date: SUN 7:00pm 20th July 2025Preacher: Mr. Phil MoffatBible Reference: Psalms 8:3-43 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Date: SUN 11:30am 20th July 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Psalms 102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness:I am like an owl of the desert.

Date: SUN 7:00pm 13th July 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Isaiah 28:17Judgment also will I lay to the line,and righteousness to the plummet:and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Date: SUN 11:30am 13th July 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

The Twelfth (also called the Glorious Twelfth or Orangemen's Day) was first held in Ulster in the late 18th century. It celebrates the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.On and around the Twelfth, large parades are held by the Orange Order and Ulster loyalist marching bands, streets are bedecked with British flags and bunting, and large towering bonfires are lit. Today the Twelfth is mainly celebrated in Northern Ireland (where it is a public holiday), but smaller celebrations are held in other parts of the world where Orange lodges have been set up (such as Scotland [mainly the Glasgow region], England [mainly the Merseyside/Liverpool region], Ireland [Rossnowlagh, County Donegal], Australia and Canada). Many thousands flock to the 12th and 13th celebrations, and the event is seen as a great place to cross paths with friends and enjoy the buzz and excitement of the parading Loyal Orders and marching bands. However, one wonders how many who celebrate this event actually know the real reason for these celebrations and are aware of the momentous events that took place so many years ago?

The Twelfth (also called the Glorious Twelfth or Orangemen's Day) was first held in Ulster in the late 18th century. It celebrates the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.On and around the Twelfth, large parades are held by the Orange Order and Ulster loyalist marching bands, streets are bedecked with British flags and bunting, and large towering bonfires are lit. Today the Twelfth is mainly celebrated in Northern Ireland (where it is a public holiday), but smaller celebrations are held in other parts of the world where Orange lodges have been set up (such as Scotland [mainly the Glasgow region], England [mainly the Merseyside/Liverpool region], Ireland [Rossnowlagh, County Donegal], Australia and Canada). Many thousands flock to the 12th and 13th celebrations, and the event is seen as a great place to cross paths with friends and enjoy the buzz and excitement of the parading Loyal Orders and marching bands. However, one wonders how many who celebrate this event actually know the real reason for these celebrations and are aware of the momentous events that took place so many years ago?

Date: SUN 7:00pm 6th July 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Hebrews 11:33-3433 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Date: SUN 11:30am 6th July 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Date: SUN 7:00 PM 29th June 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Hosea 11:4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love:and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws,and I laid meat unto them.

Date: SUN 11:30 AM 29th June 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Date: SUN 7:00 PM 22nd June 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Psalms 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Date: SUN 11:30 AM 22nd June 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Job 33:4The Spirit of God hath made me,and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Date: SUN 7:00 PM 15th June 2025Singers: Kingdom HeirsPreacher: Mr. Colin MaxwellBible Reference: Job 25:4How then can man be justified with God?or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Date: SUN 11:30 AM 15th June 2025Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Psalms 78:7That they might set their hope in God,and not forget the works of God,but keep his commandments:

Date: FRI 8:00 PM 13th June 2025Singer: Elizabeth SteelePreacher: Mr. Noel ShieldsBible Reference: John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.