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Raising Generations of Christ-Like Men!

The Advancement of Christ's Kingdom Among Boys, and the promotion of habits of obedience, reverence, discipline, self-respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness!

19/10/2026

🏕️ Celebrating our DofE achievements! 🎉

At our Enrolment Service, we were delighted to celebrate Luke and Charlie, who received their Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards after completing volunteering work, skills activities and multiple expeditions. Huge congratulations to both boys on this fantastic achievement! 👏

We also want to recognise our leader Joel, who completed his Expedition and Outdoor Leadership Level 2 training at the end of September . This training equips leaders with the skills and knowledge needed to deliver safe and rewarding expedition experiences for young people.

A massive thank you to all the volunteers and trainers who give up their time and work behind the scenes to make these opportunities possible. Your dedication helps our young people take on new challenges, develop confidence and achieve great things! 💙

Love BallyclareKilbride Presbyterian ChurchEast Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeThe Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNIBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationThe Duke of Edinburgh's Award

17/10/2026

We were delighted to see such a great turnout last weekend for our Enrolment Service at Kilbride Presbyterian Church! ✝️

Our Boys, Leaders and Helpers reaffirmed their commitment to our Company, our Church and, most importantly, our Heavenly Father, as we continue to seek to Advance Christ’s Kingdom through the work of the Boys’ Brigade.

Our Chaplain, Rev. Gareth McFadden, reflected on the BB Object in his message, reminding us of the importance of developing habits of obedience, reverence, discipline and self-respect in our daily lives. 📖

A huge thank you to all our Boys, Leaders, Parents, Relatives and Church Family for your continued support, both physically and prayerfully. We are incredibly grateful for everyone who plays a part in the life of our Company!

We would also like to thank our Worship Team for leading us so wonderfully during the service. 🎶

As we look ahead to another year in BB, may we continue to grow in faith, character and service, putting Christ at the centre of all that we do! 🙏✝️

East Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeThe Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNIBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationLove Ballyclare@top fans

04/10/2026

🌾 Harvest at 1st Kilbride 🌾

Our Anchors and Juniors enjoyed helping to decorate our Church for our Harvest celebrations! 🍂🌽

In church today we looked at Psalm 24 remembering that The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. 🌍

We reflected on how everything we have is a gift from God - our food, our favourite places, our families and the world around us. We may have been given responsibility over creation, but we are also called to care for it for future generations.

Harvest is a chance to stop and be thankful, but also to remember that God is in charge. We talked about what it means to genuinely seek Him and allow that to shape our choices, our families and how we care for His world.

A big thank you to all our Anchors and Juniors for helping make our Church look fantastic! 🌾 We thank our leaders for organising these crafts and weekly programmes for our boys to enjoy and come closer with the Lord!

Kilbride Presbyterian ChurchEast Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeThe Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNIBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationLove Ballyclare

19/09/2026

PRESIDENTIAL VISIT!

On Thursday night, we were delighted to welcome Mark Smyth, President of The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNI to Kilbride BB! 💙

Mark spent the evening joining in with all three sections and getting involved in what each section had planned for the night.

🔴 Anchors
Mark joined our Anchor Boys as they practised their song for our upcoming Annual Enrolment Service, before getting involved in some of their games! 🎶🎲

🟡 Juniors
Our Juniors were learning about Joseph and his colourful coat, thinking about the story of Joseph, his dad Jacob and his brothers. Mark joined in with their craft activity before taking part in a Q&A with the boys. 🎨👕

🔵 Company Section
The Company Section had the opportunity to put Mark in the hot seat with a Q&A session! The boys asked questions about his faith, his responsibilities as BBNI President and his time serving with the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service 🚒

It was fantastic to have Mark with us for the evening and to see him getting involved across all three sections.

We hope you enjoyed your visit to Kilbride as much as we enjoyed having you! 👏💙

Thanks for joining us, Mark!

East Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeKilbride Presbyterian ChurchBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationLove Ballyclare

15/09/2026

🚨 QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER UPDATE! 🚨

Our latest edition of the Kilbride BB Company Newsletter has just dropped! 📰😁

Featuring all that Kilbride BB has been getting up to over the summer months, it’s the perfect way to keep up-to-date with everything happening in our Company!

📖 Please take a few minutes to have a read!

Would you like to receive our newsletters directly to your inbox? 📧

If you’d like to be added to our mailing list, simply contact Ross and we’ll be happy to get you added!

Kilbride Presbyterian ChurchEast Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeThe Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNIBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationLove Ballyclare

12/09/2026

💥💥 **FIRST NIGHT BACK!**

Thursday saw the return of BB at Kilbride Presbyterian Church for the 2026/27 session… and it’s safe to say everyone had an action-packed first night! 🙌

All sections spent time introducing our Scripture theme for this year - Young People in the Bible!📖 Throughout the year, we’ll be studying the stories of different young people in the Bible who God chose to spread His Word, and looking at how their stories can inspire our boys to live closer lives with Jesus. ✝️

Our Anchor Boys had great fun playing LOTS of team games and getting to know all the new faces! 👏

Our Junior Section also played some getting-to-know-you games before making this year’s Prayer Pocket. Each week, the boys can put in prayer requests about things happening in their lives, such as school, family or anything else they would like us to pray for. Leaders will then pray for these privately at the end of the night throughout the session. 🙏 The boys also enjoyed some tasty pizza and biscuits to finish off the night! 🍕🍪

Company Section got competitive with Alan’s start-of-year quiz before taking to the pitch for some much-loved football! ⚽ There was some slight concern that the Junior Section may have eaten ALL the pizza…. thankfully, they left some for the Company! 😂🍕

What a brilliant first night back - we’re already looking forward to the rest of the year!

Kilbride Presbyterian ChurchEast Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeThe Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNIBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationLove Ballyclare@top fans

07/09/2026

We are BACK this Thursday! 🥳🚨🚨

We are so excited to welcome our boys back through the door this Thursday evening, for another fun-filled session! At 1st Kilbride BB there is something for every boy right from P1 to Year 14!

We are always open to new members! Please get in touch if you would like your son(s) to join!

If you are an existing member and haven’t signed up yet… there is plenty of time to do this on night one! Just speak to our leaders upon arrival to get one of our consent forms and fee information 😊

🔴Anchor Boys (P1-P4)
Thursday 1830-1930

🟡 Junior Section (P5-P7)
Thursday 1900-2030

🔵 Company Section (Yr8-Yr14)
Thursday 1900-2130

Kilbride Presbyterian ChurchEast Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeThe Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNIBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community AssociationLove Ballyclare@top fans

27/08/2026

REGISTRATION THIS EVENING!! 💥💥

We are all set and excited to welcome you to our registration drop-in evening, tonight at Kilbride Presbyterian Church Halls!

Whether you are a returning member, or new, everyone is welcome to call in between 19.00-20.30 to register your son(s) for this upcoming session!

📝Consent forms can be filled out and fees paid by either cash or bank transfer!

👔 Uniforms can be tried for size and purchased, and where possible reused - so if you've got any old uniform please bring it along!♻️

Our BB team will be on hand to help you and are ready for a new year with your boys.

🗣 Be sure to share this far and wide to anyone so that this coming year can be even bigger and better in Kilbride as we continue to 'Advance Christ's Kingdom' and 'Raise Generations of Christ-like Men'!

The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNILove BallyclareEast Antrim Battalion Boys' BrigadeKilbride Presbyterian ChurchEurospar DoaghBurnside Community Group Northern IrelandDoagh Village Community Association

23/08/2026

🥾⛺️Silver Qualifying Weekend ⛺️🥾

This weekend was the last of our expeditions this year as we headed to the Mournes for the Silver Qualifying.
All the guys did really well and we are so proud of each and every one of them 👏.

Thanks as always goes to all the leaders who have helped out in anyway to support these weekends and navigation nights as we could not run The Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme without their dedication.

The Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade - BBNI
East Antrim Battalion Boys' Brigade
Kilbride Presbyterian Church

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Ballyclare
BT390SD

Telephone

+447518725971

Website

https://www.kilbridepresbyterian.org/

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