3rd Portadown Boys’ Brigade - St Mark’s

04/11/2026

Poppies which the Junior Section boys made have now been added to the display at St Mark’s Church.

03/11/2026

Tonight boys and Leaders visited the amazing poppy display at St Mark’s Church and also made some poppies to be added.
‘We will remember them.’

04/10/2026

All men and boys welcome this Tuesday!

🏆⚽ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘! ⚽🏆

👊 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂!

As part of our Harvest Mission Week — “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚”, we’re bringing the lads together for a night of challenges, games, competition and football! 🔥⚽💪

📅 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿
🏆 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴
🎯 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴
⚽ 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
😂 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 & 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘤
🤝 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺

Whether you’re competitive, just here for the laughs, or somewhere in between — there’s a place for you at the table! 🩵

👊 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚!
Grab your mates, bring your competitive spirit and get ready for a great night together.

🌾 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🍽️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 — 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

📅 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿
⚽ 𝗠𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

Tag the lads you’re bringing! 👇

04/10/2026

🎉🎈 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘! 🎈🎉

🌟 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗨𝗡! 🌟

We’re finishing our Harvest Mission Week — “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚” with a morning packed full of fun for all the family! 🩵🌾

📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿
⏰ 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻
📍 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵

🎪 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚
🎨 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜
🎈 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜
✂️ 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙨
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙁𝙪𝙣
😊 𝙇𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 & 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧!

And the best part… 𝙄𝙏’𝙎 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙔 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀!🥳🙌

Bring the whole family, invite your friends and neighbours, and come along for a morning of fun, laughter and community! 💙

🍽️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 — 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
🎈 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲!

👇 Tag a family you’d love to see there! 👇

04/10/2026

New recruits always welcome!

🎉 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀’ 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗻g! 🎉
Another exciting evening of fun, games, friendship, challenges, learning and plenty of Boys’ Brigade spirit is coming up! 💙🙌

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 👇

🧸 𝗖𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦
👶 Nursery & P1
🕡 6:45pm – 7:45pm
📍 Fergus Hall

⚓ 𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗦
👦 P2 – P4
🕡 6:45pm – 8:00pm
📍 Parochial Hall

⭐ 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
👦 P5 – P7
🕡 6:45pm – 8:15pm
📍 Parochial Hall

💙 We’re looking forward to another great night together! With plenty more fun, friendship, faith, learning and adventure still to come, there’s lots to look forward to this year! 🙌🎯🎲

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! 💙⚓️

04/10/2026

04/10/2026

On this day in 1883, a Sunday School teacher in Glasgow decided he’d had enough of chaos in his classroom.

William Alexander Smith was a businessman and Volunteer soldier who couldn’t keep his boys in order — so on the evening of 4 October 1883, he threw open the doors of the Free College Church Mission at 329 North Woodside Road with two friends, the Hill brothers. They called themselves “the Dauntless Three.”
The first session was pure drill. No boy could fall in if he was even a minute late. But it worked — fifty-nine names in three weeks, boys aged twelve to sixteen.

That one evening became the world’s first uniformed youth organisation. It pioneered organised camping for young people in 1886, and Baden-Powell later drew on it when he founded the Scouts in 1908.

From a mission hall in Glasgow to 750,000 members worldwide.

27/08/2026

All sections restart on Tuesday 8th September in the Parochial Hall, Carleton Street. Looking forward to seeing all our Leaders, Boys and some new faces. 😃

06/08/2026

Sad news today. Our former Captain, Tom Johnstone has passed away. Tom was Company Captain in the 1960’s and remained a great supporter of the work of our Company. He helped out in recent years on our Centenary Celebrations.
We extend our sympathy to all the family circle and remember them in our prayers.