The Living Rooms Building was officially opened on Saturday the 16th of November 2024. The sun shone and it was a time of celebration and hope.  Photographs of the Opening along with  a video of the building works from cleared site to completed build can be seen below. An audio of the service is available on our YouTube page at https://youtu.be/z0X3EIKJ8rs

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The building was made possible through generous donations from the following funders:

• Benefact Trust

• Garfield Weston Foundation

• The Joseph Rank Trust

• Laing Family Trust

• Methodist Insurance

• The Methodist Church in Ireland

• Tudor Trust

• Ulster Garden Villages Ltd

and the Friends and Congregation of Ballymena Methodist Church 

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We are thankful to God for all that has come together to make the project a reality.  We have been truly blessed. Various community and church groups are already using the new premises and we look forward to really settling in and the building being used to its full potential in the near future. There is a verse in Isaiah 58 that talks about God’s people being repairers of broken walls and restorers of streets with dwellings.  We hope that as we move forward it will not just be part of the Ballymoney Road which has been restored with a new physical building but every part of the lives of those who use Living Rooms, the Church Hall and the Church building. 

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We do still have some money to raise for the final cost of the build. If you can help at this stage, there are two possible ways to do this. Either by making a one of donation or by considering lending the church an interest free loan. The period of the loan would be for six years, but we plan to start percentage repayments after eighteen months. If for any reason you would need the loan refunded before the six years are up, we will do that. If you have any queries relating to this request, please contact Mr Victor Wilson  (Tel. 07952168008 or victor.wilson@irishmethodist.org).