Sunday School

Lisburn Baptist Sunday School is held on Sunday Mornings from September until June.  We cater for children and young people from age 3 to 14.  The Kindergarten caters for children from 3 to 6 years; the children then move into the Junior Sunday School until they reach the age of 10.  At this stage they move into the senior group SM Live!

As a Sunday School, we have 2 broad aims:-

To evangelise and teach - from God’s word, the Bible – children and young people from the local community and from families that attend the Lisburn Baptist Church;

To nurture in the faith and teach - from God’s word, the Bible – those children and young people who have placed their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Sunday School programme is based around singing choruses suitable for children and young people, bible learning activities, scripture memorisation and the presentation of lessons from the Bible.

email: sundayschool@lisburnbaptist.com

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Outreach

Outreach with the Book Trailer in Lisburn. August 2008

Our missionary secretary periodically indicates those countries where Christians are most persecuted. England does not appear on that list-yet, and Northern Ireland which has enjoyed such blessing in the past is now experiencing limited opposition and political correction in relation to attempts to spread the Gospel.

We take the Book Trailer, an outreach of the Northern Region of our association of Baptist churches, for two days in early August to a prominent location within a pedestrianized area within our city. The trailer displays for sale a limited range of Christian literature; CDs, framed pictures and some soft toys.

 Our chief aim however is the distribution of tracts coupled with an effort to engage passers by in conversation relating to their position before God. Two tracts in particular were in use, namely The Last Enemy and Bad News for Good People. Irrespective of their views, if any, on spiritual matters all must concede that death is inevitable, unless Jesus returns first, and The Last Enemy tract urges upon all the great necessity of preparation for this the most important event. Talking and reading concerning this crucial subject does not hasten that event but while older people do die so do the young. Again many of our passers by would consider themselves as good people. By this they would mean that they go to church, perhaps assist in its running, contribute to charities and generally behave as you might wish from an immediate neighbour. This is where the bad news has to be introduced as the tract Bad News for Good People informs the reader that salvation is not of works least any man should boast.

While there are many refusals when a tract is freely offered the occasional person is prepared to stop and talk. A man, whose wife is saved, knows that salvation is vital but still hesitates .A Roman Catholic couple who are concerned about the disorder within their denomination are prepared to stop and talk. People were invited to accept literature and it is hoped that they may read it when home is reached or perhaps offer it to someone else within the home.

We are encouraged by the factual story relating to one of our churches on the north coast. There was a pastoral vacancy so when a man sought Believers Baptism the Oversight invited a former pastor to perform the baptism. The Pastor however considered it necessary to interview the candidate prior to baptism so a meeting was arranged.  When the two people met the candidate exclaimed to the Pastor, “Pastor do you not remember me. It was you who gave me a tract some 25 years ago and it was as a result of reading it that I was convinced of the need to seek salvation and then found it.”

Prayer is a mighty instrument, not for getting man’s will done in heaven, but for getting God’s will done on earth.