Our church is not a cathedral, or some ancient shrine of the faith, its atmosphere steeped in history. Our roots do, indeed, go deep down into the past, but we are less conscious of the past than of the present. Our Irish Presbyterian forefathers called their places of worship, "The Meeting House," and perhaps this name still best describes what this church building stands for.
Ours is a seaside parish and its residents are drawn from many different walks of life. Sunday by sunday they meet together here to offer their worship to God, and to be instructed from his word.
Here, too, we are bound more closely together through fellowship and sacrament and prayer. This is also a church which many strangers visit, whether to attend a service or just to look around. They come from all over the world and from many different backgrounds. All are welcome, and we keep our door open so that folk who come to Ballycastle may be drawn to this simple and beautiful meeting place. Above all, the purpose of this church is that men and women may meet with God, whether in the corporate worship of a service or in the silence of the empty building, aided perhaps by the Bible, or hymnbook or literature from the bookstall.