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Minister
Rev. A. H. GRAHAM, B.A.
Session
Rev. A. H. GRAHAM, B.A. (Moderator)
R. J. SHAW (Clerk of Session)
J. G. DUNN
W. W. McKEE
J. JAMISON
A. SHAW
Hon. Secretary : R. J. SHAW
Hon. Treasurer: W. W. McKEE
Hon. Freewill Offering Secretaries
W. W. McKEE
Miss NOLA GRAHAM
COMMITTEE:
| J. BAIRD |
T. McDOWELL |
| W. CAIRNS |
G. MARTIN |
| C. GRAHAM |
J. M. MARTIN |
| D. GRAHAM |
N. MARTIN |
| D. HANNA |
H. MARTIN |
| T. JAMISON |
E. MARTIN |
| D. JAMISON |
J. W. SHAW |
Organist: Mr. S. FERRIN
Church Officer: Mr. WM.
McMIN
Trustees
SAMUEL ROBINSON
ROBERT J. SHAW
CAMPBELL GRAHAM
JAMES G. DUNN
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Foreword
THIS history of Second Boardmills would be incomplete without the
recording of our thanks to Mr. Aiken McClelland. At one time a member of
Committee in Second Boardmills Mr. McClelland still retains a keen
interest in the church and district. We are greatly indebted to him for
all his research, and painstaking work to ensure an accurate record of the
history of Second Boardmills. The photographs were taken by Mr. S. Hopkins
and we wish to express our thanks to him for all his help.
To mark our one hundred and fiftieth anniversary we are to be honoured
by a visit from the Moderator of the General Assembly, the Right Rev. Dr.
John Davey. Following his visit on Sunday morning the 3rd February, 1963,
the Session plan to have special thanksgiving services in co-operation
with Killaney and First Boardmills. The mission will be held each evening
from 3rd February, 1963, to 17th February, 1963, and will be conducted by
Rev. A. Malcolm Parke, M.A., Orangefield Presbyterian Church, Belfast. We
hope that as you read this history and attend our special services you
will be the better equipped to serve Christ in His Church during the
coming years.
A. HAROLD GRAHAM
The Manse,
Boardmilis, Lisburn.
5th January, 1963.
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Preface
ONE hundred and fifty years ago to-day the members of the infant
congregation of "Scotch Seceders" petitioned their Synod for an election
of elders-a request which resulted in the First Session being formed a few
months later.
To mark this sesquicentennial the Rev. A. H. Graham, B.A., invited me
to write a brief history of the congregation, a task which has given me
great pleasure.
Second Boardmills enjoys an enviable and a justifiable reputation for
kindliness, friendliness and generosity - ever the indications of a living
and practical religion ; and as they read the story of their
congregational life I trust their love and loyalty to the Church may be
stimulated and strengthened.
AIKEN McCLELLAND
"Bresa,"
3 Beechhill Park Avenue,
Belfast 8.
5th January, 1963.
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