Intimations – Sunday 28 January 2018

Our Praise :  :  At both of our services today the items of Praise are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH3).    At the morning service John Cameron will provide the accompaniment and at the Evening Service Archie MacDonald will precent the psalms.

If you feel more comfortable sitting during the items of praise, please feel free to do so.

After Morning Worship Fellowship : After Morning Worship today     Tea , Coffee, Juice and biscuits will be served in the Church.  Please stay behind for as long or short a time as you can manage and enjoy a time of fellowship with other members of the congregation and with visitors to our church.

Gaelic Service :  At 12.30 pm today, immediately following AMWF,  Rev Tommy MacKinnon will lead a Gaelic service in the church.

Crèche:    There is a crèche in the Church Hall behind the Church if anyone wishes to leave their children there during the morning service.

Sunday School & Youth Fellowship :  The groups meet every Sunday during the school term.   Sunday School meets initially in the Church before moving to the Church Hall.  Youth Fellowship meets in the Church Hall at 11.00 am.

The Ladies’ Bible Study Group meets in the Church Hall on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon.   All ladies welcome.

The Prayer Fellowship meets in the Manse at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening.   All are welcome to attend.

Pastoral Visits :  The Minister asks that he would be kept informed of any member of the congregation who is ill, in hospital or would welcome a visit from him.

FreeWill Offering Envelopes :  Please see Bill Marshall if you have not already received your envelopes for 2018.

Anyone who would wish to join the scheme and / or link their givings to Gift Aid should also see Bill.

 

MORNING SERVICE

 

Greetings and Intimations

Address to Young People

Hymn     CH  450      Saviour, teach me, day by day                                  

Reading                       Psalm 89 : 1 – 8                        (Pew Bible Page 597)

Hymn      CH    37      Praise the Lord !  ye heavens, adore him                

Prayer

Offering                                 

Prayer

Reading                       Matthew 6 : 19 – 21                (Pew Bible Page 971)                                                                                                                                                              

Hymn      CH  367      For the beauty of the earth               

Sermon

Hymn      CH  457      Fill thou our life, O Lord our God               

Benediction

 

EVENING SERVICE

 

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn  CH    73          I waited for the Lord my God                       

Prayer

Offering                                 

Reading                       Matthew 7 : 24 – 29              (Pew Bible Page 972)

Sermon

Hymn  CH    74          Show me thy ways, O Lord                           

Benediction

Retiral Offering :  A Retiral Offering will be taken at both services

today.   This collection will go towards the costs of major projects in our church buildings.

Apologies for not intimating this last week.  White envelopes can still be handed in next week or at any time.

 

New Communicant Members :   Any Adherent who would wish to become a full communicant member of the church should speak to the Minister at the end of the service or contact him by telephone.   We would dearly love to see more Adherents take up full communicant membership of the church and take Communion on 01 April.