Intimations – Sunday 19 January 2020
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.
Our Praise : This morning our praise items are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH) and those at evening services are taken from Mission Praise (MP).
If you feel more comfortable sitting during the items of praise, please feel free to do so.
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 : The group meets every Sunday during the school term. The young people meet initially in the Church before moving to the Church Hall.
The Ladies’ Bible Study Group : The group meets in the Church Hall on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon. All ladies welcome
The Prayer Fellowship : Due to the ongoing work by Scottish Water the Fellowship group is cancelled until further notice.
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.
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 12 April.
Retiral Offering : A Retiral Offering will be taken at both services on Sunday 26 January. This collection will go towards the costs of major projects in our church buildings.
Church Magazine : The first 2020 edition of our magazine is scheduled for issue prior to Easter (12 April).
The main theme for this edition will, not surprisingly, be SPRING and EASTER and we would ask for articles on thoughts of Spring ; memories of Easter past ; favourite hymns ; poetry ( famous or your own) etc.
It would be appreciated if articles could be typed and either placed in the Magazine Folder in the Vestibule or, preferably, emailed to the editor at wwm74marl@hotmail.com Handwritten articles can still be placed in the folder.
The provisional schedule for the production will be :-
January to Sunday 01 March – submission of articles
02 March to 15 March – preparation and proofreading of the Magazine
Week beginning 16 March – printing of magazine
Sunday 29 March – issue of magazine to distributors
We hope that, with your help, we can once again continue the high standards set in previous editions.
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Address to Young People
Hymn CH 383 Come, children, join to sing
Reading 1 Samuel 3 : 1 – 10 (Pew Bible Page 274)
Hymn CH 683 I hear thy welcome voice
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Revelation 5 : 1 – 10 (Pew Bible Page 1237)
Hymn CH 108 Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
Sermon
Hymn CH 374 To God be the glory ! (See back page for chorus)
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 51 Be Thou my vision
Prayer
Offering
Reading Deuteronomy 6 : 4 – 9 (Pew Bible Page 185)
Sermon
Hymn MP 760 When we walk with the Lord
Benediction
Chorus for CH 374
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord !
let the earth hear His voice ;
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord !
let the people rejoice :
O come to the Father,
through Jesus the Son
and give Him the glory ;
great things He hath done !