Intimations – Sunday 23 February 2020
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you ;
bind them round your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favour and a good name
in the sight of God and man.”
MORNING SERVICE 11 am
Greetings and Intimations
Address to Young People
Hymn CH 151 God, who made the earth
Reading 2 Kings 2 : 1 – 12 (Pew Bible Page 369)
Hymn CH 73 I waited for the Lord my God
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Mark 9 : 2 – 9 (Pew Bible Page 1012)
Hymn CH 217 O wondrous type, O vision fair
Sermon
Hymn CH 689 Nearer, my God, to thee
Benediction
The Minister or an Elder will be happy to pray for anyone after the service.
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.
EVENING SERVICE 6 pm
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 439 Lord of all being, throned afar
Prayer
Offering
Reading Exodus 24 : 1 – 18 (Pew Bible Page 82)
Sermon
Hymn MP 760 When we walk with the Lord
Benediction
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.
Church Magazine : Articles for the Easter / Spring edition of the Church magazine can now be handed in. 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 deadline for submission of articles is Sunday 01 March – 1 week away !
World Day Of Prayer :
A World Day of Prayer service will be held in our own Church Hall on Friday 6th March at 2:00 pm. All members of the congregation are warmly invited to come along to enjoy some fellowship with refreshments served afterwards.
We are looking for volunteers to take part with Bible readings and teas/coffees/ baking, so if you think you will be able to help out in any way, please contact Mary Anne Wake on 01478-650438 ( leave a message) or Catherine Stewart on 01478-612316.
Please feel free to bring along a friend – the more the merrier.
