Intimations – Sunday 8 May 2016
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.
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 meet every Sunday during the school term, initially in the Church before moving to the Church Hall.
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.
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 15 May.
Summer Opening of the Church to Visitors : Anyone willing to take on one or more of the slots on the rota for opening the church during the months of June to the end of August should give their name to Ishbel Beattie (0787 611 0984)
Church Magazine : The next edition of our magazine is due to be issued in August. We welcome items on your favourite hymns, poems, humorous stories, etc.
We would welcome especially items on “The Environment” and “Childhood Memories of Summer”
Please submit your items as soon as possible to enable an early start to be made on this edition. Items may be left in the folder in the Front Vestibule or, preferably, emailed to Trevor Dee at trevordee@btinternet.com
Holidays : The holiday period will soon be upon us and members of the congregation will be visiting many different parts of the country. If anyone visits a church elsewhere and finds that, like Portree Parish Church, spare copies of a magazine are available to visitors then the Magazine Committee would be extremely grateful to receive a copy. These can provide ideas for future articles in our own magazine
Any magazines obtained can be placed in the Magazine Folder in the Front Vestibule.
Church Officer – Evening Services : Many thanks to those who have volunteered to help with this duty.
Church Coin Boxes : Anyone wishing one of these boxes should see Bill Marshall. All monies raised through this scheme go to the Fabric Fund.
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Young People’s Address
Hymn CH 418 Jesus loves me !
Reading Psalm 119 : 17 – 24 (Pew Bible Page 617)
Hymn CH 48 O Lord of life, thy quickening voice
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Acts 1 : 4 – 11 (Pew Bible Page 1092)
Hymn CH 286 The head that once was crowned with thorns
Sermon
Hymn CH 372 Ye servants of God
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP
Prayer
Offering
Reading Isaiah 24 (Pew Bible Page 707)
Sermon
Hymn MP
Benediction