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MORNING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn   CH                                                             

Reading                       Genesis 11 : 1 – 9            (Pew Bible Page 12)

Hymn   CH                           

Prayer

Offering                                  

Prayer

Reading                       Acts 2 : 1 – 8               (Pew Bible Page 1093)                                               

Hymn   CH                           

Sermon

Hymn  CH

Communion

Hymn  CH                             

Benediction

EVENING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn  MP                                                     

Prayer

Offering                                  

Reading                          Psalm 139 : 7 – 12         (Pew Bible Page 628)

Sermon

Hymn  MP

Communion

Hymn  MP                                                                 

Benediction

Communion : Communion will be served at both services today.

After Morning Worship Fellowship : After Morning Worship today     Tea , Coffee, Juice and biscuits will be served in the Church Hall. 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 Schoolmeets every Sunday during the school term.   They meet initially in the Church before moving to the Church Hall.

Youth Fellowshipwillmeet in the Church Hall from 7.15 to 8.30 pm tonight.

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

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

Church Coffee Mornings : Coffee Mornings are held in the church each Thursday morning from 10.30 to 12.00.

 Kirk Session :   A meeting of Kirk Session will be held in the Manse at 7.30 pm on on Thursday 19 June.  Agenda and Minutes are available in the Front Vestibule.

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.

Congregational Register : The Kirk Session is currently updating the Congregational Records.  Last year, the roll keeper’s computer crashed and so some details may have been lost.  The Data Protection Act requires us by law to have written permission to hold your name on the roll.   If you have started attending the church in the last four years, or returned after a period of absence, or your details have been lost then you may be asked to complete a roll request form.  Please return these forms to Donna McEwan or any of the elders

Food Bank : Food items may be deposited in the receptacle in the Front Vestibule. These will be passed on to Helping Hands who will distribute them to those in need in Portree and the local area. Cards listing the most suitable items of food are available in the Front Vestibule.

Summer Opening of 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 Mairi MacDonald.

Values & Visions for the Future of Scotland : Interfaith Scotland will be holding a Women’s Interfaith Dialogue Afternoon in the Aros Centre from 2.00 – 4.00 pm on Monday 9 June. See the poster in the Front Vestibule for further details.

MORNING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Children’s Address

Hymn    CH                                                   

Reading                       Isaiah 55                            (Pew Bible Page 742)

Hymn    CH               

Prayer

Offering                                 

Prayer

Reading                       Matthew 28 : 1 – 10         (Pew Bible Page 1000)                                         

Hymn    CH   

Sermon

Hymn  CH    

Benediction

EVENING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn                                                                         

Prayer

Offering                     

Reading                  Psalm 23                               (Pew Bible Page 555)

Sermon

Hymn

Benediction

Minister’s Annual Leave : Sandor is taking part of his annual leave entitlement from Monday 24 March until Monday 30 March.

Urgent pastoral matters during this period will be dealt with by Rev Geoff McKee.   In such cases please contact the Session Clerk or the Rev McKee on 01470 521457.

Both services today will be conducted by the Rev. John Murray.

We wish Sandor and Susan a peaceful and enjoyable holiday and pray that Sandor returns from this break strengthened to continue his ministry here in Portree.

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 close today for the Easter Holiday period.   They will next meet on Sunday 27 April.

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 at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening.   All are welcome to attend.   The next two meetings will be held at Fiona Stephenson’s house at the pier.

Church Coffee Mornings :  It is planned to restart these fund raising events in the second half of April.  Last year they raised over £600 for church funds.  Anyone who would be willing to be involved or who would wish further information should see Liz MacDonald.

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 at the Easter Service on Sunday 20 April.

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.

Church Magazine :  Preparations for the Easter edition of the Church magazine are underway.    A folder has been placed in the Front Vestibule of the church and anyone who has an item (poem, article, prayer, etc.) that they wish to be considered for inclusion in the Easter or other editions of the magazine is asked to place it in the folder.

The closing date for articles is 25 April but earlier receipt would be appreciated.

Food Bank :  Food items from the undernoted list may be deposited in the receptacle in the Front Vestibule.  These will be passed on to Helping Hands who will distribute them to those in need in Portree and the local area.

Items particularly requested are  pasta, pasta sauces, jam, rice, smoked sausage, noodles, soup, beans, sweetcorn, breakfast cereals, tins of ravioli, powdered milk, tins of spaghetti bolognese.

So do not fear, for I am with you ;

Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you ;

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

MORNING SERVICE

 

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn    CH                                                                           

Reading                       Genesis 3 : 20 – 24                   (Pew Bible Page 6)

Hymn    CH                                                   

Prayer

Offering                                 

Prayer

Reading                       Matthew 2 : 1 – 12              (Pew Bible Page 966)                                        

Hymn    CH                                       

Sermon

Hymn  CH

Benediction

EVENING SERVICE

 

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn                                                             

Prayer

Offering                                 

Reading                          Revelation 1 (Pew Bible Page 1233)

Sermon

Hymn

Benediction

 

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 and Youth Fellowship have closed for the Christmas holiday period.  They will resume on next Sunday, 12 January 2014.

The Ladies’ Bible Study Group will next meet in the Church Hall this coming Tuesday, 7 January 2014, from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon.   All ladies welcome.

The Prayer Fellowship will next meet in the Manse at 7.00 pm this coming Tuesday, 7 January 2014.   All are welcome to attend. 

Kirk Session :   A meeting of the Kirk Session will be held in the Manse at 7.30 pm on Thursday 16 January.   Minutes and Agenda will be available next Sunday.

Coffee Morning :  There will be no Thursday Coffee Morning this month.

 

A New Year With The Lord

A new year is about to unfold
With new opportunities to explore
Doors will open for new experiences,
New adventures with the Lord

Remember not the former things,
The things of this past year,
The Lord will do new things in us,
Much more than we are aware

For He will make a way for us
As we put our trust in Him
And He will guide our every step
By His presence we have within

What God has placed within our hearts,
We find we’ll be able to do
If we look for the opportunities,
We’ll see the door to go through

We mustn’t let anything hold us back
But rise up and take our place
And be all that God wants us to be
With a fresh touch of His grace

© By M.S.Lowndes

MORNING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Baptisms

Hymn    CH                                                                           

Reading                       Psalm 100                         (Pew Bible Page 604)

Hymn    CH                                                   

Prayer

Offering                                 

Prayer

Reading                       Ephesians 1 : 15 – 23      (Pew Bible Page 1173)                                          

Hymn    CH                                       

Sermon

Hymn  CH

Benediction

EVENING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn                                                             

Prayer

Offering                                 

Reading                          Revelation 20 : 1 – 10 (Pew Bible Page 1248)

Sermon

Hymn

Benediction

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 meets every Sunday during the school term.   They meet initially in the Church before moving to the Church Hall.

Youth Fellowship will meet in the Church Hall from 7.15 to 8.30 pm tonight.

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. 

Church Magazine  –  Christmas Edition

Today is the deadline for receipt of articles.

Items may be sent directly to the editors, Jenni & Patrick Jones, at jennipatrick@btinternet.com

Church Magazine :  Anyone who would prefer to receive their copy of the Church Magazine electronically rather than having it delivered should enter their details on the sheet to be found in the Front Vestibule.

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.

Church / Church Hall Cleaning Rotas 2014 : Volunteers are sought to

fill the few vacant slots in the above rotas.    This would only involve a

total of 4 – 6 hours per YEAR   Anyone willing to assist with this should contact Ann MacLeod (611 271)

Door Duty / Readers :   Door Duty volunteers are sought to give a welcome greeting to people as they come into the church and to take up the offerings.   Readers would read the lessons during services.   If you would be willing to help with either or both of these duties please see Donna McEwan or Bill Marshall.

Ladies’ Bible Study Christmas Lunch :  The Ladies’ Bible Study group is once more planning a Christmas Lunch to which all ladies of the congregation are invited.  The lunch will be held in Marmalade at Portree House at 12.30pm on Saturday 30 November.  The cost will be £15.50 per person.  All ladies interested should collect an information sheet from the Front Vestibule and return the tear-off section by today.

Pulpit Exchange  –  Sunday 1 December :  :  In his role as Interim Moderator for Kilmuir & Stenscholl Parish, Sandor will be celebrating the Sacrament of Communion in Staffin Church on the morning of 1 December. In his place, Rev. John Murray will lead worship at our 11.00 am service and this will be followed at 12.30 pm by a Gaelic Service.

This service is open to all, from any church, who would wish to attend.  Please inform anyone you know who might be interested in attending.

Skye and Lochalsh Faiths Together group will mark Scottish Inter Faith Week with a celebration of the “One-ness” of all humanity and of the “essence” of the different religious traditions. Please join us on Saturday 30 November, 10.30 am to 1 pm, at St Columba’s Episcopal Church, Portree. Tea and coffee provided. For further details contact Jim Towers, Tel 01478 640477.

Date for the Diary :   Morning worship on Sunday 15 December will be a Family Service involving an input from our youngest members.  Following the service members of the congregation are invited to a Christmas Soup & Mince Pies organised by the Sunday School.  Sunday School teachers have already written to Santa to see if he could possibly manage to visit the Hall at that time.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

MORNING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Youth Fellowship                   Pray it Forward

Prizegiving

Hymn    CH                                                                           

Reading                                   Genesis 21 : 8 – 21 (Pew Bible Page 21)

Hymn    CH                                                   

Prayer

Offering                                 

Prayer

Reading                                   Matthew 10 : 24 – 39 (Pew Bible Page 975)                                     

Hymn    CH                                       

Address

Hymn    CH

Benediction

EVENING SERVICE

Greetings and Intimations

Hymn                                                             

Prayer

Offering                                 

Reading                          Revelation 12 : 1 – 9 (Pew Bible Page 1241)

Sermon

The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn                                                            

Benediction

Congregational Soup & Pudding : Sandor, Susan and their family wish to invite all members of the congregation to join them for a Soup & Pudding Lunch in the Church Hall after morning worship.  This will provide the opportunity for a time of fellowship together and a first opportunity for the congregation to meet Hanna and her proud parents, Szende and Ferenc.

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  close today for the Summer holiday period.   Classes will meet again on the first Sunday after school resumes.

We hope our young members have an enjoyable holiday.

Thank You :   The Minister and Kirk Session wish to extend their very grateful thanks to all those who have given of their time and talents to the Christian education of our younger members throughout the last session.

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 group meets in the Church Hall at 6.30 pm this coming Tuesday evening.   All are welcome to attend.

Coffee Mornings :  Coffee Mornings, in aid of church funds  are held each Thursday from 10.30 – 12.00  Please come and support this fund raising initiative.   From Thursday 20 June these will be held in the Church.

Kirk Session  : A meeting of Kirk Session will be held in the Manse at 7.30 pm on Thursday 27 June.   Minutes and Agenda are in the Front Vestibule.

Christian Aid :  Rev. Geoff McKee wishes to convey his thanks to all at Portree Parish who helped with Christian Aid this year.  Portree raised a total of £413.90 which will obviously increase once Gift Aid has been added.

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.

Talents :  The Stewardship Committee would like to thank the Sunday School children for their help and full participation over the second two weeks of the Talents campaign.   The Committee said “their contributions said more than we ever could”  !