Intimations – Sunday 5 August 2018
Communion : Communion will be served at the morning service today.
If you wish to be served with the Elements please sit in one of the pews with the white cloths. If you are unable to do this, please indicate to an Elder from where you are sitting and the Elements will be brought to
you. Those wishing the Common Cup should sit on the organ side of the church and those wishing the Individual Cup should sit on the pulpit side.
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 : At Morning Worship today the accompaniment for our praise will be provided by Lian Na Rose and taken from Church Hymnary (CH). Our praise at the Evening Service will be 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.
The Prayer Fellowship : The group meets in the Church Hall 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.
Sunday School & Youth Fellowship : Sunday School and Youth Fellowship are closed for the Summer holiday period. Classes will resume on Sunday 2 September.
The Ladies’ Bible Study Group : The Tuesday group meetings have finished for the Summer recess. The new session for the group will commence on Tuesday 21 August.
During the recess period an open invitation is extended to all ladies who would wish to meet informally in the Red Brick Café at Jans on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon.
Holidays : The holiday period is now 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.
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn CH 360 Praise my soul, the King of heaven
Reading Exodus 34 : 29 – 35 (Pew Bible Page 94)
Hymn CH 296 Rejoice, the Lord is King
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Luke 9 : 28 – 36 (Pew Bible Page 1040)
Hymn CH 355 God reveals his presence
Sermon
Hymn CH 565 I’ll of salvation take the cup
Communion
Hymn CH 164 Tell out, my soul
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 784 Ye servants of God
Prayer
Offering
Reading Mark 11 : 27 – 33 (Pew Bible Page 1017)
Sermon
Hymn MP 59 Blessed assurance
Benediction
Intimations – Sunday 1 July 2018
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 : : Normally at our morning services the items of Praise are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH3) 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 & Youth Fellowship : Sunday School and Youth Fellowship are closed for the Summer holiday period. Classes will resume on Sunday 2 September.
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 : Until further notice, the group will meet in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening. All are welcome to attend.
SECURITY : Those people responsible for closing the church at the end of a service or a period f opening the church to visitors are asked to ensure that all doors are locked and that the sound system has been switched off.
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 Sunday 5 August.
Holidays : The holiday period is now 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.
Ladies’ Bible Study Group : The final meeting of the Ladies’ Bible Study Group before the Summer recess will be Tuesday 10 July. The new session for the group will commence on Tuesday 21 August.
During the recess period an open invitation is extended to all ladies who would wish to meet informally in the Red Brick Café at Jans on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn CH 1 All people that on earth do dwell
Reading Exodus 17 : 1 – 7 (Pew Bible Page 75)
Hymn CH 387 The Lord’s my Shepherd (Verses 1 – 5)
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Romans 5 : 1 – 8 (Pew Bible Page 1132)
Hymn CH 683 I hear thy welcome voice
Sermon
Hymn CH 81 My faith looks up to thee
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 16 All my hope on God is founded
Prayer
Offering
Reading Mark 2 : 13 – 17 (Pew Bible Page 1004)
Sermon
Hymn MP 41 At the name of Jesus
Benediction
Intimations – Sunday 24 June 2018
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 : : Normally at our morning services the items of Praise are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH3) 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 & Youth Fellowship : Today is the last Sunday when Sunday School and Youth Fellowship meet before the Summer holiday period. Classes will resume on Sunday 2 September.
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 : Until further notice, the group will meet in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening. All are welcome to attend.
SECURITY : Those people responsible for closing the church at the end of a service or a period of opening the church to visitors are asked to ensure that all doors are locked and that the sound system has been switched off.
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 Sunday 5 August.
Holidays : The holiday period is now 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.
Ladies’ Bible Study Group : The final meeting of the Ladies’ Bible Study Group before the Summer recess will be Tuesday 10 July. The new session for the group will commence on Tuesday 21 August.
During the recess period an open invitation is extended to all ladies who would wish to meet informally in the Red Brick Café at Jans on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Young People’s presentation
Prizegiving
Hymn CH 418 Jesus loves me !
Reading Joel 2 : 28 – 32 (Pew Bible Page 914)
Hymn CH 132 Tell me the old, old story
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Acts 2 : 14 – 28 (Pew Bible Page 1093)
Hymn CH 437 Love Divine, all loves excelling
Minister’s address
Hymn CH 482 Yield not to temptation
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 51 Be Thou my vision
Prayer
Offering
Reading Mark 4 : 30 – 34 (Pew Bible Page 1006)
Sermon
Hymn MP 54 Bind us together, Lord
Benediction
Intimations – Sunday 17 June 2018
Baptism : During Morning Worship today, Liza, the daughter of Szende and Ferenc Erdös and grand-daughter of Sandor and Susan will be baptised by Sandor.
Guest Preacher : Following the Sacrament of baptism this morning, Rev. Rory MacLeod, Minister of Strath & Sleat Parish, a long standing friend of the Fazakas family and well known to many of the Portree congregation will conduct the remainder of Morning Worship.
Evening Service 6.00 pm : Roddy Beaton will lead worship at the Evening Service tonight.
Crèche: There is a crèche in the Church Hall behind the Church if anyone wishes to leave their children there during the morning 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 : : Normally at our morning services the items of Praise are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH3) 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.
Sunday School & Youth Fellowship 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 : The group meets in the Church Hall on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon. All ladies welcome.
The Prayer Fellowship : Until further notice, the group will meet in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening. All are welcome to attend.
SECURITY : Those people responsible for closing the church at the end of a service or a period of opening the church to visitors are asked to ensure that all doors are locked and that the sound system has been switched off.
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.
Church Calendar for June / July
Thursday 21 June
A meeting of the Congregational Board and Kirk Session will be held in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm with the Kirk Session meeting thereafter. Kirk Session Minutes and Agenda are available from the vestibule.
Sunday 24 June
This will be the last Sunday when Sunday School and Youth Fellowship meet before the Summer holiday period. Classes will resume on Sunday 2 September.
As is our tradition, Morning Worship at 11.00 am will take the form of a Family Service with contributions from our younger members.
Normal Evening worship will take place at 6.00 pm
Tuesday 10 July
This will be the final date for the Ladies’ Bible Study Group before the Summer recess. The new session for the group will commence on Tuesday 21 August.
During the recess period an open invitation is extended to all ladies who would wish to meet informally in the Red Brick Café at Jans on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon
Commitment of Congregation at Baptism :
We will nurture one another in faith,
uphold one another in prayer
and encourage one another in service.
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Baptism
Hymn CH 549 Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer
Reading 1 Samuel 16 : 1 – 13 (Pew Bible Page 287)
Hymn CH 367 For the beauty of the earth
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Mark 4 : 26 – 34 (Pew Bible Page 1006)
Hymn CH 360 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Sermon
Hymn CH 635 Almighty God, thy word is cast
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 660 The Lord’s my Shepherd
Prayer
Offering
Reading Ephesians 1 (Pew Bible Page 1173)
Sermon
Hymn MP 486 Now thank we all our God
Benediction
Intimations – Sunday 10 June 2018
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 : : Normally at our morning services the items of Praise are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH3) 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 & Youth Fellowship 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 : The group meets in the Church Hall on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon. All ladies welcome.
The Prayer Fellowship : Until further notice, the group will meet in the Church Hall 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.
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 Calendar for June / July
Tuesday 12 June
The AGM of the church will be held in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm on and we encourage you to attend to hear reports on the various activities which have taken place during 2017.
Copies of the Annual Accounts for the church for 2017 are available from the Vestibule.
Tea / Coffee will be served at the end of this meeting.
Sunday 17 June
Morning worship at 11.00 am includes the sacrament of baptism when Liza, the daughter of Szende and Ferenc Erdös and grand-daughter of Sandor and Susan will be baptised by Sandor.
Normal Evening worship will take place at 6.00 pm
Thursday 21 June
A meeting of the Congregational Board and Kirk Session will be held in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm with the Kirk Session meeting thereafter.
Sunday 24 June
This will be the last Sunday when Sunday School and Youth Fellowship meet before the Summer holiday period. Classes will resume on Sunday 2 September.
As is our tradition, Morning Worship at 11.00 am will take the form of a Family Service with contributions from our younger members.
Normal Evening worship will take place at 6.00 pm
Tuesday 10 July
This will be the final date for the Ladies’ Bible Study Group before the Summer recess. The new session for the group will commence on Tuesday 21 August.
During the recess period an open invitation is extended to all ladies who would wish to meet informally in the Red Brick Café at Jans on Tuesdays from 10.30 am to 12.00 noon
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Address to Young People
Hymn CH 1 All people that on earth do dwell
Reading Genesis 32 : 22 – 31 (Pew Bible Page 36)
Hymn CH 233 All glory, laud, and honour
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading Matthew 14 : 13 – 21 (Pew Bible Page 981)
Hymn CH 462 Take my life, and let it be
Sermon
Hymn CH 437 Love Divine, all loves excelling
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 560 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Prayer
Offering
Reading Mark 1 : 14 – 20 (Pew Bible Page 1002)
Sermon
Hymn MP 486 Now thank we all our God
Benediction
Intimations – Sunday 3 June 2018
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 : : Normally at our morning services the items of Praise are taken from Church Hymnary Third Edition (CH3) 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 & Youth Fellowship 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.
Neither Sunday School nor Youth Fellowship meet today due to a school In-Service day on Monday 4 June.
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 : Until further notice, the group will meet in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening. All are welcome to attend.
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.
MORNING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn CH 164 Tell out, my soul
Reading Genesis 9 : 8 – 17 (Pew Bible Page 10)
Hymn CH 387 The Lord’s my Shepherd
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading 1 Peter 3 : 18 – 22 (Pew Bible Page 1219)
Hymn CH 372 Ye servants of God
Sermon
Hymn CH 368 Now thank we all our God
Benediction
EVENING SERVICE
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn MP 327 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Prayer
Offering
Reading Psalm 3 (Pew Bible Page 544)
Sermon
Hymn MP 152 For the beauty of the earth
Benediction
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.
Church AGM
It has now been confirmed that the AGM of the church will be held in the Church Hall at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 12 June 2018 and we encourage you to attend to hear reports on the various activities which have taken place during 2017.
Copies of the Annual Accounts for the church for 2017 are available from the Vestibule.