News and events wk beg. 27 August

A round up of news and events coming up:

Sun 2 Sept, 10.30am: Communion service.
All are welcome to share in the bread and wine at the table of the Lord. It is Jesus who invites us to gather as his friends and remember, so come, whether it’s been a while, or more recently. All who are baptised, young or old or somewhere in between, are welcome to the feast. Please let friends and neighbours know.

Also, from this Sunday - Food Bank Donations Box:

‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was 

thirsty and you gave me something to drink’  Matt. 25:35 

Beginning from 2 September, we will have a box in which to leave dry/ tinned goods of food, or toiletries, for the Clydesdale Food Bank. If you have items to donate, that would be excellent: we shall make sure they get to their destination!

Sat 8 Sept, 10.30-12pm: ANNUAL CHURCH COFFEE MORNING.
Our coffee morning returns to Roberton Village Hall, featuring morning tea, tombola, home baking stall, and more. Come along, bring your friends, to this annual fun and fundraiser for the church. If you’re willing and able to make donations of home baking or prizes for the tombola, please see Mary Hamilton or other members of the Social Committee. And thanks in advance for your support.

Sun 9 Sept 10.30AM: SONGS OF PRAISE SERVICE & GUILD DEDICATION SERVICE
It’s coming up to that time of year once more: time to think about some of your favourite hymns, and nominate them for inclusion for this year’s Songs of Praise Service. Last nominations to be in by the end of morning tea on Sun 2 Sept.  During our service, we’ll also be rededicating our Guild, as they begin their programme for another year.

100th Anniversary of end of World War I: Remembrance Day project – 

Calling all knitters and crocheters: Would you be willing to help make some poppies to create a Remembrance Sunday Banner, as we mark the Centenary of the end of the Great War? If you can help, see Nikki or Heather. After Remembrance Sunday, we’d like to sell them for a suggested minimum donation of £1 or more, to raise money for Poppy Scotland and Help for Heroes

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Food for the journey: spiritual nourishment for the week ahead

One of our readings for Sunday was Ephesians 6:10-20 - Paul encouraging the Ephesian Christians to put on God's armour to enable them to help follow in faith.
Feel free to read over the passage, and then, should you wish, make use of the following questions for reflection over the course of the week:

What armour do Christians need in today’s world?
Do we – as a community – use all the armour God gives?
How can we be more effective in ‘standing firm together’?

A prayer for strength: 
Lord God, Paul didn’t let the fact that he was physically in chains stop him from serving you. We may have chains of a different kind. We pray that whatever we see as our chains, our limitations, our obstacles, our weaknesses, we will know your leading through the trials of our lives; and that, equipped with your armour, we will work together for you. Amen.