Worship, Sunday 19 July: Weeds and wheat

Welcome/
Hello and welcome to online worship with Upper Clyde Parish.
I hope this last week has been a good one for you.
As ever, it’s great to be able to praise and thank and bless:
the One who called into being the universe and everything within,
the One who is the Word of God,
the One who illuminates the word of God in scripture.

We have a special guest preacher with us for our worship time, the Rev. Dr Fran Henderson,
now in Shetland, but no stranger to us in the parish, given she grew up here. It's lovely to
welcome her and to hear her preach God's word.

Before clicking on our worship link below, please do check the notices underneath the link first.
WORSHIP LINK HERE

Notices/
There are several church notices to... well, to notice!
Update on opening of church:
If you look to your right, you'll see the 'featured post' - if you click onto that, you'll get a long update on where we are in the process of moving toward getting our church building open once again for worship together. So, please do go and have a wee look.
And keep an eye out for further updates as they come.
But again, we're still a little way off opening the doors just yet, so please do bear with us...

All-age worship resources: 
For those of you who live in a household of all-ages, do CLICK ON THIS LINK which will take you across to all-age, family-friendly resources that you can use and which pick up on our Bible passage and worship theme for today.

Minister on leave Mon 26 July - Wed 5 Aug inclusive [available from c. lunchtime Thurs 6th Aug]
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be taking a rather overdue break.
Contact details are as follows:
For urgent pastoral cover, please contact:
from Mon 20th - Sat 25th July, the Rev. Louise Mackay on 01555 661936
and from Sun 26th July - Wed 5th Aug, the Rev. George Shand on 01899 309400
For all other enquiries, please contact our Session Clerk, Miss Heather Watt on 01899 850211

Worship for 26 July and 2 August:
While I’m taking on annual leave, why not pay a 'visit' to worship with some of our other online parishes in the Church of Scotland...
These first two links feature daughters of Upper Clyde Parish - and sisters -
the Rev. Dr Jean Kirkwood, Minister of Townhill and Kingseat Parish,
and the Rev. Dr Fran Henderson, Transitional Minister in the newly created Shetland Parish.
CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR TOWNHILL
CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR SHETLAND
Both links will take you to the YouTube channels of each parish and into the 'playlist' section.
Look for the service with the date of worship you need - and scroll your mouse over it: you should see 'play all' - click on that, and you'll find a similar set up to our own, with clips that will play one after the other...

For live, streamed worship, you could visit:
Dunfermline Abbey, with the Rev. MaryAnn Rennie.
CLICK ON THIS LINK - it's a 10.30am start, but if you're late, you can watch it anytime thereafter.

Within our Presbytery, watch Lanark Greyfriars, and Lanark St Nicholas as they share in worship -
CLICK ON THIS LINK - it's an 11am start, but you also have the opportunity to watch again if you miss it.