Worship, Sun 6 Sept: 'Peace-builders and Reconcilers'

 

Statue of Reconciliation, Coventry Cathedral

Hello and welcome to worship at Upper Clyde Parish.
It is good to gather to worship the One who calls us to be makers of peace, and reconcilers of relationships, and equally, it's great to be able to make space and time to worship our God - 
who loves us and will not let us go.

Last week, we visited with Moses on the mountain, as he encountered the God of his ancestors.
This week, we're in the New Testament, hearing Jesus talk with his followers about restoring 
broken relationships, mending fences, healing hurts - and our Gospel passage is a practical blueprint
to help follow Jesus' command to love our neighbour... in times when things go wrong.

Just an update on the opening of the building:
it's a little like we're stuck in time at the moment - we're in limbo, just waiting to get the electrician's
report to hand to presbytery...
Everything else has been done, and so it's a wee bit frustrating to be so close and yet not quite there...
Like many other tradespeople, however, our electrician is hugely busy with a backlog of clients -
including six other churches in a similar situation to us, wanting to get the doors open once more.
We will get there, but ... oh, gosh, it is painfully slow at the moment.
As I've said previously, once we've got this last box checked by presbytery, we'll be good to go...
and we will be getting the information out to you by a variety of means - so keep your eyes and ears 
peeled for news... 

Over September, we're once again supporting the work of the Clydesdale Foodbank - and because
I've been referring more people to them due to the knock on effects of lockdown, we'll also be 
supporting them when we acknowledge Harvest in October. If you'd like to make a donation you
can do so by clicking this FOODBANK LINK or by getting in touch with me if you have items
of food or household products on 01864 502139, and they can either be dropped at the manse, or we can arrange some other method of collection. Thank you in advance for your help.

For those of you with a mix of ages in your house, don't forget to access our all-age, family friendly
worship resources by clicking on this ALL-AGE RESOURCES LINK...
And for the grown-ups, there's the opportunity to delve a little deeper into our gospel passage by
clicking on this BIBLE STUDY LINK.

And, here's our WORSHIP LINK to take you across to our YouTube channel.  I hope this time of worship inspires and recharges your batteries and that you go out into the week
spiritually nourished. 

Have a good week,
Nikki