Worship, Sun 29 Nov: 1st Sunday of Advent 'Hope'

 
WELCOME -
Hello and welcome to this first Sunday in the season of Advent - a watching and waiting and making ready time. It's also the beginning of the church year - so, happy new year!
Traditionally, each of the Sundays in Advent have a particular theme, and on this first Sunday,
we begin with ... hope - something that, after this particularly strange year, we need more than ever.
Before linking across to the service, just a wee update on our church building:
David, the electrician has been busy at work and if not finished, is nearly there. I'll be checking in
on Monday to see where we're at.
Once the work is completed, I'll be getting in touch with presbytery, who have to sign off on the work
before we can open the building.
In the meantime, there'll be a meeting of the Kirk Session on the 3rd, where we have some decisions
that will need to be made, especially given that we are currently in tier 4 in S. Lanarkshire. Do please
pray for us as we have that conversation on Thursday night via the internet. 
As ever, thanks for your patience.

My prayer for you as we enter into this season of Advent is that hope, peace, joy, and love be yours
as we journey together to the stable in Bethlehem, that held the greatest gift of all.
May this time of worship be a blessing and an encouragement...
and you'll find the WORSHIP LINK HERE.

God bless, 
Nikki

Church news/ information for 9-25 Nov

*For those wishing to access the Remembrance Sunday service, use the link to the right in 'featured post', which will take you to where you need to go...

The minister will be using up some Annual Leave during 9-25 November

Contacts:
Urgent pastoral cover during this time will be provided by the Rev. George Shand of the Tinto Parishes.

His number is 01899 309400

For general parish enquiries please contact our Session Clerk Ms Heather Watt. Her number is 01899 850 211

Worship while the minister is on leave:
Here are some options for worship online that you might like to explore...
Livestream - 
10am St Mary's Church, Haddington - LINK to YouTube site;
10.30 am Dunfermline Abbey - LINK to their YouTube site;
11am Kirkton Parish Chruch, Carluke - LINK to there website;
All the above services are subsequently archived so if you miss the livestream, you can watch the service later on.

Church building update:
During this period, electrical work will be undertaken in the church building. Once this has been completed, and has been passed by Presbytery, we will be able to once again open the building for COVID-ready worship - subject to ongoing Government regulations.

Clydesdale Food Bank:
If you would like to support the ongoing work of the food bank, you can do so online HERE 

Online giving: 
Did you know that you can give online to Upper Clyde Parish? Should you wish to do so, please head over to our giving page, HERE

Worship, Sun 8 Nov: Remembrance Service

WELCOME/ 
Hello and welcome to this online service of Remembrance.
Due to the current restrictions in place that stop us from gathering at our various memorials within the parish, and also due to some ongoing electrical work in the parish church that prevents us holding a service there, I hope that this online version of our service of Remembrance will be helpful.

Just a couple of notes:
Since the lockdown earlier in the year, Upper Clyde has been posting worship online - 
so, if this is the first time you've visited with us in this way, a special welcome to you.
The service is put together and played as a playlist across on our YouTube channel, and I'll provide the link a little further below.
When we do manage to open the church doors once again for worship, with all due precautions taken, our online worship will be continuing for those who need to shield, or who feel just a little too anxious to attend in person on the day - so, should you wish to continue to join us for worship, why not bookmark or subscribe to our YouTube channel?

A wee word of thanks to all those who helped in some way with this service - particularly around the Act of Remembrance itself: truly, it's been a community effort and is very much appreciated by me!

For those of you with younger ones, if it's helpful before you move on to the worship service, THIS LINK will take you across to a web page where you can download some poppy craft activities related to our theme for today.

In the meantime, you can access our service of worship via this link:
LINK TO SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE

From wherever you're watching, and whenever, let's worship God, and let's remember...

(Rev) Nikki...