Worship Sun 26 June: 'Nostalgia ain't wot it used to be'

WELCOME to our time of worship!

Last week we followed Jesus and his disciples across boundaries, into the territory of the Gerasenes. This week, their travels continue, and they find themselves in Samaritan territory, where some are curious about Jesus and wonder about following him – but have some things to do before they do so. So, our theme today takes in:
following,
focusing, and moving forward...

Only one church notice, which is that evening worship will be held at 5pm in Leadhills Village Hall to which all are welcome. And, there’ll be a cuppa after the service...

The WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

May you be encouraged and blessed by the service, and know God's presence with you as you move through the week.
God bless,
Nikki

Worship Sun 19 June 'Legion'

WELCOME/  
Hello – and welcome. In our time of worship this week, we going beyond the boundaries with Jesus – geographically, and culturally, and meet a man whose problems are ‘legion’.

For those of you who want to go straight to the service, you'll find the WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

And, for those who'd like to read our church notices, they follow below...

CHURCH NOTICES/
Community Worker update: some good news - our Community worker, Angela, is back at work after her accident and she’ll be joining us in our time of worship next week and will be doing the readings for us.
Clydesdale food bank: A reminder that over the month of June, we’re once again supporting the work of the Clydesdale food bank – the box is in the vestibule should you wish to leave items there, or, you can visit the link on the right hand side of this webpage, and make a donation there. 
Caring hearts project: For those of you knitting or crocheting hearts for our school project – just a wee timeline: I’d like to gather up any outstanding hearts by the end of July, just to give me time to bag them all up and get them ready for distribution when I’m back from taking some annual leave early August. And of course, they can always be dropped off at the manse should you be passing.

These are all our notices. I hope that this time of worship leaves you encouraged, and energised to move into a new week. May you feel God walking with you and, until next time, take care and God bless, 
Nikki

Worship news & church notices for wk beg. Sun 12 June...

Sunday morning, onsite, the service will be conducted by Mr Denham MacDougall, Interim Moderator for Douglas Valley, and an elder at Cairngryffe church. Nikki will be across at Douglas and Rigside presiding over communion. Given this, there will not be an online service from Upper Clyde this week. Instead, you might like to explore the following services: 
            Biggar Parish Church - LINK
            Dunfermline Abbey - LINK           
            Kirkton Parish Church - LINK       
            Parishes of Upper Tweed - LINK 

The foodbank box will remain in the vestibule over the Sundays of June, should you have any items you'd like to donate. For online donations, check out the link on the r-hand side bar that will take you to Clydesdale Food Bank's donations web page.
Caring hearts project - huge thanks to all you knitters and crocheters - we have 125 hearts - let's push on for 200! You're amazing. Many thanks!

Worship Sun 5 June: Pentecost

WELCOME/ Hello! Welcome to worship on this Pentecost Sunday – where we remember and celebrate the birthday of the church: the day of the coming of the Holy Spirit to those who followed, and still follow, Jesus.
Just to note that, on site, in the church building, we'll be holding our summer communion service.

Notices are below.
Meanwhile, if you'd rather jump straight across to our service the WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

NOTICES/ 
Caring hearts project - A wee update on our ‘caring hearts’ project – where we’re knitting or crocheting hearts for our 5 schools within the parish. The total number of hearts I’ve received so far is 125. Let’s see if we can push this to 200, and when we’ve got that target, I’ll be parcelling them up in readiness to distribute to our schools at the beginning of the new school year in August. A great effort so far everyone, so thank you so very much!   

Pulpit swap - Next week I’ll be across at Douglas and Rigside churches, where I’ll be conducting services of holy communion for both congregations. Onsite at Upper Clyde, we welcome Denham Macdougall – the interim moderator for Douglas Valley Parish, and also an elder at Cairngryffe church.
Online, I’ll be providing links to other online services to go and visit.

Jubilee Community events - Both Crawford and Roberton will be holding community gatherings today as part of the Jubilee weekend. If you're able, why not head along to support these events, and have the opportunity to catch up with folk for a blether and a cuppa.

These are all the notices. As we go into this coming week, may you know the comfort, the encouragement, and the strength of God's Spirit with you, in all you think, and say, and do.

God bless,
Nikki