'Meals with the Messiah' wk 3: A picnic with Jesus'; Sun 27 Aug.

WELCOME to worship and to week 3 in our 'Meals with the Messiah' series. This week, we're in the great outdoors, on an unexpected picnic with Jesus and a small gathering of around 5 000.

OUR WORSHIP LINK IS HERE
and church notices follow below...

CHURCH NOTICES:
Sun 27 Aug. 5pm: Leadhills worship -'Table talk' style service where we'll pick up the themes from the feeding of the 5 000, share what our favourite meals are, and ponder scripture while praising God over a cuppa. Come along and join us for this more informal service.
Sun 3 Sept. 10.30am - Communion service
Foodbank Sundays - as this is a communion month, the Sundays in September will also be an opportunity to donate to the great work of Clydesdale Food Bank  👈Just click the link should you wish to make an online donation. Onsite, the food bank box will be in the vestibule for any food or other items over the course of the month.

Sun 10 Sept. 10.30am - Songs of Praise service and Guild dedication. This is your opportunity to nominate your favourite hymns for possible inclusion in worship. Either email, phone, or use the 'contact us' facility to the right of the page to pass along your nominations.

Sun 1 Oct. 10.30am - Harvest Festival. It's time for our annual Harvest Thanksgiving - where we praise God for the harvest. Onsite, after the service, there'll be a simple harvest lunch through in the hall. All welcome! We'll also be looking for willing hands to help with decorating the church and organising lunch - do get in touch if you can lend a hand.

Thurs 7 Sept. 1-3pm - Reminiscence group. This is a joint parishes group that will be starting up on the 7th of September. Meeting at the Douglas Bowling Club, it's the opportunity to share memories, and also pass along stories of local and social history... all over a cuppa. This is open to anyone who'd like to come along for a cuppa and blether.

These are all the notices, so as we move into a new week, may you find this time of worship encouraging and nourishing food for the soul.
God bless

Nikki

Meals with the Messiah, wk 2: 'Party invites'- Sun 20 Aug

WELCOME to worship, where, this week, we'll encounter some status-conscious Pharisees and hear about a wedding feast that escalates rather dramatically.
The WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

CHURCH NOTICES 
Sun 3 Sept. 10.30: Communion - will be held on Sunday the 3rd of September at the parish church in Abington (our current worship series is very much designed as a lead in to communion) All are welcome for it’s Christ’s table and he is the host, and it is he, who invites us. 

Sundays in September - supporting Clydesdale Food Bank: as September is a communion month, we'll be accepting items for the food bank over the course of the month. The box will be in the vestibule as you come in (or, for online donations, simply click the link on the right hand side of the screen).We'll incorporate these into our Harvest food bank uplift on the first Sunday in October. Thanks in advance for your kindness.

Sun 10 Sept. 10.30: Songs of Praise service & Guild dedication - given we've been learning a few new songs, we'll have the opportunity to have a bit of a hymn-fest with some of our favourites. If you have a favourite, please do let me know by phone, email, or by using the 'contact us' link to the right of your screen. Nominate as many of your favourites as you like, and get them to me by Monday 4th September. I'll then work through the hymn choices until whittled down to 7 hymns... the 8th will be the Guild hymn, as we'll be rededicating the Guild as they begin their new session

Abington Show update: the winner of our 'Guess how many sweets in the jar' competition was Ivor Foley - congrat's Ivor, I'll drop them in at some point during the week!!
We still have a huge stash of mini-Haribo bags - which we were giving away to all who entered our scavenger hunt yesterday at the Show. Please let us know if you'd like some for and small ones you know. Also, a good number will be donated to the food bank, because... it's nice to have treats, no matter what.

That's all the news updated as far as I'm aware, so as you move into a new week,
God bless!

Nikki

Worship Sun 13 Aug - 'Meals with the Messiah': wk 1/ 'U' and 'non-U'

WELCOME to worship as we begin a new series exploring 'Meals with the Messiah'. Over these next four weeks we'll be sitting at various meal tables with Jesus - this week, reflecting on the company he keeps and what it might tell us about the Kingdom of Heaven.

The WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

CHURCH NOTICES
Just to flag up that this coming Saturday is the Abington Show. Upper Clyde will be having a wee stall there as part of being church in community, and to flag up our farming chaplaincy work. If you're around, come and say hi to Angela and I. And, just for a bit of fun, there's a scavenger hunt organised, as well as your opportunity to guess (and if correct, win) the number of sweets in a rather large jar. So fun for young and the young at heart.

Thanks to Heather Watt and Elsie Macrae for looking after things while I was away on leave!!

God bless as you move into a new week,
Nikki