Worship Sun 18 June - 'Jings, crivens, help ma boab!'

WELCOME to worship, where, this week, we'll be thinking about feeling helpless and harassed, sheep and shepherds, lack and abundance, mission and ministry...
the phrase 'jings, crivens, and help ma' boab!' may be used 😊

Due to our community event on Saturday, I'm afraid that our online service will be slightly delayed. I'm hoping it will be up and available by about 6pm, and once it's up, I'll come back and insert the link. My apologies - outwith yesterday, it has been just one of those weeks!!

(Sunday, 4.50pm - And I'm back: just finished editing and formatting - as I type, service is currently uploading. You'll find the WORSHIP LINK HERE and it should be available for 6ish-pm. Thanks for your patience!!)

As to church notices, just the one - concerning Saturday's combined car boot sale and coffee morning.
A massive thanks to everyone who helped - from donations, to setting up, serving, clearing away, baking, and so much else - great teamwork. We raised just over £300 to be shared between Clydesdale foodbank and to go into parish funds for our ongoing work, which is truly fab.

Worship Sun 11 June - 'Get up'

WELCOME to worship. 
This week, we hear Matthew's brief account of two women, at very different stages in their lives, both in dire situations.
As we hear their stories, we meet the One who will raise them up and restore them. If you'd like a more detailed version of their stories, you can also read them in Mark 5 and Luke 8.
You'll find the WORSHIP LINK IS HERE 

CHURCH NOTICES
Only the one - which is a reminder that this coming Saturday from 10am-1pm
we'll be hosting our combined car boot sale and coffee morning. 
Please do spread the word and come along.
This is both a fun-raiser and a fundraiser, with proceeds being shared
between Clydesdale Food Bank and the ongoing work of the parish church.
See you there!

Have a great week and enjoy all this sunshine while it lasts
God bless
Nikki

Worship Sun 4 June - 'Incomprehensible'

'The hospitality of Abraham' aka 'The Trinity' by Andrei Rublev

WELCOME to our time of worship on this Trinity Sunday. 'Incomprehensible' is our word for the day, as we ponder the God who is One, yet Three... and Three, yet One.
To go directly to the service, CLICK HERE.


CHURCH NOTICS
Onsite, today is also Communion Sunday, as well as our Annual Stated Meeting.
And, again, just to remind you of our upcoming community event - our combined car boot sale and coffee morning. Details on the poster below. And volunteers to help in all sorts of ways (baking, setting up, serving, clearing away, looking after the tombola stall, etc.) are very welcome. Do get in touch via the 'contact us' link to the left, or by phone or email. Thanks in advance.

Have a good week!
God bless,
Nikki

Combined car boot sale and coffee morning

COMING SOON - 17 JUNE:

our combined
CAR BOOT SALE
AND
COFFEE MORNING!

In the run up to our fundraising event, if you're able to help by providing items of baking, donations of goods for the tombola, give of your time to help set up/ put away/ serve on the day...
then we'd love to hear from you.

Together, let's make this both a 'funraiser' and a fundraiser of a community event!

And do, please share this on social media.

Many thanks.

 

Worship Sun 28 May: Pentecost

WELCOME to worship - it's Pentecost Sunday and we're remembering the coming of the promised Holy Spirit and celebrating the birthday of the Church.

Notices are copied below... but to go straight across to the service, the WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

CHURCH NOTICES
Evening worship is happening in Leadhills Village hall tonight at 5pm, where we'll be exploring God through sacred art, in what's being called our 'Iconic' service. Curious to find out more? Come along and see... and then stay for a cuppa and a blether afterwards. All welcome.

Sun 4 June 
Communion, 10.30am - our quarterly Communion service will be held onsite in the parish church at Abington. All are welcome to come and share in the meal that Jesus created for his friends.
Annual Stated Meeting - this will be held immediately after our service. A chance to review this last year and to receive the annual accounts. If you're able, please do come along.

Looking ahead
Sat. 17 June, 10am-1pm Car boot sale and coffee morning - this will be held at the parish church in Abington. Details below on the poster. If you're able to help by providing baking for the coffee morning, serving, etc. we would so appreciate it. Also, if you've any items you think would be useful to put into a tombola, we'd love to receive them! Thanks in advance....
Monies raised will be shared between Clydesdale Food Bank and Upper Clyde Church.

Worship - Christian Aid Sunday 2023

WELCOME to our time of worship, on this Christian Aid Sunday. 
If you want to go straight to the service, the  
WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

Church notices are below...

CHURCH NOTICES
Funeral of John Rudder: for those who've not heard, just to say that our friend, John Rudder has recently died. There’s been a little delay around a date for his funeral but I can confirm that it will now be held in the church on Tuesday the 23^rd, at 2pm, and thereafter, his committal will be at 3pm in Leadhills cemetery. If you’re able to come along to the service, I’m sure his family would very much appreciate your support.

 Car boot sale and coffee morning: Looking further ahead: a date for the social diary – a wee community event. We’ll be having a car boot sale and coffee morning on Saturday, the 17^th of June from 10am to 1pm. I’ll be getting posters printed shortly for this. If you know of anyone who might like a pitch, Heather Craig will be coordinating that. And, a wee request to our bakers… if you’d be willing to do some baking for this, that would be very much appreciated!! Also, if you happen to have any items you’d be willing to donate towards a tombola, that would be great. As with last time we did this, monies raised will be split between Clydesdale foodbank and the church. 

Have a great week, 
God bless,
Nikki

Worship Sun 22: 'The God who speaks'

 

WELCOME/
Hello and welcome to our online service of worship.
Our theme today is 'the God who speaks' as we reflect on the words of Psalm 19.
You can find the service by clicking on this WORSHIP LINK ... meanwhile, church notices are below:

Car boot sale - an update:
Wow! Despite the grey skies and intermittent rain, a good number of folk could be found milling outside the church. Lots of cheery faces, so pleased to be together - safely - and to catch up as well as find some treasure among the stalls. Huge thanks to Heather Craig for a great idea, and for her energy and organisational skills; thanks as well to so many people who gave of their time, talent and skills in so many different ways, and for making the event such a happy and successful one. Thanks also to those who came along to support the event on the day. Truly, a great community effort overall, and both a fun raiser and a fund raiser - with so more money yet to come in, after expenses, we will have raised at least £600. Brilliantly done, everyone.

Pulpit swap:
This coming week, I'll be across at both Symington and then Libberton Kirk, having been asked to conduct a baptism at Libberton. Alan Grant will be conducting worship in the church at Abington in my place. Meanwhile, online, I'll be posting some links to other online worship services for you to connect with.

Potatoes:
Don't forget to weigh your spuds when you get to harvesting, and do let Angela or myself know how much your crop weighs. As we're working in partnership with Healthy Valleys, we'll give them the figures, which they can then use for inclusion in future grant applications... thanks!

And with that, have a good week, may you know God's presence beside you as you go.
God bless
Nikki

Worship Sun 15 Aug 'Songs of praise' service

WELCOME TO WORSHIP!
Hello, and welcome to our special songs of praise service. It's the first Sunday that we've sung hymns in the church building since before lockdown, and to celebrate, we're having a big, old hymn-fest of favourites that have been chose by both online and in-person members of the congregation.
Our theme for worship today, as we reflect on Psalm 100 us 'the God who is worthy of praise.'

A FEW NOTICES -
Car boot sale: there's still time to organise a pitch, if you're wanting to recycle items from your cupboards to ...well, someone else's cupboards! £10 a pitch and you can arrange this with Heather Craig on  07765 498624. And, if you're able to help in anyway - by baking, helping out at the refreshment stall, stewarding, clearing away, please do get in touch with Janet Telfer on 01864 504 265. 
Dont' forget, all monies raised will be divided between Clydesdale food bank and Upper Clyde Church.
Come along, and bring your friends.

'Let's get growing' community gardening project: a note from Angela, our Community Outreach Worker, who says:
I hope those of you who have been growing potatoes have had some good fortune in at least seeing leaves.  My ones have definitely produced foliage and I am looking forward to seeing what is under the soil.  I hope I am not too disappointed! As it is nearly time for harvesting your potatoes, I just want to remind you what to do with your harvest.  You may choose to cook them for yourself, give or share with someone else or donate to Clydesdale foodbank at one of their donation points.  All I want from you is the weight of your harvest, imperial or metric, and more importantly your recipes. 
These can be sent to me on abrydson@churchofscotland.org.uk or deaconangela454@gmail.com Alternatively you can write them down and leave them at your church and I can collect them when I am with you.  Take care, Angela

I hope this time of worship, and all of the singing within it, cheers and encourages and energises you in your walk of faith. Have a great week, and keep on singing new songs to the Lord.
WORSHIP LINK IS HERE 

God bless
Nikki 

Worship Sun 8 Aug: Ps 40 'The God who hears'

WELCOME/
Hello and welcome to our online time of worship. Over the next several weeks, we'll be spending time in the Book of Psalms - God's songbook - reflecting, in part, that for worship in person, we're now allowed to sing once more. This week, we look at life through the lens of the writer of Psalm 40, and, as we do, we discover the God who hears us...
NOTICES/
Several notices this week, which are covered in more detail in our online welcome across on youtube.
The first is just to note that there will be a one-off meeting of the Kirk Session to approve adjustments to our Covid forms, required by presbytery. We're hoping to get these sent off by Sunday evening.
Briefly, they reflect the changes to regulations regarding Covid - we're now below level 0.
So, congregational singing will be mentioned, changes relating to social distancing, the use of our hall for meetings, and preparing to reintroduce morning tea after worship. This all needs the tick of approval from presbytery before we can proceed.
Second: Don't forget, this coming Sunday - the 15th - is our Songs of Praise service, with hymns chosen by both online and in person worshippers. For those of you online, our service will look and sound a little different, as there'll be a lot more music!  
Last: A wee reminder about our upcoming car boot sale on Saturday the 21st of August. Come and join us for a celebration of decluttering, and finding new treasures. If you're looking to see, a pitch is £10 - just use the 'contact us' form on the r-h side of our blog and we'll make sure it gets to the right person. We're also looking for helpers... if you're able to help with baking or looking after the refreshment stall, stewarding, and such, do let us know via Janet Telfer 01864 504265.

OUR WORSHIP LINK IS HERE

Blessings on you for this coming week, 
Nikki

News, updates, information 19 July - 4 August

link

 
19 JULY - 4 AUGUST -

Minister on annual leave: Nikki will be using up some annual leave from Mon 19 July thru to 4 August.
    During this time, some helpful contacts...
    General parish queries:
        19-25 July - Heather Watt on 
        26 July-4 Aug - Dee Yates on 
    Funeral/ urgent pastoral matters:
        The Rev. Paul Grant of Law Parish Church on 
    Worship:
        cover for in-person service: Mrs Jane Fucella, both Sundays
        online suggested links:
            Biggar Parish Church - LINK
            Dunfermline Abbey - LINK            
            Kirkton Parish Church - LINK          
            Parishes of Upper Tweed - LINK 

Funeral of Mrs Moira White: Mon 19 July, 12pm, at Ruchan Loch Crematorium. This will be a small family gathering, and the service will be conducted by the Rev. Sandy Strachan. Please do remember Ali, Graham, and Andrew in your prayers at this sad time. We are so grateful for her faithful service as the first Session Clerk of Upper Clyde. May she rest in peace, and rise in glory.

Songs of Praise Service: Sun 15 Aug, 10.30am in the parish church, Abington. Come along and sing the songs chosen by members of the congregation - our first Sunday of singing [albeit, behind masks!].

Car Boot Sale: Sat 21 August, 10.30am-1.30pm in the church car park. Further details on the poster.
In the meantime, this is a wee call for volunteers/ helpers. If you're able to help in any way - providing home baking for the refreshment stall/ or to buy and take home; staffing of refreshment and tombola/ prize draw stalls; donating items for the tombola; stewarding - we'd be so grateful!! Please get in touch with Janet Telfer on 01864 504265 to put your name down... 

Worship and COVID regulations update: upon returning from annual leave, the minister and Kirk Session will be putting together an updated Risk Assessment form and revised seating plan, given the easing of some of the measures put in place. Once this has been approved by Session and thereafter, presbytery, details will be put up here on the blog, and on the church noticeboard by the lytch gate. With the 1m social distancing, we're hoping to have capacity for 34 people.