New Laigh Kirk A place to belong
Welcome to Worship Sunday 21st October 2018 11.00am
Visiting Minister: Rev. Jill Clancy Session Clerk: Mr. Derek I’Anson Visiting Organist: Mr. David Cush
Welcome A very warm welcome to worship this morning from all at New Laigh Kirk. We are glad you are here today and hope you enjoy worshipping with us. We especially welcome Rev. Jill Clancy, Coordinating Chaplain HMP Barlinnie. Please make yourself known to those sitting beside you. Tea and coffee will be served in church immediately after the service.
New Laigh Kirk - a place to belong Whether you are a guest or regular attender we invite you to find your welcome place among us, a place to belong, to join in regular worship, to join in the life of our Kirk in whatever capacity and in your own appropriate way. You will see that there are many people of all ages seeking to serve within New Laigh Kirk as well as the wider community. As part of the family of God and gifted with many and varying talents, we try to use these to deepen our faith, care for each other, and to spread into our town and parish the good news of God’s love for all. May God richly bless you in your worship today.
Order of Service Choir Introit Father of heaven, whose love profound Welcome and Intimations Call to worship Hymn 96
You are before me
Family Time – The wee red bike Family Prayer and Lord’s Prayer Our God is a great big God Our God is a great big God Our God is a great big God And he holds us in his hands He's higher than a skyscraper He's deeper than a submarine He's wider than the universe And beyond my wildest dreams
He's known me and he's loved me Since before the world began How wonderful to be a part of God's amazing plan Children leave for Kingz Kidz Reading
St. Matthew 14:22-33 page 981
Choir Anthem
Safe in the shadow of the Lord
Speak, O Lord, as we come to You To receive the food of your holy word. Take Your truth, plant it deep in us; Shape and fashion us in Your likeness, That the light of Christ might be seen today In our acts of love and our deeds of faith. Speak, O Lord, and fulfil in us All Your purposes, for Your glory. Teach us, Lord, full obedience, Holy reverence, true humility. Test our thoughts and our attitudes In the radiance of Your purity. Cause our faith to rise, Cause our eyes to see Your majestic love and authority. Words of power that can never fail; Let their truth prevail over unbelief. Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds; Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us. Truths unchanged from the dawn of time, That will echo down through eternity. And by grace we'll stand on Your promises; And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us. Speak, O Lord, till your church is built And the earth is filled with Your glory. Focus Offering/Doxology (Hymn 493 It’s me, it’s me, O Lord)
John McDowall
Prayer of Dedication Hymn 547
What a friend we have in Jesus
Benediction Congregation should remain seated and sing Hymn 771 If you believe and I believe
Intimations There will be a Retiral Offering taken today in aid of the Indonesian Earthquake Appeal through Christian Aid. Worship on Sunday, 28th October will be conducted by the Minister beginning at 11.00am. Kingz Kidz and Trekkers should meet in church at 10.50am and sit together. There is a crèche facility for children under three years of age. Tea and coffee will be served in church immediately after the service.
The Welcome Team today is Hunter Withers, John Dale, Helen Duffy, Lesley Wright, Mary King, Janis Lewis, Derrick MacAllister, Barbara Graham, Ann Burley, Ken Stewart, Elspeth Dale, Andrew King and Elizabeth Young. A few copies of the Order of Service in large print are available. Please speak to a member of the duty team if you require one. There is an induction loop system for the hard of hearing. Weather permitting, NLK Walking Group's final 'Weekend Walk' for 2018 will take place in Straiton, South Ayrshire, THIS AFTERNOON. Meet at 2.15pm in the car park in the Village. There will be a coffee stop after the walk. If you can offer or require transport, contact Ellen Stewart. NLK FairTrade Group will be taking orders (cash at time of ordering, please) for 'Real Advent Calendars' after the service on Sundays, 21st and 28th October. The Advent Calendars, (due to benefitting from a bulk discount, NLK FairTrade Group are able to offer these at a price of
ÂŁ3.66 each) contain FairTrade milk chocolates, plus a mini Christmas Story Booklet. What is the point of life? What happens when we die? Is forgiveness possible? What relevance does Jesus have for our lives today? Looking for answers? Then try Alpha! New Laigh Kirk is running a six week Alpha Course at The Coffee Press, Bank Place, which continues on Monday, 22nd October at 7.00pm. The Alpha course provides a fun, relaxed but informative introduction to the Christian faith. Each evening begins with tea, coffee, soft drinks and cake, followed by a talk on an aspect of Christianity and then a discussion based on what has been said. Alpha is for people who have never investigated the Christian faith before and for those who used to believe and for those who want to go over the basics of their faith again. It is an opportunity to investigate, to ask questions and to meet new people. This is an opportunity to explore the relevance of a life of faith. If you're curious we invite you to join us. Tots Praise will meet on Tuesday, 23rd October from 10.15am to 11.15am in lower hall. Music and Movement will meet on Tuesday, 23rd October at 2.00pm in lower hall. NLK Community Choir will meet on Tuesday, 23rd October at 7.00pm in church. Rainbows meet from 6.00pm to 7.00pm in upper hall and Brownies from 6.30pm to 8.00pm in lower hall on Wednesday, 24th October. Contact Sheena Baillie, Tel: 531440 for Rainbows and Alison Murdoch, Tel: 07508 903293 for Brownies. Girl Guides will meet on Wednesday, 24th October at 7.30pm in upper hall. Email: 15thkilmarnockguides@gmail.com for further information. Guild of Friendship will meet on Thursday, 25th October at 2.00pm in lower hall. Tales from the Classroom with Mr Frank Donnelly. Magazine stapling and collating team will meet on Thursday, 25th October at 7.15pm in Session Room. 4th/5th Kilmarnock Boys' Brigade will meet on Friday, 26th October, Anchor boys: 6.00pm at St Andrew's and St Marnock's halls, Junior
Section: 7.00pm at St Andrew's and St Marnock's Company section: 7.00pm at New Laigh Kirk halls.
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As part of the commemoration of the Centenary of the Armistice which ended the First World War, New Laigh Kirk intends to host a display of photographs - in the Church's coffee corner - of local people involved in the war. If anyone has a photograph of any family member/friend who took part in the war, we would be most grateful if they would lend it to us until the end of November. We promise to take good care of all photographs received and to return them to the donors. Any photos that are no larger than A4 size will be placed in a plastic folder for protection. Photographs, accompanied by a paragraph (maximum length 100 words) about the individual involved/event should be placed in an envelope marked 'World War I photographs' and handed to either Derek I'Anson, Ellen Stewart or Margaret Patterson by Sunday, 28th October at the very latest. THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON SUPPLYING THE PHOTOS should be written in pencil on the back of each photo. Presbytery Prayer Meeting on Saturday, 27th October from 10.00am to 10.45am in Crosshouse Parish Church. Tea and coffee will be served from 9.30am. Everyone welcome. Fellowship of Kilmarnock Churches Service on Sunday, 28th October at 7.00pm at St John's Church, Onthank. The theme of this service will be Christian social responsibility. It will include contributions from organisers of EACHa (East Ayrshire Homelessness Action), Broken Chains and Faith in Throughcare. Guild will meet on Monday, 29th October at 7.15pm in lower hall. Come along for a Hallowe'en Evening. Together We Pray - Church of Scotland National Day of Prayer, Saturday, 3rd November. There will be a short time of worship and prayer here in the church at 1.30pm as we join with other church members all over Scotland to pray for the church locally and nationally. Do come and join us - it will only be for about 15 minutes!
On the night of Saturday, 17th November there will be a Sportsman’s Gentleman’s dinner in the church halls. Ray Montgomerie and Rev. Neil Urquhart will be our speakers with a fully catered 2 course meal. Tickets are £20 per person. Please see Colin McCaw, Email: colinmccaw@gmail.com, Tel: 07792 388776 and Iain Sherry ASAP for tickets. Some more helpers are required to join the Audiovisual Team on Sundays and during the week in order to keep the system operating. Full training will be provided. If you are interested in joining the team, please speak to Helen Colman. Church Open and Welcome on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12noon to 2.00pm. We urgently require a pool of volunteers, especially men, to welcome the visitors on a rota basis. We are particularly short of volunteers on Wednesdays. If you could help even occasionally, it would be most appreciated. Please speak to Helen Colman. Remember that the more volunteers there are, the less often you will be on duty! New Laigh Kirk Volunteers - Needing help with shopping, DIY, gardening or a lift to medical appointments? Do you find reading difficult with failing eyesight? Ring our volunteers' helpline, Tel: 07935 852000. If you can assist with driving, or if you know of anyone who may be interested in helping, please contact Alan Gregor, Tel: 537155, Email: gregor_alan@hotmail.com. If you know of anyone in hospital please let the minister know by telephone, email or the pew cards provided. Intimations to be included in Sunday’s Order of Service and the Standard should be with Helen Colman, Email: helenmcolman@gmail.com, by Wednesday of this week. Visit our website http://www.nlk.church and see what's going on at New Laigh Kirk.
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