New Laigh Kirk Season of Invitation - A Place to Belong
Welcome to Worship Fourth Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve 2017 Nativity Service Minister: Rev. David S Cameron Session Clerk: Derek I’Anson Organist: Martin C Sharp Student Assistant: David Hume
Let us Worship God
Welcome A very warm welcome to our Christmas Nativity Service this morning from all at New Laigh Kirk in our Season of Invitation. We are delighted you accepted our invitation to join us today and hope you enjoy worshipping with us. Please make yourself known to those sitting beside you. Tea and coffee will be served in the church immediately after the service.
New Laigh Kirk - a place to belong 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. 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. May God richly Bless you in your worship today.
Order of Service Choir Introit
Love came down at Christmas
Welcome and Intimations Call to Worship Hymn 315 Prayer
Once in royal David’s city
Light the Fourth Advent candle We lift the light of hope, O God, Your presence burning bright. In praise we sing the gift You bring: Our hope complete in Christ. We lift the light of peace, O God, The Lord of truth and right. In Your domain let justice reign And bring us peace in Christ. We lift the light of joy, O God. Your praise is our delight! Your blessings flow that all may know Unbounded joy in Christ. We lift the light of love, O God, Your candle in our night. You come to give and help us live The mighty love of Christ. Reading
St Luke 1:26-38 page 1025
You’re Invited - Kingz Kidz Nativity Hymn 304
O little town of Bethlehem Away in a Manger, Kingz Kidz singing
Hymn 301 Hymn 303 Hymn 320
Hark! The herald angels sing It came upon the midnight clear Joy to the world
Come behold this child in the manger Gift of the Father's great love Angels look down as His glory surrounds them Starlight from Heaven above
Sing Noel, Sing Hallelujah God with us now come to dwell Sing Noel, lift high His praises Christ our Emmanuel Christ our Emmanuel Lift up your heads all who wander in darkness Shine for your light has come Down through the ages though sins battle rages Christ our Messiah has won Sing Noel, Sing Hallelujah Come adore on bended knee Sing Noel, lift high His praises Christ come to set us all free Christ come to set us all free Let every daughter and son of the Father Rise on this Christmas morn with heaven voicing all praise and rejoicing Christ Our redeemer is born Sing Noel, Sing Hallelujah All creation great and small Sing Noel, lift high His praises Christ come to save us all Sing Noel, Sing Hallelujah All creation great and small Sing Noel, lift high His praises Christ come to save us all Christ come to save us all
Offering Noel - The Nativity Dedication of our offering and prayers for others Hymn 321 Benediction
Come and join the celebration
Intimations Christmas Eve Christmas Carol Singing begins at 11.00pm leading into our Watchnight Service at 11.30pm. Enjoy tea or coffee or mulled wine, mince pies and Christmas cake served immediately after the service as you wish family and friends of New Laigh Kirk "Merry Christmas". Worship on Christmas Day will begin at 11.00am. Children please bring your toys to show us. Come and begin your Christmas Day celebration with worship.
Worship on Sunday, 31st December will be conducted by the Minister beginning at 11.00am. Tea and coffee will be served in the church immediately after the service. 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. On the occasion of Billy Allan’s retirement as Church Officer after 44 years of dedicated service an opportunity to donate towards a retirement gift will be made over the next few weeks. Please place your donation in an envelope marked “Billy Allan” and place in the offering plate when the offering is uplifted. If donating by cheque please make it payable to New Laigh Kirk and write Billy’s name on the back. Thank you for your generosity. The total received to date for the 820/100 Heritors Challenge Fund has now passed £22,000 and my thanks to all who have contributed to date. ● For members who wish to pay by cheque, please make the cheque payable to New Laigh Kirk and write on either the envelope or the rear of the cheque "Heritors Challenge Fund." Cheques, in an envelope, may be given to me or put in the collecting plate and I will get them at the end of the Service. ● For members paying by cash, it would be helpful if you could put your name on the envelope as I can then acknowledge your contribution and also claim back Gift Aid if you are a tax payer. I already hold Gift Aid
Declarations for most members who pay Income Tax so no further paperwork is required. A £100 donation results in an additional £25 in tax reclaim. ● For members filling the collecting boxes, if you have completed the Challenge, boxes may be handed in. It would be helpful if your name and address is written on the box. The Congregational Board agreed that as the boxes were only issued for distribution in August that some members may require more time rather than the original end of December completion date and it was agreed that Elders would collect the boxes from members who are using this method as they are distributing the Communion cards for the April Communion. Thank you for your support for The Heritors Challenge Fund and for New Laigh Kirk. Ken Stewart. If you would like to be included in the rota for Bible Reading at Sunday worship for 2018, please give your name to Helen Colman. Copies of World Mission News are available. 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 (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.
We'd love you to accept our invitation to worship at New Laigh Kirk this Christmas
Carol Singing 11.00pm Watchnight Service 11.30pm Christmas Day Family Service 11.00am
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