New Laigh Kirk A place to belong
Welcome to Worship Sunday 29th July 2018 11.00am
Visiting Minister: Rev. G. Stewart Birse Session Clerk: Mr. Derek I’Anson Organist: Mr. Martin C. Sharp
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. Please make yourself known to those sitting beside you. We especially welcome Rev. G. Stewart Birse, formerly of Newton Wallacetown Church in Ayr. Tea and coffee will be served in the church immediately after the 9.30am 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
I need thee every hour
Welcome and Intimations Call to worship In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song; This Cornerstone, this solid Ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, When fears are stilled, when strivings cease! My Comforter, my All in All, Here in the love of Christ I stand. In Christ alone! - who took on flesh, Fullness of God in helpless babe. This gift of love and righteousness, Scorned by the ones He came to save. Till on that cross as Jesus died, The wrath of God was satisfied; For every sin on Him was laid, Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain: Then bursting forth in glorious day, Up from the grave He rose again! And as He stands in victory, Sin's curse has lost its grip on me, For I am His and He is mine, Bought with the precious blood of Christ. No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the power of Christ in me; From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny. No power of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand; Till He returns or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I'll stand. Prayer Reading
2 Peter 1:1-11 page 1222 Fiona Richardson
Hymn 532
Lord, you have come to the seashore
Prayer of Intercession Hymn 567
Focus my eyes on you, O Lord
Prayer Sermon Offering/Doxology (Hymn 810 Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth) Prayer of Dedication Hymn 251
I, the Lord of sea and sky
Benediction
Intimations Worship on Sunday, 5th August will be our NLK Superheroes Summer Club Service which will be held in the church at 11.00am. One service only.
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. Superheroes Summer Club. There is a team meeting today at 12:10pm in the hall. If you would like to donate some baking for the team and youth afternoons it would be gratefully received. On Summer Club Sunday, 5th August, you are invited to a picnic in the hall after the service. Bring your own sandwiches. We’ll serve cakes and drinks. If you can donate some baking that would be brilliant. Thank you, Bethany. Guild will meet on Monday, 30th July at 7.15pm in lower hall for coffee/tea and chat. Prayer Group will meet on Wednesday, 1st August at 7.00pm in the church. All are welcome or leave a prayer request in the box in church or on our Facebook page. NLK Walking Group. The regular Wednesday evening summer walks continue on Wednesday, 1st August. Meet at 7.00pm every Wednesday (weather permitting) in the main car park at Dean Castle Country Park. Articles, notices and photographs are now required for inclusion in September issue of Magazine. These may be typed, handwritten or word-processed and sent as email to the Editor or placed in Magazine pigeonhole in Session Room. Articles should be in Word format (Calibri 12 preferred). Final date for submission is Sunday, 5th August. The Barcaple trip for children and young people aged 8+, will no longer be a full weekend, but will only be Saturday, 22nd September for a full day of activities and faith/relationship building. Cost for only the one day is £44 in total, without lunch, with a £12 deposit that must be paid to Amy as soon as possible. We will make arrangements to be at the activity centre for 9.00am and be home for around 6.30/7.00pm and will fill the day with activities such as archery, biking, gorge walking, climbing, zip wiring. Friendship Group Outing. There are still seats left on the bus going to North Berwick with High Tea in Bruce Hotel, East Kilbride, on Saturday, 25th August. If you would like to go, please contact Margaret Paterson, Tel: 551288, or complete slip in June magazine and place in offering plate marking it "Friendship Group Outing". Cost is £22 for members of the church and £25 for non-members. Stocks of foodstuffs at the East Ayrshire Foodbank are at a very low level, and donations of non-perishable foods will be greatly appreciated. Donations can be placed in the boxes at the church doors for delivery to the Foodbank, or they can be taken directly to CVO offices at Belford Mill. Anything you can spare will be very welcome. 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. 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.