New Laigh Kirk Season of Invitation - A Place to Belong
Welcome to Worship 26th November 2017 Minister: Rev. David S Cameron Session Clerk: Derek I’Anson Organist: Martin C Sharp Student Assistant: David Hume
Welcome A very warm welcome to worship this morning from all at New Laigh Kirk to A New Season of Invitation. We are delighted you accepted our invitation to join us today and hope you enjoy worshipping with us. We especially welcome David Hume, our Student Assistant, who will be leading worship. Please make yourself known to those sitting beside you and join us for tea and coffee 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:
God is love
Welcome and Intimations Call to Worship Hymn 63 Prayer
All people that on earth do dwell
All Age Address Be bold, be strong For the Lord your God is with you. Be bold, be strong For the Lord your God is with you. I am not afraid, No, no, no. I am not dismayed, Because I'm walking in faith and victory, Come on and walk in faith and victory, For the Lord your God is with you. Children leave for Kingz Kidz and Trekkers Reading:
Ezekiel 34:11-16 and 20-24 page 866
Choir Anthem: Lord, lead us on Reading:
Matthew 25:31-46 page 995
Father, lead me, day by day, ever in thine own sweet way; teach me to be pure and true; show me what I ought to do. When in danger, make me brave; make me know that thou canst save; keep me safe by thy dear side; let me in thy love abide. When I'm tempted to do wrong, make me steadfast, wise, and strong; and when all alone I stand, shield me with thy mighty hand. When my heart is full of glee, help me to remember thee, happy most of all to know that my Father loves me so.
Sheena Macpherson
May I do the good I know, be thy loving child below, then at last go home to thee, evermore thy child to be. Prayer of Intercession Hymn 14
The Lord’s my Shepherd
Sermon Offering/Doxology (Hymn 810 Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth) Prayer of Dedication Hymn 465
Be thou my Vision
Benediction
Intimations The welcome team today and on Sunday, 3rd December is Ian Anderson, Helen Colman, Esther Douglas, Gordon McIlwraith, Margaret Paterson, Brian Laurens, Margaret Hope, Eileen Murphy, Fiona Richardson, Alasdair MacLean, Tim Purdon, Fiona Duffy, Jan Lamberton and Graeme Johnstone. Worship on Sunday, 3rd December is the first Sunday in Advent and will be conducted by the Minister beginning at 11.00am. Kingz Kidz and TrekkersNG should meet at 10.50am in church and sit together. There will be a crèche for children under three years of age. There will be a short service of communion in the church immediately after the service. Nativity Street Party, as part of Kilmarnock Christmas Lights Switch On, THIS AFTERNOON 2.00pm to 5.00pm. This will be an adult nativity play starting on the hour and the half hour, moving into a street party with tea and cakes served in the street outside the church.
Kingz Kidz are encouraging all who would like to help out with the children to come and be a leader on Sunday mornings. Whether you would like to help out just once, twice or more often, then please speak to Amy or Email: amy_bh@hotmail.co.uk to get involved! NLK are starting a children's choir for all children and young people aged between 8 to 14 on Sunday afternoons, 12.30pm to 2.00pm in the upper hall. We encourage the children to bring along a packed lunch for a short lunch break and then we will run through a Christmas programme for up and coming winter services. We hope to continue after the New Year. For more information, please contact Amy Hannah. The lower hall is out of commission until essential repair work is carried out. Organisations will meet as normal. Please be patient when alternative arrangements are being made. 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. Heritors 820/100 Challenge Fund, Target £82,000. You have to date raised £12,500. Your donations should be left in the offering plate marked for Ken Stewart. Gift Aid tax reclaim will be made for members who pay income tax, this means that £100 becomes £125 at no cost or effort to members. If you have already signed a Gift Aid Form for your normal giving to New Laigh Kirk the Treasurer will automatically claim and there is no need to sign another form or do anything. Thank you for your generosity. We require volunteers to deliver a copy of the Christmas flyer to every household in our parish and to approach retail businesses in the town centre to ask if they would be willing to make them available to their customers. If you can assist with this, please contact Stephen Brown. Leaflets available TODAY. 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. Both new and existing readers should add their names to the list.
Guild on Monday, 27th November at 7.15pm in church. Christmas Decorations with Margaret Paterson. Ladies are asked to pay tonight for the Christmas Dinner at Fenwick Hotel on Monday, 11th December. Cost is £20 including tips. Tots Praise on Tuesday, 28th November at 10.15am in upper hall. Music and Movement on Tuesday, 28th November at 2.00pm in upper hall. Singers of New Laigh Kirk will meet on Wednesday, 29th November from 7.30pm to 9.00pm in church. We are also running through a Christmas programme for the festive services. We encourage all who enjoy singing to come along and join in. Guild of Friendship on Thursday, 30th November at 2.00pm in church. Come and hear about the work of a ranger in Dean Country Park. Choir Practice on Thursday, 30th November from 7.30pm to 9.00pm in church. We are currently running through our Christmas programme so please come along and join us for some festive singing. Home Groups. These will be a DVD based teaching and a great time to have group discussions, share experiences and grow in faith together. Times are as follows: Tuesday, 28th November at 3.30pm. Please note change of time for one week only. The following meeting will be Tuesday, 12th December at 7.00pm at 15 Peace Avenue, contact Janice Grant 07581 722331. Monday, 4th December at 7.00pm, meeting fortnightly. 12 Glasgow Road, contact Derek I’Anson 01563 521445. Friendship Group. There are still tickets available for the pantomime - Dick Whittington - for the young and young at heart (over 60s) on Saturday, 2nd December at 1.00pm. Tickets cost £12 for members and £14 for non-members. Please contact Margaret Paterson, Tel: 551288 or complete form in November magazine. There is also a Christmas Tea after the pantomime in the Howard Centre. Please contact Margaret Paterson, Betty Johnstone, Tel: 542448 or Roberta Sinclair, Tel: 542884 if you wish to attend the tea. If you are going to the pantomime, please be at the Palace Theatre no later than 12.45pm as the pantomime starts at 1.00pm.
Ayrshire Hospice – join the Ayrshire Hospice for a Christmas Concert celebration and an opportunity to light a light in memory of loved ones. The concert takes place TONIGHT at 7.00pm in the Grand Hall. Tickets are £10 (adult) and £6 (under 16s). For more information on Light up a Life or to buy tickets for the Light up a Life Christmas Concert please contact Lyn Bateman, Tel: 01292 288488 or Email: community@ayrshirehospice.org. 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. Please speak to Helen Colman. Remember that the more volunteers there are, the less often you will be on duty! The church will be open mid day during Advent and volunteers are required. If you are able to help cover the period of opening, in whole or in part, from 12noon to 2.00pm, please give your name to Helen Colman to enable our celebrations to be shared as widely as possible. Open Doors. New Laigh Kirk will be opening its doors to all this week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 12noon to 2.00pm. The Church will be open for those who want to come for a period of solitude or reflection; to see the newly restored stained glass windows from the inside; or to find out some of the history of the church and town. New Laigh Kirk Volunteers - Needing help with shopping, DIY, gardening or a lift to medical appointments? Looking for help with official forms or job applications? Is 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 (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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