New Laigh Kirk A caring welcoming church at the heart of Kilmarnock reaching out to all
Welcome to Worship Sunday 18th November 2018 11.00am Minister: Rev David S Cameron Session Clerk: Derek I’Anson Organist: Martin 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. Tea and coffee will be served in the 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 Introit: Glorious things of thee are spoken Welcome and Intimations Call to Worship Who breaks the power of sin and darkness Whose love is mighty and so much stronger The King of Glory, the King above all kings Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder Who leaves us breathless in awe and wonder The King of Glory, the King above all kings (Oh) This is amazing grace This is unfailing love That You would take my place That You would bear my cross You laid down Your life That I would be set free Oh Jesus, I sing for all that You've done for me Who brings our chaos back into order Who makes the orphan a son and daughter The King of Glory, the King of Glory Who rules the nations with truth and justice Shines like the sun in all of its brilliance The King of Glory, the King above all kings
(Oh) This is amazing grace This is unfailing love That You would take my place That You would bear my cross You laid down Your life That I would be set free Oh Jesus, I sing for all that You've done for me Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the King who conquered the grave Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the King who conquered the grave Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the King who conquered the grave Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy worthy worthy (Oh) This is amazing grace This is unfailing love That You would take my place That You would bear my cross You laid down Your life That I would be set free Oh Jesus, I sing for all that You've done for me All Age Address I’m gonna clap my hands To show I love You Gonna shout out loud Gonna sing Your praise You are everything to me Jesus I love Your name I’m gonna stamp my feet To show I love You Gonna jump around Gonna sing Your praise You are everything to me Jesus I love Your name You are the best friend That I could ever know I lift my hands to You ‘Cause You died for me upon the cross Took away my sin and shame
Children leave for Kingz Kidz and Trekkers Reading:
Hebrews 10:11-25 page 1208
Anthem:
I’m gonna sing
Reading:
St Mark 13:1-8 page 1018
Hymn 81
I to the hills will lift mine eyes
Prayers of Intercession Hymn 579
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life
Sermon Offering/Doxology (Hymn 810 Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth) Prayer of Dedication Hymn 449
Rejoice! the Lord is King
Benediction
Intimations Worship on Sunday, 25th November will be conducted by the Minister beginning at 11.00am. Kingz Kidz and TrekkersNG should meet at 10.50am in church and sit together. Crèche facility for children under three years of age. Tea and coffee will be served in the church immediately after the service. The Welcome Team today is Barbara Allan, Jim Lawson, John McDowall, Iain Sherry, Betty Johnstone, Elaine Bryson, Moyra O'Rourke, Iain Munro, Lilian Gillies, Emma Johnstone, Christine Bell, Donald MacLean, Ann MacLean, Alan Hewitt and Kevin Handling. 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. There will be a Congregational Board meeting TODAY in the Session Room immediately after the service. Alpha Course at The Coffee Press, Bank Place, continues on Monday, 19th November at 7.00pm. Tots Praise will meet on Tuesday, 20th November from 10.15am to 11.15am in lower hall. Music and Movement will meet on Tuesday, 20th November at 2.00pm in lower hall.
NLK Kilmarnock Community Choir Project for all singers aged 16 years or over will meet on Tuesday, 20th November at 7.00pm in the church. Kirk Session will meet on Tuesday, 20th November at 7.00pm in lower hall. As a celebration of Guild Week, Irvine and Kilmarnock Presbyterial Council will be holding a Songs of Praise on Wednesday, 21st November at 2.00pm in the church. There will be a Beetle Drive in aid of the Guild Projects on Monday, 26th November at 7.30pm in lower hall. Tickets, costing £3 and including refreshments, available at church from Guild members. Everyone welcome. Guild of Friendship will meet on Thursday, 22nd November at 2.00pm in lower hall. Come along and hear about CHAS. Friendship Group/Pastoral Care Coffee Morning will be held on Saturday, 24th November from 10.00am to 12noon in lower hall. Donations of bottles, baking and Christmas items would be greatly appreciated. Tickets cost £2 and are available after the service or at the door. Contact Margaret Paterson, Tel: 551288. 4th/5th Kilmarnock Boys' Brigade are having a Coffee Morning on Saturday, 24th November from 10.00am to 12noon in Howard Centre. Tickets cost £2 and are available from any boy or officer. All donations welcome. Presbytery Prayer Meeting on Saturday, 24th November from 10.00am to 10.45am in Irvine: Girdle Toll Parish Church. Tea and coffee will be served from 9.30am. Everyone welcome. The Bethlehem Experience will take place on Sunday, 25th November 2.00pm to 5.00pm as part of the Kilmarnock Christmas Lights Switch on. This will include an outdoor adult nativity and some stalls set up to look like a marketplace in Bethlehem. We still need a couple of actors, people who can take charge of decorating a scene, people to wear 'Bible times' costumes on the day, and someone who could paint a stage backdrop. We are also looking to borrow a donkey or two for the day. If you can offer help, please let Bethany know, Tel: 07827 816405, Email: bethanymccaw@icloud.com. If you can donate some baking to serve visitors at the 'Innkeepers Café’ on the 25th November, please let Margaret Brown know. St Andrew’s Day of Prayer. In response to a national initiative, there will be a day of prayer, with churches hosting a prayer session for one hour consecutively. New Laigh Kirk will be open for prayer from 12noon to 1.00pm.
Friendship Group. There are still tickets available for the pantomime - Sleeping Beauty - for the young and young at heart (over 60s) on Saturday, 1st December at 2.00pm in Palace Theatre. Tickets cost ÂŁ13 for members and ÂŁ15 for non-members. Please contact Margaret Paterson, Tel: 551288 or complete form in November magazine and place in the offering plate on a Sunday in an envelope addressed to Margaret Paterson, and marked "Friendship Group Pantomime." If you are going to the pantomime, please be at the Palace Theatre no later than 1.45pm as the pantomime starts at 2.00pm. Please note later time. There is also a Christmas Tea after the pantomime in the lower hall. Please contact Margaret Paterson or Morgan Johnston, Tel: 07730 564755 if you wish to attend the tea. New Scottish Hymns Worship Music Workshop for all musicians and singers connected to NLK. Come and join us to learn, to celebrate, communicate and express faith through a variety of Music styles. Sunday, 2nd December 2.00pm to 4.30pm John Finnie Street halls. Check out the website https://newscottishhymns.com/ for more information. New Laigh Kirk has a public Facebook page which many people do not yet follow. We would like this to be a place to celebrate some of the great things we do in NLK, as well as be able to advertise groups and activities people can come along to be part of. If you would like something posted on the public Facebook page at any time, please send a note of it along with a photo or video to Email: bethanymccaw@icloud.com. 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 on Sunday, 25th November. If you would like to be included in the rota for Bible Reading at Sunday worship for 2019, please give your name to Helen Colman. Both new and existing readers should add their names to the list. If you have any used postage stamps or unwanted postcards with stamps attached, please give them to Esther Douglas as she is collecting for charities. 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!
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, including on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 on Monday, 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 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? 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. Postcode for church is KA1 1BL.
New Laigh Kirk A caring welcoming church at the heart of Kilmarnock reaching out to you