Blessed Christmas

Wishing a blessed Christmas Day to you 
and all dear to you.

Sandro Botticelli: Madonna of the Magnificat (1480-81).

We were privileged to see this (and may other masterpieces) 

in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence earlier this year.

Sunday 18th December

·         Cards for sale at Dirleton (£3.50 for pack of 10) Commemorative mugs in 2 designs (£5.50 each). Beautiful limited edition mounted signed prints (£70). Tea towels (£3.50). 8oz Crystal tumbler (£20)

·         Helpers required for making tea/coffee after Dirleton service on Sundays.

Please contact Sue Oliver if you are willing to join the rota.

·           Advent Group - Tuesday 20 December from 7 00 - 8.30pm in Abbey old hall. A 5 week study of Advent Hope by Joel Edwards. Please come along.

·           Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday at 10.00am in the hall, followed

by coffee – all very welcome.

·         Life & Work  - If you would like to continue (or start) to receive a copy each month, annual payments in advance of £17.40 are now due. Please speak to Nancy Chisholm or Joyce at the office. Cheques payable to ‘Abbey Church’.

·         Brand new Youth Alpha starts lunchtimes on 12 January in the Drama Room at North Berwick High School. Come early, avoid queues, free lunch!

·         Would all Abbey hall users please enter future dates and times in the 2012 Halls Booking Diary (in the corridor opposite the west door)

  

Church of Scotland: Abbey Church, North Berwick Scottish Charity – No SC004761       Dirleton Parish Church Scottish Charity – No SC004533

 Sunday 18^th December 2011

Fourth Sunday in Advent

Morning theme: ‘Waiting with Faithfulness’

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Reading: Luke 1:26-38 (p.1026) – Mary Graham

                                 CH4 323 The first Nowell

                                 CH4 282 Christmas is coming (v.1-4)

                                 CH4 312 Away in a manger

                                 CH4 305 In the bleak midwinter

                                 CH4 301 Hark! the herald angels sing

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Abbey Morning Worship

                        Baptism of Jake Samuel Lennox

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Luke 1:26-38 (p.1026) – Stuart Cowan

                                 MP 644 The first nowell

                                 Christmas is coming (v 1-4) - words on sheet)

                                 MP 236 Holy child

                                 MP 337 In the bleak midwinter

                                 MP 211 Hark! the herald angels sing

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00 pm         Abbey Evening Worship

                        Led by the Worship Group

                        ‘Christmas with a Scottish flavour’

                        Followed by tea/coffee & mince pies in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham 

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane BD

Church Office  (892800

We welcome all visitors today.

To use the loop system, set hearing aids at ‘T’ position.

Ramped access to Abbey Church & halls links the High Street entrance

with the Church Road door

Sunday 11th December

·         Cards for sale at Dirleton (£3.50 for pack of 10) Commemorative mugs in 2 designs (£5.50 each). Beautiful limited edition mounted signed prints (£70). Tea towels (£3.50). 8oz Crystal tumbler (£20)

·         Helpers required for making tea/coffee after Dirleton service on Sundays.

Please contact Sue Oliver if you are willing to join the rota.

·           Advent Group - Tuesday 13 December from 7 00 - 8.30pm in Abbey old hall. A 5 week study of Advent Hope by Joel Edwards. Please come along.

·           Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday at 10.00am in the hall, followed

by coffee – all very welcome.

·         Life & Work  - If you would like to continue (or start) to receive a copy each month, annual payments in advance of £17.40 are now due. Please speak to Nancy Chisholm or Joyce at the office. Cheques payable to ‘Abbey Church’.

·         Carol Singing in Care Homes on Thursday 15 December. Meet at Abbey Church at 6.00pm. Come along. Everyone welcome.

·         Christmas Carols on the Green at Dirleton on Friday 16th December, 6.30pm led by the Primary School choir. Mince pies, hot chocolate and mulled wine.

·         Brand new Youth Alpha starts lunchtimes on 12 January in the Drama Room at North Berwick High School. Come early, avoid queues, free lunch!

Sunday 11^th December 2011

Third Sunday in Advent

Morning theme: ‘Waiting with Joy’

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Reading: John 1:6-9, 19-28 (p.1063) – Irene Urquhart

                                 CH4 290 The race that long in darkness pined

                                 CH4 282 Christmas is coming (v.1-3)

                                 CH4 285 The Angel Gabriel

                                 CH4 472 Come thou long-expected Jesus

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Service of Holy Communion, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: John 1:6-9, 19-28 (p.1063) – Zandra Main

                                 MP 490 O come, let us adore him

                                 Christmas is coming (v 1-3) - words on sheet)

                                 MP 102 Come, Thou long-expected Jesus

                                 MP 162 From heaven You came

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00 pm         Service of Holy Communion, Abbey

                        ‘Jesus wins!’

                        Reading: Revelation 5:6-14 (p.1237) – Dorothy Kirkpatrick

                                 MP 105 Come, watch with us

                                 MP 71 Child in the manger

                                 MP 98 Come now with awe

                                 MP 451 Love came down at Christmas

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

 Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane BD

Church Office  (892800

We welcome all visitors today.

To use the loop system, set hearing aids at ‘T’ position.

Ramped access to Abbey Church & halls links the High Street entrance

with the Church Road door

Church of Scotland: Abbey Church, North Berwick Scottish Charity – No SC004761       Dirleton Parish Church Scottish Charity – No SC004533

Dirleton Newsletter

Dirleton December newsletter can be viewed here.

Sunday 4th December

·         Buy for Christmas! - Cards for sale at Dirleton (£3.50 for pack of 10) Commemorative mugs in 2 designs (£5.50 each). Beautiful limited edition mounted signed prints (£70). Tea towels (£3.50). 8oz Crystal tumbler (£20) All are available at Dirleton Kirk or from Joyce at the office.

·         Helpers required for making tea/coffee after Dirleton service on Sundays.

Please contact Sue Oliver if you are willing to join the rota.

·         Abbey Choir practice on Monday 5 December at 8.00pm for those interested in singing at Christmas.

·         Abbey Guild - Carol Service on Tuesday 6 December at 2.00pm in Abbey hall. All are very welcome - do come and join us.

·           Advent Group - Tuesday 6 December from 7 00 - 8.30pm in Abbey old hall. A 5 week study of Advent Hope by Joel Edwards will look at Jesus as the hope and the light of our lives. Please come along.

·           Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday at 10.00am in the hall, followed

by coffee – all very welcome.

·           Regal meets on Thursday, 8 December at 12 noon in the Abbey old hall. Alistair McNeil will give an illustrated talk providing a whistle stop tour of the different aspects of the Stevenson lighthouses around Scotland.

A soup and sandwich lunch will be served afterwards. All are very welcome

·         Sunday, 11 December – Communion Services at Abbey at 10.30 am and 6.00pm

·         Bethany Meals – Donations of NEW warm clothing (eg socks, gloves) welcome and can be handed in to the office to be taken to Bethany on 10 December.

·         Christmas Carols on the Green at Dirleton on Friday 16th December, 6.30pm led by the Primary School choir. Mince pies, hot chocolate and mulled wine.

Church of Scotland: Abbey Church, North Berwick Scottish Charity – No SC004761       Dirleton Parish Church Scottish Charity – No SC004533

Sunday 4^th December 2011

Second Sunday in Advent

Morning theme: ‘Waiting with Patience’

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Reading: Mark 1:1-8 (p.1002) – Norma Bruce

                                 CH4 277 Hark the glad sound

                                 CH4 282 Christmas is coming (v.1&2)

                                 CH4 273 O come, O come, Emmanuel

                                 CH4 291 When out of poverty is born

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Abbey Morning Worship

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Mark 1:1-8 (p.1002) – Willie Leslie

                                 MP 210 Hark, the glad sound

                                 Christmas is coming (v 1&.2 - words on sheet)

                                 MP 393 Joy to the world

                                 MP 493 O come, O come, Emmanuel

                                 MP 465 Meekness and majesty

                        Followed by tea/coffee & Traidcraft stall in the new hall

  3.00 pm         Services in Abbey and Fidra Care Homes

  6.00 pm         Abbey Evening Worship – Service to remember loved ones

                        ‘A living hope’

                        Reading: 1^st Peter 1:3-12 (p.1217) – Clare Aitken

                                 MP 50 Be still

                                 MP 201 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah

                                 MP 673 There is a Redeemer

                                 MP 449 Love divine

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane BD

Church Office  (892800

We welcome all visitors today.

To use the loop system, set hearing aids at ‘T’ position.

Ramped access to Abbey Church & halls links the High Street entrance

with the Church Road door