Palm Sunday, 1st April

·         Traidcraft goods are for sale in Abbey new hall today..

·         Abbey Church will be open during April. If you are able to ‘open and close’ please sign the list at the back of the church.

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

EASTER SERVICES

Holy Week Services at 7.30pm

    Monday 2 April             St Baldred’s Church

      Tuesday 3 April            Dirleton Kirk

(with the presentation of Association of Churches Community Award)

Wednesday 4 April       Our Lady Star of the Sea

                                    (Stations of the Cross)

Thursday 5 April          Abbey Church (Joint Communion)

Friday 6 April               Abbey Church, Good Friday Service

Easter Day – Sunday 8 April

8.00am    Open air service at ‘Leithies’ car park (along the East Bay past the Glen Golf Club and up the hill to car park and viewpoint)

8.45am    Breakfast in Abbey Church Hall

with donations to Mercy Ships ‘Big Breakfast’

9.30am    Morning Worship in Dirleton Kirk

10.30am   Morning Worship in Abbey Church

(followed by tea/coffee & hot cross buns with donations to Mercy Ships ‘Big Breakfast’)

6.00pm    Abbey Evening Service

  

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

Sunday 1^st April 2012

Palm Sunday

Morning theme: ‘The world has gone after him!’

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Reading: John 12:12-19 (p.1079) – Deborah Simpson

                                 CH4 365 Ride on! ride on in majesty!

                                 CH4 367 Hosanna, loud hosanna

                                 CH4 366 Come into the streets with me

                                 CH4 364 All glory, laud and honour

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: John 12:12-19 (p.1079) – David McAdam

                                 MP 9 All glory, laud and honour

                                 MP 457 Make way, make way

                                 MP 77 Christ triumphant

                                 MP 109 Crown Him with many crowns

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

3.00 pm           Services in Abbey and Fidra Care Homes

  6.00 pm         Evening Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Jesus triumphs’

                        Reading: Mark 11:1-11 (p.1016) – Bill McClure

                                 MP 242 Hosanna, hosanna

                                 MP 1000 King of Kings

                                 MP 418 Lift up your heads

                                 MP 26 All you that pass by

                                 MP 790 You are the King of Glory

                        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

Sunday 25th March

·         Abbey Church will be open during April. If you are able to ‘open and close’ please sign the list at the back of the church.

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

·            Choir practice on Thursday 29 March at 8.00pm in Abbey new hall – all welcome who enjoy singing.

·          Hadley Court Singers present Phantasia – music of history and mystery - Wednesday 28 March at 8.00pm in Abbey Church. Tickets £10 (children free) from Sally Penman, choir members or pay at the door.

·          North Berwick in Bloom  - Afternoon Teas on Saturday 31 March from

2.00 to 4.00pm in Abbey Church hall.

·         Traidcraft goods will be available at Abbey next Sunday, 1 April.

 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

 Sunday 25^th March 2012

  

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship – Peter Kimber

                        Reading: Proverbs 8:1-21 (p.641) – Peter Keeling

                                 CH4 63 All people that on earth do dwell

                                 CH4 562 Through the love of God, our Saviour

                                 CH4 251 I, the Lord of sea and sky

                                 CH4 112 God, whose almighty word

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey – Bob Kane

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Luke 24:13-35 (p.1061) – Isabel Smith

                                 MP 20 All people that on earth do dwell

                                 MP 249 How lovely on the mountains

                                 MP 456 Make me a channel of Your peace

                                 MP 486 Now thank we all our God

                                 MP 699 Thou, whose almighty word

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00 pm         Evening Worship, Abbey – Peter Kimber

                        Reading: Proverbs 8:1-21 (p.641) – Stuart Cowan

                                 MP 146 Fill Thou my life

                                 MP 366 Jesus is King

                                 MP 315 I will sing the wondrous story

                                 MP 266 I cannot tell

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

 

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church Office  (892800

Sunday 18th March

  

·         ‘Real Easter Eggs’ (Fairtrade chocolate with Easter story) £4, available at teas/ coffees today.

·         Paperback books for sale today in Abbey new hall -proceeds to Guild projects

·         Christian Aid Quiz (£1) from Joyce today or from the office.

·         Abbey Church will be open on during March and April. If you are able to ‘open and close’ please sign the list at the back of the church.

·            Abbey Guild - Tuesday 21 March at 7.30pm in Abbey hall. 

AGM and Entertainment.  Please come along – all are welcome

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

·          Lent Group on Wednesday 21 March at 7.30pm in Abbey old hall. Handing on the Torch – Sacred words for a Secular World – ‘Competing Creeds?

·          Hadley Court Singers – Wednesday 28 March 8.00pm in Abbey Church.

Tickets from Sally Penman or pay at the door.

  

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

  Sunday 18^th March 2012

  

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Mother’s Day - All-age Service

                        Reading: 1^st Samuel 1:19-28 (p.271) – Norma Bruce

                                 CH4 193 God is love

                                 CH4 692 Jesus puts this song into our hearts

                                 CH4 547 What a friend we have in Jesus

                                 CH4 512 To God be the glory

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Mothering Sunday’

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: 1^st Samuel 1:19-28 (p.271) – Sally Penman

                                 MP 152 For the beauty of the earth

                                 MP 376 Jesus put this song into our heart

                                 MP 7 All creatures of our God and King

                                 Brother, sister, let me serve you (words on sheet)

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00 pm         Evening Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Jesus exalted’

                        Reading: John 3:1-21 (p.1065) – Doreen Guy

                                 MP 217 He is exalted

                                 MP 987 Here is love

                                 MP 55 Beneath the cross of Jesus

                                 MP 109 Crown Him with many crowns

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

  

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane BD

Church Office  (892800

Sunday 11th March

  

·         Abbey Church will be open on Saturdays during March. If you are able to ‘open and close’ please sign the list at the back of the church.

·         To raise awareness of how we can help older people in our communities there is a WRVS display in Dirleton hall today.

·           Articles for inclusion in Abbey and Dirleton Newsletters for April should be emailed or handed in no later than Tuesday 13 March.  Newsletters will be available for distribution on Sunday 25 March.

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

·            Abbey Guild ‘Coffee and Book Swap’ is on Wednesday 14 March from 10.30am to 12noon in Abbey hall.  Proceeds to Guild projects.  Please come along and bring a friend!

·         Lent Group on ‘Wednesday 14 March at 7.30pm in Abbey old hall  Handing on the Torch – Sacred Words for a Secular World – A Beleaguered Church?’

·         Christian Institute meeting ‘Defending Family, Faith and Freedom’ in Abbey Church on Thursday 15 March, 7.30 – 9.00pm. All welcome.

·         Christian Aid Quiz (£1) from Joyce at the office.

  

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

 Sunday 11^th March 2012

Morning Theme: ‘Please’

  

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Reading: Genesis 18:20-32 (p.18) – David Kirkpatrick

                                 CH4 268 O God of Bethel

                                 CH4 359 He came down that we may have love

                                 CH4 265 Pray for a world

                                 CH4 270 Put all your trust in God

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Service of Holy Communion, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Genesis 18:20-32 (p.18) – John Lunn

                                 MP 111 Dear Lord and Father of mankind

                                 MP 68 Cause me to come to Thy river

                                 MP 381 Jesus, stand among us

                                 MP 746 What a friend we have in Jesus

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  3.30 pm         Service in Astley House Care Home

  6.00 pm         Service of Holy Communion, Abbey

                        ‘Jesus purifies’

                        Reading: John 2:12-25 (p.1065) – Ian Aitken

                                 MP 418 Lift up your heads

                                 MP 600 Sing to God new songs of worship

                                 MP 73 Christ is made the sure foundation

                                 MP 159 Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I go

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

 

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane BD

Church Office  (892800

Sunday 4th March

·         Fairtrade Fortnight is 27 Feb to 11 March. Today there is a Traidcraft stall in the hall after Dirleton and Abbey services.

·         Christian Aid Quiz (£1) from Joyce at the office and Fairtrade stall today.

·         World Mission envelopes can still be handed in. There are spare envelopes in Dirleton porch and Abbey church.

·           Messy Church today from 4.00 to 6.00pm in St Andrew Blackadder.

·            Abbey Kirk Session meets on Monday 5 March at 7.30pm in the hall.

·            Abbey Guild meets on Tuesday 6 March at 7.30pm in the old hall.

Christians against Poverty – Ian Manning. All very welcome.

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

·         Lent Group on ‘Wednesday 7 March at 7.30pm in Abbey old hall  Handing on the Torch – Sacred Words for a secular World – A Secular Society?’

·          REGAL meets on Thursday 8 March at 12noon in Abbey old hall when Malcolm Baker will talk on ‘Naval Battles in the Atlantic’

A soup & sandwich lunch will be served afterwards. Do come along.

·         Please return back packs for Mary's Meals to the office this week.

·         To raise awareness of how we can help older people in our communities there will be a WRVS display in Dirleton hall next Sunday, 11 March.

  

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

 Sunday 4^th March 2012

Morning Theme: ‘Help – strength through weakness’

  9.30 am         Dirleton Morning Worship

                        Reading: Psalm 69:1-18 (p.583) – Alan Aitken

                                 CH4 166 Lord of all hopefulness

                                 CH4 351 Jesus’ hands were kind hands

                                 CH4 263 God of freedom, God of justice

                                 CH4 270 Put all your trust in God

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Abbey Morning Worship

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Psalm 69:1-18 (p.583) – Robert Burgon

                                 MP 1 A new commandment (choir, then all)

                                 MP 637 Thanks be to God

                                 MP 427 Lord, come and heal Your Church

                                 MP 478 My song is love unknown

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  3.00pm          Services in Abbey and Fidra Care Homes

  6.00 pm         Abbey Evening Worship

                        ‘Jesus recognised’

                        Reading: Mark 8:27-38 (p.1012) – Helen Mackenzie

                                 MP 222 He was pierced for our transgressions

                                 MP 323 I’m not ashamed to own my Lord

                                 MP 755 When I survey the wondrous cross

                                 MP 463 May the mind of Christ my Saviour

                                 MP 162 From heaven You came

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church Office  (892800