Sunday 30th September

Evening Services at Abbey re-start next Sunday, 7^th October, at 6.00pm, until Dec 2012.

Abbey Harvest Appeal – benefits SolarAid. Thank you supporting this, and for your gifts of flowering pot plants for our congregation. 

    Dirleton Harvest Project – helping Edinburgh Grassmarket Mission. Thank you for your support. Our gifts have been much appreciated in previous years.

Visitors from India – 11 to 22 Oct. A schedule of events planned during the visit is available from the Church Office. If you can help, please contact the Minister or the Church Office.

Scots Nights on Saturday 13^th Oct at 7pm in Abbey Church Hall. Haggis

supper & traditional entertainment. Tickets from Church office - minimum  £5 donation.  Proceeds to Twinning Fund.

We’d like Abbey Church to be open during the week. If you can ‘open and close’, please sign the form on the notice board at the back of the church.

Jacob’s Well – a new look at a series of studies about our spiritual journey towards healing, led by Bob Kane on Thursday 4 Oct at 7.30pm

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal – please pick up a leaflet and support this appeal. Leaflets in vestibule (Dirleton) & at back of church (Abbey). Filled boxes to be returned by 4^th Nov. Thank you. There is a ‘cover a shoebox’ afternoon on 9^th Oct – more info soon. If you have any empty shoeboxes, please hand in to Church Office.

Guild Dedication Service on Tues 2 Oct at 2pm in Abbey Church, followed by tea & cake. On Friday 5 Oct at 6.30pm, St Andrew Blackadder invite us to join them for a Harvest Supper of two courses. Please let Zandra or Eleanor know if you’d like to go. 

REGAL – Thurs 11 Oct at 12 noon in Abbey Church Hall. “Japan – it’s not all raw fish”, with Richard Bell.

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

            by coffee – all very welcome.

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30^th September 2012

  Harvest Sunday

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton - ‘Hand, heart, heaven’

                           Readings:  Matthew 6: 1-4, 19-21,  25-34  (p.970)

   Read by David Kirkpatrick

CH4 229 We plough the fields

CH4 245 It’s a world of sunshine

CH4 143 Who put the colours in the rainbow?

CH4 230 Praise God for the harvest

Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am Morning Worship, Abbey - ‘Light’

Baptism of Murray Shinwell

Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

Readings: John 1: 1-9, (p1063), 1st John 1: 5-7 (p1225)  

                 Read by Robert Burgon

MP 422 Light has dawned

It’s a world of sunshine (words on sheet)

MP 806 Beauty for brokenness (words on sheet)

MP 445 Shine Jesus shine

Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

We welcome all visitors today.

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

Summer Services

Date	Morning Services Dirleton 9.30am, Abbey 10.30am	Evening Services Abbey 6pm
July 2012
1st	Rev. Andrew Don	John Evans
8th	Rev. Andrew Haddow	Peter Kimber
	Evening Series:‘Life on the Frontline’ (whole-life discipleship)
15th	Preacher – Rev. Prof Todd Still ‘Between the Times’ (Galatians 5:25-6:10)	‘Your Frontline’ (Acts 17:16-34)
	Morning Series: ‘In the Desert’ (the book of Numbers)
22nd	‘Horses for Courses’ (Numbers 1:1-3, 44-54)	‘The Frontline Call’ (Matthew 4:12-17; 28:16-20)
29th	‘Purity & Restitution’ (Numbers 5:1-10)	‘The Frontline Commission’ (2 Chronicles 36:15-21; Jeremiah 29:1-14) Communion
August 2012
5th	‘Vows & Blessings’ (Numbers 6:1-8, 22-27)	‘The Frontline Community’ (Colossians 3:12-17)
12th	‘Manna & Quail’ (Numbers 11:1-9; 31-33)	‘The Frontline Concern’ (Acts 3:1-10)
19th	‘Spirit-filled leaders’ (Numbers 11:16-30) A: baptism	‘The Frontline Cry’ (Isaiah 29:13-24; Matthew 6:9-13)
26th	‘Fear & Faith’ (Numbers 13:1-3, 25-33; 14:26-38)	‘The Frontline Commitment’ (Acts 4:23-31) Communion
September 2012
2nd	‘Water from the rock’ (Numbers 20:1-13)	[no evening service]
9th	Guest preacher Rev. Neil McLay. A: communion	[no evening service]
16th	‘Blessing & Curse’ (Numbers 22:1-12; 23:1-12)	[no evening service]
23rd	‘Justice, not Revenge’ (Numbers 35:1-15)	[no evening service]
30th	Harvest. Matthew 6:1-4, 19-21, 25-34. Abbey baptism. John 1:1-9; 1st John 1:5-7	[no evening service]

Sunday 23rd September

·           There will be no Evening Services at Abbey during September. Our Evening Services re-start on Sunday 7^th October at 6.00pm, until December 2012.

·           Abbey Harvest Appeal – if you’ve been collecting coins for SolarAid, please bring along your light bulb boxes next Sunday (30^th Sept). Also gifts of flowering pot plants for distribution locally would be very much appreciated.

Dirleton Harvest Project – helping Edinburgh Grassmarket Mission.

Please donate non perishable foodstuffs (in date) and cleaning materials. Boxes will be in the West Porch today and next Sunday. Our gifts have been much appreciated in previous years.

·          Visitors from India. If you would like to support the visit of 6 members from our twin church in Kalimpong in October, there will be a collection plate at the door as you leave the church service today. A schedule of events planned during the visit is available (see also Abbey newsletter). Please pick up a copy and, if you can help, contact the Church Office.

·           Scots Nights on Saturday 13^th Oct at 7pm in Abbey Church Hall. Haggis supper & traditional entertainment. Tickets from Church office - min.  £5 donation.  Proceeds to Twinning Fund.

·           We’d like Abbey Church to be open during the week. If you can ‘open and close’, please sign the form on the notice board at the back of the church.

·           Jacob’s Well – there will be no meeting on Thursday 27 September.

·           Distributors can collect Abbey Newsletters today. Thank you.

·           Christmas Shoe Box Appeal – please pick up a leaflet and support this appeal. Leaflets in vestibule (Dirleton) & at back of church (Abbey). Also in Abbey Newsletters. Filled boxes to be returned by 4^th Nov. Thank you.  There will be a ‘cover a shoebox’ afternoon on 9^th Oct – more info later. If you have any empty shoeboxes, please hand in to Church Office.

·           Guild Dedication Service on Tues 2 Oct at 2pm in Abbey Church, followed by tea & cake

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

 Sunday 23^rd September 2012

Theme: ‘Justice, not Revenge’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: Numbers 35:1-15 (p.176) – Irene Urquhart

                                 CH4 566 When I receive the peace of Christ

                                 CH4 500 Lord of creation, to you be all praise

                                 CH4 484 Great God, your love has called us here

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Numbers 35:1-15 (p.175/6) – Dorothy Kirkpatrick

                                 MP 423 Living under the shadow of His wing

                                 MP 803 As water to the thirsty (words on sheet)

                                 MP 582 Rock of ages

                                 MP 2 A safe stronghold

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

                     Next Sunday (30th Sept)  is Harvest Thanksgiving

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church 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

Abbey newsletter

Abbey October newsletter can be viewed here.

Sunday 16th September

·           There will be no Evening Services at Abbey during September. Our Evening Services re-start on Sunday 7^th October at 6.00pm, until December 2012.

·          Visitors from India. If you would like to support the visit of 6 members from our twin church in Kalimpong in October, there will be a collection plate at the door as you leave the church services during September.

·           We’d like Abbey Church to be open during the week. If you can ‘open and close’, please sign the form on the notice board at the back of the church.

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

·           Jacob’s Well – a new look at a series of studies about our spiritual journey towards healing – led by Bob Kane at 5 Clifford Road, on Thursdays at 7.30pm. All welcome.

·           Abbey Guild are serving ‘teas’ in the old hall on Saturday 22 September from 2 – 4pm, in aid of Guild Projects. (Craft Fair in the new hall) 

Do come along, and bring a friend!

·           The Prom Praise Orchestra, is returning to the Usher Hall, Edinburgh on Saturday 27 October with a mixture of classical and sacred music (usually of an upbeat nature). The orchestra is based at All Souls' Langham Place, London. Tickets £16. If you would like to go, or for more information, please speak to Robert Burgon before Thursday 20 September.

·           Dirleton Harvest Project – helping Edinburgh Grassmarket Mission.

Please donate non perishable foodstuffs (in date) and cleaning materials. Boxes will be in the West Porch today and on the next 2 Sundays.

Our gifts have been much appreciated in previous years.

 Sunday 16^th September 2012

Theme: ‘Blessing or Curse?’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: Numbers 22:1-12 (p.160) – Deborah Simpson

                                 CH4 209 Father, we praise you, now the night is over

                                 CH4 608 Spirit of truth and grace

                                 CH4 235 God is working his purpose out

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Numbers 22:1-12; 23:1-12 (p.160) – Stuart Cowan

                                 MP 614 Spirit divine, attend our prayers

                                 MP 23 All things bright and beautiful

                                 MP 379 Jesus shall reign where’er the sun

                                 MP 189 God is working His purpose out

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church 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

Sunday 9th September

·           There will be no Evening Services at Abbey during September. Our Evening Services re-start on Sunday 7^th October at 6.00pm, until December 2012.

·          Visitors from India. If you would like to support the visit of 6 members from our twin church in Kalimpong in October, there will be a collection plate at the door as you leave the church services during September.

·           We’d like Abbey Church to be open during the week. If you can ‘open and close’, please sign the form on the notice board at the back of the church.

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

by coffee – all very welcome.

·           Jacob’s Well – a new look at a series of studies about our spiritual journey towards healing – led by Bob Kane at 5 Clifford Road, on Thursdays at 7.30pm. All welcome.

·           Annual Mid & East Lothian Alpha Prayer & Worship Evening on 12 Sept at 7.30-9.30pm in Ormiston Parish Church. All welcome. More info from 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

 Sunday 9^th September 2012

Guest preacher: Rev Neil McLay

'Provision, Production, Promise'

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Readings: 1^st Chronicles 29:10-19 (p.434)

                                         John 10:22-30 (p.1077) - Kathryn Simpson

                                 CH4 655 For your generous providing

                                 CH4 130 Ye servants of God

                                 CH4 110 Glory be to God the Father

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Service of Holy Communion, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Readings: 1^st Chronicles 29:10-19 (p.434)

                                         John 10:22-30 (p.1077) - Sally Penman

                                 MP 699 Thou, whose almighty word

                                 MP 439 Lord of all being

                                 MP 622 Take, eat, this is My body

                                 MP 175 Glory be to God in heaven

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  3.30 pm         Service in Astley House Care Home

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church Office  (892800