Christmas Sunday 22nd December

Buy for Christmas! Dirleton cards, mugs, tea towels and prints are available at Dirleton Kirk or from the office.

Christmas Offerings The special offerings on 24 & 25 December will go to East Lothian Food Bank and Edinburgh Direct Aid.  EDA is a small local charity which sends supplies to places of need. They presently have people working with refugees on the Syrian borders of Turkey & Lebanon.

Please note the Food Bank does not require any donations of food from now until March. Thanks to your generosity, they have enough supplies for winter.

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

Sunday 22^nd December 2013

4^th Sunday in Advent

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        ‘Descriptions of Jesus – God’s Presence’

                        Baptism and Profession of Faith

                        Reading: Matthew 1:18-25 (p.965) – Hilda Kimber

                                 CH4 282 Christmas is coming (4 verses)

                                 CH4 304 O little town of Bethlehem

                                 CH4 301 Hark! the herald angels sing

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Christmas Sunday all-age worship

                        Crèche for children under 4

                                 Introit: What kind of greatness

                                 Christmas is coming 4 verses - words on sheet)

                                 MP 47 Away in a manger

                                 The 12 days of Jesus

                                 MP 83 Come and join the celebration

                                 MP 211 Hark! the herald angels sing

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00 pm        Evening Worship, Abbey

                        Signs of the Messiah – A Mother

                        Readings: Isaiah 7:10-16 (p.692) – Willie Leslie

                                 MP 700 Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour

                                 MP 749 What child is this

                                 MP 422 Light has dawned

                                 MP 420 Like a candle flame

                                 MP 345 It came upon the midnight clear

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church blog: dirletonabbey.blogspot.co.uk

Facebook Group: Abbey & Dirleton (facebook.com/groups/412367835538768)

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