Sunday 2nd March

Fairtrade Fortnight is 24 February to 9 March when we are all encouraged to buy products which have been fairly traded from poorer countries.

Today there will be a Fairtrade stall in Dirleton and Abbey halls.  Do look and see the variety of goods on offer ......and buy!

Gift Day leaflets & envelopes are available at Abbey & Dirleton and they can be handed in at any Abbey or Dirleton service or to the church office.

Abbey Kirk Session meets on Monday 3 March at 7.30pm in Abbey old hall.

Abbey Guild joint meeting on Tuesday 24 March at 7.30pm in Abbey old hall

‘Out of Africa – into Malta (Guild Project) - Rev Robin Hill.  All welcome.

Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday 10.00am in the hall, followed by coffee – all very welcome.

East Lothian Foodbank All donations are welcome and can be handed into the church office. There is a special request for the following items: tinned fruit, long-life milk, long-life fruit juice, sugar and packets of mashed potato. 105 food parcels went out in the month of January.

  

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 2^nd March 2014

Fairtrade Sunday

Morning Theme: ‘Jesus is ..... light’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Sunday School in Kirk and then hall

                        Reading: John 9:1-12, 35-41 (p.1075) – Alan Aitken

                                 CH4 155 Think of a world without any flowers

                                 CH4 130 Ye servants of God

                                 CH4 448 Lord, the light of your love is shining

                        Followed by tea/coffee and Traidcraft stall in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: John 9:1-12, 35-41 (p.1075) - Robert Burgon

                                 Introit: Like a mighty river flowing

                                 MP 806 Beauty for brokenness

                                 MP 23 All things bright and beautiful

                                 MP 446 Lord, thy word abideth

                                 MP 445 Lord, the light of your love is shining

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

  3.00 pm         Services in Abbey & Fidra Care Homes

10.30 am         Evening Worship, Abbey

                        Jesus says I am .........Before Abraham

                        Reading: Genesis 18:1-15 (p.17) – Zandra Main

                                 MP 693 Thou art the everlasting word

                                 MP 699 Thou, whose almighty word

                                 MP 77 Christ triumphant, ever reigning

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church Office (892800

Church blog: dirletonabbey.blogspot.co.uk

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

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Sunday 23rd February

Abbey and Dirleton Newsletters are available today for distributors. If you do not have one delivered there are extra copies at the back of the church.

Gift Day leaflets & envelopes are available at Abbey & Dirleton and they can be handed in today or next Sunday at any Abbey or Dirleton service or to the church office.

House Group meets on Tuesday 25 February at 7.30pm at 11 Ben Sayers Park.

Just come along - all are very welcome.

Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday 10.00am in the hall, followed by coffee – all very welcome.

Abbey Flower Team Calling all existing and budding flower arrangers. Please join us for afternoon tea on Thursday 27 February at 3.00pm in the new hall for a chat about Abbey Church flowers.  Anyone willing to arrange a vase, deliver or donate flowers is welcome. All and any help would be appreciated.

Inspire Prayer gathering on Friday 28 February at 10.30am in Abbey old hall. All very welcome.

Bethany Care Shelter Abbey will be providing meals at the Care Shelter three times in the coming weeks (25 February, 20 and 31st March). Donations of NEW warm socks, underpants, hats, scarves & gloves, basic toiletries and warm sweaters and jackets in good condition would be much appreciated. Please contact Dorothy Kirkpatrick 89 2074 or hand into the church office.

Abbey Evening services start next Sunday, 2 March at 6.00pm.

Fairtrade Fortnight is 24 February to 9 March when we are all encouraged to buy products which have been fairly traded from poorer countries.

Next Sunday 2 March there will be a Fairtrade stall in Dirleton and Abbey halls.  Do look and see the variety of goods on offer ......and buy!

Fairtrade breakfasts will be served on Saturday 1 March from 10.00am in St Andrew Blackadder.

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 23^rd February 2014

This morning, our Minister is conducting the Communion service

at Prestonpans where he is the Interim Moderator.

We welcome Michael Weaver, Ministry Applicant, as our preacher

Theme: ‘Jesus is ..... Water’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: John 7:37-52 (p.1072) – Liz Keddie

                                 CH4 525 Have you heard the raindrops

                                 CH4 588 Praise the Spirit in creation

                                 CH4 596 Breathe on me, Breath of God

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: John 7:37-52 (p.1072) – Phil Spencer

                                 MP 367 Jesus is Lord!

                                 MP 803 As water to the thirsty

                                 MP 275 I heard the voice of Jesus say

                                 MP 501 O Jesus, I have promised

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church blog: dirletonabbey.blogspot.co.uk

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

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

Sunday 16th March

Gift Day leaflets & envelopes are available at Abbey & Dirleton and they can be handed in today or next Sunday at any Abbey or Dirleton service or to the church office.

Abbey Guild meets on Tuesday 18 February at 7.30pm in Abbey old hall

'Illustrated talk on the Holy Land’ – Rev Iain Paton. All are very welcome.

Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday 10.00am in the hall, followed by coffee – all very welcome.

Scout & Guide Thinking Day Service is on Thursday 20 February at 6.30pm in Abbey Church. All friends and former Scouts and Guides welcome.

1^st North Berwick Brownies  As part of celebrating 100 years of Brownies

we are asking residents of North Berwick & Dirleton who have ever had a connection with guiding to take part in an old tradition of placing a light in their window on the night before Thinking Day ie Friday 21^st February.

North Berwick Community Council have kindly agreed to support us by switching the lights on tree in the lodge grounds on for the evening.

Abbey Flower Team Calling all existing and budding flower arrangers. Please join us for afternoon tea on Thursday 27 February at 3.00pm in the new hall for a chat about Abbey Church flowers.  Anyone willing to arrange a vase, deliver or donate flowers is welcome. All and any help would be appreciated.

Bethany Care Shelter Abbey will be providing meals at the Care Shelter three times in the coming weeks (25 February, 20 and 31st March). Donations of NEW warm socks, underpants, hats, scarves & gloves, basic toiletries and warm sweaters and jackets in good condition would be much appreciated. Please contact Dorothy Kirkpatrick or hand into the 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 16^th February 2014

Theme: ‘Jesus is ..... Food’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: John 6:35-59 (p.1070) – Graeme Robertson

                                 CH4 36 God is our refuge and our strength

                                 CH4 566 When I receive the peace of Christ

                                 CH4 363 We have a gospel to proclaim

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading:  John 6:35-59 (p.1070) – Richard Bell

                                 Introit: Spirit Divine

                                 MP 261 I am the bread of life

                                 MP 167 Give me oil in my lamp

                                 MP 590 Seek ye first the kingdom of God

                                 MP 33 And can it be that I should gain

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

Church Office  (892800

Church blog: dirletonabbey.blogspot.co.uk

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

  

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

Sunday 9th February

Gift Day leaflets & envelopes are available at Abbey & Dirleton and they can be handed in at any Abbey or Dirleton service or to the church office.

Traidcraft goods are available at today at Abbey.

Bethany Care Shelter There will be a short meeting after Abbey service today to organise the meals for homeless people at the Bethany Care Shelter. Anyone willing to help please come along, or if unable to come to the meeting, contact Dorothy Kirkpatrick (89 2074) or Joyce at the office.

The dates are 25 February, 20 March and 31 March.

Articles for inclusion in the next Abbey & Dirleton Newsletters should be emailed or handed in by 10 February.

Newsletters will be available for distribution on Sunday 23 February.

House Group meets on Tuesday 11 February at 7.30pm at 11 Ben Sayers Park.

'I Love to Tell the Story’ - discussion of recent Sunday readings. All are very welcome – just come along.

Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday 10.00am in the hall, followed by coffee – all very welcome.

Regal will meet on Thursday 13 February at 12 noon. The listed speaker Malcolm Baker is unable to attend. Richard Bell will substitute with a talk about the History of The North British Rubber Company.

There will be a soup and sandwich lunch after the talk. All welcome.

Safeguarding Training Course on Saturday 1 March, 9.30–12.30 in Haddington West Church. Information on notice boards or further information & booking forms available from the 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 9^th February 2014

Theme: ‘Jesus is ..... Health’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Sunday School in Kirk then hall

                        Reading: John 4:46-54 (p.1068) – Peter Keeling

                                 CH4 755 Be still and know that I am God

                                 CH4 718 We cannot measure how you heal

                                 CH4 716 Come and find the quiet centre

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: John 4:46-54; 5:1-15 (p.1068) – Andrew Cobb

                                 Introit: To Him we come

                                 MP 50 Be still for the presence of the Lord

                                 MP 457 Make way

                                 MP 803 As water to the thirsty

                                 MP 496 O for a thousand tongues

                        Followed by tea/coffee & Traidcraft stall 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

  

Church blog: dirletonabbey.blogspot.co.uk

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

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