Palm Sunday, 13th April

EASTER SERVICES

Holy Week Services at 7.30pm

       Monday 14 April           St Baldred’s Church

       Tuesday 15 April          Abbey Church

(Followed by Presentation of Churches’ Association Community Award)

       Wednesday 16 April      Our Lady Star of the Sea (Stations of the Cross)

       Thursday 17 April         Abbey Church (Joint Communion)

       Friday 18 April             Abbey Church, Good Friday Service

Easter Day, Sunday 20 April

8.00am        Open air Service at ‘Haugh’ 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

                        (donations to Bethany Homelessness)

   9.30am        Service in Dirleton Kirk

    10.30am      Service in Abbey Church

                        Followed by tea/coffee & hot cross buns (donations to Bethany)

    6.00pm        Evening Service in Abbey Church

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

We would like Abbey church to be open every day. If you are able to ‘open and close’ please sign the list at the back of the church.

Pens (at only 50p!) for the 40^th Anniversary project to build an Assembly hall at Bishop Kivengere Girls School Muyebe, Uganda, are for sale today at Abbey from Margaret Ann Crawford in church or Joyce at the ‘teas’ table.

Christian Aid Sponsored Forth Bridge Walk – Saturday 26 April, 2-5pm.

If you would like to sponsor David McColl please sign the form at the back of Abbey Church or contact him if you would like to take part (894679).

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 13^th April 2014

Palm Sunday

We welcome Rev Ian Bird who will lead our morning services today

David Graham is conducting the Communion at Prestonpans

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: Matthew 21:1-11 (p.988) – Mary Graham

                                 CH4 367 Hosanna, loud hosanna

                                 CH4 378 Praise to the Holiest in the height

                                 CH4 365 Ride on! ride on in majesty!

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Matthew 21:1-11 (p.988) – Rutherford Elliot

                                 MP 9 All glory, laud and honour

                                 MP 249 How lovely on the mountains

                                 MP 162 From heaven You came

                                 MP 580 Ride on, ride on in majesty!

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  3.30 pm         Service in Astley House Care Home

  6.00pm          Evening Worship, Abbey

                        Jesus says ‘I am .........A Vine

                        Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 (p.689)

                                        John 15:1-17 (p.1083) – Sheila Burgon

                                 MP 242 Hosanna, hosanna

                                 MP 790 You are the King of Glory

                                 MP 725 We cry, Hosanna, Lord!

                                 MP 418 Lift up your heads

                        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)

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