North Berwick

North Berwick
North Berwick

Friday, September 26, 2014

October Newsletter

Abbey October newsletter is here.

Harvest Sunday

Harvest Appeal – If you have been filling a jar with coins for Nimbong school please hand it in today, next Sunday or to the office.

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

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

Sunday 5th October - Joint service to celebrate 25 years of the linkage of Dirleton & Abbey, in Abbey at 10.30 am (no 9.30 am service).
Guest preacher: Rev Sandy Horsburgh, Presbytery Moderator.
It will be followed by a finger buffet and refreshments in the church halls.

Abbey evening services restart next Sunday 5 October.

Food Bank – Many thanks to all at Dirleton and Abbey for their continuous support. There is a special request for the following donations:
Cartons of Fruit Juice; Tinned Meat; Tinned Fish; Tinned Fruit

Abbey’s New Website is now “live” so please visit at abbeychurch.org.uk There you will find updated information about every aspect of life at Abbey.  The calendar gives an easy view of planned events & notes on special services.   We will be holding a few classes to help folks learn how to navigate the site so please visit abbeychurch.org.uk and see your Church through new eyes.

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

Weekly Bible Reading Plan
28th September: The Drama of Desire
Genesis 3:1-13
Psalm 32
Philippians 2:3-11
At the back of the church are booklets with printed copies of readings until 30 November. Please take one if you wish.
Copies of the book: We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation by Brian D. McLaren, are
for sale beside the  ‘teas table’ in Abbey new hall at a discount price of £5.
Books can also be purchased from the church office.

Church of Scotland: Abbey Church, North Berwick Scottish Charity – No SC004761       Dirleton Parish Church Scottish Charity – No SC00453
Sunday 28th September 2014

Harvest
  
  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton
                        Readings: Genesis 3:17-24 (p.6)
                                         Revelation 22:1-5 (p.1250) – Hilda Kimber
                                 CH4 229 We plough the fields and scatter
                                 CH4 137 All things bright and beautiful
                                 CH4 181 For the beauty of the earth
                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.00 am         Prayer Gathering in Abbey new hall (until 10.15am)

10.30 am         Morning Worship Abbey
                        Crèche for children under 4
                        Readings: Genesis 3:17-24 (p.6)
                                         Revelation 22:1-5 (p.1250) – Stuart Cowan
                                 Introit: God is love
                                 MP 732 We plough the fields and scatter
                                 MP 23 All things bright and beautiful
                                 MP 152 For the beauty of the earth
                                 MP 806 Beauty for brokenness
                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

There is no Evening Service in Abbey.
Our Evening Services resume next Sunday 5 October

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham 
Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane 
Facebook Group: Abbey & Dirleton

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

Friday, September 19, 2014

Sunday

Harvest Thanksgiving is next Sunday 28th September. Please return your jars with filled with coins to help with catering equipment and children's meals for the new school in Nimbong (Kalimpong), India.
We would like to be able to give flowering pot plants to housebound members of our congregation at Harvest. If you would like to donate, please bring a plant to church on Harvest Sunday 28 September.

Food Bank – Many thanks to all at Dirleton and Abbey for their continuous support. There is a special request for the following donations:
Cartons of Fruit Juice; Tinned Meat; Tinned Fish; Tinned Fruit

Abbey’s New Website is now “live” so please visit at abbeychurch.org.uk There you will find updated information about every aspect of life at Abbey.  The calendar gives an easy view of planned events & notes on special services.  All the duty rotas are maintained in one area.  The five committees have their own areas.  You will also find financial reports, our rich history, helpful notes on getting married, baptisms & blessings and funeral arrangements.  We will be holding a few classes to help folks learn how to navigate the site so please visit abbeychurch.org.uk and see your Church through new eyes.

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

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

On Sunday 5th October there will be a joint service in the Abbey Church at 10.30am to mark 25 years of the linkage of Dirleton and Abbey.

Weekly Bible Reading Plan
21st September: A World of Meaning
Psalm 145:1-16
Proverbs 8:1-36
John 1:1-17
At the back of the church are booklets with printed copies of readings until 30 November. Please take one if you wish.
Copies of the book: We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation by Brian D. McLaren, are for sale beside the  ‘teas table’ in Abbey new hall at a discount price of £5.

Church of Scotland: Abbey Church, North Berwick Scottish Charity – No SC004761       Dirleton Parish Church Scottish Charity – No SC00453
 Sunday 21st September 2014

Theme: Alive in the story of creation – A World of Meaning

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton
                        Sunday School in Kirk and then hall
                        Reading: Proverbs 8:12-36 (p.641) – Deborah Simpson
                                 CH4 702 Lord, in love and perfect wisdom
                                 CH4 706 For the healing of the nations
                                 CH4 705 It is God who holds the nations
                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.00 am         Prayer Gathering in Abbey new hall (until 10.15am)

10.30 am         Morning Worship Abbey
                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4
                        Readings: Proverbs 8:12-36 (p.641)
                                         John 1:1-17 (p.1063) – Dorothy Kirkpatrick
                                 Introit: To Him we come
                                 MP 428 Lord, for the years
                                 MP 133 Father, I place into your hands
                                 Wisdom’s table
                                 MP 766 Who can sound the depths of sorrow
                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall
 There is no Evening Service in Abbey.
Our Evening Services take a break over the summer.
  
Minister: Revd Dr David Graham
Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane
Church Office (892800
  
Facebook Group: Abbey & Dirleton
  
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