Sunday 16th December

Choir practice after Abbey morning service today for the items to be used next Sunday with a full practice on Tuesday 18 December at 8.00pm.

Buy for Christmas! Dirleton Christmas cards, notelets and prints designed by Jolomo and Mark Holden are on sale now at Dirleton Kirk and at the office.

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

Carol Singing in Care Homes on Wednesday 19 December. Meet at Abbey church at 6.00pm. Come along. Everyone welcome.

East Lothian Food Bank is collecting items to distribute over Christmas. Pick up an item list at the back of the church if you can help, and bring items to church or the office.

Used stamps – Please save your used postage stamps from Christmas mail for World Mission remembering to leave a border of at least ¼ inch all round. There are boxes for stamps in Abbey & Dirleton or hand them in to the office. Joyce has 6½ kilo in the office and needs 10 kilo for a free uplift!

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 16^th December 2012

Third Sunday in Advent

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        All-age Christmas Service

                                 CH4 312 Away in a manger

                                 CH4 282 Christmas is coming (verses 1-3)

                                 CH4 314 Child in the manger

                                 CH4 305 In the bleak midwinter

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Change the World’

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Choir Introit: Infant Holy

                        Reading: Luke 1:39-56 (p.1026) read by David McAdam

                                 MP 539 Once in royal David’s city

                                 Christmas is coming (words on sheet)

                                 MP 764 While shepherds watched

                                 MP 588 See, amid the winter’s snow

                                 MP 62 Born in the night, Mary’s child

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

   6.00 pm        Evening Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Consuming Fire’

                        Reading: Zephaniah 3:8-20 (p.946) read by John Guy

                                 MP 196 Good Christian men, rejoice

                                 MP 767 Who is He, in yonder stall

                                 MP 749 What child is this

                                 MP 451 Love came down at Christmas

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane