Sunday 9th December

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.

Handel's Messiah - It is planned to arrange a block of tickets for the annual performance of Handel's Messiah in the Usher Hall on Wednesday 2 January 2013 commencing at 12 noon. Tickets will cost around £16 and anyone interested should contact Robert Burgon (organist- ( 893564) TODAY.

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

Regal meets on Thursday, 13 December at 12 noon. As it is our Christmas meeting, it will take a slightly different format. Andrew Scott, the well known and popular bass, will sing some ballads and songs from Gilbert & Sullivan. Afterwards we will sit down to a soup and sandwich lunch.

Christmas Post - Music for Malawi are offering a Christmas Post service (formerly done by the Scouts) within North Berwick. Cost is 30p per card. Collection points are: Fergusons Chemists, Sweet News, Westgate Gallery and the School Office. Closing date is Friday 14 December.

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 by 16th December.

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 9^th December 2012

Second Sunday in Advent

Morning theme: ‘Change Yourself’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: Luke 3:1-18 (p.1029) read by Hayley Kirkpatrick

                                 CH4 641 Seek ye first the kingdom of God

                                 CH4 282 Christmas is coming (verses 1 & 2)

                                 CH4 334 On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry

                                 CH4 291 When out of poverty is born

                                 Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Service of Holy Communion, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Luke 3:1-18 (p.1029) read by Linda McLean

                                 MP 35 Angels from the realms of glory

                                 Christmas is coming (words on sheet)

                                 MP 590 Seek ye first the Kingdom of God

                                 MP 484 Now dawns the Sun of righteousness

                                 MP 393 Joy to the world

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

   6.00 pm        Evening Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Refining Fire’

                        Reading: Malachi 3:1-4; 4:1-5 (p.961) read by Janet Raeburn

                                 MP 717 We are here to praise you

                                 MP 119 El-Shaddai

                                 MP 67 Breathe on me, breath of God

                                 MP 579 Restore O Lord

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

  

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham 

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane