Sunday 28th April

Copies of the Annual Report are available at the back of Abbey church, ready for the Annual Meeting on Sunday 12th May after the service.

Abbey Guild Lunch on aid of Guild Projects on Wednesday 1 May, 12-2pm. Tickets (£5) from Sheila Skinner, Eleanor Main or Joyce at the office.

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

We would like Abbey Church to be open during the week. If you can ‘open & close’ please sign the form on the notice board at the back of the church.

Kalimpong - Please hand in baby knits, pens, pencils, toiletries etc to Joyce at the office today for our visitors to take back with them to Kalimpong.

Traidcraft goods will be available at Abbey next Sunday 4 May.

CHRISTIAN AID – Help Wanted!

Volunteers are required to deliver Christian Aid Envelopes (no collection!) and for the Can Collection in the town on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 May and at Tesco on Saturday 1 June.  If you can help please speak to Bill McClure, Liz Keddie or Joyce at the office. Thank you!

Tubes of ‘Smarties are available (free!) today to be enjoyed and then coins saved in the empty tubes. (Last year raised £1000!)

Tickets for Christian Aid fundraising ‘Cheese & Wine’ on Tuesday 14 May

are now available from Joyce at the office.

Copies of the Christian Aid Quiz (£1) are available today at the ‘teas table’ or from Joyce.

Caitriana and Phil Spencer are again cycling 40 miles on Saturday 4th May for Christian Aid. If you would like to sponsor them there are forms at the back of the church and from Caitriana or Phil.

  

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 28^th April 2013

Morning theme: ‘He encouraged them’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: Acts 11: 19-30 (p.1105) read by Patsy Pitkeathly

                                 CH4 137 All things bright and beautiful

                                 CH4 212 Morning has broken

                                 CH4 154 O Lord my God, how great thou art

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

We welcome our friends from Macfarlane Memorial Church, Kalimpong

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Choir Introit: In my life, Lord, be glorified

                        Reading: Acts 11:19-30 (p.1105)

                                 MP 1008 The Lord’s my shepherd

                                 MP 18 All over the world, the Spirit is moving

                                 MP 857 I, the Lord of sea and sky

                                 MP 506 O Lord my God, how great thou art

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00 pm        Evening Worship, Abbey

We welcome our friends from North India, and also

Mary Mutebi, headmistress of Bishop Kivengere Girls School in Uganda

       Discipleship Explored in Philippians – ‘Transformed by Christ’

                        Reading: Philippians 2:12-30 (p.1179)

                                 MP 407 Let Me have my way among you

                                 MP 806 Beauty for brokenness

                                 MP 842 Here is bread

                                 MP 1000 King of Kings

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

  

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane