Sunday 3rd November

Traidcraft goods are available at Abbey today.

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal – Today is the last day for handing in the filled shoe boxes at Abbey and Dirleton.

Messy Church today, 4-6pm in St Andrew Blackadder.

The 'Hard Questions' evening sermon series is available on CD and MP3. Please see the Minister.

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

Abbey Kirk Session meets on Monday 4 November at 7.30pm in Abbey hall.

Dirleton Prayer Service is on Wednesday at 10.00am in the hall, followed

by coffee – all very welcome.

Bible Study in Abbey hall on Wednesday 6 November at 7.30pm –all welcome.

Buy for Christmas! Dirleton Christmas cards, notelets, mugs, tea towels and prints are available at Dirleton Kirk or from the office.

Life & Work – Please let Nancy Chisholm (or the church office) know if you would like to subscribe to Life & Work Magazine (new and continuing subscribers). Advance annual subscription for 12 issues is £19.44 payable by 13 November. Cheques payable to ‘Abbey Church’ 

Remembrance Sunday 10 November

Dirleton Kirk Service will be at 9.30am.

Coffee will then be served in the hall.

Remembrance Service at the village green War Memorial at 10.45am.

Abbey Church Service at 10.30am, followed by the Service at the town War Memorial at 12noon.

After church services there will be a retiring collection for ‘Poppy Scotland’.

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 3^rd November 2013

Morning Theme: ‘Time for God – Work time’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Reading: Colossians 3:23-24 (p.1184)

                                        Philemon 1:4-16 (p.1200) – Irene Urquhart

                                 CH4 692 Jesus puts this song into our hearts

                                 CH4 183 Fill now our life, O Lord our God

                                 CH4 500 Lord of creation

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: Colossians 3:23-24 (p.1184)

                                        Philemon 1:4-16 (p.1200) – John Guy

                                 MP 959 What kind of greatness

                                 MP 676 There is no love like the love of Jesus

                                 MP 624 Take my life, and let it be

                                 MP 440 Lord of creation

                        Followed by tea/coffee and Traidcraft stall in the new hall

  3.00pm         Services in Abbey and Fidra Care Homes

  6.00 pm        Evening Worship, Abbey

                        Hard Questions of Faith – What about suicide?

                        Reading: 1 Samuel 31:1-5 (p.303)

                                        2 Samuel 1:1-20 (p.304) – Doreen Guy

                                 MP 50 Be still, for the presence of the Lord

                                 MP 1008 The Lord’s my Shepherd

                                 MP 55 Beneath the cross of Jesus

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

                                                        Minister: Revd Dr David Graham 

Pastoral Assistant: Mr Robert Kane

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