Sunday 27th April

Abbey Annual Stated Meeting is today following the morning service.

Copies of the Annual Report are available at the back of Abbey church.

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.

Pens (at only 50p!) for the 40^th Anniversary project to build an Assembly hall at Bishop Kivengere Girls School Muyebe, Uganda, are for sale today at Abbey from Margaret Ann Crawford or Joyce at the office.

East Lothian Food Bank. Many thanks to all who have donated provisions – they are very much appreciated. There is special request for the following items: tinned meat, custard or rice pudding, tinned fruit, longlife milk & fruit juice and sponge puddings.

A group of 7adults and 3 children from St Andrew Blackadder's twinned church in Gangtok, Sikkim, India is visiting STAB church from Friday 25 April to Monday 5 May. There is an open meeting for anyone who would like to meet them in the chapel of STAB church on Thursday 1 May from 7.30-9.00pm.

Traidcraft goods will be available next Sunday, 4 May.

CHRISTIAN AID- Help Wanted!

Volunteers are required to deliver Christian Aid Envelopes (no collection!) and for the Can Collection at Tesco on Friday 9 May, in town on Friday 16 May & Saturday 17 May. If you can help please speak to David McColl, 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 £1700!)

Tickets for Christian Aid fund raising ‘Cheese & Wine’ on Tuesday 13 May are now available from Bill McClure or Joyce at the office.

Copies of the Christian Aid Quiz (£1) are available today.

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

Sunday 27^th April 2014

Morning theme: ‘Thomas’

  9.30 am         Morning Worship, Dirleton

                        Baptism of Charlie Herd

                        Sunday School in Kirk and then hall

                        Reading: John 20:19-31 (p.1089) – Patsy Pitkeathly

                                 CH4 444 Out of sight, the Lord has gone

                                 CH4 430 Christ has risen while earth slumbers

                                 CH4 432 How often we, like Thomas

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the hall

10.30 am         Morning Worship, Abbey

                        Followed by Annual Congregational Meeting

                        Sunday School & Crèche for children under 4

                        Reading: John 20:19-31 (p.1089) – Sally Penman

                                 Introit: When morning gilds the skies

                                 MP 575 Rejoice, the Lord is King

                                 MP 394 Jubilate, everybody

                                 MP 109 Crown Him with many crowns

                                 MP 647 The head that once was crowned with thorns

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the new hall

  6.00pm         Evening Worship, Abbey

                        ‘Jesus is the Lord’

                        Reading: John 21:1-14 (p.1090) – Isabel Smith

                                 MP 367 Jesus is Lord!

                                 MP 13 All hail the power of Jesus’ name

                                 MP 392 Join all the glorious names

                                 MP 251 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

                        Followed by tea/coffee in the church

Minister: Revd Dr David Graham

Pastoral Assistant: Robert Kane

  

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Church of Scotland: Abbey Church, North Berwick Scottish Charity – No SC004761       Dirleton Parish Church Scottish Charity – No SC004533