Order of Service

Sunday 27 August 2023

 

Rev Andy Galbraith

 

 

 

Welcome & Announcements                              Denis Guiler

Call to Worship

Hymn IPH 215                                                      Jesus is Lord

Prayer of Adoration & Confession inc. Lord’s Prayer

Children’s Address

Hymn SfW 52                                                      If I were a butterfly

(Children leave for Children’s Church)

Prayers of Intercession                                        Maurice Doherty

Hymn IPH 407                                                      How deep the Father’s love

Offering & Dedication

Bible Reading: Revelation 3, 7-13                      Janet Robinson

Address                                                                 7 letters: Ephesus

Hymn IPH 222                                                      O God beyond all praising

Blessing & Benediction

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

MOBILE PHONES in the Gallery: if you are sitting in the Gallery, please switch OFF your mobile phone during the service, or put it in aeroplane (or flight) mode – not just on silent.  The phones may interfere with the live stream of the service to Youtube.  This applies only in the Gallery, not in the main body of the church.

 

VOLUNTEERS required

If you can help serve tea and coffee after church, please sign up on the rota sheet on the notice board in the foyer or contact Margaret Robinson 07714 721748.

 

We urgently need volunteers for Coffee & Chat on Friday mornings. If you can help, please speak to Barbara McNeill. Your help would be very much appreciated. Thanks Barbara

PIZZA NIGHT – Wednesday 30 August, 5.30 – 7.30pm.
We look forward to welcoming you to the final pizza night of the summer – as part of the team or just for a pizza and some chat. If you haven’t been before, please come along to see what it’s all about!

 

The Congregational Committee will meet at 7.45 pm in the Megaw Room on Tuesday 12 September.

 

Our English classes for asylum seekers and refugees restart on 12 and 13 September.  As a pilot we will be offering a Wednesday morning class as well. If you do have any spare A4 ring folders or A4 blocks of paper- we can always put these to good use by giving them to our students!! Many thanks Janet Robinson.

 

AUTUMN FÊTE – Saturday 30 Sept 2023

We hope to start gathering donations soon, so please use this as an opportunity to declutter the house, garage, and garden shed – and tell your friends, family and work colleagues! All donations can be left on the stage in St John’s Hall (behind curtain).

If you need help with bringing your donations to the church, please contact Christine McGibbon (07742 576 995).

We can accept most items, even small items of furniture. However, we cannot accept electrical goods, large items of furniture, DVDs and CDs or clothes. Special note to all jam and chutney makers – there will be the usual home produce stall so please get your preserving pans out over the summer.

More info. to come – but please put the date in your diary now.

 

 

If you would like to have a notice included in the announcement sheet, please email NewtownbredaAnnouncements@outlook.com

Please try to send your announcements to us by the Thursday prior to the Sunday service.

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