A New Beginning, a New Hope, a New Way

11 o’clock English Service in the Church Sermon ‘ A New beginning, A New Hope A New Way ‘ Psalm 118:17- 26 ‘ I shall not die, but live and shall ‘ Prayer Young Peoples talk Bible Reading (Exodus 12:1-13 NIV) The Passover 1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5 The animals you choose must be yearold males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it:with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord ’s Passover. 12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt Paraphrase 2 ‘ O God of Bethel ! ’ Hymn 312 ‘‘Twas on that night when doomed to know’ Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper As we begin a New Year, with all its opportunities and times of testing, there is no better place or way than to begin in the sacrament of the Lord’s supper. It is the perfect way for God’s people to make a new resolution and commit our ways for 2015 to the Lord. The Lord’s table is open to all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Today there is no separately marked area for communicants and non communicants. Those who are not communicant members are simply asked to pass the elements along the row . Office bearers will be on hand to assist as the elements are dispensed to the Congregation. Psalm 103: 1-5 ‘ O thou my soul bless God the Lord ‘ There is No Gaelic Service today . Gaelic worship at 12 Noon next Sunday 11th January. 6 PM Evening English service in Church hall Bible reading Ephesians 2 Text “ And you hath he quickened ( Eph 2:1 KJV) Tonight’s Praise Psalm 84: 1-5 ‘ How lovely is thy dwelling place ‘ Hymn 601 ‘ O God our help in ages past ‘ Psalm 73: 23-28 ‘ nevertheless continually ‘ Para 63 ‘ Behold the amazing gift of love ‘