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For Your Diaries 10th 11th April. Church of Scotland Safe guarding Service workshops. The Church safeguarding roadshow will be holding training sessions at Stornoway High Church on the 10th - 11th April. This training is necessary for the safeguarding training for all church volunteers/ co-ordinators/ Office bearers as the Church of Scotland is working to ensure that by 31 October 2015 all its congregations have in place arrangements ensuring that those working with children or vulnerable adults in their congregation are approved under the PVG Scheme and aware of their responsibilities for those in their care. The Volunteers training will be held on Saturday 11th April from 9.30 am-1.00 pm. Can you please take a note of these dates and please let Eileen or Ian Murdo know as soon as possible if you are able to attend . Please pray for the forthcoming Communion Season and for those who will come to minister in all the Congregations of the Community. Please especially pray for those who come to minister the word in this Congregation. Please pray that there may be fruit following from the preaching of the word over the communion Season and especially that those who are seeking strength or encouragement would be helped to take that step of commitment to Jesus and His church over these coming days. We continue to remember the many from our community and Congregation who have been hospitalised or are still receiving treatment. We especially remember those for whom Communion week is always a poignant reminder of those who are no longer with us. Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No. SC000991 . Covenant Fellowship . Copies of the Covenant fellowship statement are available at the door that gives full information as to the aims and objectives of the Covenant . There is also a petition at the door that allows us to register our protest by signing up in support of the Covenant Fellowship . Minister’s Contact details Rev Ian Murdo Macdonald Tel. 810375 e-mail crosschurch@mac.com The Week Ahead ( Please note some changes in the coming week). Monday The Kirk Session have decided that there will be NO March Monthly meeting during the busy Communion Week. 7 PM Church cleaning If you are free on Monday evening at about 7 PM why not come along to help with the cleaning of the church in preparation for the communions. At this time arrangements will be made for the provision of baking for Friday night and soup and sandwiches for Saturday. Tuesday Women’s Bible Study 10.15 am We continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount this Tuesday morning at Dolina Murray’s ( 34b Lionel) . All women very welcome. 7.30pm The Kirk Session have decided that as at the last Communion Season the Prayer meeting will be on Tuesday night this coming week. So we meet for prayer for the forthcoming Communion Season in the church hall. Thursday 5th March - Monday 9th March . Ness Communion Season We hope to have sharing with us at the communions the Rev Paul Amed, the Rev Iain Murdo Campbell and Rev Dr Wayne Pearce (see separate enclosed Flier). 1st March 2015 A very warm welcome to our services of worship today. We hope that you will feel welcome here as we seek to worship God together for a short time. 1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. (Psalms 9:1-2 ESV) Induction loops are fitted in both the Church and hall for the hard of hearing. Please set your hearing aid to position ‘T’ . Recordings of all our services are available on our website www.crossnesschurch.com as free Podcasts. CD recordings are also made of the services. On Creche Christine B and Chrismina Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eaglaisnis find us via Google by entering @eaglaisnis www.crossnesschurch.com for more information and audio content. or 11 o’clock English NEP 17 ‘ As the deer pants for the water ' Prayer Young Peoples talk Bible Reading (Ephesians 4:1-6 ( ESV) 1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit —just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 12 Noon Gaelic Service in the church hall Leughadh Ephesianaich 4 Ceann Teagaisg ( E 16 ) ‘Gun deònaicheadh e dhuibh a rèir saoibhreas a ghlòire, a bhith air ar neartacheadh gu treun, tre a spiorad-san anns an duine air leth a-staigh ’. Sailm Psalm 84:1-5 ' How lovely is thy dwelling place ' Psalm 9 : 1- 9 ‘ ‘ Lord Thee I’ll praise with all my heart ‘ Psalm 42 :1- 5 ‘ ‘ Like as the Hart for water brooks ‘ Psalm 89:13- 18 ‘ Thou hast an arm thats full of power Sunday school this afternoon at 3.30 pm in the church hall. 6 PM English Bible Reading Ephesians 4 NEP 7 ' All hail the Lamb ' Sermon ‘ Walk this way ‘ Ephesians 4 begins Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesians as to how to live in the light of all that Jesus Christ has done for them. In the first place Paul shows them how they are to walk. Walk in Humility, Walk in Gentleness, Walk with Patience, Walk in Love , Walk in Unity . NEP 96 ' In Christ alone ‘ Sermon ‘ One ’ Tonight’s praise Psalm 100 ‘ All people that on earth do dwell ’ Psalm 32:1-5 ‘ O blessed is the man to whom’ Ps 148 (2nd version) ‘ The Lord of heav’n confess ’ Hymn 106 ‘ When I survey the wondrous Cross ’ 6pm Youth Fellowship The Youth fellowship will meet this evening at 6pm. They will be meeting this evening at 13 Cross. This evening we are delighted to have Matthew Hebditch telling us of how he became a Christian All young people are very welcome to come along. ( Food Rota this week Fiona Ross )