Woman, why are you crying?

Heart and Soul and Voice A new group meeting once a month, to share and support each other and talk about matters of the faith. Using the Bible, poetry and personal testimony, our ultimate aim is to produce a series of postcards, artwork and other inspirational material that speak about the work of God in the community of Ness . EVERYONE is welcome to come along , we meet on Wednesday afternoon starting this Wednesday at the Church hall at 2pm. Services next Sunday 12th April 2015 11 O’clock English service Mr Iain Macmillan Stornoway On creche Baba and Naomi No Sunday School this week starts again on Sunday 19th April. 6 PM English service Mr David Nicolson Stornoway The Stated Annual Meeting ( AGM) of the Congregation will be held on Monday night 13th April at 7.30 pm. Copies of the accounts for 2014 are available at the door. Covenant Fellowship. The replies to the covenant fellowship have been sent to Inverness . A total number of eighty ( 80) slips were returned . A very big thank you to all who signed slips. Please note that due to illness the dates of the Safeguarding workshop have had to be changed. These have now been rescheduled for Friday 22nd May for Office bearers and Saturday 23rd May for all volunteers and coordinators For Your Diaries 13th April 7.30 pm Stated Annual Meeting will be held at the Church hall. 15th April Deacons’ Court meets after the midweek prayer meeting. 21st April 8pm WEC International Joint meeting with the Free Church.( In Free Church) 22nd April Kirk Session Meets after the midweek prayer meeting. 28th April 8pm Eric & Joy Browning Society for distribution of Hebrew Scriptures joint meeting with free Church ( in our church hall). 29th April Deacons’ Court meets after the midweek prayer meeting. 5th May Slavic Gospel Association - John Birnie - Joint meeting with Free Church ( in our church hall). 22nd May Safeguarding Training for Office Bearers 23rd May Safeguarding Training for Volunteers and Coordinators Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No. SC000991 Wednesday 2pm - 4pm at the Church hall. ‘ Heart Soul and Voice’ . ( See Below) • 7.30pm Prayer Meeting We meet for prayer in the church hall. Minister’s Contact details Rev Ian Murdo Macdonald Tel. 810375 e-mail crosschurch@mac.com The Week Ahead Monday Monthly Meeting at the church hall at 7.30 pm. Tuesday No Early Morning prayer meeting this week. Women’s Bible Study The Women’s Bible study rests until after the Easter holidays 5th April 2015 Welcome to Church this Easter Sunday The Day we remember with rejoicing that Jesus Christ lives and has risen from the Tomb. ‘ The Angel said to the women, “ Do not be afraid , for I know you are looking for Jesus , who was crucified. He is not here : he has risen just as He said . Come and see the place where he lay ’ ( Matthew 28: 5-6 NIV) 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 Rachel B and Morag 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 12 Noon Gaelic in the church hall 11 o’clock English NEP 96 ‘ In Christ alone ' Prayer Young Peoples talk Bible Reading (John 20:11-18 NIV) Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). 17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. ’” 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news:“I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her NEP 43 ‘ Crown Him with many Crowns ‘ Sermon ‘ Woman why are you crying ‘ NEP 257 ‘ Thine be the Glory ‘ Leughadh Eoin 20 Ceann Teagaisg ( E 15) ‘Agus thubhairt Iosa rithe, A bhean carson a tha thu a’ gul ‘ . Sailm Ps 106: 1-7 ‘ Give praise and thanks unto the Lord ‘ Ps 30: 1-7 ‘ Lord, I will thee extol, for thou ‘ Ps 16: 6-11 ‘ Unto me happily the lines ‘ Ps 31: 19- 24 ‘ How great’s the goodness thou for them ’ No Sunday school until after the Easter Holidays 6 PM English Bible Reading John 20 Sermon“ and that by believing you may have life “ ( John 20:31 ) Tonight’s praise Ps 122 ‘ I joy’d when to the House of God ’ Ps 62:7-12 ‘In God my glory placed is ‘ Para 48: 5-9 ‘ The Saviour dy’d, but rose again ‘ Hymn 110 ‘ And can it be ‘ For our Prayers We continue to pray for the family of the late Jessie Morrison in their grievous loss. Please pray for Donnie , Jackie, Colin and Shona and their own families as they try to come to terms with their loss, and that as they mourn they may know the presence and peace of God in these sad days.