God in the Midst of Her Doth Dwell

Services next Sunday 26th April 2015 11 O’clock English service On creche Christine B and Chrismina 3.30 - 4.30 pm Sunday School at the Church hall 6 PM English service 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 • 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. • 3rd May Guest preacher today will be the Rev Iain Alastair Macleod • 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 • 30th May Soup & Pudding Fundraising lunch for this years Holiday Club at Comunn Eachdraidh . Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No. SC000991 Tuesday No Early Morning prayer meeting this week. 9.45am. Women’s Bible Study The Women’s Bible study at Dolina Murray’s house 34b Lionel All women very welcome to come along. 8pm WEC International Joint meeting with the Free Church.( In Free Church) Wednesday 7.30pm Prayer Meeting We meet for prayer in the church hall. This will be followed at 9 pm by a meeting of the Kirk Session Minister’s Contact details Rev Ian Murdo Macdonald Tel. 810375 e-mail crosschurch@mac.com The Week Ahead Monday 8 pm Holiday Club planning meeting at the Church hall. If you can help with this years club which is called ‘ Adventure Cruise ‘, then please come along to this meeting. In order to run the club we need to confirm now how many helpers we will have. There are so many ways that people can help from supervising the car park as the children leave to helping in the groups during crafts and the Bible story. No-one will be asked to do anything they are not comfortable with and there are roles behind the scenes as well as “up front” which we need people for. If you are not able to come to this meeting but can help please contact Chris and Rachel on 810113 to let them know. Copies of the club handbook are available at the door. 19th April 2015 Welcome to Church this Sunday. 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 today. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early (Psalms 46:4-5 KJV) 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 Alison and Sandra 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 Psalm 46 :1-5 ‘ God is our refuge and our strength ' Prayer Young Peoples talk Bible Reading Ezekiel 48: 30 - 35 (NIV) The Gates of the New City 30 “These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, 31 the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi. 32 “On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates:the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan. 33 “On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates:the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun. 34 “On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates:the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali. 35 “The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits. “And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD IS THERE. Sermon ‘ God in the midst of her doth Dwell ‘ The greatest honour a people can know is to have the abiding presence of God with them. The greatest promise Jesus gives His people is that they will be together in a place that he has prepared. hymn 166 ‘ O for a thousand Tongues ‘ No Gaelic Worship today At the Stated Annual Meeting last Monday 13th April it was informally agreed that the two morning services would be combined for the remainder of the minister’s time in the Congregation, so that all can worship together. A full summary of the AGM as well as the proceedings of the Session and Deacons’s Court meetings will be made next Sunday. Sunday School resumes again at the Church hall between 3.30 - 4.30 PM JOHN 14: 1-7 (NIV) 1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him Hymn 199 ‘ Lord thy Word abideth ‘ 6 PM English Bible Reading 1 Samuel 3 Sermon Can a Nation be changed ? “ “The Call of Samuel - the Ripple Effect “ Tonight’s praise Psalm 27 v1-5 ‘ The Lord’s my light and saving health ‘ Hymn 419 ‘ I heard the voice of Jesus say ‘ Psalm 148 ( 2nd Version) ’ The Lord of heav’n confess ‘ Hymn 689 ‘ I hear thy welcome voice ’