Let Me Stand Before You
Notes
Transcript
17th July 2016
A very warm welcome to our services of worship today.
We pray that you will all know God’s blessing as we meet
together. Worship this morning and this evening is led by
Rev Iain Alasdair Macleod
Induction loops are fitted in both the Church and hall
for the hard of hearing. Please set your hearing aid to
position ‘T’.
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services and are made available free of charge to the
housebound and elderly. Please ask one of the office
bearers if you would like a copy.
On crèche: Hazel & Eileen
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Reading: 1 Kings 17 V1-16 (NIV)
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said
to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom
I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next
few years except at my word.”
2
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave
here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine,
east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook,
and I have directed the ravens to supply you with
food there.”
5
So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to
the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed
there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in
the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and
he drank from the brook.
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7
Some time later the brook dried up because there
had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the
Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the
region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a
widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went
to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a
widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her
and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a
jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to
get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of
bread.”
12
“As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she
replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of
flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am
gathering a few sticks to take home and make a
meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and
die.”
13
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and
do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of
bread for me from what you have and bring it to me,
and then make something for yourself and your son.
14
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil
will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on
the land.’”
15
She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So
there was food every day for Elijah and for the
woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not
used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping
with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
6pm service – led by Rev Iain Alasdair Macleod
Praise: Psalm 116 v1-8
Praise: Psalm 114
Praise: Psalm 119 v57-64
Praise: Hymn 679
Please continue to pray for our congregation, that we would know the
Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our
congregation and community who are in hospital or are ill in any way. If
you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let one of
the Elders know
The Week Ahead
Wed 20th July – 7.30pm Midweek prayer meeting
Fri 22nd July- 1pm Footfall: Please contact Chris on
810112 or Iain Cheeks 810387 to register. More details
on the church website.
Services next Sunday 24th July 2016
11am service – (church hall) Rev Iain Alasdair Macleod
On crèche – Carol & Marina
6pm service – (church hall) Rev Iain Alasdair Macleod
COMMUNITY
GAELIC
WORSHIP
SERVICES
2016
You
are
welcome
to
attend
our
community
Gaelic
services
in
Stornoway
Town
Hall
on
the
following
dates.
Friday
5th
August
2016
Preacher:
Rev
James
Maciver,
Free
Church
of
Scotland,
Stornoway
Friday
11th
November
2016
Preacher:
Rev
Hugh
Stewart,
Church
of
Scotland,
Uig
and
Bernera
*All
meetings
will
begin
at
7.30pm*
Gaelic
psalm-‐singing
to
be
arranged
by
Mr
Calum
Martin,
Tong.
A
collection
will
be
taken
at
each
of
the
services
to
assist
with
the
expenses.
This
is
an
inter-‐church
initiative
designed
to
help
promote
the
use
of
Gaelic
in
public
worship,
and
will
follow
the
traditional
style
of
Gaelic
services
and
Gaelic
precenting.
For
further
information
please
contact
Rev
Iain
D
Campbell
(01851
702924
or
revdridc@gmail.com)
or
Rev
William
Heenan
(01851
705933
or
wmheenan@hotmail.co.uk).