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The week ahead Mon 1st May 7.30pm Monthly prayer meeting (church hall) Tues 2nd May 7.30pm Slavic Gospel Association (church hall) Wed 3rd May 10.15am Women’s bible study, at Dolina Murray’s house, 34b Lionel. All women welcome. Wed 3rd May 7.30pm Midweek prayer meeting (church hall) followed by Deacon’s Court meeting. Services next Sunday 7th May 2017 11am (church hall) 3.30pm Sunday school for all P1-S2 children (church hall) 6pm (church hall) Dates for your diary Thurs 11th May 7pm Holiday Club planning meeting. Everyone welcome. Please come along if you are involved in this year’s club or would like to help out in any way. If you are unable to come but would like to help, please let a member of the team know. 30th April 2017 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 is led by Rev Charlie Ross and this evening by Rev T K Shadakshari. 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 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. Crèche available by request. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eaglaisnis or via Google by entering ‘@eaglaisnis’ www.crossnesschurch.com for more information and audio content. If you would like information posted on the website, please contact Chris on 810112 or email the website crossnesschurch@gmail.com Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No.SC000991 11 o’clock service led by Rev Charlie Ross Praise: Hymn 12 (NEP) Praise: Hymn 238 (NEP) Praise: Hymn 154 (NEP) 1 Thessalonians 3 3 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. 2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and coworker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. 5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain. 6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. 7 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. 8 For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. 9 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. Tea/Coffee will be served after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited No Sunday school due to school holiday 6pm service – led by Rev T K Shadakshari The nomination committee would value the congregation’s prayers at this time for Gods guidance, wisdom and discernment as they continue to search for a new minister.