1 Samuel 21:1-9

rd   3 September 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 Mr Chris Barrowman and this evening by Mr John Hebditch 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 via us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eaglaisnis or find Google by entering ‘@eaglaisnis’ www.crossnesschurch.com for more information and audio content. If you would like any information posted on the website, please contact Chris at 810112 or email the website at crossnesschurch@gmail.com Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No.SC000991 Praise: NEP 28 Praise: Jehovah Jireh Jehovah Jireh, my Provider His grace is sufficient for me, for me, for me Jehovah Jireh, my Provider His grace is sufficient for me My God shall supply all my needs According to His riches in glory He will give His angels charge over me Jehovah Jireh cares for me, for me, for me Jehovah Jireh cares for me Praise: NEP 189 Reading –1 Samuel 21:1-9 (ESV) Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” 2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place. 3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.” 4 And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.” 5 And David answered the priest, “Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?” 6 So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen. 8 Then David said to Ahimelech, “Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.” 9 And the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here.” And David said, “There is none like that; give it to me.” Tea/Coffee will be served after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited 6pm service – Mr John Hebditch The Week Ahead Mon 4th Sept, 7.30pm – Monthly prayer meeting Wed 6th Sept, 10.15am - Women’s bible study, at Rachel Barrowman’s house, 16 Eorodale. All women welcome. Wed 6th Sept, 7.30pm – midweek prayer meeting (church hall). Services next Sunday 10th September 11am (church) 6pm (church hall) Sunday  School  !   At  11  am.   Learn  from  the  bible.  Sing  songs.  Have  fun.   Bring  a  friend  (or  2  or  3…)   We'd  love  to  see  you  there.