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October Communions The Kirk Session would like to place on record our grateful thanks to all whose contributions in different ways have helped during the Communion season. There are too many to name but we are indebted to you all. Special thanks to the Rev Dougie Wolf, who has faithfully brought God’s word to us at each service and led us in worship over the Communion season. Also to Murdina and Murdo John for opening and preparing the church. Above all we give our grateful thanks and praise to God for His presence with us and for His strength in our lives day by day. The Week Ahead Mon 9th Oct 7pm Thanksgiving service led by Rev Dougie Wolf Wed 11th Oct 10.15am Women’s bible study at Dolina Murray’s house, 34b Lionel. All women most welcome. Wed 11th Oct 7.30pm Midweek prayer meeting, church hall. There will be a Nomination Committee meeting after the prayer meeting. Services next Sunday 15th October 2017 11am service (church) Mr Murdo Smith (Stornoway) (No Sunday School until after the October Holidays) 6pm service (church hall) Mr John Hebditch Dates for your Diary Mon 16th Oct 7.30pm Monday evening bible study Church hall Fri 3rd Nov 7.30pm Rock Solid will start back after the school holidays Operation Mobilisation Thanksgiving Tour The missionary organization, Operation Mobilization, are celebrating 60 years of the Lord’s faithfulness toward them. The founder, George Verwer, will be on a thanksgiving tour, speaking about the work that OM has been involved in over the past six decades. George Verwer will be speaking in Barvas & Brue Community Centre on Thursday 12th October at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend. 8th October 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 and evening is led by Rev Dougie Wolf. 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 Midday Communion service led by Rev Dougie Wolf During this service the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be taken. We give a warm welcome to our new communicant members who have joined the congregation over this Communion season. We give thanks to God for their desire to profess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and pray that God will bless them abundantly now and in the days to come. Praise: Hymn 109 Psalm 116, 1-8 Psalm 31, 1-5 Paraphrase 35 Hymn 136 Reading: Luke 24: 1-35 (NIV) 24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”8 Then they remembered his words. 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believethe women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[ from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.” 25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. 28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him,and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” 33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. 6.30pm Evening worship – led by Rev Dougie Wolf