Easter Sunday

The Week Ahead Mon 2nd April 7.30pm Monthly prayer meeting in the church hall. All welcome. There will be a Nominating committee prayer meeting after this meeting at 8.30pm. Wed 4th April 7.30pm Midweek prayer meeting, church hall. Friday 6th to Saturday 7th April. Rock Solid trip to Scaladale. The leaders would value your prayers that all the young people are kept safe and have fun, and above all, that all would be done to the glory of God and that the young people would know the love of Christ. Services next Sunday 8th April 2018 11am service (church) Mr John Hebditch No Sunday school until after the Easter holidays. 6pm service (church hall) Mr Iain MacLean Dates for your diary Tues 24th April 7.30pm Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures, Church hall. 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 1st April 2018 A very warm welcome to our services of worship today. We pray that you will all know God’s blessing as we meet together this Easter Sunday. Worship this morning is led by Mr John Hebditch and Mr Chris Barrowman and this evening by Mr David Graham. 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 Easter Family Service led by Mr John Hebditch and Mr Chris Barrowman Praise: NEP 160: 'Meekness and majesty' Reading 1: John 19:16-27 (NIV) 16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,the king of the jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” 22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” 23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” So this is what the soldiers did. 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. Talk 1: Mr John Hebditch Praise: NEP 158: 'Man of Sorrows' Reading 2: Luke 22: 54-62 (NIV) 54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with him.” 57 But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said. 58 A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” “Man, I am not!” Peter replied. 59 About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.” 60 Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly. Talk 2: Mr Chris Barrowman Praise: NEP 279: 'When I survey the wondrous cross' Talk 3: Mr John Hebditch Praise: NEP 78: 'Here is love vast as the ocean' Tea/Coffee will be served after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited. 6pm Evening worship – led by Mr David Graham 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.