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10th June 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. Worship this morning is led by Mr Martin Campbell and this evening by Mr Murdo Afrin 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’ for more information and audio content. If you would like information posted on the website, please contact Chris on 810112 or email the website www.crossnesschurch.com crossnesschurch@gmail.com Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No.SC000991 11 o’clock service led by Mr Martin Campbell Praise: Hymn 9 Praise: Hymn 701 Praise: Hymn 139 Praise: Paraphrase 33 Reading: Matthew 22: 1-14 (NIV) Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ 4 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 5 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 8 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 11 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 13 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” Tea/Coffee will be served after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited 6pm service (church hall) – Mr Murdo Afrin Martin Campbell (Missionary in New Zealand) will be giving his testimony at the after church fellowship in Barvas Church of Scotland this evening 10th June - 7.30 for 8.00pm. All welcome. The week ahead Mon 11th June 7.30pm – Bible study (church hall) Wed 13th June 10.15am - Women’s bible study at Dolina Murray’s house, 34b Lionel. All women welcome. Wed 13th June 7.30pm - Midweek prayer meeting at the church hall. Sat 16th June - Sunday School outing to Dalmore. The bus will start to pick up in Cross Skigersta Road at 10.30am and will arrive back in Ness at approximately 4.305pm. Please ensure your child has sun cream, a towel and a spare change of clothes. As usual we will have a barbecue lunch. If you would like to be picked up by the bus, please let one of the Sunday school teachers know. All are welcome for a fun day out! Services next Sunday 17th June 2018 11am – church: Rev John Murdo Nicolson 6pm – church hall: Rev John Murdo Nicolson Dates for your diary Licensing The Western Isles Presbytery have appointed Wednesday 20th June to take Mr Iain Macritchie on trials for licence to preach the gospel. On successful completion of the trials a public service to license Iain would be held at Cross Free Church at 7:30pm on Wednesday 20th June. All friends are most welcome to attend the service, and to continue afterward to Comunn Eachdraidh Nis for light refreshments. If you could pass this on in some way to your own folk we would very much welcome friends attending and sharing with us on the 20th. Every blessing, Rev Ewen Matheson Free Church, Cross. Sun 24th June 11am - Sunday school prize-giving service in the church.