Exodus 14:15

12th August 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 and evening is led by Rev Murdo Smith 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 Rev Murdo Smith Praise: Psalm 36:5-10 Praise: NEP 264 Praise: Hymn 693 Praise: Hymn 467 Reading: Galatians 2 (NIV) Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. 2 I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my racein vain. 3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. 4 This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. 6 As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message. 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. 9 James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. 14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? 15 “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. 17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker. 19 “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” J-club, summer holidays during 11 o’clock service in church hall. Bible stories, crafts and fun for all P1-P7. Tea/Coffee will be served after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited 6pm service (church hall) – Rev Murdo Smith Reading: Exodus 14:15 Praise: Psalm 100 Praise: Para 2 Praise: Psalm 107: 23-30 Praise: Para 48: 1-6 The week ahead th Tue 14 Aug 7.30pm – Praise night in Lionel School Wed 15th Aug 7.30pm – Midweek prayer meeting Thu 16th Aug 7.30pm – Deacon’s Court meeting Services next Sunday 19th August 2018 11am – church: Mr Murdo Smith (APC) 6pm – church hall: Mr Murdo Afrin Dates for your diary CPR training is being offered by the local first responders unit to anyone in the congregation who wants to learn about using a defibrillator and CPR techniques. This will take place in an evening of the week beginning 19th November in the church hall. There is a sign-up sheet in the hall for anyone interested so we know numbers. FUND RAISING PRAISE NIGHT featuring AONGHAS “Chroic” MACKENZIE CHRIS ANN “Hoddan” MACDONALD and friends LIONEL SCHOOL TUESDAY 14TH AUGUST AT 7.30PM Entry by donation. Tea and baking Hebrides Alpha Project is situated in Upper Coll, 6 miles from Stornoway, offering a residential recovery orientated programme with an underpinning Christian ethos, open to all. It supports people with drug and alcohol problems to regain life, offer hope and promote recovery for the longer term. The residential aspect allows support within a community environment for up to a year and with follow up support for a number of months afterwards. Those who engage in the activities such as one to one counselling, support groups and therapeutic employment gain a different perspective on life to enable them to deal with issues that have been causing difficulties, often over a number of years. Come and be inspired