21 07 19

ABERDEEN ST MARK’S CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 21 July 2019 ‘God is Love’ Rev Elizabeth Youngson

‘Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God’ (1 John 4: 7)

‘St Mark’s sharing God’s love in the City Centre’

Welcome and Intimations: Call to Worship: Lord open our eyes AND WE SHALL BEHOLD YOUR GLORY Open our ears AND WE SHALLL HEAR YOUR CALL Open our hearts AND WE SHALL KNOW YOUR LOVE Open our hands AND WE SHALL SHOW YOUR GENEROSITY Open our lives Lord AND WE SHALL REVEAL YOUR GLORY Praise:

CH4 500 Lord of Creation, to you be all praise.

Prayers: Time for the Young at Heart: The Ice Cream Shop Praise:

CH4 577 Christ be beside me.

Reading:

1 John 4: 1 - 21 (Page 1017)

Praise:

CH4 519 Love divine, all loves excelling.

Sermon:

Three witnesses

Praise:

CH4 528 Make me a channel of your peace.

Prayers: Praise:

CH4 470 Jesus shall reign where’er the sun.

Blessing: Threefold Amen You are invited to share in fellowship and tea/coffee downstairs.

Church Family News 1. Co-ordinating Tea/Session Meetings. Dates for the next Co-

ordinating Team/Session meetings are as follows: Co-ordinating Team: Wednesdays 28 August and 6 November Session: Wednesdays 4 September and 13 November.

2. Gardener required. Is there a keen gardener out there who

could take over the job of tending to the planters and their plants in the passageway opposite the hall door? If you are interested, please contact Alex McConochie in the first instance.

3. The Street Pastors’ Annual Report is now available, and copies

are in the vestibule.

4. The Messenger.

We are looking to set up a team for the collation of the quarterly magazine in time for the next issue, due in September. If you would be available to help one morning 4 times a year, please speak to our Session Clerks, Dianne Morrison or Helen Burr.

5. Somebody Cares. If you are able, could you please bring along

one item of non-perishable (canned/packet) food each week to place in the food collections. There are two bins, one in the Vestibule and one in the Hall.

6. Intimations. Please ensure that all intimations are passed on

to the Church Office by 12.00 on Wednesday of each week for inclusion in the Order of Service.

7. Please let us know of:-

a) Any member of the Church or a member of their family being in hospital; or

b) Any member of the Church who is unable to come on a Sunday and who would appreciate Home Holy Communion.

Please contact Carole in the Church Office on (01224) 640672 or by email: office@stmarksaberdeen.org.uk Office hours are Monday - Friday (10.00 - 13.00)

Future Services Sunday 28 July

11.00

Morning Worship Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Stiubhart MacChoille

Sunday 4 August

11.00

Morning Worship Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Stiubhart MacChoille

Sunday 11 August

11.00

Morning Worship Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Stiubhart MacChoille

Sunday 18 August

11.00

Morning Worship Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Stiubhart MacChoille

Sunday 25 August

11.00

Morning Worship Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Stiubhart MacChoille

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