Intimations Sunday 15th April 2018

Intimations Sunday 15th April

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Tea and coffee will be served in Hamilton Hall after the service and you are invited to join us for a short time of fellowship together.

There will be a Praise Evening here in Dalserf tonight at 7.00pm. This will feature the New Life Singers with their Conductor Philip Fox. Guest Organist – Peter Shepherd Organist/Director of Music Bothwell Parish Church. The evening will be led by Rev John Stevenson and will include refreshments in Hamilton Hall.

Bible Study will meet in Hamilton Hall tomorrow at 11am

The Fabric Committee will meet in Hamilton Hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm

Our Boys’ Brigade return on Thursday evening in Rorison Church, Ashgill.

It is with sadness we have to intimate the death of Mamie Scott. Mamie passed away in Rose Park Nursing Home on Friday morning. The funeral will take place on Saturday 21st of April. 10.45am at Cooperative Funeral Parlour, Larkhall and 11.45am at South Lanarkshire Crematorium. Thereafter at the Radstone Hotel.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mamie’s family.

A meeting to organise the Saturday Teas took place in Rorison on Wednesday. This was fairly well attended and teams have been formed to cover the baking and serving of teas on the Saturday. However help is still needed in the following areas - Taking of the money on the Saturdays and donations of ingredients i.e. flour, sugar, fruit, butter, icing sugar, caster sugar. If you feel you can help with any of these please speak to Kay Blair.

An email has been received from the Presbytery regarding a general introduction as to how to recognise a mental health issue in someone. There is a poster concerning this on the notice board.

Congratulations to Linda Marshall, voted this week’s Hamilton Advertiser Reader of The Week. Well done Linda. Enjoy the Chocolates.

FOODBANK Thank you all for your continued support through your donations via your church (especially at harvest thanksgiving) and local supermarket baskets. These donations have kept the foodbank very well stocked over the last year. However, we are now running low on toilet rolls, tinned fruit and long life breakfast juice. If you are considering making a donation to the foodbank at this time, we would very much appreciate if you would consider giving one of these items. A blue box is available in Dalserf and Rorison for donations brought along on a Sunday.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Dalserf Open Day Saturday 5th May
Saturday Teas begin Saturday 12th May
Guild Outing Saturday 19th May

Order of Service Sunday 8th April 2018

Dalserf Parish Church
8/04/2018

Low Sunday

Entry of God’s Word
(Please stand if you are able)

Welcome and Intimations

Introit:

Call to Worship

Hymn: 413 The day of resurrection

Prayer

Hymn: 78 Oh, set ye open unto me

Readings:
John 14 : 15 – 31 Mike Taylor
John 20 : 19 – 23 Rev David Doyle

Anthem:

Hymn: MP453 Low in the grave He lay

Sermon: “Peace be with you”

Hymn 416 Christ is alive

Offering

Prayer

Hymn: 419 Thine be the glory

Benediction
Threefold Amen

Intimations Sunday 8th April 2018

Intimations Sunday 8th April

A warm welcome is extended to any visitors to our service today. Following the service our Congregational Lunch and AGM will take place in Hamilton Hall.

Bible study will meet tomorrow in Hamilton Hall at 11am.

There will be a meeting to discuss the Saturday Teas on Wednesday in Rorison at 7.30pm. If you feel that you would be able to help in anyway please come along.

Any items for the May newsletter must be in the hands of the Editor by next Sunday 15th April.

It is time again to draw up the new rota for tea after the Sunday Service. This is a valuable time of fellowship for those who stay. However there are only 5 couples on the rota and more help is desperately needed. If you feel you could help please speak to Kay Blair.

There will be a Praise Evening here in Dalserf next Sunday, 15th April at 7.15pm. This will feature the New Life singers with their Conductor Philip Fox
Guest Organist- PETER SHEPHERD (Organist/Director of Music, Bothwell Parish Church)
The evening will be led by Rev John Stevenson and will conclude with refreshments in Hamilton Hall.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Dalserf Open Day Saturday 5th May
Saturday Teas begin Saturday 12th May
Guild Outing Saturday 19th May

NEW VENTURE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE

Last year Christians in Larkhall from several churches in the town and calling themselves Larkhall Christians Together approached South Lanarkshire Council to ask to be allowed to use premises owned by them in King Street Larkhall which had been closed.
The Council agreed and the premises were re-opened on 23 September last year with the title The Lighthouse. The premises comprise two interview rooms a third larger room used previously by The Credit Union, a spacious reception area in two parts with reception desk, a kitchenette and very well appointed ladies and gents toilets re-opened for public use. The building is used for a number of church-based and charitable activities.
A new use for the Lighthouse beginning this week is to facilitate the opportunity for anyone who wishes to speak in confidence to a Christian minister. Several local ministers have agreed to be involved in this.
There will be two opportunities in the week; Tuesdays 10.30 – 11.30 and Thursdays 1.30 – 2.30. No appointment is needed you can just drop in.