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Dear friends,
 Today the new worship area at Rorison which is being called "The Sanctuary" was in use for the first time - in the afternoon for Focus and in the evening for The Boys' Brigade. It has not been agreed as yet when the dedication will take place. Since it will be used for a service on Sunday 6th May that would seem a fitting opportunity if the Session concur. Looking at the Church calendar May is going to be a busy month. On Thursday 3rd we have the joint BB/GB award ceremony and service in place of the display. The Annual Rally held in our parish every year by the Faith Mission is in Rorison on Friday 18th. This has sometimes been a very poorly attended event which is a pity because the preaching is always good. I would encourage you to come along and bring someone with you to hear the gospel on the same basis as our own Guest Services. The Larkhall Churches Joint Pentecost service will be on Sunday 27th. On 12th. and 13th. we have the Open Days. On top of all that Dalserf is to be represented at the General Assembly this year. Ann Carson and I will attend as commissioners on behalf of the congregation. Ann Carson in her capacity as roll keeper intimated at the Annual Congregational Meeting that at present the roll stands at only one less than it was at the end of 2005. Since we have at least one person joining by profession of faith some time this year we could say that our roll is static. That is certainly better than declining which is the norm these days although I would like us to aim at growing.
Yours sincerely,
D. Cameron McPherson
Congratulations
Best wishes and God’s blessing are sent to Scott Marshall, son of Linda and David Marshall of Ashgill and his wife Kirsten who were married in Australia on 1st April.
Scott has been working in Melbourne for almost four years and many members of the congregation will remember him from the Sunday School, Anchor Boys, and Company Section of the Boys Brigade.
Linda’s mother, Mrs. Ann McGhie, her sister Ann, niece Rachel, Margaret Kerr, Pamela and Lorne accompanied her on a three week holiday. During the wedding service Linda read verses from John, Chapter 2, “Jesus at a wedding in Cana” at Scott’s request.
Unfortunately dad David could not be with them due to his fear of flying.
Saturday Coffees
A meeting to arrange the rota and help for the Summer Saturday Coffees was held on Wednesday 11th April. Unfortunately only 7 ladies attended the meeting. We have almost managed to fill the Saturdays but are a bit stretched.
It is the same ladies baking, preparing, serving and cleaning up. We have almost no cover for duties in the church welcoming visitors. We all have talents. Some bake, some serve, some talk. Even help for one hour or promise of one item of home baking would be of great help.
Rorison development depends on the money raised in the summer. We appeal to you, please come forward and help. If you feel you can give the time but do not know how you can assist speak to us.
Kay Blair & Joan Pollok
Church A.G.M.
The church AGM was held on April 18th and I would like to apologise to the Minister and Kirk Session for the lateness in producing the accounts due to my illness.
Since the beginning of this year Bruce and Sheena Archibald have many times offered to help me with the accounts. I however, was stubbornly determined to complete them myself. I now wish to acknowledge the great support, guidance and encouragement I have received from both of them and also from members of the congregation in the six and a half years I was treasurer.
Dalserf is very fortunate to have someone of Bruce’s calibre who has agreed to take over as treasurer.
I have received many blessings due to all the help and friendship I have received from the congregation.
My thanks to you all.
Ann Brown
Reunion Guest Service
Billy Graham in New Orleans
In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of an illustrious career in ministry, the 87-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham shocked the 16,300 in attendance at the Celebration of Hope crusade in New Orleans Arena on Sunday Night. Touted in advance as possibly his last Evangelistic crusade, Graham invited the packed house of evangelical Christians and the hundreds of new converts to join him on the one mile walk from the arena to New Orleans' infamous Bourbon Street. "While we have seen God do tremendous things here the past couple of evenings. Yes, it is true that a great healing and a great many salvations have occurred within the confines of this auditorium. Still yet, there lies a great mountain in this city which needs to be conquered”.
Then taking from the Biblical Book of Joshua Chapter 14 he read, "I am this day, eighty-five years old . As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day," his voice suddenly sounding more forceful than during his 22 minute sermon.
“I last preached in the City of New Orleans in 1954 and I felt then that there was some unfinished business. Tonight, in what very well might be my last evangelistic service, I aim to finish that business and lead as many of you that would follow me to the multitude of lost souls that fill Bourbon Street tonight. That is my mountain! That is where we shall see the harvest!" said Graham as the stadium erupted in cheers that lasted the next several minutes.
Utilizing a waiting mobility scooter, the elder Graham joined his son and heir to the ministry, Franklin across the Arena floor and through the opened doors leading towards the French Quarter. In a show of solidarity and determination reminiscent of civil rights marches of the 1960's, nearly the entire capacity crowd joined in the 20 minute trek while singing, "When the Saints Go Marching In". As the march crossed Canal Street and headed northward towards Bourbon Street, many onlookers stood in stunned silence as the massive crowd of people began singing in unison the Christian hymn, Amazing Grace. Upon entering the west end of Bourbon Street, Billy Graham was soon recognized by partiers. Soon those joining in the march began to approach those partying on Bourbon Street with the Gospel message that they had heard preached just a half hour before. Graham himself joined with a group of local street evangelist in ministering to a man who had survived Hurricane Katrina in the lower 9th Ward. Within 30 minutes the entirety of Bourbon Street was packed with Christians and the once blaring music of nightclubs and strip joints had been replaced by weeping and worship as people poured out their drinks and sought prayer from the Christians who were now reaching out to them.
"I have never seen anything like this in my life," said 20 years New Orleans Police Department veteran, Tom Phillips. "This is unbelievable! We thought a riot was going to break out, but this looks more like a Revival than a riot! "Two hours later, a glowing Graham sat back down on his scooter and smiled. "Now I know how the Apostle Paul must have felt at the end of his ministry. Do the work of an evangelist; make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
"Hours later hundreds of Christians remained on the street ministering to the many people eagerly waiting to receive prayer and ministry. New Orleans will never be the same. And the press remained mute on this "news item?" Did anyone see it on TV hear it on radio/read it in the paper? Why are we not surprised? Can't have THAT just prior to a major election, now, can we? Well, just on a whim, spread the news, anyway. It cost our elder brother, Billy Graham, more than any of us know to make that effort. The least we can do is publicize it.
"B-I-B-L-E - Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth!"
Answers to Last Months Teasers
CHURCH OPEN DAYS
Saturday 12th May 12-4pm
Sunday 13th May 2-5pm
FAITH MISSION
Annual Ashgill Rally
Friday 18th May 7.30pm
Rorison Church
Speaker:
John Townsend (General Director of the Faith Mission)
Singing by:
Nathaniel Rogers
Refreshments served, All Welcome
LARKHALL CHURCHES
Joint Pentecost Service
Sunday 27th May 6.30pm
Dalserf Church
Deaths
April
5 Annie Ritchie
11 Helen Goulding
Intimations
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The same applies to Pulpit intimations.
Coffee and Tea Rota
May
06 Mrs. Hoey & Mrs. Scott
13 Mr. McPhee & Mrs. McPhee
20 Mrs. Letham, Mrs. Yuille & Mrs. Kennedy
27 Mr. Harvey & Mrs. Harvey
June
03 Mrs. Blair & Mrs. Budgell
Creche Rota
May
06 Mrs. Eathorne & Mrs. Hoey
13 Mrs. Manson & Mrs. McCallum
20 Mr. Hume & Mrs. Hume
27 Mrs. Price & Miss Rodger
June
03 Mrs. Gilchrist & Mrs. Pollok
Flower Rota
May
06 Mrs. Scott, Larkhall
13 OPEN DAYS
20 Mrs. Newlands, Dalserf
27 Mrs. Lawrie, Manse Brae
June
03 Mrs. McPherson, The Manse
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