Scone New Church of Scotland

Order of Service

SCONE NEW CHURCH

SUNDAY 23^rd NOVEMBER, 2008

 Welcome

Call to Worship                 

 Hymn 9           Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation

 Prayer of Adoration & Confession

 Children’s Address

 Hymn 427       The Church is wherever God’s people are praising

 Reading            Isaiah 51: 1-8               p504/557

                           John 10: 31-42 p821/883

 Hymn 108       Spirit of God, descend upon my heart

    Sermon           

Hymn 395(ii)   Father of peace, and God of love!

Offering & Prayer

Hymn 440      Lift up your hearts!

Benediction

ST MARTIN’S CHURCH

SUNDAY 23^rd NOVEMBER, 2008

 Welcome

Call to Worship                 

 Hymn 9           Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation

 Prayer of Adoration & Confession

 Children’s Address

 Hymn 427       The Church is wherever God’s people are praising

 Reading            Isaiah 51: 1-8             p504/557

                           John 10: 31-42            p821/883

 Hymn 108       Spirit of God, descend upon my heart

    Sermon           

Hymn 395(ii)   Father of peace, and God of love!

Offering & Prayer

Hymn 440      Lift up your hearts!

Benediction

INTIMATIONS

SCONE NEW

1.       Prayer Time continues Sundays 9 am.

2.    Prayer Breakfast, Tuesday 7.00 am at the Manse.  Come along for a time of prayer and fellowship.  All welcome.

3.       Bible Study & Prayer Meeting:  Wednesday 7.30 pm, Room 2.  Studying 1 Corinthians.  All welcome.

4.       Vestry Hour will be from 6.30 pm to 7.15 pm on Wednesday.

5.       Lectern deadline is tomorrow.

6.   Blythswood Shoe Boxes: Further to last week's intimation, Scone New and St Martins donated 67 boxes plus four donations of money in lieu of boxes.

7.     The Guild.  We would to remind everyone that payment for the Christmas lunch (£15) may be made on Tuesday November 25 from 2p.m- 3.30p.m.in the Church Vestry. Please come and choose your menu. All welcome.

8.    Fair City Singers Concert - Friday 28th November.  The concert is fast approaching and we are very keen to get a good audience for the very popular Fair City Singers. Fiona Walker and Margaret Wallace will have tickets (priced £7.50 which includes a glass of mulled wine and mince pies) in the hall at the end of church service today.

9.    The Scottish Bible Society.  A coffee morning in support of the work of the Bible Society will be held on Saturday, Nov 29^th in Scone Old Hall from 10 am – 12 noon.  Tickets (£1.50) are now available but you can come along and pay at the door if you do not manage to get one.  Donations for cake & candy, gifts and book stalls would be much appreciated and can be collected.  Please do come along and support this vital work.  Contact Allison Fowler (551622).

10. The Bethlehem Experience will be performed in Perth Concert Hall on Sunday 21^st Dec at 2pm.  Tickets £3, children £1.  Telephone Perth Concert Hall to book tickets and more information.

ST MARTINS

Fair City Singers Concert - Friday 28th November.  The concert is fast approaching and we are very keen to get a good audience for the very popular Fair City Singers.  Tickets priced £7.50, which includes a glass of mulled wine and mince pies, can be obtained from Scone New Church (01738 553900) or from Jan Montgomery (553181), or you can buy your tickets at the door on the evening of the concert.

 Monthly Prayer Meeting to be held at 2.00 pm on Thursday 27^th November at June Gardner’s home

Forth Bridge Cross 2008

This Christian Aid event on September 20 was again successful.  We were blessed with mild , dry weather and superb visibility in all directions - one of our party spotted Ben Lomond away to the west.   The group from Scone New Church comprised 16 people, one wee lad in a pushchair and a dog; we all crossed the bridge twice, a walk of about 3 miles, and although we reached the finish at different times, we enjoyed one another's company.  On the way back to Scone, some of us stopped at the Kathellan restaurant for refreshments.  Photographs of the happy group were taken a little later.

Now that all the sponsorship money has been collected. I can reveal that a total of  £590 has been raised for Christian Aid as a  result of everyone's efforts.

Heartfelt thanks to all who took part, both in finding sponsors and participating in the walk.

                                                                                                                                           Gordon Pirie

OUTREACH COMMITTEE

ANGEL FESTIVAL 6th & 7th December 2008.

There is still time to take part in our Angel Festival!  All you need to do is let us know by phoning the church office on 553900. At present 30 organisations (plus a few families and individuals) have told us they will be taking part.  We hope to have all kinds of Angels, of different sizes and construction, in the church on the weekend of 6/7 December.

Even if you haven't given us an Angel, we would like to invite you to come along between 10.30 - 12.30 on Saturday or from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday afternoon to see the display - and to have a cup of tea or coffee in the church hall afterwards.  We would love to see you there and who knows, you might be in one of the photographs to be taken at this event.

 
Blythswood Shoe Box Appeal 2008: 

Once again the congregation of Scone New donated a large number of shoe boxes (67 in total)  plus some donations of money in place of shoe boxes.  With your help, the total number of shoe boxes received and custom checked in the North Church halls on Saturday 8 November was 5,556.  Thanks to the many lady knitters a further 23 cartons of knitted goods and many filler items were also sent; this represents approximately £100,000 of aid.  In addition the money donated towards transportation (plus the Gift Aid amount) came to over £8,400 which will pay for more than two lorries to Romania.  Then there was the many generous donations towards filler items, the amount raised by selling pre-wrapped shoe boxes and the proceeds of the Coffee Morning - together they raised over £11,000. 

Dennis Brown, the Shoe Box Appeal Co-ordinator writes, "Having helped give out boxes in Romania last December and seen the joy on the faces of the people receiving the gifts, I am sure that the needy children, teenagers and adults receiving the shoeboxes this Christmas will feel the Love of Jesus that has been shown by our local community as they bought and prepared their boxes. Thanks to you and so many others, Blythswood Care will be able to show 'Christian Care for body and soul'

THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, COMMUNITY SURVEY UPDATE:  A total of 768 responses were received with a total of 1535 individuals included in these responses.  This is a substantial proportion of the local area population and thanks are extended to all those who took the time and trouble to reply to our survey.  The analysts have now had a chance to look at all the returns and have given a report to The Five Churches Forum.  The next step is for each church to take the report to their respective Kirk Session and report back to the Forum in the New Year.  More information will be forthcoming in the early part of 2009.

FAIR TRADE STALL: This stall is open for business on the first Sunday of each month (except January when we have a rest).  It will also be open on the Saturday of the Angel Festival so that more people will have an opportunity to see all the many Fair Trade goods on offer including some lovely Christmas lines.

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Country Dancing takes place weekly in the small hall, Balformo Road on Thursdays starting 1st week of October till end March.  This is a friendly class and new members always welcome.  Contact Mrs Jean Baldie (number available from Church Office).

The Wednesday evening meeting, to which all are welcome, is held in Room 2 at 7.30 pm and includes:

Praise - songs from Mission Praise

Prayer - both open or silent for those who prefer it.

Bible Study - the book of 2 Peter