Scone New Church of Scotland

Order of Service  -  Scone New Church and St. Martins

Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
Hymn 100	O Lord, thou art my God and King
Prayers of Approach, Confession and Lord’s Prayer
Childrens Talk
Hymn 185	Come, children, join to sing - Not St Martins
Readings	Psalm 146: 1-10   p603 Hebrews 10: 11-25   p1142
Hymn 739	The Church’s one foundation
Offering & Prayer of Thanksgiving and  Intercession
Hymn 738	Glorious things of thee are spoken
Sermon	“In and Out”
Hymn 497	Almighty Father of all things that be
Benediction

INTIMATIONS

1.       Prayer Time continues Sundays 10.15 am.

2.       Bible Study & Prayer Meeting, are suspended for the time being.

3.       Life & Work in pigeon holes for distribution.  Extra copies in vestibule price £1.60.

4.     The AGM of Perth Action of Churches Together [PACT] will be held in Scone New Church Hall on Monday 30th August at 7.30pm.    The guest speaker will be Brother Stephen Smyth, General Secretary of Action of Churches Together in Scotland [ACTS].   His talk is entitled "Is there still a place for ecumenism in Scotland today?" The AGM is open to members of all churches [not just reps and clergy] so you are invited to come along and hear a very interesting speaker.

Union Update

Progress continues to be made with the union of Scone Old, Scone New and St Martins and the Service of Union will be held on Wednesday 27 October.  

The recent General Election resulted in a hung parliament and the formation of a coalition government. This might bring interesting parallels with our own union in the sense of working together in harmony with some give and take whilst respecting each others’ views and traditions. In summary to date:

- The Rev Grant Maclaughlan of Riverside Church Perth has been appointed Interim Moderator of Scone Old, Scone New and St Martins until the appointment of a new Minister to the united charge.

- A joint Working Group has been formed to consider worship requirements including the possibility of alternating the services of the two Scone churches on a monthly basis in the short term. Building matters and preparing a unitary constitution will also be considered and any proposals will be presented to the united Kirk Session for approval. Our members are Evelyn Thomson, Ian Baillie, Neil Townend and Alistair Donaldson

- Following an Edict read on two separate Sundays seven names were proposed for the five Scone New places on the Nominating Committee. As a result of a ballot held after morning worship on 23 May Clare Little, Louise McCann, Ian MacKinnon, Jack Rough and Steve Dallas were elected and we wish them well in this very important task.

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FAIR TRADE STALL:   On the first Sunday of February and the first Sunday of each following month the stall will be sited in the vestibule of the hall after the service.

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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).

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