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Month: April 2020

Sunday Worship 26 April Easter 3

Click on the orange button above to listen to our online service for Sunday 26 April 2020, the Third Sunday of Easter.

Preacher: Deacon Dot Getliffe

Hymns from CH4:
425 The Saviour died, but rose again
532 Lord, you have come from the seashore
Bible reading: John 20.30- 21.14 read by Roy Pederson

Prayer for others by Malcolm Macrae
Music by Pam McCulloch, Elke Kammer and Ron Stevenson
Edited by Daniel Nimmo

Listen to more services at our Soundcloud page.

Sunday Worship 19 April 2020 Easter 2

Click on the orange button above to listen to our online service for Sunday 29 March 2020, the Second Sunday of Easter
Preacher: the Rev Peter W Nimmo

Hymns from CH4:
419 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son’
415 ‘This joyful Eastertide’
Bible reading: John 20.19-31 read by Andy Pyott
Prayers by the Rev Andrew Lyon
Music by Pam McCulloch, Anna Aalders and Ron Stevenson
Edited by Daniel Nimmo

Listen to more services at our Soundcloud page.

An Easter Thought from the Park

Our minister, Peter, shares a thought for Easter from the manse garden

OHSS Spring 2020 Magazine

You can download a copy of the latest Magazine here

We have posted out this magazine to those who have requested it. If you know someone who needs a paper copy because they cannot access the Internet please let us know at the email below.

The following letter from the Minister has gone out with the print edition:

 OLD HIGH ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH MAGAZINE

Dear friends,

Here is a special edition of your Church Magazine. We apologise for the lower print quality than usual. Our normal printing is not available, so this has had to be printed on the Risograph at the Manse (and many thanks to Katharina producing it!).

We are sending this because we think you do not have access to the Internet. If you do, you can find the full colour version of the magazine at our website https://www.oldhighststephens.com/2020/04/13/ohss-spring-2020-magazine/ .

If you know of anyone else who would usually get a magazine, but is unable to access the Internet, please let us know at the Manse.

In the very difficult circumstances of the Coronavirus lockdown, the work of the church carries on. Myself, our Pastoral Assistant the Rev Arthur Sinclair, our Mission Development Worker Deacon Dot Getliffe, and our elders, are continuing to keep in touch with the congregation. If you or anyone else would like one of us to call, please do let us know. We are really trying to keep in touch with you, and would be happy to help with any needs you might have.

We are also continuing our worship by producing Sunday services, which are accessible via our website. However, if you would like us to send you the Sunday service on a CD (compact disc) please call the Manse and we will delivered it to you.

Many people bring the weekly offerings to church on a Sunday, but at the moment we are not receiving this income. If that is what you do, could you consider changing over to using a Standing Order, so that your offering goes straight to our bank? Alternatively, it is possible to post us a cheque for the amount you would normally give, or even make a direct payment to the bank. Please contact us and we can tell you more.

Please do keep safe, and keep in touch!

God bless you and yours,

Peter

Cartoon by Dave Walker CartoonChurch.com

Cartoon by Dave Walker, CartoonChurch.com

Prayer

O God at these troubling times I worry so much

Lord help me

To leave my worries with you

To accept help gratefully

To take advice humbly

To know that you see me as I really am and yet still love me

Thank you that in the midst of this storm I can know your peace

Thank you that in a world where there is such illness and panic we can know your calm and peace

Thank you that we have a family the Church, which still upholds the faith.

O God help me put my trust in you. And in trusting know that you are with me.

Amen.

(from the Rev Roderick Macdonald, Beith Parish Church)

Please note, to enable us to contact you to update you on activities during this period of Coronavirus lockdown, please ensure you send your e-mail details to the Church Adminstrator at:

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Easter Sunday Worship 12 April 2020

Click on the orange button above to listen to our special online service for Easter Sunday, 12 April 2020.

Sing along with the hymns (from The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (CH4):
410 Jesus Christ is risen today
559 There is a Redeemer

Scripture reading: 1 Peter 1:1-9

Music by Pam McCulloch and Heather Sim
Edited by David Sim

More services to listen to at our at our Soundcloud page.

Good Friday worship 10 April 2020

A reflective service for Good Friday, led by the Rev Arthur Sinclair, our Pastoral Assistant. Arthur is a priest of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

The hymns (from CH4) are:
380 There is a green hill far away
392 When I survey the wondrous cross

Introduced by the Rev Peter W Nimmo
Music: Pam McCulloch
Edited by Daniel Nimmo

More services to listen to at our at our Soundcloud page.

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter services 2020

We will have online services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday:

On Maundy Thursday we are invited to join a live service, at 7pm, led by the Rev Douglas Robertson, at Crown Church. This will be found at on  “Crown Church, Inverness” Facebook page (you don’t have to be a Facebook member to see it). It will be a communion service, and Douglas is inviting people to set up their own ‘communion table’ at home before the service starts, to share in a short but familiar Communion liturgy.

On Good Friday there will be an audio service of prayers and readings let by our Pastoral Assistant, the Rev Arthur Sinclair.

For Easter Sunday there will be an audio Sunday service led by Deacon Dot Getliffe and others from the congregation.

Both the Good Friday and the Easter Sunday services will be on Soundcloud, and there will be links from this website, on our Facebook page, and on the @invernesschurch Twitter account.

Thought from the Park for Palm Sunday

Our minister, Peter, shares a Thought from the Park on Palm Sunday

Listen to our Palm Sunday service here.

Palm Sunday Worship 5 April 2020

Click on the orange button above to listen to our special online service for Palm Sunday, 5 April 2020.

Sing along with the hymns (from The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (CH4):
365 Ride on, ride on in majesty
367 Hosanna, loud Hosanna

Scripture reading: Matthew 21.1-11, read by David Sim

Prayer by Anna Aalders

Music by Pam McCulloch
Edited by Daniel Nimmo

More services to listen to at our at our Soundcloud page.

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