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OHSS Sunday Service – 29 October 2023

Preacher : Rev James Bissett

Music : Alyn Ross

Reader : Jim Alexander

Welcome and intimations

Introit

Call to Worship

Hymn 159 : Lord, for the Years

Prayer

Introductory Thought

Hymn 506 : All I Once Held Dear

Reading :              Deuteronomy 34 : 1-12
Matthew 22 : 34-46

Hymn 54 (Psalm 90) : Lord, you have Always Been Our Home

Sermon

Hymn 115 : Love is the Touch of Intangible Joy

Prayer

Hymn 519 : Love Divine, all Loves Excelling

Benediction

OHSS Newsletter – November 2023

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OHSS Sunday Service – 22 October 2023

Preacher : Rev James Bissett

Music : Ron Stevenson

Reader : Andy Pyott

Welcome and intimations

Introit

Call to worship

Hymn 111 : Holy holy holy Lord God almighty!

Prayer

Introductory Thought

Hymn 183 : Fill thou our life O Lord our God

Readings :      Matthew 22:15-22

1 Thessalonians 1 : 1-10

Hymn 63 (Psalm 100) ; All people that on earth do Dwell

Sermon

Hymn 502 ; Take my life, Lord, let it be

Prayer

Hymn 473 : Thy Kingdom Come on Bended Knee Benediction

OHSS Sunday Service – 15 October 2023

Preacher : Rev Douglas MacRoberts

Music : Ron Stevenson

Reader : Sandy Cumming

Welcome and intimations

Call to Worship

Hymn 81 : “I to the hills will lift mine eyes”

Prayer

Introductory thought : Jerusalem – what’s in a name?

Hymn 84 : “Now Israel may say, and that truly”

Readings :     Isaiah 40: 1-11
                   Luke 24: 36-53

Hymn 473 :  “Thy kingdom come!”

Sermon : They that wait on the Lord…

Hymn 705 : “It is God who holds the nations”        

Prayer

Hymn 475 : “Christ is coming!” Benediction

Afternoon Tea at Crown Church

The Leprosy Mission Scotland’s Inverness Area Fundraising Group are holding an Afternoon Tea on Saturday, 21 October from 2.00 – 4.00 pm in the upper hall of the Crown Church (Midmills Road entrance, stairs and lift inside, and free parking at Crown School car park).

There will be a bring-and-buy stall and a stall with Christmas cards. Please come and support the work of Mawlamyine Christian Leprosy Hospital in Myanmar.

Donation: £3 or more at the door. We look forward to seeing you.

OHSS Sunday Service – 8 October 2023

Preacher : Rev James Bissett

Music : Andrew Stevenson

Reader : Malcolm MacRae

Introit 

Call to Worship 

Hymn 148 : The Spacious Firmament on High 

Prayer 

Hymn 506 : All I Once Held Dear 

Introductory Thought 

Hymn 

Reading:          Isaiah 5 : 1-7
Matthew 21 : 33-46 

Hymn 51 (Psalm 80) : God of Hosts, You Chose a Vine 

Sermon 

Hymn 739 : The Church’s One Foundation 

Prayer 

Hymn 396 : And can it be that I should gain

Benediction 

Funeral Announcement – Mrs Joyce Cumming

Mrs Joyce Cumming (Rattray), previously of Muirfield Park, died at Culduthel Care Home, Inverness on 28 September 2023.

Mrs Cummings’ funeral will be held at St Stephen’s Church, Inverness, on Thursday 12 October 2023 at 12.15pm. No flowers please.

Further details from the Funeral directors, Messrs John Fraser & Son, Chapel Street, Inverness (01463) 233366

Ness Bank Church Guild Presentation

Ness Bank Guild extends an invitation to everyone – not only Guild members, and men included! – to their meeting on Tuesday, 10 October at 7.30pm in Ness Bank Church hall, when Eric Milne will give a presentation on Old Inverness using drawings by the late Howard Chitty, Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.  All welcome.

OHSS Harvest Celebrations 2023

There are some lovely photos of the floral creations which were displayed in St Stephen’s church at the weekend on Facebook (click on the link to go to the OHSS Facebook page), but here are a few photos of some of those who attended.

The magnificent sum of £1,800 was raised for Maggie’s Highland.

And here’s a video of the floral arrangements in the Church

https://fb.watch/nugrIbE-0G/

Crown Church Newsletter October 2023

Please click on the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Daj3ZYd995DgeuMTECTrryHFCYYdNR0z/view?usp=sharing

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