*CAMPAIGNERS NOTICE*
Many months have passed since Campaigners last met due to lockdown restrictions and we have missed you all terribly!
Since we missed all our usual Term 4 fun activities (especially the camp for Crosstrax) we thought we would put together a wee Summer Holiday Survival Bag, for all three groups, to compensate a little for the Monday nights we’ve missed.
Parents/guardians of Campaigners are invited to come and collect a gift bag for each child. Our church hall (Rev MA Macleod Memorial Hall, Kenneth Street) will be open on WEDNESDAY 29th JULY between 10am-12noon for you to pop in and pick up the gift bag.
Service Details - Sunday 26 July
11am Service: Online Service available on our sermons page, our Facebook page and YouTube page.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Herod's Troubled Conscience' from Mark 6:16-20 in this worship service recorded at home.
6.30pm Service: Online Service available on our sermons page, our Facebook page and YouTube page.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on 'Rahab's Rainbow' from Joshua 2:21 in this worship service recorded at home.
Read more about 'Service Details - Sunday 26 July'...Newsletter - 20 July 2020
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Read more about 'Newsletter - 20 July 2020'...Service Details - Sunday 19 July
11am Service: Facebook Livestream (Click here)
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “What are you seeking?”' from John 1:38-39 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.
6.30pm Service: Facebook Premiere, YouTube Premiere, and on our sermons page
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Jesus Heals Soul and Body' from Luke 5:22-25 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
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Dear Friends,
We appreciate how difficult the past months have been for you all. The restrictions that have been in place over the Covid-19 pandemic, while for good reasons of health protection, have nevertheless imposed a curtailment of the services and activities we loved and enjoyed together. Now that we are seeing an easing of the restrictions, we hope that we can soon resume our use of church buildings again. Meantime, we wanted to inform you about the present situation and how we see the way forward, having met as a Kirk Session on Tuesday 14th July.
Read more about 'Pastoral Letter: Church Reopening Timescale'...Service Details - Sunday 12 July
11am Service:On our sermons page, Facebook Premiere and YouTube Premiere
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'God's invitation and Provision' from Isaiah 55:1 in this morning worship service recorded at home
6.30pm Service: Facebook Live
Rev James Maciver gives further consideration to God's Question to Adam in Genesis 3:9, "Adam... Where are you?" in this morning worship service livestreamed from home.
Read more about 'Service Details - Sunday 12 July '...Gaelic Service - Friday 10th July
Rev James Maciver has recorded a Gaelic worship service at home to be broadcast at 7.30pm on Friday 10th July. This will be available on our sermons page as well as Stornoway Free Church's Facebook and YouTube pages.
Service Details:Readings: Psalm 122 and Ephesians 4 verses 1-16PrayerSermon: Psalm 122Title: Aoibhneas ann an IerusalemPraise: Psalm 122 v 7-8 to the tune Free Church Read more about 'Gaelic Service - Friday 10th July'...
Service Details - Sunday 5 July
11am Service: Facebook Livestream (Click here)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'God's Questions (1) - "Adam...Where Are You?" from Genesis 3:9 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.
6.30pm Service: Facebook Premiere, YouTube Premiere, and on our sermons page
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Watching and Waiting' from Mark 13:37 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
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“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Deuteronomy Chapter 6 verse 5
Israel at this point were standing at the borders of the Promised Land. Moses is preparing them for entry. The preparation has to be spiritual first of all, otherwise every effort is doomed to failure. Allegiance to the Lord has to be the number one priority-and that is the same for ourselves too. God requires that we love Him with all our heart. God requires to be on the throne of our heart. So, I want us to think a little about this love and how it manifests itself our lives.
God’s love is born into our heart the moment we are regenerated. The moment God, through His Spirit, touches our lives, breathing new life into us, something radical and life changing takes place. It is impossible for God to come into our life and for us not to know it. That doesn’t mean that a person who is converted, immediately has full assurance of faith and knows they are born again. Sometimes the experience may be long and drawn out from our perspective. However an interest and desire for God and the things of God has surfaced in our life. Prior to this there may have been thoughts of God, even good thoughts, but they were fleeting and temporary. Now the heart is genuinely seeking after God and desiring to know more of Him. A love has been born in our heart and that comes from God. The Bible tells us how it works. “We love Him because He first loved us.” That tiny statement is packed with deep eternal truths. The love we experience for God has come about only because of His love to us. What does God’s love mean and how does it work in our lives?
Read more about 'Pastoral Reflection for July'...Service Details - Sunday 28th June
11am Service: Facebook Premiere, YouTube Premiere and on our sermons page
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'God Never Stops Looking and Loving' from Isaiah 49:16 in this worship service recorded at home.
6.30pm Service: Facebook Livestream
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Salvation - Our Ultimate Security (2)' from Isaiah 26:3-4
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