Notices - Sunday 16th February
Sunday 16th February
Youth Fellowship will meet this evening at the Constable Road
manse after the services. All the young people are warmly invited.
Baptism
All parents who wish to have baptism for their children are invited to
meet with the Kirk Session after the service tomorrow evening (Monday 17th
Feb) in the Seminary.
Monday 17th Feb:
-Morning prayer meeting- 8am- Session Room, Kenneth Street
-Thanksgiving Services in the Seminary:
-11am Gaelic – Rev Duncan Macleod
-7.30pm English – Rev Andrew Macleod
Tuesday 18th Feb
Christianity Discussion Group meets in the Cabarfeidh Hotel
from 7.30pm. Please contact Cala or Roddy Cunningham if you have any
questions.
Friday 21st February
The next meeting of the 55+ Fellowship will be held in the
MA Hall between 2.30pm and 4pm. This month the guest speaker will be Rev.
Jonathan Baxter, minister in the APC Church Stornoway. The singing will be led
by John Ross Murray from Ness. You are warmly invited to come along and
share in the fellowship on the day. If you need transportation to and from the
meeting, please feel free to call Duncan Norman on 860 418 or 07787 973802.
Saturday 22nd February
There will be a fundraising lunch for Providence
Christian School from 12-2pm in the MA Hall. All welcome.
Presbytery Youth & Discipleship Support Worker - Commissioning Service
A Commissioning Service to mark the appointment of Mr Gordon Macleod as the Presbytery Youth & Discipleship Support Worker will be held in North Harris Free Church, Tarbert, on Wednesday 26th February 2020 at 7.30pm. Rev James Maciver will preach and preside. We give thanks to the Lord for Gordon's appointment and for the desire he's been given to engage in this important work. Your attendance at the service would be a great encouragement to Gordon and confirmation of your prayerful interest as he prepares to take up the post on 1st March 2020.
Day One (LDOS) Special Collection
A Special Collection will be taken for Day One (LDOS) at all services on Sunday 1st March. Collections points will be in place at all exits, including the doors leading from the first floor of the church.
The Sunday Bus Service
Our Deacons’ Court was recently informed by the management of Staran of their intention to discontinue their transport service within the next few weeks. This will mean that the current Sunday bus service, on which several in the congregation rely for attending services, will no longer be available. While this will be disappointing news to many, you can be assured that every effort is being made to source an alternative service provider. To date, these efforts have not been successful and there may be a period, possibly from the beginning of March, where no bus service will be in place. If that is the case, it will be necessary for those who previously relied on the service to make their own alternative transport arrangements. Updates on the situation will be given as information becomes available. In the meantime, we would urge everyone to make it a matter of prayer that God would lead us to a provision which closely replicates the service we had from Staran and which enabled many to attend church services who would not otherwise have been able to do so.
Binding Brokenness: Bible-Based Trauma Healing Course
This course presents what the Bible and mental health teach about how to heal from trauma. Through confidential small-group conversation and consideration of Scripture, participants will learn how the Bible speaks into their suffering. Trauma is a wounding of the heart and this course contains lessons which enable people to experience healing for their heart wounds. The course will run for 6 weeks from Thursday 20th February to Thursday 26th March, weekly from 6.30-9pm in the Rev MA Macleod Memorial Hall, Kenneth Street, Stornoway. There is no cost but booking is essential. For more information or to book, please contact the group facilitators: Mairianne Campbell on [email protected] or Joanna George – [email protected]
Sailors’ Society - Collection of Bibles
The Sailors’ Society, based in Invergordon, are looking for old English Bibles (any version) for distributing to some of the 168,000 passengers and 70,000 crew that visit the area each year. The Sailors’ Society runs a Seafarers Centre during the summer months during which they distribute Bibles and Christian Literature to all their visitors. If you have English Bibles you are no longer using and would be willing to donate, could you please leave them in the marked box, inside the front door of the MA Hall. For more information please contact Rev. Murdo Campbell at [email protected]
Praying for One Another 2020
This week, please pray for the congregations at Portree & Bracadale and Falkirk.
Midweek Meetings: All at 7.30pm in the Seminary
Wednesday – English – Rev James Maciver
Thursday – Gaelic – Rev Kenneth I Macleod
Saturday – English
Children and youth groups
Parent & Toddler meets on Tuesday (1.00–3.00pm) and Thursday (9.45-11.45am).
No Campaigners this week.
ADVANCE NOTICES
Tuesday 25th February
The Craft Group meets in the Hall from 7.30pm. All welcome.
Saturday 29th February
The Ladies Walking Group will be setting off from the car park at the Lews Castle museum at 11am for a walk in the Castle Grounds. All welcome.
