Notices - Sunday 6th February
Creche: 11.00am in upper hall for children up to age 2.
Volunteers today: Christine Smith, Elaine, Kate.
Volunteers 13th February: Christine Anne, Maighread, Donna Mackinnon.
Tweenies: 11.00 in the main hall for children aged 3-5.
Volunteers today: Elizabeth, Anna, Lily, Christina.
Volunteers 13th February: Liz, Donna, Joanne.
Sunday School: 11.00 in main hall for children in P1-S2.
8.00pm tonight: YF meets via Zoom only.
Monday 7th February 7.30pm – Monthly Prayer Meeting via Zoom.
Tuesday 8th February 6.00pm – Youth Club meet in M. A. Hall before trip to Scaladale. Bus leaves at 6.30pm.
Wednesday 9th February 7.30pm
English Prayer Meeting in the Seminary and on Zoom led by Rev James Maciver.
Thursday 10th February 7.30pm
Gaelic Prayer Meeting in the Seminary led by Mr Joe Macphee.
Friday 11th February 1.00pm
Ladies Bible Study on Zoom.
Saturday 12th February 7.30pm
English Prayer Meeting in the Seminary.
Services next Sunday – 13th February
11.00am English Service (Church): Rev Kenneth I. Macleod
11.00am Gaelic Service (Seminary): Rev James Maciver
6.30pm English Service (Church): Rev James Maciver
Death
We were deeply sorry to hear that Mrs Annie Mary Macleod, Sand Street, had passed away.
We extend our sincere condolences to her family: daughter Christine, with her daughter Lauren & partner Michael; daughter Melanie, husband Ian, and their family Rachel, Joanne and partner Scott, and Colin; son David, his wife
Kareen and their son Daniel; Annie Mary’s brother Angie & family; her sister Annette and family; her sisters-in-law Sandra and family, and Jessie and family in Australia.
We pray that they may all know God’s comfort in their loss.
2022 Subscriptions for the Monthly Record
Subscriptions are now due. For those who wish to continue receiving it should put £24.00 along with your name and address in an envelope clearly marked ‘The Record’.
If you would like to begin receiving regular copies, please put £24.00 along with your name and address in an envelope clearly marked ‘The Record – New Subscriber’. All envelopes should be placed in the collection plates at the church or Seminary.
If you are paying by cheque, please make it payable to Stornoway Free Church.
Gaelic Service
There will be a Gaelic Service at Pairc Free Church on Friday 11th February at 7.30pm. Rev Kenneth Ferguson (Retired) will conduct this service, and all are warmly welcome to attend.
Communion
God willing, the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be dispensed at the morning service in the church, Kenneth Street, at 11am, on the Lord’s Day 20th February.
We are thankful to God that the Covid situation has eased sufficiently to enable us to have communion for the first time in two years.
There will be a pre-communion service on Saturday 19th February at 7.00pm in the church, Kenneth Street. The 7.00pm start will allow the Kirk Session more time to meet afterwards with any who wish to take communion for the first time and to prepare the communion table.
The Session will be opened after the midweek meeting on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th in the Seminary. There will be no service on Friday 18th, but the Session will meet in Kenneth Street at 7.30pm. The Session will be delighted to meet with any desiring to take communion for the first time.
More details about the communion will be in next week’s bulletin as there will be a number of changes from the usual procedure due to the Covid circumstances.
We earnestly pray that God will bless the occasion and that we will have the joyous experience of seeing new communicants joining others at the Lord’s table to remember the Lord’s death.
Easing of Covid Restrictions. As some of the Covid related restrictions have been eased in recent weeks, it’s been decided to revert to using the main doors, in addition to the other exits, for exiting the church and the Seminary. To avoid bottle-neck situations occurring at the doors, everyone is encouraged to remain in their seat at the end of the service and to leave pew by pew.
The wearing of masks (except for those with a valid exemption) continues to be mandatory. While retaining social distancing between pews is left to the discretion of congregations, the feedback received clearly indicates that using alternate pews is appreciated by many, particularly those with underlying health conditions. This measure will remain in place for a while longer, but it will be kept under regular review.
