Shaun Libby

Creche, Tweenies, Sunday School will hopefully resume on 5^th December.
Parents will be notified during the week of any changes.

Eilean Siar Foodbank Special Collection.
A special collection will be taken at the close of all services today for the Eilean Siar Foodbank.

According to the Poverty Action Group of the Community Planning Partnership, the number of families known to be living in poverty in the Western Isles has increased since the beginning of the pandemic. Depending on the number living in households, children, single pensioners, and those living in remote island communities are most likely to be adversely affected by the surging costs of food, fuel, clothing, and several other factors.

Our congregation’s support of the Eilean Siar Foodbank will be greatly appreciated.

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11.00am English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on Part 5 of Following Jesus - Following at a Distance from Luke 22:54 in the Church and live on YouTube

11.00am Gaelic Service: Mr Murdo Martin will preach on Clann Na Rìoghachd from Matthew 13:38 in the Seminary and live on YouTube

6.30pm English Service: Mr Scott Macleod will preach on A Mind against Opportune Times from Mark 15:32 in the Church and live on YouTube

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Youth Fellowship this Sunday at 7.45pm in the Upper Hall.

Tuesday 23^rd November 8.00pm - Women for Mission Zoom Meeting
One of the supported WFM projects this year is Safe Families. For this meeting, a Safe Families worker and a volunteer will be joined by a mother who has benefitted from Safe Families, and each will talk about the work of Safe Families in need. Please contact Donna Maciver for Zoom login details at [email protected] or phone 702279.

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11.00am English Service: Rev Kenneth I. Macleod will preach on 'Never Stops Saving' from Hebrews 7:23-27 in the Church and live on YouTube

11.00am Gaelic Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on Ginealach Do na b’aithne an Tighearna from Judges 2:10 in the Seminary and live on YouTube

 
6.30pm English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on Two Outstanding Christians from Philippians 2:19-30 in the Church and live on YouTube

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Creche, Tweenies and Sunday Schools

Due to the escalating Covid situation in local schools Creche, Tweenies and Sunday Schools are cancelled until further notice.

Monday Toddler Group is also cancelled until further notice.

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11.00am English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on Following Jesus - Students of Jesus from Matthew 11:28-30 in the Church and live on YouTube

11.00am Gaelic Service: Rev D. A. Macdonald will preach on Obraichean an Tighearna from Psalm 46:8-9 in the Seminary and live on YouTube 

6.30pm English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on God's Children as Shining Lights from Philippians 2:14-18 in the Church and live on YouTube 

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Platform 67

Following an excellent mission meeting on Wednesday 27^th October with Martin Dudgeon of Platform 67, anyone wishing to donate to their work should leave their contribution in an envelope marked ‘Platform 67’ in the collection plate in the church or the Seminary. If donating by cheque, please make it payable to Stornoway Free Church.

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11.00am English Service: Mr Scott Macleod will preach on Two Ways to Walk from Ephesians 2: 1 and 10 in the Church and live on YouTube (Channel name - Stornoway Free Church)

11.00am Gaelic Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on Rèitire agus Tidsear from Colossians 3:15-16 in the Seminary and live on YouTube (Channel name - Free Church Seminary Stornoway)

6.30pm English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on The Two Sides to Perseverance from Philippians 2:12-13 in the Church and live on YouTube (Channel name - Stornoway Free Church)

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Communion

As a congregation, we have looked forward to partaking of the Lord’s Supper again, after such a long time without it due to the pandemic. Hence the Kirk Session is delighted to announce that the Lord’s Supper will be dispensed, God willing, at the morning service on 9^th January 2022. Services associated with the communion will be from Saturday 8^th January, till the evening of the 9^th, as was the case with the communions held in June and December each year prior to the pandemic.

The Kirk Session will be opened after the midweek meeting on Wednesday 5^th and the Session will also meet on the evenings of Thursday 6^th and Friday 7^th at 7.30pm, and after the service on Saturday 8^th to meet with any who wish to take communion for the first time. Please contact the minister or your local elder at any time should you wish to discuss this or have any questions relating to taking communion for the first time.

The Session earnestly hope and pray that the prolonged period without a communion, along with the grievous providence of the pandemic itself, will have caused us all to think deeply about our relationship to God, as well as our privileges in the gospel, one of the most special being the Lord’s Supper. A more detailed intimation about the communion will be given nearer the time, but the Session was keen to make the announcement of it at this point, so that we may all give thanks and pray for God’s blessing in anticipation.

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11.00am English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on Following Jesus - Committed Discipleship from Luke 14:25-35 in the Church and live on YouTube

11.00am Gaelic Service: Mr Murdo Martin will preach on Beò Gu Spioradail From Revelation 3:1 in the Seminary and live on YouTube

6.30pm English Service: Rev James Maciver will preach on part 3 of The Mind of Jesus from Philippians 2:9-11 in the Church and live on YouTube

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