Pathhead Parish Church Weekly Window

PATHHEAD CHRISTIAN OUTREACH
CAFÉ ST CLAIR
Thank you to the volunteers for giving
up their time. Thank you to everyone
who supported the café during 2014
Pathhead Parish Church
Weekly Window
Sunday 14th December 2014
Café closes Friday 19th December - reopens
Tuesday 6th January 2015
Christmas Tree Star
If anyone would like to feel closer to a loved one this
Christmas for whatever reason why not put their name or a
message on a Star to hang on the Christmas tree. See
Aileen Yuile for a Star.
With much love and very best wishes for Christmas and
the New Year from the Cain Family, Dysart Road.
Pathhead Parish Church of Scotland
Church Office telephone number - 01592-204635
Church e-mail address - [email protected]
Visit our Web Site at - www.pathheadparishchurch.co.uk
Rev. Andrew Donald’s e-mail address - [email protected]
A warm welcome is extended to you. May you feel blessed by
today’s service. If you are a visitor we hope you will soon feel at
home as you worship with us. Please do join us for tea or coffee in
the Large Hall after the service. If you wish further information about
the Church or organizations we would be glad to help you. There is a
Welcome Team at the door but feel free to speak to anyone .
Christian Copyright Licence No. 2547
Scottish Charity No. SC002858
14th December 2014
Lessons and Carols
Welcome & Intimations
Preamble and lighting of 3rd Advent candle: Aileen Yuile
Our Readers…
1
Isaiah 9: 2, 6-7
KIRSTY HUGH
2
Micah 5: 2 - 5a
LIZ DONALD
3
Matthew 1:18-23
KATIE FORTUNE
4
Luke 1: 26 - 35, 38
PAT COLLINS
5
Luke 2:8 -16
RAY JACKSON
6
Matthew 2:1-11
VAL BROADLEY
MP 749 - Once in Royal David’s city
[verses 1 & 2, 5 & 6.]
It is the mission of Kirkcaldy Foodbank that nobody in the Kirkcaldy area
goes hungry during a time of crisis and that everybody shares what they
have.
We are an independent foodbank working hard to ensure local people do
not go hungry during a time of crisis since our launch in December
2013. At Kirkcaldy Foodbank we work towards helping local people and
families in crisis by providing emergency food parcels to people in need.
From 3rd December 2013 - August 2014 Kirkcaldy Foodbank provided
emergency food provisions to 3460 adults and children.
We exist to
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Prayer
Isaiah 9: 2, 6-7
Isaiah foretells the birth of the Saviour
MP 179 - Go, tell it on the mountain
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work towards relieving poverty and hardship in the Kirkcaldy area,
support local people and their families to find longer-term solutions,
through advice and guidance,
work towards a more equitable society by promoting sharing in the
local area,
promote dignity and respect within the local community, and
work in partnership with other organisations to alleviate poverty
and social exclusion within the Kirkcaldy area.
Micah 5: 2 - 5a
The King Will Come from Bethlehem
MP 47 – Away in a manger
Matthew 1:18-23
Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
Video Clip: What is Advent?
MP 345 – It came upon the midnight clear
Luke 1: 26 - 35, 38
The Annunciation to Mary
This Christmas please consider supporting this worthwhile cause.
Goods required are tins of soup, vegetables, meat, stews, fruit, fish,
breakfast cereals or porridge, pasta and pasta sauces.
Collection point for all goods is located in the Large Hall at Pathhead
Parish Church, Harriet Street, Kirkcaldy.
Christmas Eve Service - Christingles
MP 589 – See him lying on a bed of straw
As a special treat, for our 6.30pm Christmas Eve service we will be making
Christingles. The idea of Christingles came from a Moravian Church
in Germany in 1747. The minister, John de Watteville, gave children at
the service a lighted candle with a red ribbon around it. This represented
Jesus being the light of the world and the final prayer of that first service
was "Lord Jesus, kindle a flame in these children’s hearts.” The custom
went around the world with the church. Missionaries brought the
Moravian Church to England in the 1700s. In Moravian churches, the
Christingle Service is usually held on the Sunday before Christmas or on
Christmas Eve.
Lesson Luke 2: 8 - 16
The Shepherds Go to See the Saviour
MP 764 – While Shepherds watched their flocks by night
[verses 1 & 2, 5 & 6. Tune: “On ilkley moor bah tat”]
Lesson Matthew 2: 1 - 11
The Magi Follow the Star
MP 749 – What child is this?
Short address
Offering – Doxology – Dedication
MP 211 - Hark! the herald-angels sing
A Christmas Message
Let us all remember
When our faith is running low,
Christ is more than just a figure
Wrapped in an ethereal glow –
For He came and dwelt among us
And He Knows our every need
And He loves and understands us
And forgives each sinful deed –
He was crucified and buried
And rose again in glory
And His promise of salvation
Makes the wondrous Christmas Story
An abiding reassurance
That the little Christ Child’s birth
Was the beautiful beginning
Of God’s Plan for Peace on Earth
by Helen Steiner Rice
Benediction
Christmas Season at Pathhead
Sunday
14 December
Wednesday 17 December
Thursday 18 December
Sunday
21 December
Wednesday 24 December
Thursday
25 December
11.00 a.m. Lessons & Carols Service
2.00 p.m. Messy Church & Pathfinders Party
7.30 p.m. “From Hurt to Hope” at
Methodist Church
6.30 p.m. Carol Singing at ASDA
11.00 a.m. Pathfinders’ Nativity Service
6.30 p.m. Family Service
11.30 p.m. Watchnight Service
10.00 a.m. Invitation to Join with Methodist
Church Congregation
Joint Advent Services
Sunday, 14 December 3.30 p.m. Dysart Convent
Sunday, 21 December 4.30 p.m. Dysart/St Clair (Viewforth Building)
You are welcome to join us at any or all of these Services
53rd Christmas Fair
Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 13 January
Tuesday 20 January
Our 53rd Christmas Fair on Saturday was a huge success.
A huge £2,689.15 was raised on the day with a net figure
of £2,640.10.
Kirk Session Meeting, 7.30 p.m.
Congregational Board Meeting, 7.30 p.m.
Family Social Committee - New Year Ball
The 34th Annual Ball will take place on Saturday, 10 January 2015. Tickets
priced £18 for Adults; £8 for Youths; £4 for Under 10’s will be available next
month.
Names please with £10 deposit to Family Social Committee as soon as
possible. Tickets should be paid in full by Sunday, 14 December, 2014.
Anne Mackenzie
Treasurer
Messy Nativity in the Mercat
The Messy Nativity event in the Mercat last Saturday
was another great success, with over 80 children and
almost 60 adults attending. With 5 craft activities, a
prayer space, storytime and a song, we shared the story
of the first Christmas with everyone who attended.
All the churches involved (Connect, Pathhead Parish Church, Kinghorn
& Burntisland Parish Church, Newcraigs and The Salvation Army) worked
together as a team to make the event work so well and a big thank you is due
to all who contributed.
The event was completely free but there was a donation box for Bethany
Christian Trust and the sum of £47.38 was raised.
A very special thanks to all those who gave their time to make this such
a successful Fair, as without them, this event would not be possible. The
kindness and generosity shown by everyone who contributed both goods and
cash donations was amazing. Thanks also, to those who supported us and a
special thanks to Joan our guest for the day.
Winners
Hamper
Anne Gray, Kirkcaldy
Reflexology Voucher
Susan Marley, Coaltown of Balgonie
Cake
Anne Deas, Pathhead - 6lb 12oz (Actual 6lb 12oz)
Jar Sweets
Abbie Storrar, Kirkcaldy - 250 (Sweets in Jar 253)
Doll’s Birthday
Jackie ? (anyone know) - 9th June (10th June)
Hugh Mackenzie, Fair Convenor
A few pictures from the day
The church is fitted with an Induction Loop for the hard of hearing. Please
make sure your hearing aid is switched to the ‘T’ position.
If there are any members of the congregation who have difficulty in
standing during the singing of hymns, then they should please feel
free to remain seated.