Pathhead Parish Church Weekly Window
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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 Prayer Isaiah 9: 2, 6-7 Isaiah foretells the birth of the Saviour MP 179 - Go, tell it on the mountain 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.
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