If it is the Lord’s will… (James 4:15)

A very warm welcome to everyone visiting with us today
Refreshments will be served today after the morning Lonmore service

Warm thanks to the brothers leading the services today
11am Mr Robert Macdonald
12:45pm & 6pm Rev Tommy Mackinnon

This evening: Service in Lonmore, 6pm

Wednesday: 28 February, 7:30pm, Lonmore; Bible study & Prayer

Next Sunday: 4 March 2018 – services for the worship of God
Lonmore 11am Rev David Miller
Waternish 12:45pm Rev David Miller
Lonmore 6pm Rev David Miller
Note: Glendale – for safety & health reasons Sunday morning services are in the Lonmore Free Church until further notice

Open Church / Surgery:
• None for this or next week

Ladies:
Studies: Christian Be:attitudes, Matthew 5 – come & join in!
• Thursday, 1 March, 2:30pm, at Effie’s place
• Tuesday evening group – next date to be arranged

Manse Appeal: as we prepare the Manse (Lonmore) for the minister & family to move in (Fri / Sat, 2&3 Mar), please come & help; both
• ‘hands on’ (now especially cleaning rubbish & outside – offers to Robert Macdonald / Donald Mackenzie)
• Money contributions (by marked envelopes in the plate)
A very big thank you to everyone who has helped so far

Sin is the second most powerful force in the universe, for it sent Jesus to the cross. Only one force is greater – the love of God.
(Billy Graham, US Evangelist, 1918-2018)

 

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If it is the Lord’s will… (James 4:15)
A very warm welcome to everyone visiting with us today

Warm thanks to the brothers leading the services today
11am & 12:45pm Mr John Norman Macdonald, Sleat
6pm Dr Charles Crichton, Portree

This evening: Service in Lonmore, 6pm

Wednesday: 21 February, 7:30pm, Lonmore; Bible study & Prayer

Next Sunday: 25 February 2018 – services for the worship of God
Lonmore 11am Mr Robert Macdonald
Waternish 12:45pm Rev Tommy Mackinnon
Lonmore 6pm Rev Tommy Mackinnon
(David Miller is on annual leave)
Note: Glendale – for safety & health reasons Sunday morning services are in the Lonmore Free Church until further notice

Open Church / Surgery:
• None for this or next week

Ladies:
Studies: Christian Be:attitudes, Matthew 5 – come & join in!
• Tuesday, 20 February, 7pm, at the Anna Campbell’s place
• Thursday, 22 Febuary, 2:30pm, at Effie’s place

Manse Appeal: as we prepare the Manse (Lonmore) for the minister & family to move in (2&3 March), are you able help with it; both
• ‘hands on’ (decorating, etc. – offers to Heather Macdonald)
• Money contributions (by marked envelopes in the plate)

If you use a smartphone / ipad / etc, you might find this app interesting – click through from church website:
https://freechurch.org/news/new-sing-psalms-app-available
Also, for The Record: https://freechurch.org/news/the-record-goes-digital
& new bookshop arrangements: https://books.freechurch.org

 

No service outlines today, due to visiting preachers

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If it is the Lord’s will… (James 4:15)

A very warm welcome to everyone visiting with us today
Refreshments will be served after the morning Lonmore service

This evening: Service in Lonmore, 6pm

Wednesday: 14 February, 7:30pm, Lonmore; Bible study & Prayer
You can prepare by looking at Mark 4:35–5:43 (n.b. 4:41)

Next Sunday: 18 February 2018 – services for the worship of God
Lonmore 11am Mr John Norman Macdonald, Sleat
Waternish 12:45pm Mr John Norman Macdonald
Lonmore 6pm to be confirmed
(David Miller will be on annual leave for 2 weeks from 15th)
Note: Glendale – for safety & health reasons Sunday morning services are in the Lonmore Free Church until further notice

Open Church / Surgery:
• This week: Waternish, Tue 13th; Lonmore, Wed 14th; 11am–1pm
• None for the following two weeks

Ladies:
Studies: Christian Be:attitudes, Matthew 5 – come & join in!
• Tuesday, 13 February, 7pm, at the Manse
• Thursday, 22 Febuary, 2:30pm, at Effie’s place

Manse Appeal: as we prepare the Manse (Lonmore) for the minister & family to move in, the deacons ask for your help with it; both
• ‘hands on’ (decorating, etc. – expect the call-up soon!), &
• Money contributions (by marked envelopes in the plate)

His (Zacchaeus’) development of intimacy with Jesus underscores how one who approaches God on the Lord’s terms gets more than he or she may have expected.
(Darrell L Bock, 1996)

 

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SERVICES
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts… (Psalm 96:8)

MORNING (11am, Lonmore) & AFTERNOON (12:45pm, Waternish)
Psalms:
95:1-6 (p.357, Scottish Psalter)
23 (p.229, Scottish Psalter)
20:1-5 (p.224, Scottish Psalter)
Reading: Romans 15:14-33 (p.1141-2)
Text: Romans 15:15-16 (p.1141-2)
[The duty to proclaim the gospel]

EVENING (6pm, Lonmore)
Psalms:
69:30-36 (p.308, Scottish Psalter)
25:1-9 (p.29, Sing Psalms)
36:5-10 (p.44, Sing Psalms)
131 (p.173, Sing Psalms)
Reading: Luke 18:31–19:10 (p.1053)
Text: Luke 18:31–19:10 (p.1053)
[Not ashamed of the Gospel – 3]

I was trying to catch the crippled man; did he run past this way?
He was rushing home to tell everyone, what Jesus did today
And the mute man was telling myself and the deaf girl
He’s leaving to answer God’s call
It’s hard to believe but if you don’t trust me,
Ask the blind man, he saw it all; go ask the blind man, he saw it all

So my friend if the troubles and burdens you carry are heavy and dragging you down
You’ve tried everything you can possibly think of; there’s no relief to be found
That very same Jesus that altered the future of a blind man, the deaf, and the lame,
Is still reaching out in your hour of trouble; one touch and you’re never the same.
(The Booth Brothers, ©2018)

 

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If it is the Lord’s will… (James 4:15)

A very warm welcome to everyone visiting with us today
Refreshments will be served after the Waternish service

This evening: Service in Lonmore, 6pm

Wednesday: 7 February, 7:30pm, Lonmore; Bible study & Prayer

Next Sunday: 11 February 2018 – services for the worship of God
Lonmore 11am Rev David Miller
Waternish 12:45pm Rev David Miller
Lonmore 6pm Rev David Miller
Note: Glendale – for safety & health reasons Sunday morning services are in the Lonmore Free Church until further notice

Open Church / Surgery:
• None this week; next week’s details will follow

Ladies:
Studies: Christian Be:attitudes, Matthew 5 – come & join in!
• Tuesday, 6 February, 7pm, at the Manse
• Thursday, 8 Febuary, 2:30pm, at Effie’s place

Manse Appeal: as we prepare the Manse (Lonmore) for the minister & family to move in, the deacons ask for your help with it; both
• ‘hands on’ (decorating, etc. – offer to an elder / deacon), &
• Money contributions (by marked envelopes in the plate)

Christian Institute
Nigel Kenny will speak at a meeting
Thursday, 8 Feb, 7:30pm, at Tigh na Sgire, Portree

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence
(Xenocrates, Greek philosopher, 396-314BC)

 

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SERVICES
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts… (Psalm 96:8)

MORNING (11am, Lonmore) & AFTERNOON (12:45pm, Waternish)
Psalms:
1 (p.200, Scottish Psalter)
103:13-18 (p.370, Scottish Psalter)
133 (p.175, Sing Psalms)
Reading: Romans 14:13–15:13 (p.1141)
Text: Romans 15:5 (p.1141)
[In a spirit of unity]

EVENING (6pm, Lonmore)
Psalms:
106:1-6 (p.378, Scottish Psalter)
102 (2nd):16-25 (p.368, Scottish Psalter)
38:15-22 (p.48, Sing Psalms)
121 (p.416, Scottish Psalter)
Reading: Luke 15:1-2;11-32 (p.1048-9)
Text: Luke 15:11-32 (p.1049)
[Not ashamed of the Gospel – 2]

Isaiah’s people had been called to obedience (1:19), to walk in the light (2:5); they had been alerted to the Lord’s desire for a harvest of righteousness (5:7) – all to no avail. But the only way to mend such a situation is to send them the Word of God again (6:8), yet if they reject again it will be their last chance. The very word which could save them would blind them (6:10). What a serious thing it is to hear the Word of the Lord! Obedience is the mark of the redeemed. What if the next invitation of grace and summons to righteousness gave us our last chance to clear some cherished sin out of our lives?
(Alec Motyer, Isaiah by the Day, 2011)

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