Cross Ness Church of Scotland • December 10, 2022
11am & 6pm Services – Will be taken by our Minister.
11am - Sunday Club will meet after the children’s service.
MP 393 – Joy to the world.
Praise - Go tell it on the mountains.
Hymn 86 - Thine arm O Lord in days of old. MP 31 - Amazing grace.
Reading – John 4:7-26. (ESV).
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6 pm Service – Reading - Judges 6:11-27.
The Week Ahead
Monday 12th December 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible Study. Everyone welcome.
Wednesday 14th December 10.45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 14th December 7:30pm. Church Hall - Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Thursday 15th December 6.30pm. Breakwater Cafe - Women’s Christmas meal. Please mark your choices on the menu and return to Martha 07771698927 or 810890 or to Rachel 07776491557 or 810113 by Sunday 11th December.
Friday 16th December 7.30pm – 9pm. Spors Nis - Rock Solid. Open to all P4 - P7, from any church or none.
Friday 16th December 7.30pm - 9pm. Church Hall - Ness Youth Club. Ages 12-17 years. Volunteers needed to help. If you can help, please get in touch with Shona Morrison, Rachel Barrowman or Debbie Nicolson.
Saturday 17th December 9am. Comunn Eachdraidh - Men’s’ breakfast. The last one for this year. All men welcome and please bring a friend. We meet for about an hour to drink tea and coffee, eat breakfast rolls, and hear a short talk. A small donation which covers our expenses is welcome on the day.
Services Sunday 18th December 2022
11am & 6pm Services – To be taken by our Minister.
11am - Sunday Club after the children’s service. All children invited.
Date For Your Diary
Saturday 24th December 7pm. In the Church - Christmas Eve Carol service.
