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Cross Ness Church of Scotland • December 03, 2022
11am & 6pm Services – Will be taken by our Minister.
11am - Sunday Club will meet after the children’s service.
MP 211 - Hark the herald angel sing.
Praise - What can wash away my sin. Psalm 119: 33 - 40 - Teach me, O Lord, the perfect way. Hymn 197 - The Spirit breathes upon the word.
Reading – John 3:1-21. (ESV).
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
The Week Ahead
Wednesday 7th November 10.45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 7th November 7:30pm. Church Hall - Mission Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 9th December 7.30pm – 9pm - Rock Solid. Open to all P4 - P7, from any church or none.
Friday 9th 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 10th December 6pm. Breakwater Cafe – Men’s Christmas meal. Menus at the church door. Can you let Norman Macleod know by Tuesday 6th your menu choice. You can contact him on 07833 156280.
Services Sunday 11th December 2022
11am & 6pm Services – To be taken by our Minister.
11am - Sunday Club after the children’s service. All children invited.
Dates For Your Diary
Thursday 15th December 6.30pm. Breakwater Cafe - Women’s Christmas meal. Menus available at the church door. Please mark your choices on the menu and return to Martha 07771698927 or 810890 or to Rachel 07776491557 or 810113 by Sunday 11thDecember.
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.
Saturday 24th December 7pm. In the Church - Christmas Eve Carol service.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • November 26, 2022
Reading – John 2:1-10. (ESV).
1On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service – Will be taken by our Minister.
The Week Ahead
Monday 28th November 7:30pm. Church Hall - Bible Study. Everyone welcome.
Wednesday 30th November 10.45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 30th November 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 2nd December 7.30pm – 9pm. Spors Nis - Rock Solid. Open to all P4 - P7, from any church or none.
Friday 2nd 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.
Services Sunday 4th December 2022
11am & 6pm Services – To be taken by our Minister.
Sunday Club 11am – After the children’s service. All children invited.
Date For Your Diary
Thursday 15th December 6.30pm. Breakwater Cafe - Women’s Christmas meal. Menus available at the church door. Please mark your choices on the menu and return to Martha 07771698927 or 810890 or to Rachel 07776491557 or 810113 by Sunday 11thDecember.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • November 05, 2022
11am Service – Will be taken by our Minister.
Sunday Club after the children’s service.
Psalm 100: 1-5 - All people that on earth do dwell.
Mission Praise 139 - Father, we love you.
Par 18:1-7- Behold the mountain of the Lord.
MP 31 - Amazing Grace.
Reading – 1 Corinthians 15:35-49. Revelation 21:1-22:5 (ESV).
1 Corinthians 15: 35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Revelation 21: 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” 5And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” 9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement. 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22: 1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service - Joint Communion service in Barvas.
The Week Ahead
Wednesday 9th November 10.45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 9th November 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 11th November 7.30pm – 9pm. Spors Nis - Rock Solid. Open to all P4 - P7, from any church or none.
Friday 11th November 7.30 - 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 or Debbie Nicolson.
Saturday 12th November 10:45am - War memorial service.
Services Sunday 13th November 2022
11am Service - Remembrance service. Sunday Club 11am – After the children’s service. All children invited.
Advance Notices
Sunday 20th November 11am - Harvest Thanksgiving service.
Sunday 20th November 7pm. Church Hall - Praise night after the evening service.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • August 14, 2022
11am Service – Taken by our Minister.
Psalm 63:1-8 - Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek.
Praise - Living Hope.
Hymn 194 - Breathe on me breath of God.
Hymn 693 - Man of sorrows wondrous Name.
Reading – Acts 1:1-11. (ESV).
1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service – Taken by our Minister. Reading - Genesis 3:1-20.
The Week Ahead
Tuesday 16th August 10.45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 17th August 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Services Sunday 21st August 2022
11am & 6pm – To be taken by our Minister.
Sunday school / Bible class after the children’s service. All children invited.
Advance Notices
Sunday 4th September, 6pm- We will be hosting a joint Communion service with Barvas and Carloway.
Sunday 18th September - Mr Donnie Macleod Faith Mission will be taking the 11am service.
Mission Trip - Hector Barrowman is going to Poland on a Mission trip, with his church in Edinburgh, in October. We would like to help him financially to help cover the cost of this Mission. Anyone who would like to contribute to this, could you put your donation in an envelope marked Mission Trip/Hector Barrowman.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or Care Homes and those being cared for in their own homes or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the minister or one of the elders know.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • August 07, 2022
11am service taken by our minister Rev John Murdo Nicolson.
Praise
Light of the World.
Hy 86. Thine arm O Lord in days of old.
Hymn 178. In the Name of Jesus.
Paraphrase 48:5-9. The Saviour died but rose again.
Reading – 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 (ESV).
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” 34 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Tea/coffee will be served in the church hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service – Our minister.
Reading: Isaiah 40:1-8; Matthew 3:1-12.
The Week Ahead
Monday 8th Aug 7:30pm – 9pm. Church Hall. Bible study. All welcome.
Wednesday 10th August 7:30pm – 8.45pm. Church Hall. Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Services next Sunday 14th August 2022
11am & 6pm – Our minister.
Advance Notices
Sunday 4th September 6pm- We will be hosting a joint communion service with Barvas.
Sunday 18th September. Mr Donnie Macleod Faith Mission.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • July 23, 2022
11am Service – Mr Chris Barrowman
N.E.P 23 - Behold the Throne of God Above
N.E.P 223 - Seek Ye First
N.E.P 229 - Take My Life and Let It Be
Reading – Proverbs 4. (ESV).
1 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, 2 for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get insight. 8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. 9 She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.” 10Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. 11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. 13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. 15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. 19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. 20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.24 Put away from you crooked speech and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. 27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service – Mr John Hebditch. Reading - Luke 22:7- 46.
The Week Ahead
Monday 25th July 8pm, Church – Robert Davidson’s wake.
Tuesday 26th July 11am, Church – Robert Davidson’s funeral. Lunch in the Comunn Eachdraidh afterwards.
Wednesday 27th July 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 29th July 2pm – 5pm, FOOT-FALL – Foot-fall is a Christian outdoor activities club for teenagers which will be running again this year on Friday afternoons in July and August, until the end of the summer holidays. Each session lasts about 3 hours and includes a variety of challenges, games and activities, to the moor, the machair and the coast. For an information sheet and booking form please contact Chris Barrowman at chrisbarrowman@btinternet.com
Friday 8th – Friday 29th July - Our minister is on holiday. If you need the help of a minister, please get in touch with one of the elders.
Services Sunday 31st July 2022
11am & 6pm – Rev Iain Greenshields.
There will be Fellowship after the evening service and tea and coffee will be served. Donations of baking would be greatly appreciated.
Advance Notices
Sunday 4th September - We will be hosting a joint communion service with Barvas and Carloway at 6pm.
Barvas Food Bank. - Barvas Food Bank are looking for help and would appreciate donations of the following items: Tinned Soups, Tinned Veg, Tinned Puddings, Pasta & Rice, Baked Beans, Spaghetti, Cereal, Tea & Coffee, Biscuits.
Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or Care Homes and those being cared for in their own homes or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the minister or one of the elders know.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • July 17, 2022
11am Service – Mr John Hebditch.
Psalm 46:1-5 & 10-11
Psalm 34: 1-10
Hymn 194
Hymn 410
Reading – The Song of Solomon 2. (ESV).
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5 Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me! 7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases. 8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.10 My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, 11 for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. 12 The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. 13 The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. 14O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 15 Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. 17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service – Mr Calum Campbell. Reading - John 19:14-30.
The Week Ahead
Monday 18th July 7.30pm, Church Hall – Bible study. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Wednesday 20th July 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 22nd July 2pm – 5pm, FOOT-FALL – Foot-fall is a Christian outdoor activities club for teenagers which will be running again this year on Friday afternoons in July and August, until the end of the summer holidays. Each session lasts about 3 hours and includes a variety of challenges, games and activities, to the moor, the machair and the coast. For an information sheet and booking form please contact Chris Barrowman at chrisbarrowman@btinternet.com
Saturday 23rd July 9am, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis – Men’s Breakfast. All men are welcome for fellowship, quiz, tea, coffee and breakfast rolls. The perfect way to kick off your weekend.
Friday 8th – Friday 29th July - Our minister is on holiday. If you need the help of a minister, please get in touch with one of the elders.
Services Sunday 24th July 2022
11am - Mr Chris Barrowman.
6pm - Mr John Hebditch.
Advance Notices
Sunday 31st July - We look forward to having with us, Rev Iain Greenshields, Moderator of The Church of Scotland, who will be taking both 11 & 6pm services.
Sunday 4th September - We will be hosting a joint communion service with Barvas and Carloway at 6pm.
Barvas Food Bank. - Barvas Food Bank are looking for help for the following items: Tinned Soups, Tinned Veg, Tinned Puddings, Pasta & Rice, Baked Beans, Spaghetti, Cereal, Tea & Coffee, Biscuits.
Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or Care Homes and those being cared for in their own homes or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the minister or one of the elders know.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • July 09, 2022
11am & 6pm Service – Mr Malcolm Gillies.
Psalm 8
Psalm 19: 9-14 Psalm 63 Psalm 145 (1stversion): 15 - 21
Reading – Isaiah 44. (ESV)
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
The Week Ahead
Wednesday 13th July - No women’s Bible study until after the summer holidays.
Wednesday 13th July 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 29th July - Our minister is on holiday. If you need the help of a minister, please get in touch with one of the elders.
Advance Notices
Thursday 14th - 16th July - REVIVE Events coming to Barvas Football pitch. Services are from 6:30pm – 9pm.
Saturday 23rd July 9am - Comunn Eachdraidh Nis - Mens breakfast. All men welcome for fellowship, quiz, tea, coffee and breakfast rolls. The perfect way to kick off your weekend!
Sunday 31st July - We look forward to having with us, Rev Iain Greenshields, Moderator of The Church of Scotland, who will be taking both 11 & 6pm services.
Sunday 4th September - We will be hosting a joint communion service with Barvas and Carloway at 6pm.
Barvas Food Bank. - With the school holidays approaching, Barvas Food Bank are looking for help for the following items: Tinned Soups, Tinned Veg, Tinned Puddings, Pasta & Rice, Baked Beans, Spaghetti, Cereal, Tea & Coffee, Biscuits.
Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or Care Homes and those being cared for in their own homes or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the minister or one of the elders know.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • June 18, 2022
11am & 6pm Service – Our Minister.
Sunday school / Bible class after children’s service.
Psalm – 63:1-6. Lord Thee my God
Praise – O Praise the Name. Hymn – 109. We sing the praise. Praise – Before the throne of God above.
Reading – Philippians 2:1-11. (ESV).
1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Evening Service – Jonah 3:1-10. - “Real Repentance”.
The Week Ahead
Monday 20th June 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible study. Everyone invited to attend.
Wednesday 22nd June 10.45am. Church Hall - Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 22nd June 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Services Sunday 26th June 2022
11am & 6pm Services – Our Minister.
Sunday school & Prize Giving - Family service on Faith & Nature.
Advance Notices
Saturday 2nd July. - Sunday school outing on Cross Beach.
Thursday 14th - 16th July - REVIVE Events coming to Barvas Football pitch. Services are from 6:30pm – 9pm.
Sunday 31st July - We look forward to having with us, Rev
Iain Greenshields, Moderator of The Church of
Scotland, who will be taking both 11 & 6pm services.
Barvas Food Bank. - With the school holidays approaching, Barvas Food Bank are looking for help for the following items: Tinned Soups, Tinned Veg, Tinned Puddings, Pasta & Rice, Baked Beans, Spaghetti, Cereal, Tea & Coffee, Biscuits.
Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or Care Homes and those being cared for in their own homes or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the minister or one of the elders know.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • June 12, 2022
Reading – Matthew 1:18-25. (ESV).
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for He will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Evening Service – Jeremiah 18:1-23. - “The Potter’s hand.”
The Week Ahead
12th – 19th June 7:30pm, South Lochs – Faith Mission tent meetings each night except Saturday.
Monday 13th June 7.30pm. Church Hall – Cross church Annual General Meeting.
Tuesday 14thJune 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible study. Everyone invited to attend.
Wednesday 15th June 10.45am. Church Hall - Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 15th June 7:30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Services Sunday 19th June 2022
11am & 6pm Services – Our Minister.
Sunday school / Bible class after children’s service.
Advance Notices
Sunday 26th June. 11am - Sunday school family service on Faith & Nature.
Sunday 31st July - We look forward to having with us, Rev
Iain Greenshields, Moderator of The Church of
Scotland, who will be taking both 11 & 6pm services.
Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or Care Homes and those being cared for in their own homes or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the minister or one of the elders know.
