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Cross Ness Church of Scotland • May 14, 2023
11am & 6pm Services – Will be taken by our minister. Sunday club after the children’s service.
Psalm 63:1-5 - Lord Thee my God. MP 167 - Give me oil in my lamp. Hymn 1 - Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. Hymn 693 - Man of sorrows.
Reading – John 18:1-27. (ESV).
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” 9 This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”
10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?” 12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.
13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.
15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16 but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. 17 The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” 18 Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.”
22 When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?” 24 Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. 25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” 27 Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the service, to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service - Genesis 26:1-35.
The Week Ahead
Monday 15th May. 7:30pm. Church Hall – Bible study. Everyone welcome.
Tuesday 16th 7:30pm. Deacons Court meeting.
Wednesday 17th May. 10:45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 17th May. 7:30pm. Church Hall – Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Services Sunday 21st May 2023
11am & 6pm Services – Will be taken by our Minister. Sunday Club will meet in the church, before going to the hall.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • March 19, 2023
Reading – John 12:1-19. (ESV).
1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.” 9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. 12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!” 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the service, to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service Reading - Matthew 11:25-30.
The Week Ahead
Monday 20th March 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible Study. Everyone welcome.
Wednesday 22nd March 10:45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 22nd March 7:30pm. Church Hall – Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 24th March 7.30pm - 9pm. Spors Nis - Rock Solid. Open to all P4 - P7, from any church or none.
Friday 24th March 7.30pm - 9pm. Church Hall - Ness Youth Club. Ages 12-17 years.
Saturday 25th March 9am. Comunn Eachdraidh - Men’s breakfast. 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 26th March 2023
11am & 6pm Services – Will be taken by Rev Paul Ahmed. 11am - Sunday Club meet in church then go through to the hall after the children’s service. All children invited.
Advance Notice
Saturday 29th April. 10am - 1pm. St Columba's Hall, Stornoway – Church of Scotland Guild Mini Gathering.
Saturday 13th May 10am - 4pm Comunn Eachdraidh Nis – Flourish. Women’s Conference.
Earthquake Appeal
We would like to thank all those who contributed to the Earthquake appeal for Turkey & Syria; the total amount was £1005. It has been forwarded to the ongoing relief work.
Cross Ness Church of Scotland • March 04, 2023
Reading – John 11:1- 44. (ESV).
1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.” 28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?” 38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odour, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Tea/coffee will be served in the Church Hall after the service, to which everyone is warmly invited.
6pm Service Reading – Hebrews 1:1-14
The Week Ahead
Monday 6th March 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible Study. Everyone welcome.
Wednesday 8th March 10:45am. Church Hall – Ladies Bible study. All women welcome.
Wednesday 8th March 7:30pm. Church Hall – Prayer meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
Friday 10th March – Sunday 12th March – Communion weekend. Everyone is warmly invited to all the services. Details on the enclosed sheet.
Advance Notice
Saturday 29th April. 10am – 1pm. St Columba's Hall, Stornoway – Church of Scotland Guild Mini Gathering.
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.
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.
