Sun 25th July
Sun 25th July
Sunday 18th July
10am – Worship at Ardgour Church
12noon – Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern Parish
Wednesday Morning 10.30am – Zoom Coffee and Chat
Wednesday 2.30pm – Strontian Kirk Session on Zoom
Wednesday 10pm – Wednesday Evening Prayer on Facebook
Thursday 22nd – Kingairloch Church open 2pm to 4pm
Quiz Night – Friday 7pm – livestream on YouTube.
www.aksm org.uk/quiz for details
As on Every Sunday during the pandemic you are invited by the Leaders of Scottish Churches to light a candle at 7pm and to pray for the nation and the world
A prayer with the Moderator of the General Assembly is available by clicking this link.
Today 6th July, we gather on Zoom for the penultimate conversation in this series thinking of the Church in 21st Century.
Today we will reflect on the beginning of 2 Peter 1:
2 Peter 1:1-15 GNT
[1] From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ— To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as precious as ours: [2] May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. [3] God’s divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness. [4] In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature. [5] For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge; [6] to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness; [7] to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love. [8] These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. [9] But if you do not have them, you are so shortsighted that you cannot see and have forgotten that you have been purified from your past sins. [10] So then, my friends, try even harder to make God’s call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith. [11] In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. [12] And so I will always remind you of these matters, even though you already know them and are firmly grounded in the truth you have received. [13] I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive. [14] I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me. [15] I will do my best, then, to provide a way for you to remember these matters at all times after my death. …
Fortnightly on Wednesday Mornings on Zoom 26th May, 9th June, and every two weeks thereafter. Make your own coffee, login in and join the chat… or just listen…
Beginning Tuesday 15th June for 5 Tuesday afternoons – 2pm on Zoom. Bible based conversation, reflection and prayer as together we consider what God is calling the Church to do and to be, as we build an even better future. You are welcome to share in this journey.
General Assembly begins on Saturday 22nd May, and will be mainly online with a small core team of the top table, presenting conveners, technical and admin support. Commissioners and others participating in GA2021 will be reading reports, debating and voting, but all elders, members and friends are invited to share in General Assembly 2021.
All proceedings will be live-streamed and you can watch from wherever you are. Details and the webcast link will be at 🔗 www.churchofscotland.org.uk/ga
All 🔗 the reports and other documents are available to download. If you are looking for a good overview of what’s coming to this Assembly, you could watch the Conveners’ speeches which this year have been recorded in advance. 🔗 Videos and text transcripts are available on the web; there are also 🔗 YouTube playlists where you can watch the speeches, including 🔗 an option with BSL interpretation.
Before the Assembly, on Wednesday 19th at 8pm, Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair will be providing a review of the year past – this too will be 🔗 live streamed
Lord of the Church, we pray for all who will engage in General Assembly as together we seek to discern your will, purposes and promises for the Church of Scotland.
Feel free to share this information with others in your congregation and community. The tag #GA2021 can be used on Twitter and Facebook to identify GA related posts
Rev Donald has taken up the Christian Aid challenge to take 300,000 steps in May, to raise some funds for Christian Aid. You may wish to make a donation via his fundraising page. You can also donate to Christian Aid at: www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved-locally/scotland
Christian Aid Week is 10-16 May this year. During the month of May when we have worship gatherings at the Church buildings there will be an opportunity to make a gift to Christian Aid.
Various online and a few off-line events will be happening around the linked parishes. On the Lochaber Presbytery website are details of various online opportunities for worship and reflection.
Of particular note is the Maundy Thursday online communion which will be led by Rev Sandy Stoddart on Thu 1st at 7pm on Zoom. The login for this event is unique (not the usual AKSM login) and can be obtained from Rev Donald or any of the session clerks.
And on Good Friday there will be a shared worship video on the Lochaber Presbytery YouTube channel
On Easter Sunday there will be video worship on the AKSM YouTube Channel, and there will be worship at Ardgour Church, 10am and Kiel Church, 12noon. Booking to attend these services is essential – to Fiona Maclean of Ardgour, or to Rev Donald for Kiel. Face coverings must be worn and various other precautions will be observed.
The world day of prayer is the first Friday of March, and every year since 1910 has been an ecumenical opportunity to gather for worship and prayer in a service created by Christian women from different countries around the world. This year’s service has been prepared by the Christian Women of Vanuatu.
Could you point to Vanuatu on the map?
You can find out more about Vanuatu at: https://www.wwdp.org.uk/2021/01/13/introducing-vanuatu/
The Scottish WDoP Committee will be hosting a service to be on Zoom on Friday 5th March 2pm. http://www.wdpscotland.org.uk for details or contact Rev Donald.
A brief video with some of the prayers from the service – and a lovely little video with some of the young folk in Ardgour building their houses on rock and on sand – as we think on the story of the wise and foolish builders… Matthew 7: 24-27 – can be viewed below…