Sun 25th July
Sun 25th July
Sunday Evening Prayer – 11th July
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.
Sunday 16th May
- Video Worship by 10am on YouTube
- 10am Worship at Ardgour Church – bookings to Rev Donald or to Session Clerk
- 12noon Worship at Kiel Church – bookings to Rev Donald or to Session Clerk
Sunday 23rd May – Pentecost Sunday
- By 10am: Video Worship with Mrs Ella Gill and others
- 🔗 BBC’s Reflections at https://youtu.be/sty4I-v5N3Uthe Quay will feature the Moderator, Jim Wallace, Baron of Tankerness along with sung praise items from past Assemblies.
Coffee and Chat on Zoom
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…
Tuesday Discussions
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 2021
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.
Watch on the Live Stream
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
Reports & Speeches
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.
Review of the year with Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair
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
Pray for the General Assembly
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.
Share news and views about GA2021
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
Peninsula Carols
Peninsula Carols was online on Zoom this year.
A recording can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/m0OFY6PkWJY – or click the link below.
September 2020
Sunday 6th
- By 10am Worship Video will be uploaded to YouTube
- 11am – Worship Service at Ardour Church*
- 11am – Zoom Worship – live from Ardgour Church – sorry due to no internet at Ardgour this morning this wast possible.
Sunday 13th
- By 10am Worship Video will be uploaded to YouTube
- 11am – Zoom Worship with Communion
- 2pm- Worship Service at Kingairloch Church*
Sunday 20th
- By 10am Worship Video will be uploaded to YouTube
- 11am – Zoom Worship with Communion
- 11am- Worship Service at Strontian Church*
Sunday 29th
- By 10am Worship Video will be uploaded to YouTube
- 11am- Worship Service at Kiel Church, Morvern (To be confirmed)*
Church Re-opening for Worship*
- It would be helpful to advise Rev Donald if you intend being at any of the worship times in the Church buildings. This will assist with numbers, seating allocation and Trace and Protect details.
- Face coverings must be worn while in the Church. Sanitiser should be used on arrival. Seating will be allocated to you. There will be a one way system in place. There can be no singing in Church. 2m distancing should be observed. There can be no tea and coffee after the service and all are asked to leave immediately without congregating to meet with others.
- Arrangements for Worship in Church buildings are a privileged exception to the maximum of 8 people from 3 households for indoor gatherings.
Creation Time – Every Tuesday at 3pm
Every Tuesday afternoon at 3pm there will be an online Zoom conversation based around material prepared by Eco-Congregation Scotland for Creation Time 2020. Contact Rev Donald if you don’t have the Zoom login details.
Wednesday Evening prayer at 10am on Facebook
A Morning Prayer
Ever present God,
this day enfolds us and surrounds us:
be in our speaking and in our thinking;
be in our life and on our lips;
be in our hearts and in our souls;
today and for ever.
May the Lord bless us
and guard us;
May the Lord make his face to shine on us
and be gracious to us;
may the Lord look kindly on us
and give us peace.
Amen
This Pentecost Weekend
What’s on this Whitsun weekend
Whitsun, or White Sunday is another name for Pentecost when the Church celebrates the coming of the promised Holy Spirit to inspire and enthuse the Church… it was in a sense the Church’s Birthday… and we celebrate the ongoing life of the Church this week – 31st May.
Click the links for more information
- Sunday 7.30am – BBC Radio Scotland: New Every Sunday, Act of worship
- Sunday Worship with Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland can be watched on the Church of Scotland Website from 10am. Audio only also available to listen to via The Linked Parishes Podcast or by calling 01173 252 399
- Sunday 11.15 on BBC1 – Reflections from the Quay
Rev Tara Granados, Ibrox Parish Church, Glasgow and David Strachan talk to Madinah Javed about the importance of Ramadan and the festival of Eid. Plus music from Siobhan Miller and Euan Burton. - Invitation to light a candle and pray at 7pm
Next Week
Tuesday 2nd – 3pm – Bible Study – A Zoom through the Book of Joshua. If you’d like to join in this… have a read over Joshua Chapter 1, and let Donald know you’d like to join in and he’ll send you the link. All welcome…and it’s about learning and sharing together – so you don’t need expert Biblical knowledge! If getting online on Zoom is a problem, you can join via telephone – Donald can give you the number and access code to key in.
Wednesday 3rd – 10.30am – Coffee and Chat… (make your own coffee!) – again contact Donald for login details.
Sunday 7th 11am – As well as the video worship to view… on 7th we will also have an opportunity to gather virtually for Communion via Zoom.
Thy Kingdom Come :: 3
ThyKingdomCome 3
A song: Amazing Grace
https://vimeo.com/420342183
A Thought:
A key feature of the ThyKingdomCome movement is to pray for others who do not already know God’s love, amazing grace and inspiration in their lives.
Think of 5 such people, and pray that they may come to know God who was revealed to humanity in the prophets, the Scriptures and supremely in Jesus.
A Prayer:
Lord God, I thank you for the awareness I have of your love, and I pray for others especially for… that they may be open to your Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
A Challenge:
Perhaps you could invite them to Church tomorrow… maybe a message, email or tweet… “I’ve been appreciating the worship at www.aksm.org.uk… would you like to ‘come to Church’ tomorrow?