Sunday 18 December 2016
4th Sunday in Advent
10:30am
Welcome!
Musical Nativity – ‘Be A Star!’
Offering (JP 238 The first Nowell)
Are Ye Wise!? – Film 3 – ‘See You!’
Focus – ‘Pointing to Jesus’
FSB 78 Christ be our Light
Blessing – And All God’s People Said, “Amen!”
6.30pm – Church Sanctuary – Advent Vigil
J.P 213 See amid the winter snow
Vigil Mediation – Duncan
Taize Song – ‘Wait for the Lord, whose day is near.
Wait for the Lord: keep watch, take heart!
Quiet Prayer
Taize Song - Bless the Lord my soul and bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord my soul, He rescues me from pain.
Being Vigilant
Prayer Shower
SOGP 113 We lay our broken world
J.P 322 Christmas isn't Christmas
‘I need a Silent Night’ – Amy Grant (Video)
FSB 39 What kind of greatness can this be
Blessing
Fullarton Parish Church of Scotland
Welcome to Fullarton ConneXions!
Please relax, enjoy being among friends
and join us (after services) for chat and
refreshments in ConneXions Café. This
morning we celebrate Christ’s Nativity
with the help of our young folk. Thanks to
Dorothy, Graeme and all who have helped
prepare for this! This evening we gather in
the atmospheric candlelit sanctuary for
our annual Advent Vigil. Join us for this
contemplative service, if you can.
Next Sunday’s Christmas Day Service:
at the normal time of 10.30am (All-Age).
Please note there will be ‘no’ evening
service on Christmas Day or New Year’s
Day.
Christmas Eve Candlelit Services:
6.30pm All Age & 11.30pm Watchnight
(preceded by hot drinks and mince pies
from 11pm). Please invite and encourage
your friends, neighbours and colleagues
to come along (feel free to use the parish
Christmas cards available in the café).
Bikes For Christmas – A chance to help
give a bike to a local child, who will get
very little else this Christmas. Joining
Seagate Church, Troon, Riverside
Church, Ayr, with the help of Halfords,
Arnold Clarks, North & South Ayrshire
Councils, to buy, build and deliver bikes to
local kids. At £80 / bike we would like to
deliver at least 6 bikes. Donations
gratefully received by Neil or via
addressed envelopes in collection plate!
Also, if you can help build and deliver the
bikes, please let Neil know.
Save the date - Weekend Away - We
are planning a church family weekend
th
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on Arran, 17 – 19 February 2017.
We’ll be based in Lochranza Youth
Hostel, where a variety of room types is
available including some en-suite
double rooms. The full cost of the
weekend – including the ferry crossing,
accommodation and all meals – is likely
to be around £60 per person, with
discounts for the unwaged, children
and family groups. Further information
will be available soon but if anyone
wants to start saving regularly towards
the weekend, please put payments
AND YOUR NAME in an envelope
marked “Weekend away” in the
collection plate.
Nursing Home Services Greenbank: Please note the
Christmas Day service is cancelled.
Fullarton: Sunday 8 January 2017 at
2:30pm. Led by Neil.
Treasurers of Church Organisations
- a reminder that your books should be
ready for Audit by 31st December.
Payments for Life & Work &
Fountain are due before 31st
December. All monies to be paid to
Lillias Dunlop or Mike Rennie.
Prayer Opportunities - Wednesday
Prayer Breakfast - 7-8am in Fullarton
ConneXions. Next meeting 11
January 2017. All welcome.
Creche Rota - Today - Lisa Harris and
Retiring Offering – There will be a
Janice Haig. Next week - Elaina Judge
retiring offering in aid of The Leprosy
and Heather McRobb.
Mission following the Communion Service
on Sunday 1 January.
Church Secretary - Tel: 273741
(answer machine available) or email
[email protected]. The
office is in Fullarton ConneXions. Office
hours: Wed, Thurs.10-1, Fri. 9-1.
Fullarton Guild - Monday’s at 7.00 pm
in Fullarton Hall. The Guild is open to
both men & women, and we look
forward to meeting you! Coming up:
9 January 2017: “My Walk with God”
with Rev Sandra Black.
16 January: “Auction” with Chrissie
Black.
Midweek Fellowship – Next meeting
25 January 2017. Contact Claire Young
07801650443
Craft Group - Thursdays in Fullarton
ConneXions from 10am until 1pm then
Quilting from 1pm until 4pm.
Want to get healthy? Want some
company? Walking Group meets
Tuesday’s from 9.30 to 10.30 then a
cup of tea.
Mind and Body Movement - 1-hour
class, for seated and standing
Stamps – Please save your used
participants. 11am Tuesday’s at
stamps to aid World Mission projects in Fullarton Connexions. Join us for a
poor countries. Place them in the box
gentle stretch and move, waking up our
on the table in the café area or hand
mind and body. A small charge will
them to Storm Burnett. Thank you.
apply £3 waged, £1 unwaged. Contact
Claire Young 07801 650443.
Blythswood Care Wednesday
Packers - Next gathering is
If you want to place, remove or
Wednesday 11 January 2017 between update a notice in this sheet please
email [email protected] or
10am and 1pm.
contact Iain Laird (01294 232628) by
Leprosy Mission - Remember the red Wednesday evening at the latest.
“L”-shaped boxes? Well, they have now
been replaced by blue tubs but leprosy NB: This is the last printed
still devastates lives in poor
Service Sheet of 2016. The next
communities across the world. Please
one will on Sunday 8 January
take a blue tub and fill it with small
2017. Pre service slides for
change to help the Leprosy Mission
announcements will continue.
make a big change for people affected
by this curable disease.
Fullarton Parish Church (Church of
Scotland) Irvine is a registered charity
Contact Magazine – The deadline for
(No. SC 008725) and is a fair trade
the next edition (February) of Contact is
church. Visit www.
Sunday 22 January.
http://fullartonconnexions.co.uk
Tea/Coffee before the Sunday
Morning Service. Tea/Coffee will be
available before Church service on
Sunday mornings. Tea/Coffee will be
available 9.45-10.15am.