Pray for Neil & Rachel and Ben and Lucie Rae (Calapan, Philippines). Pray for God to bless all involved in the house churches and the livelihood project. Pray for baptism classes taking place. Pray for Neil as he leads Bible studies and preaches, and for Rachel home-schooling Ben and Lucie and helping the livelihood project.
OMF: The local prayer group meet on the second Friday of the month (not August) at 10.30 am at Christine Craig’s home, Fourways, 8 Gladstone Avenue, Dingwall (Tel: 864511).
Pray for the issue of worship to be discussed with wisdom and sensitivity in the decision making courts of our church. A conference to explore Bible teaching is planned for 23rd and 24th August, with a special General Assembly in November.
Pray for a number of congregations without pastors, and for ministers in Redevelopment and Church Planting situations.
Call to worship (from Psalm 34:1-8)
Minister: I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
ALL: My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad.
Minister: Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
ALL: Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
Minister: The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
ALL: Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Morning Praise Evening Praise
100:1-5* (p. 131) 108:1-5* (p. 146)
31:19-24* (p. 37) 119:33-40* (p. 159)
104:27-36* (p. 138) 91 (Tim Dudley Smith’s version)
56:10-13* (p. 74) (* = Sing Psalms version)
SERVING ONE ANOTHER
Welcome Team: Fred Lees, Angus MacKay, Murdo MacKay, & Joan Chamier-Tripp.
Crèche: 8th - Sina MacRae & Joan Ross. 15th - Mairi MacKay & Andrew Garraway.
Bus Drivers: 8th – H Reid (863746). 15th – M Forbes (864010). 22nd – M MacArthur (861250). 29th – A Stirling (865324).
Nursing Homes: Fodderty House at 1.45 pm, 15th Murdo Mackay, 29th – Ron MacMaster.
To Contact the Minister – Rev Angus MacRae: Free Church Manse, Firth View, Dingwall. ' 01349 862183. (Email: ).
CD / Tape Orders: ' Sina (01349 865998) or Fred (01349 864297)
Youth Work Contacts: James & Vickie Ross: ' 01349 866546. 13 Tulloch Square, Dingwall. ().
Disabled Access is via a ramp and internal lift at the back door of the church.
Website: Sermons and newsletters are available at www.deep-river.co.uk.
Dingwall & Strathpeffer Free Church is a Designated Scottish Charity: SC011143
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Sunday 8th August 2010
‘We're not doing right. This is a day of good news
and we are keeping it to ourselves...’ 2 Kings 7:9
Led by God, we join together in joyful and reverent worship, seeking unity and maturity in Christ, preparing every believer to share and show God’s Hope as revealed in His Word.
Welcome! We meet together for worship today in Dingwall at 11.00 am and 6 pm. The minister, Rev Angus MacRae, will lead our worship today.
Tonight there will be a 5-minute video on the recent flooding in Pakistan. The Free Church has sent £10,000 to Tear Fund to assist with immediate needs. Blythswood are appealing for cash donations to provide “Buckets of Love” to flood victims through trusted local partners. These are multi-purpose plastic buckets filled with useful essentials that will help families to carry on life with greater dignity and decent sanitation. Each bucket is assembled locally and costs around £9. Blythswood accept donations on-line at www.blythswood.org/bucketsoflove and on 0845 456 9460. The church can pass on donations for Pakistan direct to Blythswood or Tearfund. Please place any such gift in a clearly marked envelope.
Sunday School is on holiday but a crèche is available each Sunday morning – held in the church hall. Children leave for the crèche after the second singing.
The Record, Free and From the Frontiers magazines are available. Envelope sets for the Bus Fund and OMF Fund offerings are also available.
Youth Work: There is a short planning meeting at around 12.30 in the church today for anyone interested in helping this term as a leader at our Youth Club, or as a teacher in our Sunday School. If you can’t come today but would like to be involved do let the minister know. Pray for our youth work as we plan for the coming term. We will require more volunteers to staff Sunday School, Youth Club, and the Parent and Toddler group.
There is an offering today for our OMF partners, Sandra MacDonald and the Raes.
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Join us on Wednesday at 7.30 pm for a time of prayer when Joan MacKenzie who works with AIM in Sudan will join us. She plans to return to Sudan later this year.
Soul is a course introducing the Christian faith (based on Christianity Explored). It meets each Thursday with lunch from 12 noon to 1 pm. This week the event will be in the church hall as the church will be in use for a wedding on Thursday.
Road to Recovery: A support group is available in the church hall for folk living with addiction. The group meets every Thursday from 7.30 pm. Those directly affected by addiction including carers and family members are all most welcome.
Vision & Planning: The Deacons and Elders are going away to Ullapool this Saturday 14th for a day of prayer, seeking a clearer vision for the work of the church in the years to come, and for detailed planning for the coming months. Meet up at the church in Dingwall at 9.30 am to share transport to the Ullapool Church for 10.30 am. Please bring a packed lunch. The event will finish around 4 pm.
Youth events now on holiday: The Sunday School, Mini Marvels parent and toddler group and the Friday night youth club are all on holiday and will resume shortly.
COMING EVENTS
Congregational BBQ: All are most welcome to a BBQ on Saturday 21st August, when we will bid farewell to James and Vickie Ross. Join us at Finlay and Wendy MacKenzies home, Rowan Cottage from 2.30 pm. They live in a new house with a croft and barn located just beyond the Old Post Office at Knockfarrel. Food will be served from about 3.30 pm. All in the congregation are welcome. The Ross’ leave for Edinburgh on 1st September so that James can pursue further study at the Free Church College. A commissioning service and presentation will take place next Sunday morning, 22nd August.
Conference on Worship: Our congregation is hosting a meeting of around 250-300 ministers and elders focusing on Biblical teaching on worship and particularly whether the Free Church should permit freedom to local churches to use hymns and instruments in worship as well as the singing of Psalms. We ask everyone to pray for wisdom, unity and peace. The conference will be held in Dingwall Free Church on the evening of Monday 23rd and all-day and evening on Tuesday 24th August. We would appreciate help with stewarding and serving hot drinks. Caterers will provide main meals to delegates. We would appreciate offers of overnight accommodation for some of the conference delegates from other parts of the country. Please sign up if you would like to help with stewarding, teas, or if you can provide a bed. We will also require some security to look after a marquee in the church grounds overnight on the Monday and Tuesday nights.
Spring Clean: Can you help us clean the church and gather extra furniture in preparation for the special conference on worship? Help is required in the afternoon gathering table and chairs. Help is required on evening of Friday 20th August from 6 to 8 pm to dust and clean the church.
An informal evening service is planned for Sunday 29th August – with a focus on Christ and Contemporary Culture. In our teaching we will ask what the gospel has to say to the folk rock band Mumford & Sons? Does contemporary musical culture (and that band in particular) have a message that the church needs to hear?
Joint YF: Urray Free Church host a joint Youth Fellowship on Sunday 5th September.
Inverness Tent Mission: A five night mission is taking place at 7.30 pm in Bught Park from Saturday 21st to Wednesday 25th August. There is a children’s club from Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th, from 4.15 – 5.30 pm. A Senior Citizens’ Tea is on Monday and Tuesday from 2 pm. See posters and flyers for details. There are forms for folk who would like to assist in running these events. We are asked to pray for the event and for God’s blessing on the churches and people in the Inverness area.
NEW CHURCH MEMBERS
We are delighted to welcome two new members into our fellowship. Certificates of transfer have been received for Donald John (D.J.) and Mary Ann MacLeod who join us from the membership of Barvas Church of Scotland. Anyone wanting information on the Christian faith, or wishing to discuss church membership is asked to speak to the minister or any elder. There is an opportunity to join the congregation at communion on Sunday 12th September, when Rev Alasdair I Macleod will be visiting us from St Andrews.
FOR PRAYER
Give thanks that yesterday Doulos Presbyterian Church in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, opened their new church building. Doulos has also started a daughter church in Puchong. Pray for Christians in Malaysia, particularly our friends Rev Teck Wah Low, his wife Shu Huae and all at the Doulos congregations.
Flood, Famine & Disaster: Continue to pray for the people of Haiti, as they care for the needy and rebuild six months after the earthquake. Remember those suffering in Pakistan, China and parts of East Africa following recent flooding. Pray also for the food crisis in the semi-desert Sahel region of West Africa due to drought earlier this year. Pray for Tear Fund, Barnabas Fund, and Blythswood as they seek to help.
Pray for Christians in the workplace and in their lives lived out before a watching world. Pray for wisdom, and for spiritual constancy, and for opportunities to show love and care, sharing our hope in Christ with others.
Recovering: Give thanks that Mary MacKenzie has begun her rehabilitation, following a stroke just over a week ago. She has walked a little and her speech is slowly improving. Vira MacLean is recovering well from her recent heart surgery.
A prayer-letter from the Nakahashi’s in Japan is available. We also have a prayer-letter from Kev MacLennan in Sudan.
Continue to remember in prayer those who have recently been bereaved.
Give thanks for the youth camps and pray for God’s blessing on the young people who were involved. The APC camp is held in Inverness this week.
John de la Haye is preaching today in Gairloch. James Ross is preaching today in Portree.
Pray for the Dingwall Youth Café, as they run the Soul Course, and for the small group meeting in the Church on Thursdays doing the same course.
OMF Diaspora Ministry: Pray for God’s blessing on the work among the Thai people in Scotland. Remember Sandra MacDonald and other Diaspora workers throughout the UK. Caroline Kemp now leads the global Diaspora ministry.
Pray for Road to Recovery in the Highlands. Give thanks for new contacts, and for God’s blessing on the meetings.