Luke 15

The Week Ahead Mon 2nd Oct 7.30pm - Church cleaning in preparation for the Communions No monthly meeting this month. Tues 3rd Oct 7.30pm - Midweek prayer meeting at the church hall. Please note change of day due to Communions. Wed 4th Oct No Women’s bible study this week. The Autumn Communions will start on Thursday 5th October, and run until Monday 9th. Everyone is very warmly invited to all of the services. Details and times on the attached sheet. As always, the Kirk Session will be opened on Thursday night and thereafter after all the services with the sole purpose of meeting with anyone who desires to profess their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and become a communicant member of the congregation. If anyone would like to discuss this matter privately before the Communion service please get in touch with any of the elders. Services next Sunday 8th October 2017 Sunday 8th Oct 12pm midday Communion Service led by Rev Dougie Wolf. During this service the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated. No crèche this week. No Sunday school this week Sunday 8th 6.30pm Rev Dougie Wolf. Dates for your Diary Operation Mobilisation Thanksgiving Tour The missionary organization, Operation Mobilization, are celebrating 60 years of the Lord’s faithfulness toward them. The founder, George Verwer, will be on a thanksgiving tour, speaking about the work that OM has been involved in over the past six decades. George Verwer will be speaking in Barvas & Brue Community Centre on Thursday 12th October at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend. 1st October 2017 A very warm welcome to our services of worship today. We pray that you will all know God’s blessing as we meet together. Worship this morning is led by Mr Murdo MacDonald and this evening by Mr David Graham. Induction loops are fitted in both the Church and hall for the hard of hearing. Please set your hearing aid to position ‘T’. Recordings of all our services are available on our website www.crossnesschurch.com as free Podcasts. CD recordings are also made of the services and are made available free of charge to the housebound and elderly. Please ask one of the office bearers if you would like a copy. Creche available on request Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eaglaisnis or via Google by entering ‘@eaglaisnis’ www.crossnesschurch.com for more information and audio content. If you would like information posted on the website, please contact Chris on 810112 or email the website crossnesschurch@gmail.com Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No.SC000991 11 o’clock service led by Mr Murdo MacDonald Praise: NEP 257 Thine be the glory Hymn 660 Jesus loves me NEP 83 How deep the Fathers love for us NEP 13 Amazing grace Reading: Luke 15 (NIV) 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. The Parable of the Lost Coin 8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The Parable of the Lost Son 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. 21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. 25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ 28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ 31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” Tea/Coffee will be served after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited 6pm service – led by Mr David Graham