Cambuslang Parish Church
Sunday 14 January 2024 at 10.30am:
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Our worship is led by Rev Muriel Pearson
Scottish Charity Number SC000061
Christian Copyright Licence Number 20302
Please stand as the Bible is brought into church
Call to worship
| Leader | As close as breath, You are. |
| ALL | THE MYSTERY OF YOUR BEING SO INTIMATE, SO STRANGE. |
| Leader | You are the light and the veil. |
| ALL | YOU ARE THE WEAVER AND THE CLOTH. |
| Leader | You are the dancer and the dance. |
| ALL | THERE IS NOWHERE YOU ARE NOT. THERE IS NOTHING NOT IN YOU. |
| Leader | Blessed are those who seek you, and blessed are those who sense you. |
| ALL | BLESSED ARE THOSE LIPS THAT SAY, ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.’ |
From Psalm 139 Redux Carla Grosch-Miller
Hymn 97 O God, you search me and you know me
Prayer
All age ‘Pleased to meet you!’
Hymn 340 When Jesus saw the fishermen
Reading: John 1: 43-51 – Read by Sarah Dinwoodie
Under the fig tree
Hymn 600 Spirit of God, unseen as the wind
(during which the offering is brought to the Table)
Reflection 1
Reflection music
Reflection 2
Hymn 263 God of freedom, God of justice
Prayers for others, including Ya rab a-salami
1. Ya Rab as-salami amter alayna as-salam, ya Rab as-salami Im la’
qulubana as-salam.
2. God of peace, in your wisdom give us the will to seek peace; God of
peace and of healing, fill with your peace every heart!
3. Ho Adon Sar-Shalom, ten belibenu shalom; ho Adon Sar-Shalom, ten
be’artsenu shalom!
Hymn 532 Lord, you have come to the seashore
| Leader | The blessing of the Trinity |
| ALL | THE BLESSING OF GOD |
| Leader | Who is in this place and every place |
| ALL | THE BLESSING OF JESUS |
| Leader | Who is among us, often unrecognised; |
| ALL | THE BLESSING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
| Leader | Encouraging us to welcome strangers, and to feel at home; |
| ALL | …be with us all |
| Leader | As we move into our week may we be open to meet God, and to invite others to join us. May our life in community reflect the dace of the Trinity, by which the world is blessed. |
| ALL | AMEN |
Please remain standing as the Bible is taken out of church
Church Family News
For information on any items please contact the Church Office: 0141 642 9271 (Thursdays 10m-4pm)
Attention all Fellowship Tea Volunteers! A new tea rota covering January to July 2024 is now available for collection from the kitchen.
Church of Scotland Stamp Appeal: Please save the stamps from your Christmas cards and pop them into the box on the table in the church vestibule. They will be taken to the Presbytery office and uplifted from there for the 2023/24 Stamp Appeal. Thank you!
Holly O’Hara Yoga Class – See the poster on the notice board
Halls Convenor: please send any enquiries about hall bookings etc to 0ur Halls Convenor moc.liamgnull@cpcsnrubkered.
Katharina Nimmo will be delighted to receive your announcements by Tuesday at 6pm for inclusion in the Order of Service: ylimaf.omminnull@anirahtak
CONTACT THE MINSTRY TEAM
Our minister Rev Peter Nimmo is currently on sick leave
Interim Moderator: The Rev Derek Hughes T: 07723 578573
Email: ku.gro.dnaltocsfohcruhcnull@sehguhd
Deacon: Karen Hamilton DCS T: 07514 402612
Email: ku.gro.dnaltocsfohcruhcnull@notlimaHK
Worship at Cambuslang Parish Church
Tuesday 16 January: Tuesday service at 11.45am
Heavenly Elevenses from 11.15am
Sunday 21 January : 10.30am led by Deacon Karen Hamilton
Sunday 28 January: 10.30am led by Rev Hilary McDougall,
Including commissioning of GB leader
Welcome Team: Hedley Connell, Elaine & Colin Fell, Fiona Tennent
Tea Team: Linda & Tony Neeson, Margaret MacFarlane, Robert Dickie