Giffnock United Reformed Church

GIFFNOCK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
SUNDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2011
INTIMATIONS

Our minister, Lesley Moseley, will lead our worship today.
Today our choir will sing their Christmas music.
As it is the fourth Sunday in Advent we will light the fourth of our Advent candles.

Following donations made in the retiral collection at Jack Dyce’s funeral, £200 was sent to Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland and £200 to RNLI.

Eastwood Choral with Happy Voices and ER Schools’ Senior Brass Quintet present their Christmas Concert tonight at 7pm in The Park Church.

Margaret Mackay would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

You are invited to our Christmas Eve Watchnight service at 11.15pm on Saturday 24th December. Bring along your friends and neighbours.

Our Christmas Day service next Sunday will begin at 10.30am.

On a Wednesday we have our weekly lunchtime service at 11.30am.
There will be no lunchtime service on Wednesday 28th December.

On Monday we welcomed pupils form Braidbar School who visited our church as part of their Religious Education programme.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their visit and we are grateful to the members of the Ministry to the Church and Ministry to the World groups for all their hard work in connection with the visit.

The Saturday Sales are closed now till Saturday 14th January. Thanks to the team for all their hard work and to those who faithfully support on a Saturday morning.

Thanks to the carol singers who filled Morrison’s with angelic music yesterday! All money raised will go to Christian Aid.

Today there is a container in which you are invited to deposit warm clothing and dried goods, which will be taken to the Loaves and Fishes charity.

Prayer handbooks for 2012 are now available. Please put your name on the list outside the vestry or see Alison
Cost is £5.50 including postage

Christian Aid Prayer for the week
During the week please pray for all Christian Aid workers especially at this time of year.

Lectionary readings for next week (25th December) are entitled
‘A very special day’
Isaiah 52. 7-10
Hebrews 1. 1-4
John 1. 1-14