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Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Two Requests' from Luke 8:37-39 in this evening worship service recorded at home.

Order of Service:

Welcome

Prayer

Children's Talk

Lord's Prayer

Reading: Luke 8:26-39

Sermon: Luke 8:37-39, 'Two Requests'

Praise: Psalm 90:14-17 (Scottish Psalter, page 350)

Benediction

Luke 8:37–39

[37] Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. [38] The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, [39] “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. (ESV)

Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Salvation - Our Ultimate Security (1)' from Isaiah 26:1-4 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.

Order of Service:WelcomeReading: Isaiah 25 (whole)PrayerChildren’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (6) – the Owl (Psalm 102 v 6)

The Lord’s Prayer

Reading: Isaiah 26:1-9Sermon: Isaiah 26:1-4, 'Salvation – Our Ultimate Security (1)'PrayerPraise: Psalm 46:4-7 (Scottish Psalter, page 271)BenedictionIsaiah 26:1–2You Keep Him in Perfect Peace[1] In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. [2] Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. (ESV)

Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Jehosophat - The Shepherd King' from 2 Chronicles 17:1-13 in this evening worship service livestreamed from home.

Order of Service:

Welcome

Reading: 2 Chronicles 15:1-9

Prayer

Children’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (5) – the Swallow (Psalm 84:3)

The Lord’s Prayer

Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 17:1-13

Sermon: 2 Chronicles 17:1-13, 'Jehosophat - The Shepherd King'

Prayer

Praise: Psalm 102 (2nd Version): 13-18 (Scottish Psalter, page 368)

Benediction

Psalm 102:13-18

13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet

Thou to mount Zion shalt extend:

Her time for favor which was set,

Behold, is now come to an end.

14 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones,

Her very dust to them is dear.

15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones

On earth thy glorious name shall fear.

16 God in his glory shall appear,

When Zion he builds and repairs.

17 He shall regard and lend his ear

Unto the needy's humble pray'rs:

Th' afflicted's pray'r he will not scorn.

18 All times this shall be on record:

And generations yet unborn

Shall praise and magnify the Lord.

Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'David and Goliath' from 1 Samuel 17 in this morning worship service recorded at home.

Service Details:

Welcome

Prayer

Children's Talk and Lord's Prayer

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 17

Sermon: 1 Samuel 17:45, 'David and Goliath'

Praise: Psalm 34:5-10 (Sing Psalms)

Benediction

'Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.' (1 Samuel 17:45 (ESV)

Rev Maciver preaches in Gaelic on 'B' iad do reachdan mo cheòl ann an tigh mo chuairt' from Psalm 119:84 in this service recorded at home.

Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Importance of Purity of Heart' from Matthew 5:8 at our midweek meeting via Zoom.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8, ESV)

Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Lord's Promised Presence' from Matthew 18:20 in this evening worship service recorded at home.

"For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20, ESV)

Order of Service:

Readings: Matthew 28:16-20, Hebrews 13:5-6

Prayer

Children's Talk

Lord's Prayer

Reading: Matthew 18:10-20

Sermon

Praise: Psalm 84:8-12 (Scottish Psalter, page 338)

Benediction

Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Discipleship on Christ's Terms' from Luke 14:25-35 in this morning worship service livestreamed from home.

Order of Service:

Welcome

Reading: Luke 14:12-24

Prayer

Children’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (4) - the Dove (Genesis 8:8-12)

The Lord’s Prayer

Reading: Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Prayer

Praise: Psalm 63:1-8 (Sing Psalms, page 80)

Benediction

Luke 14:25–35

The Cost of Discipleship

[25] Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, [26] “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. [27] Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. [28] For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? [29] Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, [30] saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ [31] Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? [32] And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. [33] So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

[34] “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? [35] It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (ESV)

Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Paul’s Affirmation and Appeal' from 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 at our midweek meeting via Zoom.

2 Thessalonians 2:13–17

Stand Firm

[13] But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. [14] To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. [15] So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

[16] Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, [17] comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. (ESV)

Rev James Maciver leads us in this act of worship in a service livestreamed from his home. He looks at Romans 11:33-36, considering the way in which ‘Paul Takes a Break for Worship’.

Order of Service

Reading: Romans 11:11-24

Prayer

Children’s address: 'Birds of the Bible (3) - The Stork' (Jeremiah 8:7)

Reading: Romans 11:25-36

Sermon Text: Romans 11:33-36

Sermon Title: Paul Takes a Break for Worship

Prayer

Praise: Psalm 93 (whole) (Sing Psalms, page 123)

Benediction

Romans 11:33–36

[33] Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

[34] “For who has known the mind of the Lord,

or who has been his counselor?”

[35] “Or who has given a gift to him

that he might be repaid?”

[36] For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (ESV)