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Sunday 6th October 2024

Harvest Service: You Give Them Something To Eat!

Welcome to worship! Today’s service is led by Graham, our minister. Our offering is for Mary’s Meals and we will support Start Up Stirling with food donations. At the end of the service, all are welcome to stay for a short informal communion. Tea and coffee in the Hall afterwards.

Teen Church is on this evening from 6.30-8pm in the Hall.

Watch episode 2 of Season 1 of ’The Chosen’ (12), the highly acclaimed TV show about the life of Jesus, on our big screen in the Hall tonight at 8.10pm and repeated on Thursday at 1.40pm.

The Oasis group is on Tuesday at 10.30am in the Hall. This week we will be doing Armchair Yoga with Valerie Kemp.

Ukulele Group for beginners Tuesdays from 5-6pm in the Hall.

CambusBairns is on Wednesday from 9.15-10.30am in the Hall.

Our Wednesday Hub Drop In is on this week from 1.30-3.30pm in the Hall. Everyone is welcome for tea/coffee, games and friendship.

Knit and Natter is on this Thursday from 10am-12noon in the Hall.

Next Sunday our service is at 11am. We will begin a series thinking about how we are Saved Through Faith in Christ, reading from John 6.

The last day for bringing shoeboxes is Sunday 3^rd November.

Rev. Graham Nash: 01786 442068 or gpnash@churchofscotland.org.uk

Angela Samson: 07977 342022 or wellbeingangela@gmail.com

Pauline Perry: 07379 487427 or sessionclerkcbm@aol.com

With a prayer You fed the hungry, MP 1129

With a cry You stilled the storm;

With a look You had compassion

On the desperate and forlorn.

With a touch You healed the leper,

With a shout You raised the dead;

With a word expelled the demons,

With a blessing broke the bread.

Love Incarnate, Love Divine,

Captivate this heart of mine,

Till all I do

Speaks of You.

As a sheep before the shearer

You were silent in Your pain;

You endured humiliation

At the hands of those You’d made.

And as hell unleashed its fury

You were lifted on a tree,

Crying ‘Father God, forgive them,

Place their punishment on me.’

I will feed the poor and hungry,

I will stand up for the truth;

I will take my cross and follow

To the corners of the earth.

And I ask that You so fill me

With Your peace, Your power, Your breath,

That I never love my life so much

To shrink from facing death.

Call to worship Psalm 65.9 (p.580)

We plough the fields and scatter MP 732

The good seed on the land,

But it is fed and watered

By God's almighty hand.

He sends the snow in winter,

The warmth to swell the grain,

The breezes and the sunshine,

And soft refreshing rain.

All good gifts around us

Are sent from heaven above;

Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord

For all His love.

He only is the Maker

Of all things near and far;

He paints the wayside flower,

He lights the evening star;

The wind and waves obey Him,

By Him the birds are fed;

Much more to us, His children,

He gives our daily bread.

We thank You, then, O Father,

For all things bright and good:

The seed-time and the harvest,

Our life, our health, our food;

Accept the gifts we offer

For all Your love imparts,

We come now, Lord, to give You

Our humble, thankful hearts!

Prayer of approach to God

Together Time Feed the World

For the fruits of His creation, MP 153

Thanks be to God!

For His gifts to every nation,

Thanks be to God!

For the ploughing, sowing, reaping,

Silent growth while we are sleeping,

Future needs in earth’s safe keeping,

Thanks be to God!

In the just reward of labour,

God’s will is done.

In the help we give our neighbour,

God’s will is done.

In our worldwide task of caring

For the hungry and despairing,

In the harvests we are sharing,

God’s will is done.

For the harvests of the Spirit,

Thanks be to God!

For the good we all inherit,

Thanks be to God!

For the wonders that astound us,

For the truths that still confound us,

Most of all, that love has found us,

Thanks be to God!

Bible reading Mark 6.30-44 (p.1009)

You’re the Word of God the Father MP 1141

From before the world began.

Every star and every planet

Has been fashioned by Your hand.

All creation holds together

By the power of Your voice.

Let the skies declare Your glory;

Let the land and seas rejoice!

You’re the Author of creation;

You’re the Lord of every man;

And Your cry of love rings out

Across the lands.

Yet You left the gaze of angels,

Came to seek and save the lost,

And exchanged the joy of heaven

For the anguish of a cross.

With a prayer You fed the hungry;

With a word You stilled the sea;

Yet how silently You suffered

That the guilty may go free!

With a shout You rose victorious,

Wresting victory from the grave,

And ascended into heaven,

Leading captives in Your way.

Now You stand before the Father,

Interceding for Your own;

From each tribe and tongue and nation,

You are leading sinners home!

Sermon

Lord, You have come to the seashore, CH4 532

Neither searching for the rich nor the wise,

Desiring only that I should follow.

O, Lord, with Your eyes set upon me,

Gently smiling, You have spoken my name;

All I longed for I have found by the water,

At Your side, I will seek other shores.

Lord, see my goods, my possessions;

In my boat You find no power, no wealth.

Will You accept, then, my nets and labour?

Lord, take my hands and direct them.

Help me spend myself in seeking the lost,

Returning love for the love You gave me.

Lord, as I drift on the waters,

Be the resting place of my restless heart,

My life’s companion, my friend and refuge.

Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession

The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want; MP 1008

He makes me lie in pastures green.

He leads me by the still, still waters,

His goodness restores my soul.

And I will trust in You alone,

For Your endless mercy follows me,

Your goodness will lead me home.

He guides my ways in righteousness,

And He anoints my head with oil,

And my cup, it overflows with joy,

I feast on His pure delights.

And though I walk the darkest path,

I will not fear the evil one,

For You are with me, and Your rod and staff

Are the comfort I need to know.

Blessing

All are welcome to stay for a short informal communion

Bible reading John 6.35, 37, 40, 48-51, 53-54 (p.1070)

Prayer, Lord’s Prayer and Breaking of Bread

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah MP 201

Pilgrim through this barren land;

I am weak, but thou art mighty;

Hold me with thy powerful hand:

Bread of heaven, bread of heaven

Feed me now and evermore.

Open now the crystal fountain

Whence the healing stream shall flow;

Let the fire and cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through:

Strong deliverer, strong deliverer

Be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside;

Death of death, and hell's destruction,

Land me safe on Canaan's side:

Songs of praises, songs of praises

I will ever give to thee.

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