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St. Anne’s Parish Church,
Corstorphine Sunday 2nd Dec 2012 First Sunday in Advent
PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP... (The words below are a short prayer which may be used by
individuals before worship, offering an opportunity to prepare
for worship. And while the cares and concerns of family, life
and the world are brought with us to worship, we prepare
ourselves to share our joy and burden in God’s presence.)
Almighty God your prophets of old heralded
the coming of Christ,
and in the fullness of time He came,
according to your Word,
born of a woman that he might take our flesh
and share our humanity.
All praise to you,
our Father,
for the coming of Jesus your Son;
all glory and honour
to your name now and forever.
AMEN.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Preludes
Awake, for the night is flying P Manz Prelude on 'Veni Emmanuel' F Peeters Liturgical Improvisation on Creator of the stars of night' G Oldroyd
Welcome and Church Notices
Call to Worship
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS…
Hymn No. 277
“Hark the glad sound”
WE DRAW NEAR TO GOD…
Opening Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD…
Time to Talk
Hymn No. 282 (chorus, v1, chorus only) “Christmas is coming!”
A reading from the Old Testament
Isaiah 2: 1 - 5 (p672 – OT)
Anthem
Angelus ad Virginem (14th century Irish)
A reading from the New Testament
Romans 14: 8 - 14 (p201 - NT)
Hymn No. 291 (1st setting)
“When out of poverty is born”
Sermon “Walking in the light”
Hymn No. 273
“O come, O come, Emmanuel”
WE MAKE OUR RESPONSE…
Offering and Prayer
Offertory
Mother of our Redeemer O Olsson
Prayers of the People
Hymn No. 286
“Tell out, my soul”
OUR WORSHIP CONTINUES IN
THE WORLD
Benediction & Sung Amen
Postlude
Postlude on 'Veni Emmanuel' (tune 273)
G Atkinson
Locum Minister: Rev. Bill Irving
St Anne’s Parish Church
Kaimes Road, Corstorphine,
Edinburgh, EH12 6JR
Phone: 0131 – 316– 4740
Email: office@stannescorstorphine.org.uk
Website: www.stannescorstorphine.org.uk
Scottish Charity Number: SC006300
Church Notices
Reader: Laureen Lyall Next Sunday: 11am Morning Worship
Office Hours: The Church Office will be
open on Thursdays 9.30am to 12 noon for the next
few weeks. When the office is not open,
e-mails will be monitored.
Church Magazines Copies of the December issue of
the St Anne's Parish and Life and Work Magazines are
available for collection today at the rear of the
Sanctuary.
Nominating Committee Questionnaire in order to
know what members of St Anne's feel about our
church, its worship and outreach the Nominating
Committee, charged with finding a new Minister, has
produced a short questionnaire inviting comments
and suggestions from church members. Many will
have received the questionnaire with the Order of
Service last week or today, at the Guild or the FAN
Club. It will also be found in today's Magazine. YOU
ARE URGED TO COMPLETE IT and asked to place in it
one of the boxes provided as you leave the church
today or next Sunday - the last day for handing it in
FREEWILL OFFERING ENVELOPES 2013 are now ready
for distribution.
Would Fellowship Team Leaders please uplift them
from the table at the back of the Sanctuary.
Advent Studies the second meeting of the four week
course of Advent Studies is on Monday 3rd
December
at 7.30pm in St. Anne's Guild Room.
Corstorphine Fair at Christmas on Tuesday 4th
December at 6.30pm; Corstorphine Christmas Tree
Switch On takes place at the village green beside the
Old Parish Church, Kirk Loan.
St Anne's Guild will meet again on Tuesday 4th
December 2012 at 7.30pm in the Kaimes Road hall
when John Sinclair from Craigies Farm will be coming
to talk to us about the running of his farm shop and
restaurant. Please remember to bring your purses as;
hopefully, he will be bringing some food hampers and
samples of seasonal produce to sell.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The next meeting of Book Group will be on
Wednesday 5th
December in the Session Room.
The book for discussion is “The Island Nurse” by Mary
J MacLeod and this will be accompanied by Christmas
Nibbles.
All will be made most welcome.
The next FAN Club meeting is on Friday 7th
December
at the usual time of 10.30a.m. It will take the
customary form of half an hour of social chat over
coffee/tea and home-baking with a speaker at
11.00a.m. Professor Geoff Palmer will speak to us on
'Scottish Jamaican Historical Connections' and it
promises to be a most interesting and informative talk
which must not be missed. Come in your droves and
you will be made welcome!
Sunday Coffee this month will be held on 9th
December when we traditionally serve mince pies.
Donations of mince pies would be very much
appreciated and can be handed in to the church
kitchen prior to the service next Sunday morning.
The Fairtrade stall will be open for business as usual!
Big Sing at Carrick Knowe Church on Sunday 9th
December at 3.00pm. All will be made welcome to
the Advent Big Sing with John Bell. See poster on
notice boards.
This year the Annual Children's Sweetie-Making will
take place after morning worship on Sunday 23rd
December. The cost is £3 per child. If you wish to
attend please put your name on the list on the notice
board in the corridor.
Further details are available from Fiona Yelland.
The FAN Club needs more volunteer drivers willing to
collect people from their homes to take them to the
Club and home again afterwards, alternate Fridays,
September to May.
The more people volunteer the less frequently will
they be called upon.
Contact David Ditchfield. 0131 339 9505
Intimations: All intimations to be included in next
week’s order of service should be delivered to the
church; placed in the box in the kitchen or e-mailed to
office@stannescorstorphine.org.uk NO LATER THAN
9am on Wednesday morning.
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