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.