Notices for weeks beginning 19th and 26th December 2016
HEADLINES
Carol Services
These were held on the 18th December and by all accounts both were a great success. Thanks are due to the many who made both possible in so many ways.
Start Up Stirling
Many thanks to those who have responded to the request in last weeks Bulletin for food. Contributions are always gratefully received as demand is naturally heavy.
For your prayers
For those who mourn and who find no joy in Christmas
Dudley Robertson brother of Fiona Gibson
Those recovering from operations – Elizabeth Roads
St Andrew’s Rotas
Flowers: Christmas
Readers and sides persons: Roslynn, Amanda, and Roger
This week
Wednesday 21st December 2016
10.00 Callander
Luke 1. 39-45
Saturday 24th December Christmas Eve
Collect
Almighty God, you make us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
St Mary’s Midnight Service Joint with Aberfoyle Kirk at the Kirk
Sunday 25th December Christmas Day
8.00 Balfron
10.00 Callander
11.15 Aberfoyle
Collect
Eternal God,who made this most holy night
to shine with the brightness of your one true light:
bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth,
to see the radiance of your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
08.00 Balfron
Luke 2:1-14
10.00 Callander
Psalm 96
Isaiah 9:2-7
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-14
11.15 Aberfoyle
Isaiah 9:2-7
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-14
Wednesday 28th December
No Midweek Service at St Andrews
Sunday 1st January 2017
The First Sunday of Christmas
Almighty God,
who wonderfully created us in your own image
and yet more wonderfully restored us
through your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as he came to share in our humanity,
so we may share the life of his divinity;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Services & Readings
10.00 Callander
BCP
Gal. 4.4-7
Luke 2. 15-21
11.15 Aberfoyle
Num. 6.22-end
Gal. 4.4-7
Luke 2. 15-21
Wednesday 4th January 2017
10.00 Callander
John 1.35-42
11.30 Killearn
John 1.35-42
Future Notices
Sunday 15 January 2017 St Mary’s Third at three series Concer
Commencing 15.00
Pistons and Pipes Tom Poulson Trumpet Calum Robertson Organ/Clarinet This exciting and entertaining young duo have promised a wide ranging programme with a strong sense of spectacle.
St Mary’s Third at three series on the 19th February
Commencing 15.00
The Gliondar Ensemble,The former Tunnell Trust winners (flute, oboe,
Clarinet, bassoon, horn). Details to follow.
Our campaign to assist Start Up Stirling is ongoing to allow contributions of the following items to be delivered to the tray in church on any Sunday.
Tinned meat/fish/veg/beans, soup/fruit
Dried foods
Ready meals
Cooking sauces
Breakfast cereals
UHT milk
Tea/coffee/sugar
Snacks
Toiletries
Cleaning products
Household goods – good quality crockery, cutlery, towels, pots and pans.
No fresh fruit nor vegetables please
