ROSEMARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday 2^nd January 2005, 11.00am

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

Rev John Seawright

The Fellowship of Worship

Call to Worship

IPH 3 “Lord of all hopefulness”

Prayer

Children’s Talk

Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (Page 298)

IPH 29 “My God is so big”

The Fellowship with God’s Word

Notices

Sunday Schools and Bible Classes leave

IPH 489 “As water to the thirsty”

Reading: Galatians 6:1-10 (Page 256)

Sermon

Hymn 510 (CH3) “Lord of light, whose name outshineth”

The Fellowship in the Lord’s Supper

The Invitation to Come and Share Communion

Hymn 383, 1-4 “Here, O my Lord, I see you face to face”

The Words of Institution

Prayer

The Bread and the Wine

Hymn 383, 5-7 “Too soon we rise, the symbols disappear”

The Fellowship in Serving

Prayer

Offering (including offerings for Latin Link) and

Communion Tokens will be received

Doxology (Hymn 282 “All praise and thanks to God”)

Dedication of Offering

IPH 125 “Lord for the years”

Benediction

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

A very warm welcome is extended to John Seawright and Fred Vincent and to all who have joined us for worship today. Visitors are asked to sign the Visitor’s Book in the porch and introduce themselves to the Ministers or any of the Elders after the service. Anyone who wishes to join the congregation is requested to fill in a yellow card which can be found in the church pews and return it to one of the Ministers.

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N O T I C E S

TODAY, SUNDAY 2^ND JANUARY 2005

^ Elders please collect Session minutes from Wilbert this morning.

^ December and January issue of Presbyterian Herald and Christian Irishman magazines available in porch.

^ Points for Prayer Booklet for 2005 priced £1.50 available from Brenda Nicholl.

6.00pm Prayer Meeting

6.30pm Evening Worship: Rev Fred Vincent

(Rosemary Youth Fellowship re-starts to-night)

PRAYER FOCUS FOR THE WEEK

We will remember in our prayers the Church Organist and members of the Church Choir.

PRAYER FOCUS:SOUTH EAST ASIA EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI DISASTER

Remember before God:

~ the families, friends and communities of the bereaved and injured

~ all engaged directly in emergency and relief work

~ the leaders of the countries directly effected

~ government agencies working alongside the United Nations in mobilising international aid

~ aid agencies channelling resources through their regional partners

~ all waiting anxiously for news of friends and relatives

~ Church leaders, ministers and members providing emotional support and spiritual comfort for those crushed by the catastrophe.

(Give thanks to God, that PCI mission personnel currently serving in Indonesia are safe and well. Rev Barry McCroskery and his family are on the island of Timor, and Mervyn McCullagh works on Sumba. Both of these islands are some 3000 miles from the epicentre of the earthquake and did not experience the tsunami.)

ROSEMARY CHURCH SERVICES: JANUARY 2005:

9^TH 11.00am Rev Doug Baker, Mediation Network

6.30pm Rev Christina Bradley

16^th 11.00am Rev Christina Bradley

6.30pm Rev Dr. Bill Davison

23^rd 11.00am Rev Jim Lemon, Jennymount Methodist Church

6.30pm Rev Christina Bradley

30^th 11.00am Rev Dr Bill Addley, Union Theological College

6.30pm Rev Dr Bill Addley

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LATIN LINK APPEAL (ROSEMARY GIBSON)

Please note envelopes are available and we will be taking this appeal during the month of January. Thank-you.

ROSEMARY P.W.A. Tues 4^th Jan. 7.45pm: Rev Bill & Mrs Elsie Davison

Kirk Session Meeting: Tuesday 11^th January, 7.30pm

Finance Committee Meeting: Thursday 13^th January, 7.30pm

Committee Meeting: Tuesday 18^th January, 8.00pm

ROSEMARY MEN’S FELLOWSHIP

invite you to a concert with METHODIST COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY

Director: Ruth McCartney MBE

in Rosemary Presbyterian Church, Thursday, 3^rd February, 2005 at 7.30pm

Subscription £7.00:Proceeds to Maintenance of Church Property

(Tickets available from any member of Men’s Fellowship)

PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND

January, Thursday 20^th, 2005

Ballnee N.S.Presbyterian Church, Downpatrick.

8.00pm “That Astonishing Man”

John Abernethy (1680-1740) and the crisis of reason and Conscience.

Professor M.A. Stewart, University of Aberdeen

and Harris Manchester College, Oxford.

4^th ANNUAL OVERSEAS MISSION FOCUS IN EGLINTON PRES. CHURCH

Saturday 22^nd January, 7.30pm

An evening focusing on three aspects of mission work:

^ Understanding Isalm (led by Roger McKay of Frontiers)

^ The Persecuted Church (led by Michael Wilson of Release International)

^ Report from a recent visit of a LIFT team to Galmi hospital in Niger

(The evening is free of charge and plans to conclude at about 9.45pm)

5TH CHRISTIAN RESOURCES EXHIBITION IN NORTHERN IRELAND

King’s Hall, Belfast. 2-4 February 2005.

Equipping, inspiring, training, networking, motivating and developing.

Free Entry: Opening Wednesday & Thursday until 9pm!

The complete A-Z of effective solutions for your church

For more information visit: www.creonline.co.uk

Cole Porter’s “ANYTHING GOES” Fortwilliam Musical Society

Musical Director: William Cairns.

Director/Choreographer: Declan Moore

Monday 21^st – Saturday 26^th February, 7.45pm

Studio, Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

Tickets: Mon-Wed £12.50 / Thurs-Sat £14.00

Phone 9084 0151 or 9033 4455