ROSEMARY PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH

 

Sunday 22nd May 2005, 11.00am

Rev John Faris

 

APPROACHING GOD

IPH 380                      ‘Alleluia, sing to Jesus!’

Prayer                        praising God, confessing our sin

Reading                     Acts 8: 26-40 (Page 170)

Children’s Address     ‘Making Links’

IPH 556                      ‘Father, I place into Your hands’

HERE AND NOW

Notices

Anthem                      ‘Our Great Saviour’

Powerpoint Presentation (YMCA group Bandon) ‘The Ups and downs of Cork’

(Children and young people leave for Sunday School & Bible Class) 

Prayers for others

IPH 220                      ‘My Jesus, my Saviour’

HEARING THE WORD OF GOD

Reading                     Psalm 19: 7-14 (Page 605)

IPH 407                      ‘How deep the Father’s love for us’

Sermon

Offering

Doxology                   IPH 160 vr 1 ‘Glory be to God the Father’

IPH 192                      ‘There is a Redeemer’

BENEDICTION

^   W E L C O M E

A very warm welcome is extended to the Rev John Faris 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.

 

^   TODAY, SUNDAY 22nd MAY 2005

Committee members and helpers please collect Home Mission envelopes and literature from the church porch.

6.00pm  Prayer Meeting

     6.30pm  Rev Christina Bradley

 

    

^   PRAYER FOCUS FOR THE WEEK

We will remember in our prayers the members of the Fellowship Groups.

 

^   PRAYER FOCUS: KENYA

Long awaited and much needed rains are now falling in most of the country.  Give thanks for these life-giving rains and pray for the right amount to ensure a good harvest.  In Galana in SE Kenya, the Agricultural Programme began on Monday 16th  with Derek Roulston staying with the team until Friday 20th.  Do pray that the community will grasp all the concepts of the programme and be encouraged and enthused to put into practice all that they learn.  Pray that they will also see this as God reaching out to them in a holistic way, meeting their practical needs and giving them a better quality of life.

    

 

^   T h e    V a c a n c y: Notice to the Congregation

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the congregation of Rosemary will be held in the Church tomorrow night, Monday 23rd May 2005 at 7.30pm to ascertain whether the qualified voters of the congregation desire to give a Call to any minister; and if they should so desire and if any eligible minister should have the requisite measure of support, to have the Call to such minister adopted and signed.

 

^   SEVENTH FESTIVAL OF CHURCH CHOIRS, with choirs from: –

St Gerard’s; St James’s; Holy Family; St Paul & St Barnabas; 

Church of the Resurrection; St Peter’s; Rosemary Presbyterian; 

St Therese. 

Venue: St Therese Church, Somerton Road on Thursday 26th May, 7.30pm

     Retiring collection in aid of the Northern Ireland Hospice.

 

^   ROSEMARY CHURCH S E R V I C E S : MAY 2005

Sunday 29th

11.00am  Rev Prof Stephen Williams (Union Theological College)

     6.30pm   Rev Christina Bradley

 

^   SUNDAY 12TH JUNE, 11.00AM : REV. CHRISTINA BRADLEY

     This will be Christina's farewell service.   

 

^   INSTALLATION SERVICE for REV CHRISTINA BRADLEY

Preliminary date is Wednesday 15th June in Armagh Road Presbyterian Church Portadown.  This will be ratified by the North Belfast Presbytery during this coming week.  So keep this evening free!

    

^   HOME MISSION SUNDAY: 19TH JUNE, 11.00AM

Guest Speaker – Mr Lindsay Conway

(Director of Social Services in Church House)

Envelopes and literature will be delivered to all members of the congregation and we urge you to give generously.

(This appeal is normally taken during the month of May but was delayed until June due to a very busy preaching schedule in May!)

 

^   JUNE

Children's Day Service & Cradle Roll   :    Sunday        5th     11.00am

General Assembly Week                     :    Monday       6th - Friday 10th

Kirk Session Meeting                          :    Sunday        12th    2.30pm

Organisations Meeting                        :    Monday       13th   7.00pm

Committee Meetings                           :    Tuesday       14th    7 & 8pm

Pre Communion Service                     :    Wednesday 15th     8.00pm

Communion Service                           :    Sunday        19th   11.00am

Rosemary Summer Club                     :    Monday       20th - Friday 24th

Summer Club Service                         :    Sunday        26th   11.00am

 

     ^   Presbyterian Church in Ireland

‘GET A LIFE’ FOLLOW UP …

TUESDAY 24TH MAY, 7.30PM

BALLYHENRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Some of our Rosemary delegates who attended the conference last August will not be able to attend and we invite members of the congregation and leaders of organisations and members of Session to go, so that they may get the benefit of this one-off evening with interesting speakers.

“Get A Life Follow Up” is about sharing ideas and encouraging one another in meaningful worship, authentic fellowship and effective witness.  Benefit from the experience of one of the invited speakers, hear first hand reports and see video stories from other congregations in your area.  No booking is required – just turn up to follow up!

     Speakers …

~ MARTIN ALLEN       (28 years of ministry in Chryston, outside Glasgow)

~ ALAN REID             (2 parishes Canonbie/Liddesdale, Scottish Borders)

~ MARC BIRCHAM     (minister of St Madoes & Kinfanus near Perth)

 

^   THE NEW ALPHA CONFERENCE

     CARNMONEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 2nd to 3rd June 2005

…Churches are facing challenging times.  Whilst some are experiencing new dynamism and growth, others face the challenge of how to be relevant to a largely unchurched society.  Millions of people – especially those in their 20s and 30s – have no contact with their local church.

 

…Across the world, tens of thousands of churches are using Alpha as a tool for evangelism.  Many of these courses have resulted in people coming into a relationship with Jesus Christ, as well as being the source of renewed energy and life in existing congregations, and more young people coming to church.

 

Contact John Hanna: 9083 5237:john@hannacarol.freeserve.co.uk

(Leaflets and applications forms available from the church porch – please take a copy today)

 

 

^   NEW HORIZON 2005 : 23rd to 29th July

     “The Bible: Convincing the Mind, Captivating the Heart”

Guests include – Alistair Begg (Evening Celebrations) and Trevor Morrow (Bible Readings) with Stuart Townend and Ian Hannah leading praise.

Leaflets and applications forms available from the church porch.

     Website: www.newhorizon.org.uk