The services will be in Gairloch at 11am and 5pm with a 3pm Strathburn Care Home service at 3pm. I hope to take each of these.

11am
Praise
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Psalm 1 (b) (Sing Psalms)
There is a Redeemer

Read
Ruth 4
Title
Satisfaction at the City Gate
Demonstration (v1-11a)
Proclamation (v11b-17)
Culmination (v18-22)

Sunday Club meets during the service and refreshments served afterwards. The service is livstreamed through our Facebook Page (2) Gairloch, Kinlochewe & Torridon Free Church of Scotland | Facebook and then uploaded to our YouTube page GKT Free Church - YouTube. Subscribing to the YouTube page helps to promote the services further afield.

5pm
Praise
Psalm 135. 1-9 (Sing Psalms)
All I Once Held Dear
I Cannot Tell

Read
1 Thessalonians 1. 1-10
Title
A Peculiar People
Elect (v1-5)

Exemplary (v6-7)

Enthusiastic (v8)

Expectant (v9-10)

Monday
I will be leading the funeral service of the late Ewen Mackenzie, Applecross, today in Clachan Church, Applecross at 1pm. Please pray for the Lord's presence at the service to comfort, convict and convert to Christ those who do not know the Lord.

Tuesday
Presbytery meets on Zoom at 10am. Please pray for every Minister and Elder in attendance to be given wisdom for every discussion and decision that is made.


Wednesday
TFC Ladies' Bible study meets in the Fellowship area at 2pm, continuing studies in Isaiah. CBS meets for soup/bread at 6.30pm and then for praise and prayer with others on Zoom at 7pm, in the C of S Hall.

Thursday
CBS in Robert and Trish's house at 2pm, beginning Daniel Part 2

Friday
Please pray for a meeting that I am convening of the Denominaton's Presbytery Pastoral Team Leaders on Zoom at 2pm. I am the Board of Ministry contact for Presbytery Pastoral Teams as well as the Skye and Wester Ross Team Leader. We meet to discuss and share how best to provide care for our Ministers and their families. Pray for a time of helpful and useful sharing.

Saturday
Meeting with GKT and C of S Elders for prayer on Zoom at 7pm

Sunday
Services in Gairloch at 11am and 5pm and the Strathburn Care Home service at 3pm, all taken by myself, DV.

The planned 'Passion for Life' meeting on Saturday will not go ahead. I need to be away for the day and will not be back in time. Apologies for that.

On Sunday the 11am service is a joint service with the C of S and will be led by Stuart. Sunday CLub and refreshments as usual and the service will be livestreamed through our Facebook page also.

The 2.30pm service in Torridon and 5pm service in Gairloch will be as follows:

Praise
Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise
Psalm 51. 1-12 (Sing Psalms)
How Great Thou Art

Read
Leviticus 8


Title
Set Apart for Service
Commanding (v4, v5 etc)
Cleansing (v6)
Clothing (v5-9, v13)
Consecrating (v10-12)
Committing (v14-30)
Contemplating (v31-36)

The notices for this week are:

Wednesday
Please remember me as I attend a Board of Ministry sub group meeting on Zoom in the morning, and then in the afternoon I continue my training as a Gospel Coach with a session at 2pm, again on Zoom.
The TFC Ladies' Bible Study meets in the Fellowship area at 2pm, continuing to read and reflect on Isaiah
CBS meets on Zoom at 7pm, looking at Daniel 7-8

Thursday
Prayer meeting in Edwin and Mary Ann's at 2pm.
Please remember me as I attend Edinburgh and Perth Presbytery meeting on Zoom at 7pm to share the ongoing developments of providing pastoral care and support to our Ministers and families.

Saturday
Passion for Life meeting in the Fellowship area at 7pm, looking at 'Making the Most of Courses and Events'

Sunday
We're having a joint service in the church with the C of S at 11am, Stuart will be preaching. I will take the 2.30pm service in Torridon and the 5pm service in Gairloch.

Tomorrow, God willing, Colin will be preaching in Lochcarron and Applecross so Robert Coke is leading the 11am and 2.30pm services and Ian Grant is leading the 5pm service. Many thanks to both of them for this. There is no livestreaming of the service but there is Sunday CLub and refreshments as usual at the 11am and 2.30pm services

11am and 2.30pm
Praise
O Breath of life
Psalm 100 (i) (Scottish Psalter)
Psalm 22. 22-27 (Sing Psalms)
Go Forth and Tell

Read
2 Corinthians 5.16-21


SERMON
AMBASSADORS FOR KING JESUS
GUARANTEED DIRECT ACCESS TO OUR KING
ON A SPECIAL MISSION
WHO WILL BE CALLED HOME

5pm
Praise
Psalm 121
I Stand Amazed
God Sent His Son

Read
Romans 8
John 4
Title
Is This the Year?

As we wake today, the snow has fallen heavily once again, causing disruption for many. But the falling snow also reminds us of a great promise in the Bible, in Isaiah 55. 10-11: "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it".

We pray that the Lord will honour that promise through His Word and Gospel preached yesterday.


The notices for the week ahead are as follows:


Wednesday
Ladies' TFC Bible study meets in the Fellowship area at 2pm, continuing reading and reflections in Isaiah;
TFC CBS meets on Zoom at 7pm, studying Daniel 6;


Thursday
Passion for Life meeting in Edwin and Mary Ann's at 2pm, looking at "God's Role and Ours in Evengelism"


Friday
"If Prison Walls Could Speak" in Smithton Free Church at 7.30pm. Come along and experience in dramatised form what being in a Sudanese prison for Jesus' sake was like. Donations welcome.


Saturday
Elders' prayer meeting with C of S elders at 7pm on Zoom

Sunday
Robert Coke is leading the 11am service in Gairloch and 2.30pm service in Kinlochewe and Ian Grant is leading the 5pm service in Gairloch. Colin is preacing in Lochcarron and Applecross that day. There will be no livestreaming of the morning service but there will be Sunday Club and refreshments as usual.

Remember the Bible Study this afternoon in Robert and Trish's at 2pm and the prayer meeting in the Fellowship area on Saturday at 7pm.

Looking ahead to Sunday's services, we're in Torridon Hall at 2.30pm and in Gairloch at 11am and 5pm, as usual. The 11am service will be livestreamed through our FB page and then uploaded to our YouTube page later. Sunday club meets during the 11am service and refreshments served after the 11am and 2.30pm services

11am and 2.30pm
Praise
Just as I Am
Psalm 91. 1-10 (Sing Psalms)
Take Time to Be Holy

Read
Ruth 3
Title
The Progress of Providence
Preparation (v1-6)
Place (v7)
Privacy (v7-8)
Proposal (v9)
Patience (v10-13)
Plenty (v14-18)

5pm
Praise
Yet Not I But Through Christ
Psalm 7. 10-17 (Sing Psalms)
Psalm 100 (i) (Scottish Psalter)

Read
Luke 17. 1-10
Title
4 P's to Ponder
Peril of Sin (v1-2)
Practice of Forgiveness (v3-4)
Presence of Faith (v5-6)
Principle of Salvation (v7-10)

As we set out on another week, let's remember that God the Father holds us by the hand as does God the Son:
In John 10. 28-30, Jesus says, "28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” We are not solitary, and we are completely safe. We are in the grip of grace.


The notices for the week ahead are:


Wednesday
The funeral of Roderick Gillanders will take place in Clachan Church, Applecross, at 12 noon today. This will be taken by myself.
The Ladies' Bible study resumes today at 2pm in the Fellowship area, looking at Isaiah
CBS meets on Zoom at 7pm studying Daniel 5


Thursday
CBS in Trish and Robert's house in Kinlochewe at 2pm today

Saturday
Prayer meeting in the Fellowship area at 7pm tonight.

Sunday
Services in Gairloch at 11am and 5pm, and in Torridon Hall at 2.30pm today, all taken by myself.

On Sunday the services are at 11am and 5pm in Gairloch and 2.30pm in Kinlochewe.

11am and 2.30pm
Praise
I Need Thee Every Hour
Psalm 62. 5-12 (Sing Psalms)
All To Jesus I Surrender

Read
Luke 16. 1-15
Title
It's About Ingenuity not Integrity

Be Resourceful (v8-9)
Be Reliable (v10-12)
Be Realistic (v13-15)
As usual the morning service will be livestreamed through our Facebook page and then uploaded to our YouTube page later. Sunday Club meets after the Children's Address and refreshments are served after both the 11am and 2.30pm services.

5pm
Praise
There Is A Higher Throne
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
Psalm 72. 11-19 (Sing Psalms)

Read
1 Kings 1. 28-53
Title
Your Kingdom Come
Priority (v28-37)
Participants (v32, v38, v44)
Posture (v53)

May you all know the Lord's presence and peace this week.

The notices for this week: Prayer meeting in Edwin and Mary Ann's on Thursday at 2pm and the services on Sunday 8th January at 11am and 5pm in Gairloch and 2.30pm in Kinlochewe will be taken by Colin.