1st Sunday of Advent/ St andrew's day

This Sunday is the 5th Sunday of the month and we hold our united service with Kelso Old & Sprouston. The service will be in Kelso Old at 11am. Come along to celebrate both the 1st Sunday of advent and also St Andrew’s Day. Please note that there will be no services in Morebattle or Yetholm.

• Craft Group meets at Yetholm Kirk on Mondays from 2pm. All welcome.
• Coffee and chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 -12 noon. All welcome.
• Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm
• The Advent Study Group will meet on Thursday at 10.30am at Arthur & Kathleen Bates’ home, 4 The Yett, Kirk Yetholm. All welcome.
• The funeral of Jenny Flanagan will take place on Friday 5th December at 11.30am in Morebattle Kirk.
• Yetholm Village Choir has a concert at Yetholm Kirk next Sunday, 7th December, at 4pm.
• There will be Carols round the Tree at the Institute in Morebattle next Sunday at 6.30pm.
• Next week we have a united Communion service at Yetholm at 10am. There will be no service at Linton.

 
Hymn 284 (v1) – Lighting of Advent Crown
 
Call to Worship
Jesus is coming but for now:
We wait
Light is coming but for now:
We wait
The angels will sing ‘Glory to God in the highest' but for now:
We wait
Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain made low but for now:
We wait
But we are not as those who wait in vain:
We wait in hope, in peace, in joy and in love.
 
Hymn 273 – O Come, O come Emmanual
 
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/Lord’s Prayer
Reflection 1
OT Reading – Isaiah 55: 1-13 (Pg 720)
Hymn 509 – Jesus calls us o’er the tumult
NT Reading - John 12: 20-36 (Pg 135)
Choir Anthem
Prayer
Loving God, on this the first Sunday of the new Church Year, we come with joy in anticipation of the coming of Jesus to earth at Christmas. During this season of Advent, may we go out with joy and be and be led forth in peace and pray that peace will flow from all of our actions and interactions this week. Amen 
Reflection 2
Hymn 339 – Sing of Andrew
Sermon
Uplifting and Dedication of Offering
Prayers of Thanksgiving & Intercession
Hymn 476 – Mine eyes have seen the glory
Benediction
Hymn 786 – May the God of peace go with us