We welcome everyone to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15) on the 4th Sunday of Lent. Stuart Kelly will lead our services. Rev Colin is taking a baptism service at Ancrum.

• Evening Communion tonight in Morebattle at 6pm.
• Deadline for articles for the Cheviot is today, Sunday 30th March.
• AGM for Kelso Churches Together is on Monday 31st March at 7pm at St Andrew’s.
  
• Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm
  
• 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
• Lent Study Group meets on Thursday at 10.30am at Arthur and Kathleen Bates’ house, 4 The Yett, Kirk Yetholm. Everyone welcome
• The Kirk Session meets on Monday 7th April at 7pm in Morebattle.
• Next Sunday we have our services at Yetholm (10am) and Linton (11.15am).

 
Call to Worship
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sins are covered,
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity
And in whose spirit there is no guile.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, ye righteous:
And shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart.

Hymn 549: How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Lord's Prayer

Readings: Joshua 5: 9-12; Luke 15: 11b-32

Hymn 75: I Love The Lord, Because He Heard

Prayer for the Week
Father God, today on Mothering Sunday we give thanks for our Church and earthy families and especially pray for our Mother churches where we first came to know you. We remember the Passover as we continue on our Lent journey, giving thanks for the welcome that awaits us when we return in true repentance to our Heavenly Father. Amen

Sermon

Hymn 187: There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy

Dedication of offering and prayers of intercession

Hymn 622: We Sing A Love That Sets All People Free

Benediction

This Sunday we welcome the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Rt Rev Dr Shaw J Paterson. There will be ONE UNITED service at Morebattle at 11am. During the service Rita Purves will be presented with a certificate and letter by the Moderator to mark her 75 years as organist. He will also baptise Morag Anne Playfair-Hannay, daughter of Robert and Charlotte.
 
We welcome everyone to our service today on the 3rd Sunday of Lent. We welcome the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Rt Rev Dr Shaw J Paterson.

• Everyone is invited to lunch after the service in the Village Hall.
• Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm
• 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
• Lent Study Group meets on Thursday at 10.30am at the Rustads' house, Yetholm Hall. Everyone welcome
• The Guild Coffee morning will be held on Saturday 29th March in Morebattle Institute from 10.30am.
• Deadline for articles for the Cheviot is Sunday 30th March.
• The AGM for Kelso Churches Together will be held on Monday 31st March at 7pm at St Andrew's Church.
• Next Sunday we have our services at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15am). Stuart Kelly will lead them.

 
Call to Worship
Seek the Lord while God may be found. Call upon God who is near.
We will return to the Lord our God.
 
God’s thoughts are not our thoughts. God’s ways are not our ways.
We come, seeking new paths to follow.
 
As the heavens are higher than the earth so are God’s ways higher than ours.
We come as pilgrims on the journey, praising God along the way.
 
Hymn 112 – God whose almighty word
 
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
Lord’s Prayer
 
Baptismal Hymn 632 – Our children, Lord
 
Baptism
 
Hymn 796 -The Lord bless thee and keep thee
 
Hymn 198 – Let us build a church
 
Presentation to Rita
 
Readings – Jeremiah 1: 4-10 (Pg 755)
                         Luke 4:21-30  (Pg 1031)
 
Hymn 542 – Lord speak to me
 
Weekly Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank you for your faithful love promised to those who seek you and we recognise that your loving-kindness is better than life itself. Bearing this amazing love in mind we raise our hearts and voices to sing your praise. Grant us your mercy as we go out in joy, seeking to share your peace with those around us. Amen
 
Sermon
 
Choir Anthem
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
 
Hymn 286 – Tell out my soul
 
Benediction

This Saturday, 15th March, we will host a performance of the ‘Upper Room’, a multimedia presentation with music, image and words of Jesus’ last week by Christian Stejskal. It will be at Yetholm Kirk at 6.30pm. Christian has been violinist in major orchestras and has presented his work at the Edinburgh Festival, and it should be a tremendous evening, so please come along and bring your friends. Free entry, but donations welcome.
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We welcome everyone to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15) on 2nd Sunday of Lent. During this service Colin will outline the details of our linkage with Kelso Old & Sprouston.

• Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm
  
• 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
• Lent Study Group meets on Thursday at 10.30am at the Rustads’ house, Yetholm Hall. All welcome.
• There will be a guided walk around Old Melrose to mark St Cuthbert’s Day on Thursday 20th May at 2pm.
• The Guild Coffee morning will be held on Saturday 29th March in Morebattle Institute from 10.30am.
• Next Sunday there will be a united service at 11am in Morebattle. The Moderator, Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson, will preach. There will also be infant  baptism. There will be lunch afterwards.

 
Call to Worship
The Lord is our light and our salvation:
Of whom shall we be afraid?
The Lord is the stronghold of our life:
We will wait for the Lord in faithfulness.
Let us seek the Lord’s face in this time of worship:
We will sing our praise to God!
 
Hymn 162 – The God of Abraham
 
Prayers of Adoration/ Confession/ Lord’s Prayer
 
Readings – Genesis 15: 1-12, 17-18 (Pg 15)
                        Luke 13:31-35  (Pg 1047)
 
Hymn 462 – The King of love
 
Weekly Prayer
Lord, I believe, help thou, my unbelief! You spoke to your servant Abram telling him not to be afraid; to use you as his shield; and to expect a great reward.  When during the coming weeks of Lent I am discouraged by my weakness, give me confidence in your love. Help me through to the glories of Easter so that I can say "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord". Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 502 – Take my life
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
 
Hymn 192 – All my hope on God is founded
 
Benediction

We welcome everyone to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15) on 1st Sunday of Lent. We celebrate communion.

• Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm
  
• 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
• Wednesday 12th March. Quiz Night at Plough for church funds
• Saturday 15th March - we host The Upper Room, a multimedia presentation at Yetholm Kirk at 6.30pm. Please invite your friends to come along to an evening of word, image and music. Entry by donation.
• There will be a guided walk around Old Melrose to mark St Cuthbert’s Day on Thursday 20th March at 2pm.
• The Moderator, Rt Rev Shaw Paterson, will preach at a united service on 23rd March at Morebattle at 11am with refreshments afterwards.
• Services next Sunday are at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15am).
  

 
Call to Worship
We live in the shelter of the Most High,
We abide in the shadow of Almighty God.
Let us worship God who is our refuge and our strength,
For God is the One in whom we trust.
The Lord will deliver us from the perils that threaten us.
Under God’s wings, we will find refuge and not be afraid.
 
Hymn 160 – Praise my soul
 
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
 
Readings – Deuteronomy 26: 1-11 (Pg 203)
                         Luke 4:1-13 (Pg 1030)
 
Hymn 338 – Jesus tempted in the desert
 
Weekly Prayer
When we recount all the blessings you have given us, we come with grateful hearts to worship you our most generous God. Help us to respond in the same spirit to those around us as we share this Holy Communion together. Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 555 – Amazing grace (Y)/  Anthem (MB)
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
 
Invitation to the Table
 
Hymn 19 – Ye gates
 
Institution of Lord’s Supper
 
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you;
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts;
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
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Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
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O lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us
O lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us
O lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, Grant us thy peace
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Communion
 
Peace
 
Prayer after Communion
 
Hymn 458 – At the name of Jesus
 
Benediction