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Palm sunday

26/3/2026

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Our services this Sunday are at Yetholm, led by Rev Colin and at Morebattle, led by Stuart Kelly, both at 10am. Please remember that the clocks go forward an hour this Sunday.
  • The Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm Kirk.
  • Coffee and chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 -12 noon. All welcome.
  • The Prayer Service meets on Tuesdays at 12 noon at Yetholm Kirk.
  • Wednesday 1st April – Walk of Witness in Kelso. Starting at the Square at 1pm, we will carry a cross from church to church.
  • Thursday 2nd April – 6pm. Maundy Thursday service of handwashing, communion and Tenebrae at Linton
  • Friday 3rd April
11am – Short service for Good Friday at Kelso Old
2-5pm. Good Friday Vigil at Hoselaw Chapel with meditations on the hour and half hour. Come for a short time or a longer time.
  • Pat McMorran’s funeral service will be at Yetholm kirk on Friday 10th April at 12noon.
  • The Linton Kirk Heritage Association is raising funds to buy the building. Any contributions would be gratefully received. Please see flyers for details.
  • Next Sunday is Easter Sunday and there will be a communion service at 8.30am at the manse garden, then a united service at 10am at Yetholm Kirk.

Order - Yetholm
 Call to Worship
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
Jesus humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross.
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
Therefore, God has exalted him and given him the name above every name.
Hosanna! Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
Let us worship God in the name of Jesus Christ, our Servant Lord.
Hymn 367 – Hosanna loud hosanna
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/ Lord’s Prayer
Blessing of Palm Crosses
Hymn MP 457 – Make way, make way
Readings – Isaiah 50:4-9 (Pg 737)
                         Matthew 21:1-11 (Pg 988)
Hymn 380 – There is a green hill
Weekly Prayer
Sovereign Lord, we join in the celebration as we declare "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" This is Jesus whom we have come to worship today. Amen
Talk 1
Hymn 385 – Here hangs a man discarded (Passion Chorale)
Talk 2
Dedication of Offering
Hymn 399 – My song is love unknown (1-3, 7)
Prayers of Intercessions
Hymn 365 – Ride on, ride on
Benediction.

Morebattle Order
God exalted him to be the highest place
And gave him the name that is above all other name
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
In heaven and on earth and under the earth
And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
To the glory of God the Father
(Philipians)
We proclaim Christ nailed to the cross. He is the power of God and the
wisdom of God. 1 Cor 1: 23,4

Hymn 365: Ride on, ride on in majesty
Prayers of Adoration and Confession inc Lord’s Prayer
Blessing of the crosses
Small talk
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9, St Matthew 21: 1-11
Hymn 78: O set ye open unto me [Psalm 118]
Prayer of the Week
Sermon
Anthem
Uplift of offering
Hymn 364: All glory, laud and honour
Prayers of intercession
Hymn 367: Hosanna, loud hosanna
Benediction.
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5th sunday of lent

20/3/2026

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  • Our services this Sunday are at Yetholm, led by Graeme Watson and at Morebattle, led by Rev Colin, both at 10am.
  • The Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm Kirk.
  • Coffee and chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 -12 noon. All welcome.
  • The Prayer Service meets on Tuesdays at 12 noon at Yetholm Kirk.
  • The Lent Study Group meets on Thursday 26th March at 10.30am at the manse.
  • The Linton Kirk Heritage Association is raising funds to buy the building. Any contributions would be gratefully received. Please see flyers for details.
  • Next Sunday is Palm Sunday and we have our services at Morebattle (Stuart Kelly) and at Yetholm (Rev Colin), both at 10am.
  • Holy Week Services are as follows:
  • Wednesday 1st April – Walk of Witness in Kelso. Starting at the Square at 1pm, we will carry a cross from church to church.
  • Thursday 2nd April – 6pm. Maundy Thursday service of handwashing, communion and Tenebrae at Linton
  • Friday 3rd April
  • 11am – Short service for Good Friday at Kelso Old
  • 2-5pm. Good Friday Vigil at Hoselaw Chapel with meditations on the hour and half hour. Come for a short time or a longer time.
  • Sunday 5th April
  • 8.30am – short communion service at the Cheviot Manse garden in Morebattle.
  • 10am – United Easter Day service at Yetholm Kirk.

​Order of Service - Yetholm
Call to Worship
There will come a time when all around us will be
gone –
a time when dust will return to dust.
But there will never come a time when the breath of
God ceases to blow,
when the Spirit sleeps, when love lies lifeless.
Let us worship God,
who holds everything fast and breathes life into
dust.
Hymn 349 - In our lives plant seeds of hope
Prayer of Adoration & Confession
Talk – Seeing and Being Seen
Readings:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
John 11:1-45
Hymn 555 - Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
Weekly Prayer
Almighty God and heavenly Father, we know that
you are the resurrection and the life and that you
have put your Spirit in us. Help us to believe your
promise as we declare again that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of the living God. Amen

Sermon
Hymn 187 - There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Dedication of Offering
Prayers of Thanksgiving/ Intercession
Hymn 448 - Lord, the light of Your love is shining
Benediction
Order of Service - Morebattle
 Call to Worship

More than those who watch for the morning,
We wait faithfully for God. 
With our questions and our cries, in our hopes and expectations,
We wait faithfully for God.
Come, let us worship the Lord our God
And offer our prayers and praise
Hymn 405 – We sing the praise of him who died
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/ Lord’s Prayer
Wee Chat
Readings – Ezekiel 37:1-14 (P g868)
                         John 11:1-35 (Pg 1077) 
Hymn 734 – O Christ you wept when grief was raw
Weekly Prayer
Almighty God and heavenly Father, we know that you are the resurrection and the life and that you have put your Spirit in us. Help us to believe your promise as we declare again that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Amen
Sermon
Choir Anthem
Dedication of Offering
Hymn 595 – O breath of life, come sweeping through us
Prayers of Intercessions
Hymn 352 – O for a thousand tongues
Benediction
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Mothering Sunday

12/3/2026

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Welcome to our services at Morebattle, Led by Rev Una Stewart, and at Yetholm, led by Rev Colin.
  • The Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm Kirk.
  • Coffee and chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 -12 noon. All welcome.
  • The Prayer Service meets on Tuesdays at 12 noon at Yetholm Kirk.
  • The Lent Study Group meets on Thursday 19th March at 10.30am at Yetholm Hall.
  • St Cuthbert’s Day walk is on Friday 20th March at Old Melrose at 2pm.
  • There will be a Guild coffee morning in Morebattle Institute on Saturday 21st March at 10.30am.
  • The Linton Kirk Heritage Association is raising funds to buy the building. Any contributions would be gratefully received. Please see flyers for details.
  • Next Sunday is the 5th Sunday of Lent and we have our services at Morebattle (Rev Colin) and at Yetholm (Dr Graeme Watson), both at 10am.
 
Order at Morebattle
Welcome
CTW
HYMN 474 Hail to the Lord’s anointed
Adoration/Confession
‘A Thought’
HYMN 687 Lord of our growing years
(698 Love Unknown)
1 Samuel 16:1-13
John 9:1-41
HYMN 606 Lord you sometimes speak in wonders
‘Prayer for the week’
Holy God, although we look at the outward appearance, we know that you look into our heart. Give us the faith so that, like the blind man who received his sight, we are able to say "Lord, I believe" as we worship You today. Amen
Sermon
Choir Anthem
Offering/Intercessions
HYMN 529 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Benediction
 
Order at Yetholm
 Call to Worship
When Israel was a child I loved him
Out of Egypt I called my son
I taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms
I led them with cords of kindness, with bands of love
I was like those who lift infants to their cheeks
I bent down to them and fed them
 
Hymn 181 – For the beauty of the earth
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/ Lord’s Prayer
Wee Chat
Readings – Exodus 3:1-10 (Pg 58)
                         John 9:1-11, 35-41 (Pg 1066)
Hymn 191 – Do not be afraid
Weekly Prayer
Holy God, although we look at the outward appearance, we know that you look into our heart. Give us the faith so that, like the blind man who received his sight, we are able to say "Lord, I believe" as we worship You today. Amen
Sermon
Hymn 724 – Christ’s is the world
Dedication of Offering/ Intercessory Prayers
Hymn 352 – O for a thousand tongues
Benediction
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lent 3

6/3/2026

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There will be a united service at Morebattle this Sunday at 10am, when we will have the ordination of Ann Girvan as elder. There will be no service at Yetholm.
  • The Craft Group meets on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm Kirk.
  • Coffee and chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 -12 noon. All welcome.
  • The Prayer Service meets on Tuesdays at 12 noon at Yetholm Kirk.
  • The funeral of Donald McKenzie, Whitton, takes places at Morebattle Kirk on Tuesday 10th March at 12.15pm.
  • The Lent Study Group meets on Thursday 12th March at 10.30am at Yetholm Hall, Kirk Yetholm.
  • St Cuthbert’s Day walk is on Friday 20th March at Old Melrose at 2pm.
  • The Linton Kirk Heritage Association is raising funds to buy the building. Any contributions would be gratefully received. Please see flyers for details.
  • Next Sunday is Mothering Sunday and we have our services at Morebattle (Rev Una) and at Yetholm (Rev Colin), both at 10am.

 Call to Worship
Pilgrim God, striking water in the desert
Refresh us and quench our thirst
Listening God, sitting by the well
Refresh us and teach us truth
Loving God, moving over the waters
Refresh us and bring us life

Hymn 124 – Praise to the Lord
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/ Lord’s Prayer
Readings – Exodus 17:1-7 (Pg 75)
                    John 4:5-26 (Pg 1066)
Hymn 722 – Spirit of God, come dwell within me
Weekly Prayer
Gracious God, give us eyes to see, as Jesus did at Jacob's Well, the true spiritual thirst in the people around us. Help us to worship You in spirit and truth so that we become springs of living water welling up to eternal life. Amen

Sermon
Choir Anthem
Dedication of Offering/ Intercessory Prayers
Hymn 642 – Ye that know the Lord is gracious
Ordination and admission of elder
Hymn 622 – We sing a love that sets all people free
Benediction
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