Welcome to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Linton (11.15). We also welcome any visitors and encourage you to sign our visitors’ book and stay for refreshments

• The podcast can be accessed HERE
  
• The Craft Group meets at Yetholm Kirk on Mondays at 2pm. All welcome.
• Coffee & Chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 – 12 noon. All welcome.
• Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm Kirk. All welcome.
• The Mission committee meets on Tuesday 4th June at 3pm at Morebattle.
• A thanksgiving service for Margaret Smailes will be held on Friday 7th June at 1pm in Yetholm Kirk.
• We regret to announce the death of Caroline Lang. Please keep David and the family in your prayers. 
• Kelso Churches Together will hold a Retreat on Saturday 15th June. See Debbie or Trish for details.
• Please submit your recipes for the new Cookbook.
• Foodbank needs: vegetables (tins), tomatoes (tins), puddings (tins), cereal, pasta sauce
• Next Sunday our services are at Yetholm (the Kirkin’ of the Bari Gadgi and Bari Manushi at10am) and at Morebattle (11.15). The Vigilante service will be at Hownam at 12.45pm.

 
Call to Worship
Come! Celebrate God's creation!
We come, created wonderfully by God.
Come! Ready to hear God's voice.
We come, with open ears and hearts.
Come to worship the God of light.
We come, open to the extraordinary power of God!
 
Hymn 166 – Lord of all hopefulness
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession
 
Readings – Psalm 139: 1-18
                         Mark 2: 23- 3: 6
 
Hymn 96 – You are before me, Lord
Weekly Prayer
Heavenly Father wherever we see nature’s beauty or daily miracles, help us to see your hand at work and thank you for the grace to live and enjoy it to the full. We thank you that although you have searched us and know us, you still love us with an everlasting love. Truly your thoughts are precious to each one of us. Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 596 - Breathe on me, breath of God
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
 
Hymn 594 – Come, Holy Spirit, come
Benediction

We welcome Rev. Norman Smith, Presbytery Clerk, who is leading our worship today. We also welcome any visitors and encourage you to sign our visitors’ book.

• The podcast can be accessed at HERE
• A group of American pilgrims, walking the St Cuthbert’s Way, will call into Yetholm Kirk later this afternoon for tea and chat (around 4.30pm). Please come along to welcome them.
• A group of young people from Iona Community will be staying over at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesday evening and would welcome interaction with us.
• The Craft Group meets at Yetholm Kirk on Mondays at 2pm. All welcome.
• Coffee & Chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 – 12 noon. All welcome.
• Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm Kirk. All welcome.
• Tom Tokely’s funeral will be on Friday 31st May at 12.15 at Yetholm Kirk.
• Margaret Smailes has sadly passed away. Please remember Anne and all the family. Details to follow.
• Elders please note that we have our get-together with Kelso Old & Sprouston on Friday 31st at 7pm.
• The Mission committee meets on Tuesday 4th June at 3pm.
• Thanks to all who donated towards Christian Aid. Over £800 was raised in the envelopes.
• Kelso Churches Together will hold a Retreat on Saturday 15th June. See Debbie or Trish for details.
• Please submit your recipes for the new Cookbook.
• Foodbank needs: vegetables (tins), tomatoes (tins), puddings (tins), cereal, pasta sauce
• Next Sunday our services are at Yetholm (10am) and Linton (11.15).
  
  

 Order of Service
Call to Worship

Hymn 111 – Holy, holy, holy

Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/ Lord’s Prayer

All-age chat
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Reading – John 3: 1-17

Hymn 189 – Be still for the presence of the Lord

Weekly Prayer
We raise our prayers : To God the Father, who first loved us, and made us in His own image; To God the Son who loved us, and washed away our Sins in his own Blood; To God the Holy Spirit, who spreads the Love of God abroad in our hearts. May the word of Christ dwell richly in our hearts and knit us together in the bond of your love. Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 483 – Father of heaven whose love profound
 
Dedication of Offering / Prayers of Intercession
 
Hymn 110 – To God be the glory
Benediction

This Sunday we have a united service at 11am, held at the Rustads’ garden at Yetholm Hall. All very welcome. There will be communion and also a picnic after as we celebrate the birthday of the Church. Please note that there will be NO services in either Yetholm Kirk or Morebattle Kirk. 
 
Practicalities: there will be some chairs, but it would help if you bring your own, along with a picnic lunch. There is some parking, but those who are able should park on the Main Street of Town Yetholm and walk the short distance (last house on left as you exit Yetholm in the Kelso direction).
 Notices

• The Craft Group meets at Yetholm Kirk on Mondays at 2pm. All welcome.
  
• This week's podcast can be accessed by clicking HERE
  
• Coffee & Chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 – 12 noon. All welcome.
• Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm Kirk. All welcome.
• Our senior elder, Tom Tokely, passed away this week. Please remember the family in your prayers.
• The General Assembly meets in Edinburgh this week. Please remember the commissioners (of whom Susan, our Session Clerk, is one) in your prayers as they make decisions affecting the Church.
• Please submit your recipes for the new Cookbook.
• Kelso Churches Together will hold a Retreat on Saturday 15th June at Smailholm Hall. £10
• Foodbank needs: vegetables (tins), tomatoes (tins), puddings (tins), cereal, pasta sauce
• Next Sunday we welcome Rev Norman Smith, Presbytery Clerk, as our guest preacher at our services in Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15). Colin will be leading worship at Stichill. A group of 15 American pilgrims, walking the St Cuthbert’s Way, will be with us: at Morebattle in the morning and Yetholm later in the afternoon.

 
Order of Service
 
Call to Worship
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh
Your sons and your daughters will prophesy
Your old shall dream dreams
Your young shall see visions
Even on my servants, male and female
In these days I will pour out my spirit.
 
Hymn 582- O day of joy and wonder
 
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
 
Talk 1- Birds of Pentecost
 
SGP 13 – Bind us together
 
Readings – Acts 2: 1-13 (Pg 1093)
                       John 16:5-15 (Pg 1084)
Weekly Prayer
Mighty God, we pray for your church which daily gathers to praise you and to hear your holy word. Holy Spirit we ask that you will guide us into all truth and help us to live out your message of forgiveness and salvation to all our friends and neighbours. Amen
 
Talk 2 – Communicating God’s love
 
SGP 102 – The Spirit lives to set us free
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
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Hymn 600 – Spirit of God unseen as the wind
 
Communion

Hymn 622 – We sing a love
 
Benediction

We welcome everyone to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15) on the Ascension/ Christian Aid Sunday.

• The podcast can be accessed by clicking HERE
  

• Christian Aid Week runs from the 12- 18th May. Envelopes will be distributed round the villages. Please give generously and pop the envelope into either of the village shops. Alternatively there are envelopes at the back of the church for those living in outlying areas.
• The funeral of Michael Gamble is on Monday 13th May at 12.45pm at Hownam Kirk.
• The Craft Group meets at Yetholm Kirk on Mondays at 2pm. All welcome.
• Coffee & Chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 – 12 noon. All welcome.
• Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm Kirk. All welcome.
• Please submit your recipes for the new Cookbook.
• On the 26th May we welcome Rev Norman Smith, Presbytery Clerk, as our guest preacher. Colin will be leading worship in Stichill before Country Churches unite with Kelso North & Ednam on 16th June.
• Foodbank needs: vegetables (tins), tomatoes (tins), puddings (tins), cereal, pasta sauce
• Next Sunday is Pentecost with a united service at the walled garden at Yetholm Hall at 11am, weather permitting!  There will be communion, followed by a picnic (Bring your own lunch. Bring your own chair too, though there will be some there).

Call to Worship
Our God has ascended with a mighty shout.
The Lord has ascended with trumpets blaring!
Come, let’s sing praise to God together,
for our God is sovereign over all the earth!
 
Hymn 436 – Christ triumphant
 
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/Lord’s Prayer
 
Readings – Acts 1: 1-11 (Pg 1092)
                       Luke 24:44-53 (Pg 1062)
Hymn 543 – Longing for light
 
Weekly Prayer
Holy God, open our minds and help us understand the scriptures as we anticipate your return. Send us out into the world today mindful that as witnesses, we should make you known wherever we are with acts of faith, hope and love.  Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 544 – When I needed a neighbour
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
God whose love endures forever,
Hear our prayer.
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Hymn 441 – Blessing and honour
 
Benediction

We welcome everyone to our services at Yetholm (10am) and Linton (11.15) on the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

• The Craft Group meets at Yetholm Kirk on Mondays at 2pm. All welcome.
  
• This week'spodcast can be hear by clicking HERE.
  
• Coffee & Chat at Yetholm Kirk on Tuesdays from 10.30 – 12 noon. All welcome.
• Prayer Service is on Tuesdays at 12 noon in Yetholm Kirk. All welcome.
• Ways & Means committee are bringing out a recipe book and invite you to submit your  favourite recipes.
• Christian Aid Week is from the 12- 18th May. Anyone willing to help distribute envelopes, please speak with Trish or Melanie.
• On the 19th we will have a joint Pentecost service with communion in the Walled garden of Yetholm Hall at 11am (weather permitting). Followed by a picnic.
• Foodbank needs: vegetables (tins), tomatoes (tins), puddings (tins), cereal, pasta sauce
• Remember to check out the website for any new stories.
• Next Sunday is Christian Aid Sunday with services are at Yetholm (10am) and Morebattle (11.15).

 
Call to Worship
Let us sing to the Lord a new song,
for God has done marvellous things.
Let us make known the Lord’s victory,
for God’s steadfast love covers the whole earth.
Let us sing joyful praises,
and join all creation to worship God’s holy name. 
 
Hymn 184 – Sing to the lord a joyful song
 
Prayer of Adoration/ Confession/Lord’s Prayer
 
Readings – Acts 10: 44-48 (Pg 1105)
                        John 15: 9-17 (Pg 1083)
 
Hymn 357 – This is my will
 
Weekly Prayer
Faithful God, your Son Jesus Christ gave us a new commandment, of love for each other and so we ask you to teach us to love you in our neighbours that by serving them we might also serve you.  Amen
 
Sermon
 
Hymn 522 – The Church is wherever
 
Prayers of Dedication & Intercession
                       
Hymn 680 – You are called to tell the story
 
Benediction