harvest communion

Welcome to our united service at Morebattle Kirk at 11am, where we mark Harvest and celebrate communion. All who love the Lord are welcome to share in the communion.
Please note that there will be no service at Yetholm this Sunday

• There will be a retiring collection for the Moderator’s Middle East appeal this week and next week. Please give generously
• The Craft Group meet on Mondays at 2pm in Yetholm Kirk.
• 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 Kirk.
• The wedding of Hugh Goodson and Pippa Ross takes place on Saturday 19th October in Morebattle.
• Rev Colin will be on holiday from 22nd – 29th October. Rev Anna Rodwell will cover any pastoral issues.
• Our Cheviot Churches Recipe Book is on sale at £10. An excellent Christmas present.
• Presbytery’s Autumn conference is on Friday 25th October in North Berwick. The theme is ‘Church in 2024; from Lament to Hope’. See posters; speak to Colin.
• Kelso Churches Together will hold a retreat day in Smailholm Hall on Saturday 2nd November from 10am. Anyone interested please speak with Trish or Debbie.
• Foodbank needs: vegetables (tins), tomatoes (tins), potatoes (tin), puddings.
• Next Sunday we have a united service at Yetholm at 11am, followed by lunch. 

Call to Worship
For the beauty of a country scene
We praise you Lord for sight
For the coolness of a mountain stream
We praise you Lord for feeling
For nightingale in tuneful flow
We praise you Lord for ears
For the taste of fruit that we have grown
We praise you Lord for senses
 
Hymn 322 – Come ye thankful people come
 
Prayers of Adoration & Confession
 
All-age Talk
Readings – Job 23: 1-9 (Pg 527)                 
                         Mark 10: 17-31 (Pg 1014)
 
Hymn 230 – Praise God for the harvest
 
Prayer
Holy God thank you that you give us our daily bread and fruit in its season; but beyond this bread we look to the bread of heaven; beyond this fruit we look to the fruits of eternal life. As we celebrate Holy Communion, we pray for a deeper appreciation of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross, thanking you for the reminder that nothing is impossible with our God. Amen
 
Reflection
 
Choir Anthem
 
Dedication of Offering
 
Hymn 103 – Fill your hearts
 
Prayers of Intercession
 
Invitation to the Table.
 
Hymn 19 – Ye gates
 
Communion
 
Peace
 
Hymn 419 – Thine be the glory
 
Benediction