Sunday Services – update
From this Sunday, Rev Nigel is back with us we and are going to be using Zoom to broadcast our Sunday services at 10.30am. The login details are below. We hope that as many of you as possible will join us as it will be good to see some faces whilst we are physically unable to meet in the church due to the COVID restrictions. There will be a time for some chat after the service is finished. We hope to have a recording available which will be available to view afterwards via the website. It may also be available to view live on YouTube via our live website page – still to be confirmed.
If you have never used Zoom before, a free client app for MacOS / iOS / Windows / Android can be downloaded at: https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting
Join our Sunday Service here:
Passcode: 2021
Dial-in number (Edinburgh number): 0131 460 1196
(calls charged at your usual rate for UK landline numbers – often free depending on your telephone service provider)
Church Closure – COVID restrictions
As announced by the Scottish Government on 4th January, all places of worship have to be closed again to minimise the spread of the COVID virus. As such there will be no Sunday or midweek services until further notice. We will, however, continue to publish a pre-recorded service every Sunday here on the website. Remember, that whilst the building may be closed, the Church remains open – our pastoral care team will be continuing with their phone calls, and we’ll continue to update the website and facebook page with any news and intimations.
Sunday Service – 24th January 2021 – Watch Again
Click below or visit our youtube channel to watch this morning’s Zoom service again:
Readings: Nehemiah 9: 24-38
Sermon: An invitation to renew our commitment to God
This week’s hymns are:
202: Stand up and bless the Lord
MP133: Father I place into your hands
167: Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the December edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
Intimations – w/c 24th January
We are now using Zoom for our Sunday services going forward and a reminder that anyone can also dial in to them via a phone even if they don’t have internet facilities. The details are all on the website and can be provided by the Session Clerk, Vivien Bruce, if you don’t have a relative or friend who can pass them on to you. The full details will also be in the next Kirkgate Messenger.
On Tuesday and Wednesday every week, there will also be an informal Zoom chat session between 10.30 and 11.30am. You don’t need to stay for the full hour – just pop by and say hello to anyone that’s there, whilst enjoying your morning coffee! Again, joining details are on the website including the dial-in number.
If you wish to receive a printed copy of the Kirkgate Messenger, then starting from the February edition it will only be available by post or email and we are asking for a small donation of £9/year to cover the cost of postage. A letter and return form was sent to every member along with the church’s Christmas Card and calendar. If you do wish to receive a printed copy of the magazine, then please return the form with your payment, or contact Elizabeth McMahon on 464428 or messenger@kirkgatechurch.org.uk, as soon as possible. It will still be emailed out to members for whom we hold an email address, and it will be available as a download on our website.
Articles for the next Kirkgate Messenger are required by next Sunday 31st January please.
Requests or dedications for the February edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme are also needed by next Sunday please – email requests@kirkgatechurch.org.uk if you would like a mention.
A number of spare copies of “Word for Today” are available. If anyone would like a copy, then please contact Mima.
Weekly Zoom Chats
A new initiative for us is the introduction of weekly informal Zoom video chats for anyone who wishes a blether. These will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10.30 – 11.30 am, and you can pop in at any point to say hello – you don’t need to be there for the full hour.
You can also dial in to these meetings from a phone by calling 0131 460 1196 with the meeting details below:
Tuesdays 10.30am-11.30am
https://zoom.us/j/6451764317?pwd=N3M1NTNOdkFTSklaOFJRbGtSRVQzdz09
Meeting ID: 645 176 4317
Passcode: 2021
Wednesdays 10.30am-11.30am
https://zoom.us/j/6451764317?pwd=N3M1NTNOdkFTSklaOFJRbGtSRVQzdz09
Passcode: 2021
Sunday Service – 17th January – watch again
Click below or visit our youtube channel to watch this morning’s Zoom service again:
Readings: Psalm 122 and Romans 11: 33-36
Sermon: Come and Praise God
The hymns from CH4 are:
97: O God, you search me and you know me
507: Jesus I come
198: Let us build a house
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the December edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
Intimations – w/c Sunday 17th January
Here are this week’s intimations:
We’re now hoping to use Zoom for our live Sunday services going forward. The login details are on the website at the top of this page, and a reminder that anyone can also dial in via the phone even if they don’t have internet facilities. The details can also be provided by the Session Clerk, Vivien Bruce, if you don’t have a relative or friend who can pass them on to you. The full details will also be in the next Kirkgate Messenger. Hopefully this morning’s service will go smoothly, but bear with us if we have any technical hitches whilst we get used to the new setup – a recording should be available afterwards via the website.
Starting on both Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week and every week thereafter, there will also be an informal Zoom chat session between 10.30 and 11.30am. You don’t need to stay for the full hour – just pop by and say hello to anyone that’s there, whilst enjoying your morning coffee! Again, joining details are on the website.
A reminder that if you wish to receive a printed copy of the Kirkgate Messenger, then starting from the February edition it will only be available by post or email and we are asking for a small donation of £9/year to cover the cost of postage. A letter and return form was sent to every member along with the church’s Christmas Card and calendar. If you wish to receive a printed copy of the magazine, then please return the form with your payment, or contact Elizabeth McMahon on 464428, before next Sunday. Ongoing Covid restrictions mean that we are unable to hand deliver the magazines like we used to do. It will still be emailed out to members for whom we hold an email address, and it will be available as a download on our website.
Articles for the next Kirkgate Messenger are required by Sunday 31st January. That is the same date if you wish a request or dedication in the February edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme – email requests@kirkgatechurch.org.uk
Sunday Service -10th January 2021
Nigel is still on paternity leave following the safe arrival of baby Dylan. Today’s service is once again being taken by Mr Andrew Bruce.
Reading: Mark 1: 4-11
This week’s hymns are:
130: Ye servants of God
334: On Jordan’s bank
336: Christ is our light
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the December edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
Intimations – Sunday 10th January, 2021
Due to the new COVID restrictions announced by the Scottish Government, we are once again no longer allowed to hold worship services in the church until further notice. Pre-recorded services will be published on the website and phone service as normal.
- A reminder that there will be a Kirk Session meeting via Zoom on Thursday 14th January at 7.30pm. Elders should have received an agenda by email or post and all committee convenors are reminded to provide a report.
- Another reminder that if you wish to receive a printed copy of the Kirkgate Messenger, then starting from the February edition it will only be available by post or email and we are asking for a small donation of £9/year to cover the cost of postage. A letter and return form was sent to every member along with the church’s Christmas Card and calendar. If you wish to receive a printed copy of the magazine, then please return the form with your payment, or contact Elizabeth McMahon on 464428, before January 21st. Ongoing Covid restrictions mean that we are unable to hand deliver the magazines like we used to do. It will still be emailed out to members for whom we hold an email address, and it will be available as a download on our website.
- Articles for the next Kirkgate Messenger are required by Sunday 31st That is the same date if you wish a request in the February edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.
- Sadly, we have to intimate the death of one of our members, Mrs Agnes Cook, who latterly was a resident in Abbotsford Nursing Home. Agnes’ funeral will take place on Tuesday 12th January at Ardrossan cemetery at 2pm and will be conducted by Mr Andrew Bruce. Please remember the family and friends of Agnes in your prayers.
- This week’s Sunday service will once again be taken by Mr Andrew Bruce whilst Nigel takes Paternity Leave following the birth of baby Dylan. God willing, Nigel will be back with us next Sunday.
Sunday Service – 3rd January 2021
Nigel is on paternity leave for two Sunday’s following the safe arrival of baby Dylan Ryan Munashe Chikanya on 29th December, weighing 3.1kg (6lbs 13oz). We send our congratulations to Nigel and his wife Savior, and their son Dee.
Please click below to listen to the Sunday Service for 3rd January taken by Mr Andrew Bruce.
Reading: Jeremiah 31: 27-34
This week’s hymns are:
103: Full your hearts with joy and gladness
555: Amazing Grace
236: March on, my soul, with strength
You can also listen to the service on our local-rate phone number, 01294 444201 – please encourage anyone you know who does not have online access to give it a go. After the brief welcome message plays you have two options – Press 1 for the weekly service, or Press 2 to listen to the December edition of the Kirkgate: By Request programme.