Sunday Service – 22nd May 2022
Sunday Service for 22nd May, at 10.45am with Mr Andrew Bruce
Reading: Colossians 4: 7-18
Hymns:
CH4 124: Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the King of creation
CH4 181: For the beauty of the earth
CH4 182: Now thank we all our God
CH4 249: We have heard a joyful sound
All hymns played by Stuart McMahon and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Intimations – w/c 22nd May 2022
1. Our Sunday Service is held at 10.45am and is also available online live via YouTube with a recording available afterwards on the website, Twilio phone service (01294 444201) and podcasting channels. The midweek Thursday service continues at 10.30am. We also have a Sunday School available for any children present.
2. The next ‘Musical Memories’ afternoon with Mary Stewart will be held on Wednesday 25 May at 2pm.
3. On Sunday 5th June we will be celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Communion and there will be a retiring offering in aid of South Beach House.
4. The Annual Stated Meeting of congregation will be held after the morning service on Sunday 12th June.
5. The Craft Team meets on Tuesdays from 1-4pm.
6. There will be refresher safeguarding for Elders who have not completed it recently on Sunday 29th May after morning service. Bring your own lunch. The training should be refreshed every three years.
7. Articles for the next Kirkgate Messenger should be sent to Elizabeth McMahon by next Sunday please (29th May).
8. The Care and Share lunch run in conjunction with CHANA, is held in the hall every Friday from 12.30pm – 2pm.
9. Saltcoats Community pop-up cinema will be showing the Tom Hanks film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood” in Kirkgate on Friday 3rd June as part of the Thy Kingdom Come series of events (see below for more info). Doors open at 6.15pm, and the movie starts at 6.45pm, Free admission.
10. Keswick Ayrshire will be held from 3rd-5th June in the Park Hotel, Kilmarnock. The event is a weekend of Bible Teaching which will be led by Alistair Begg of Parkside Church, Ohio. There will also be an exhibition hall and bookstall, with worship being provided by the Keswick Ayrshire Band. More information and tickets at www.keswickayrshire.com
Thy Kingdom Come events
Thy Kingdom Come: Please pray for 5 people and invite at least one of them to the below events, particularly the pop-up cinema.
Thy Kingdom Come Events – Saltcoats/Ardrossan
Light up the world with prayer
Join us on Wednesday 1st June at 10am in St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, South Crescent Road, Ardrossan for a time of prayer. Refreshments will be available. More info at www.thykingdomcome.global
Beacon event:
Thursday 2nd June from 8.30pm – beacon to be lit at 9:45pm, Saltcoats Harbour. This is a free event and there will be lots of fun stuff happening at this celebration and across the country as part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations. Make sure your networks know that everyone is welcome. We will be offering a donation based soft drink stall. The money raised from this will go to the Ardrossan food bank.
Pop-up Cinema:
Friday, 3 June Doors Open at 6:15pm for 6:45pm Showing, Kirkgate Church, Saltcoats (free admission)
We are partnering with Kirkgate church to show the film, A beautiful day in the neighbourhood. This Tom Hanks movie helps us the audience think about life’s big questions. Bring someone you have been praying for during Thy Kingdom Come to watch the movie with you, who knows what conversations it will provoke.
Day Pilgrimage to Sannox Centre, Arran:
Saturday 4th June 10.00am meeting at the Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, Garden of Remembrance. £8.00 Lunch included. Please let Ish Lennox know of signups.
Presbytery Mission Plan
As intimated on Sunday, the Presbytery has issued the latest draft of the proposed Presbytery Mission Plan. This draft now contains the decisions on buildings. At present the plan for our Mission Group (Group 2) is that the congregations of Ardrossan Park, and Saltcoats St Cuthberts, North Parish and ourlseves unite to form one congregation with one Kirk Session but two ministers. It is recommended that our building and that of Park Church is retained and the other two are disposed of.
The Stevenston congregations would unite to form a new congregation wiht one minister, and West Kilbride will also remain as part of the Mission Group.
It is also envisaged that there would be an additional 0.5 FTE Mission Development Worker and possibly 1 Ordained Local Minister (OLM) to support the work of the Mission Group.
You can download and review the whole Presbyetry Mission Plan (48 pages, pdf) by clicking here.
Sunday Service – 15th May 2022
Sunday Service for 15th May, at 10.45am with Mr Andrew Bruce
Reading: Colossians 4: 2-6
Hymns:
CH4 129: The Lord is King! Lift up your voice
CH4 604: Holy Wisdom, lamp of learning (Tune 468 – Blaenwern)
CH4 489: Come down, O love divine
CH4 547: What a friend we have in Jesus
All hymns played by Mary Stewart and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Intimations – w/c 15th May 2022
1. Our Sunday Service is held at 10.45am and is also available online live via YouTube with a recording available afterwards on the website, Twilio phone service (01294 444201) and podcasting channels. The midweek Thursday service continues at 10.30am. We also have a Sunday School available for any children present.
2. We will be holding a light lunch in aid of Christian Aid after this Sunday’s service.
3. The Craft Team meets on Tuesdays from 1-4pm.
4. The Care and Share lunch run in conjunction with CHANA, is held in the hall every Friday from 12.30pm – 2pm.
5. There will be a delay once again in sharing the recordings to the website this week. However, please note that the phone service will not be updated until Sunday 22nd May.
These are all this week’s intimations.
Sunday Service – 8th May 2022
Sunday Service for 8th May, at 10.45am with Rev Nigel Chikanya. Please note that we had a few technical issues with sound at the start of this week’s service. There will be a delay once again in uploading next week’s service to the website, and our phone service won’t be updated until 22nd May.
Reading: Colossians 3: 18 – 4: 1
Hymns:
CH4 426: All heaven declares
CH4 180: Give thanks with a grateful heart
CH4 251: I, the Lord of sea and sky
CH4 512: To God be the glory
Sunday Service – 1st May 2022
Sunday Service for 1st May, at 10.45am with Rev Nigel Chikanya
Reading: Colossians 3: 12-17
Hymns:
CH4 203 (i): When in our music, God is glorified
MP 181: God forgave my sin
CH4 694: Brother, sister, let me serve you
CH4 519: Love divine, all loves excelling
All hymns played by Stuart McMahon and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Intimations – w/c 1st May 2022
1. Our Sunday Service is held at 10.45am and is also available online live via YouTube with a recording available afterwards on the website, Twilio phone service (01294 444201) and podcasting channels. The midweek Thursday service continues at 10.30am. We also have a Sunday School available for any children present.
2. The Craft Team meets on Tuesdays from 1-4pm.
3. The Care and Share lunch run in conjunction with CHANA, is held in the hall every Friday from 12.30pm – 2pm.
4. The Kirk Session will meet on Thursday 12th May at 7.30pm.
5. The May edition of the Kirkgate Messenger has now been posted and emailed out to everyone, and it is available on the website. Please note that there won’t be an audiobook edition of it produced this month.
6. Also, Stuart is away again for the next two Sundays and whilst the live streams will still be available (technology willing!), there will be a delay in sharing the recordings to the website and Facebook. However, please note that the phone service will not be updated on these Sundays (8th and 15th May).
These are all this week’s intimations.
Kirkgate Messenger – May 2022
The May 2022 edition of the Kirkgate Messenger is now available to read by clicking here.
The magazine has been posted out to those who requested a hard copy and it also been emailed out to members for whom we hold an email address. Please note that the audiobook version of the magazine won’t be produced this month – apologies.
