Sunday 18th Aug, 2019 – 11h00
Welcome to the Scots Kirk Paris (Intimations & Visitors)
If you are visiting, know that you are welcome and please take the greetings of the Scots Kirk Paris back home. If you are settling in Paris, may you find a home here. Please sign the “visitor’s book” on the entrance table and join us for refreshments after the service. Mobile phone switched off…?
Call to Worship - Jan
Psalm 24:1-6 NIV 24:1-26
The earth is the Lord ’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord ? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god. They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob.
Hymn 18 Psalm 24 1-6
The earth belongs to God alone and all that it contains;
the world and its inhabitants God's steadfast love maintains.
The Lord who brought the world to birth laid earth's foundations sure,
and firm within the surging seas established them secure.
Who, then, are those who shall ascend the holy hill of God?
And who is fit to stand within the presence of the Lord?
All those whose hands and hearts are clean,
with no room in their mind for worthless vanities or vows of a deceitful kind.
These are the people who receive a blessing from the Lord,
and vindication for their ways from God, their saving God.
O God of Jacob, help us all who gather in this place,
to seek your presence with us now: we yearn to see your face.
(please be seated)
Prayer -Erwan
Hymn – Our Father (sung – Paul Snelgrove version)
Children’s talk - Jan
Hymn 564 Jesus loves me! This I know
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1. Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; They are weak, but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. |
2. Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way; he will always be my friend, and his love will never end. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. |
Reading – Carleton
Leviticus 13:1-8
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean. If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days. On the seventh day the priest is to examine them, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to isolate them for another seven days. On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. But if the rash does spread in their skin after they have shown themselves to the priest to be pronounced clean, they must appear before the priest again. The priest is to examine that person, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.
Matthew 8:1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
Talk - Erwan
Offering
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession - Jan
Hymn 63 – Ps 100 -All people that on earth do dwell.
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All people that on earth do dwell,
sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, come ye before him and rejoice. Know that the Lord is God indeed; without our aid he did us make; we are his folk, he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. |
Oh, enter then his gates with praise,
approach with joy his courts unto: praise, laud, and bless his name always, for it is seemly so to do. For why? the Lord our God is good his mercy is for ever sure his truth at all times firmly stood and shall from age to age endure. |
Benediction
May the Lord bless you
May the Lord keep you
May the Lord make his face
To shine upon you
(repeat)
And give you peace
And give you peace
Extract from the book “Christianity for the Rest of us” by Diana Butler Bass.
“Joan has come to believe that the Christian Life Is one of continuing invitation, where through the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, Christ calls us to follow. Around her neck hangs a necklace, a gift from a friend. It reads simply SHOW UP. The Pilgrimage begins with that invitation and God keeps asking us to show up through grief, confusion, joy, hopelessness and fear. “In every situation”, she says, “Christ is in the middle offering an invitation. I showed up and Phinney Ridge Church welcomed me, welcomed our whole family. I did all I could. I showed up.” That was it. And that was a lot. And they showed up for her. “I have never been the same”, she says gratefully. How do you go on a pilgrimage? Show up. Begin the way.
Intimations
Rev James Patrick will be the locum minister from Tuesday 20 Aug until Thursday 12 September.
Date for your diary: Welcome back BBQ 29 September 2019.
May the Lord bless you
May the Lord keep you
May the Lord make his face
To shine upon you
(repeat)
And give you peace
And give you peace
Extract from the book “Christianity for the Rest of us” by Diana Butler Bass.
“Joan has come to believe that the Christian Life Is one of continuing invitation, where through the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, Christ calls us to follow. Around her neck hangs a necklace, a gift from a friend. It reads simply SHOW UP. The Pilgrimage begins with that invitation and God keeps asking us to show up through grief, confusion, joy, hopelessness and fear. “In every situation”, she says, “Christ is in the middle offering an invitation. I showed up and Phinney Ridge Church welcomed me, welcomed our whole family. I did all I could. I showed up.” That was it. And that was a lot. And they showed up for her. “I have never been the same”, she says gratefully. How do you go on a pilgrimage? Show up. Begin the way.
Intimations
Rev James Patrick will be the locum minister from Tuesday 20 Aug until Thursday 12 September.
Date for your diary: Welcome back BBQ 29 September 2019.
Gifts for the homeless:
Please see the list of items on the wall above the basket and bring what you can to help the homeless in Paris through the work of the Missionnaires de la Charité.
Missionnaires de la Charité – other ways of helping !
As you know, we donate non-perishable food and toiletries each week to help the "Missionnaires" in their work with the homeless in Paris.
Recently, we asked Frère Michel if there were other areas in which we could help and he mentioned the following
in the kitchen, in the café, in their day centre &
Street ministry with one of the brothers.
So, if you would like to help the "Missionnaires" in a more active way, please let us know.
Speak to Jan Steyn or Pierre Mure.
Participation in Religious services with the poor (at 11pm + meal)
at Christmas, Easter,
25th March (Foundation of the Brotherhood)
& 11th October – Mary, mother of the Poor
On Sale for Church Funds:
"The Tartan Pimpernel" by the Rev Donald Caskie
Scots Kirk tea towels & notelets
and the Scots Kirk Recipe Book.
Contact
17 rue Bayard, 75008 Paris
Minister: Rev Jan Steyn
Tel. 01 48 78 47 94
Session clerk: Dorothy Mure
Pianist: Mr Paul Snelgrove
e-mail: scotskirkparis@orange.fr
Website: www.scotskirkparis.com
Facebook page: ScotsKirkParis
Amis: https://amisskp.wixsite.com/amisskp
Donate/Contribute: Name of the account: Assoc Church of Scotland
(BNP Paribas). IBAN number: FR76 3000 4015 3300 0100 9031 587