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Sunday 15 Sept, 2019 – 11h00
Welcome to the Scots Kirk Paris. 
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…?
The theme of the day’s service: Pitching a tent
 
Call to Worship 
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul.  I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.  Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.  He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
Psalm 146:1-3, 6

Hymn 160.  Praise my soul the King of Heaven

1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
who like thee his praise should sing?
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the everlasting King!
2. Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in distress;
praise him still the same for ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless:
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Glorious in his faithfulness!
3. Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Widely as his mercy flows!

Hymn 175.  Praise I will praise you Lord 
1. Praise, I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart.
O God, I will tell the wonders of your ways,
and glorify your name.
Praise, I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart.
In you I will find the source of all my joy. Alleluia!
 
2. Love, I will love you, Lord, with all my heart.
O God, I will tell the wonders of your ways,
and glorify your name.
Love, I will love you, Lord, with all my heart.
In you I will find the source of all my joy. Alleluia!

3. Serve, I will serve you, Lord, with all my heart.
O God, I will tell the wonders of your ways,
and glorify your name.
Serve, I will serve you, Lord, with all my heart.
In you I will find the source of all my joy. Alleluia!
 
Prayer 
Our Father (Sung)
Reading: John 1:1-18 NIV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.  There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.  The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.” Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
 
Sermon 
Prayer
Offering
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
 
Hymn 532.  Lord, you have come to the seashore,
Lord, you have come to the seashore,
neither searching for the rich nor the wise,
desiring only that I should follow.

O Lord, with your eyes set upon me,
gently smiling, you have spoken my name.
All I longed for I have found by the water,
at your side I will seek other shores.

Lord, take my hands, and direct them.
Help me spend myself in seeking the lost,
returning love for the love you gave me.
(refrain)
Lord, as I drift on the waters,
be the resting-place of my restless heart,
my life’s companion, my friend and refuge.
(refrain)

Benediction
May the Lord bless you
May the Lord keep you
May the Lord make his face
To shine upon you
May the Lord bless you
May the Lord keep you
May the Lord make his face
To shine upon you
And give you peace
And give you peace
 
Intimations and Visitors
Prayer on Tuesday at 7pm

​Upcoming visit to Taizé
Thursday 3 Oct – Sunday 6 October. Would you like to join?
​ (This is not a whole week!)
Bible Study on Wednesday at 11am

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​The church will be open on Wednesday from 12h.00 – 14h.00.
Would you want to have a conversation with the minister on Wednesday or ANY OTHER TIME?
You are invited to do so! Please arrange.
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We live around the truth of the gospel, but never quite get it. So the key to spiritual renewal is the continual rediscovery of the gospel. "Timothy Keller"

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.
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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
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  (BNP Paribas). IBAN number:  FR76 3000 4015 3300 0100 9031 587