Sunday Service for 14 June 2020

Welcome and Announcements
Though we cannot be together in person, we can be together in spirit! Please note the following announcements:

* Today we welcome the Rev. Sarah Moore to lead us in worship. She is a minister in the URC, and will tell you a bit more about herself in the worship video.

* This summer we are taking a Church Family summer trip! We’ll be journeying together from Shore to Shore — the shores of the Clyde to the shores of the sea of Galilee, to the hometown of St. John the Evangelist. Keep track of how much time you spend in prayer, reading the Bible, serving others, or going for a walk. For every 10 minutes, you move us 1km along the journey! Then each week send Teri a note, text, or phone call saying how far you “traveled” this week. So far we have made it to Strakonice, Czechia!

*Children’s Time normally happens each Sunday morning at 11am on Zoom. If you would like the login details, please contact Teri. Today there is a video children’s time, made by our guest preacher the Rev. Sarah Moore, that has been emailed to families.

*Young Adults (age 15-25ish) gather for Bible Study (it’s now BYOP – bring your own pizza) next Sunday at 1pm on Zoom. If you would like login details, please contact Teri.

*Churches across Scotland are calling people to join together in prayer on Sunday evenings at 7pm, placing a lit candle in the window and spending time in prayer for others. Our Sunday evening prayer services will be shared across our “Fuzzy Parish” (now called CONNECT). Tonight’s service will be led by Rev, Karen Harbison at 7pm on the new Connect Facebook page, and be sure to like / follow it while you’re there!

*Feel free to share this with others, with the attribution information at the top. If you know someone who does not have access to the internet and who also does not receive the tape ministry, you can either print this service out and share it with them, or let Teri know via email or phone call and we will be sure they receive a printed copy.

*Mid-week there is a devotional email that goes out, it will be printed and included with the following Sunday’s sermon distribution. You can subscribe to the email here.

*Also mid-week there is a facebook live video devotional or a Virtual Tea Break on the St. John’s Gourock Facebook page.

*We now have a youtube channel! You can subscribe there so you never miss a video. Don’t miss “wine and the word” — an occasional series during the 5pm hour that helps us transition from one part of the day to the next, via reflections similar to those that would normally have been in the “God’s Story, Our Story” take home inserts given out each week.

*If you or a church member you know is in need of friendly phone calls or help with anything while they self-isolate, please contact Teri. Elders are already in contact with people in their districts as well, and you can pass information to them! We are hoping to continue and even deepen our connections to one another, building up the Body of Christ even when we can’t be in the building.

Today’s service is all on video, and there are places for you to pause and sing along to the hymns, which are in separate videos due to copyright licensing rules.

Let us worship God together.