St James' Church of Scotland, Lossiemouth
For Christ, For You
Prospect Terrace, Lossiemouth, Moray IV31 6JS.
The Union of the former Parishes of St. Gerardine's High Church and St. James' Church
Minister: Position vacant, though not officially a "vacancy" yet.
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Sunday 22 November 2020 is the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost and Christ the King Sunday.
The Lectionary readings for this week are: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 & Psalm 95:1-7a;
Ephesians 1:15-23 & Matthew 25:31-46.
The passage from Matthew – The Sheep and the Goats, and its references to the Final Judgement – is the basis of Geoff’s sermon. As usual, below you will find the Scriptures, Prayers, Audio Sermon and Musical Selection forming this week’s virtual service.
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This is the service for 15 November 2020, the day when St James’ Church is due to reopen for a (restricted) Sunday service at 10:00am. This is the virtual version for you.
Lectionary Scriptures, Prayers, Audio Sermon and Musical Selection are all below for you.
This weeks’ scriptures are: Judges 4:1-7 & Psalm 123; and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 & Matthew 25:14-30. The Matthew text is the basis of Geoff’s sermon.
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St James’ Church building will reopen for services of worship from Sunday 15 November 2020.
The services will resume at their usual time of 10:00am.
They will be restricted in many ways – e.g. no singing; some parts of the building still closed; attendance capacity between only 19 and 32 persons, depending on how many couples and single people attend; and you must book ahead of time if you want to attend – you cannot just turn up on spec.
However, as we hope you will agree, this does feel like a step in the right direction!
Further details have already been circulated by physical letter to members and adherents of the Church.
If you would like more information about attending one of the forthcoming services, please feel free to contact us via this website.
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Remembrance Sunday: 08 November 2020.
Here are the Lectionary readings for this week: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 121; John 14:1-7, 25-27; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. The sermon is based on the Thessalonians text.
The materials below include the full texts of the Lectionary readings, prayers, audio sermon and a musical selection.
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1st November is All Saints’ Day and it falls on a Sunday in 2020.
As Rev. Geoff McKee says in today’s sermon: “This is a day of hope in the midst of a relentless pandemic.”
The Lectionary readings for All Saints’ Day are Revelation 7:9-17 and Psalm 34:1-10, 22; and 1 John 3:1-3 and Matthew 5:1-12.
The main text is from Revelation, the final Book of the Bible. Again, according to Geoff: “There is no more challenging book in the Bible than the book of Revelation.”
Geoff explains how the structure of Revelation must be understood before we can extract its full meaning. And how the particular section of the Book – about The Great Multitude in White Robes – can help us to find hope even in a world which may sometimes appear to us to have no future.
This post contains the usual materials: Lectionary readings; prayers; audio sermon; and a musical selection from Kath.
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Lossiemouth Church of Scotland is a registered Charity No. SC000880.
Our mission is to be a Christian community sharing the love of Christ, reaching out to the people in this area and encouraging them to worship God and grow in the knowledge of the care and love of Christ.