Information
SUNDAY SCHOOL and
Sundays at 10.00am
BIBLE CLASS
Fridays at 7.00pm except 3rd and 10th
Junior C.E.
Mothers & Toddlers Thursdays from 9.30 - 11.30am except 2nd and 9th
Presbyterian Women Tuesday 14th - AGM - Sales Table: Yellow
CHILDREN'S Church
Each Sunday FLOWERS
Ms Gillian Paisley
Ms Jennifer Paisley
RECEPTION/
OFFERING COLLECTORS
Mr Alister McIlroy
Mrs Lorna Swann
Mr James McKay
Mr Robert McAlister
Old Time/Ballroom
Mondays at 8.00pm except 6th
MAGHERAMORNE
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Bentra school of
Thursdays 6.15pm - 7.30pm
Irish dancing (see website for contact details)
Yarns Tues 21st in Church Hall at 7.30pm
Youth Fellowship
Weekend 17-19th. Murlough House, Dundrum, Newcastle
Coffee morning Sat 25th -10am-12 Noon in Church Hall.
All proceeds to the work of Open Doors.
Preliminary notices
CE Sponsored walk Friday 1st May - Leaving Carnfunock car park at 7.00pm.
Proceeds going to 'Love for Life' project.
CE Parents, Friends and Prize Night
in Church hall on Friday 8th May at 7pm - Everyone is welcome to attend.
PW Outing
Saturday 9th May. Visit to Magherahamlet Parish Church for morning coffee &
Flower Festival followed by shopping in Lisburn and
Dobbies Garden Centre for High Tea. Details from members.
Christian Aid Week 10-16th May
DATE VENUE
21/4 Larne
28/4 Gleno
Raloo Ramblers
MEETING POINT
Blackarch
Gleno Dairy
Prayer and Information Diary
April 2015
Please use the enclosed suggestions in your private prayers, supplementing them with your
own ideas, to pray for your Church each day.
Memory Verse
James 1:21 get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent,
and humbly accept the word planted in you
Change your thoughts and you change your world
Norman Vincent Peal
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Easy
Easy
All walks start at 7.30 sharp. Children under 14 must be supervised by an adult.
Visit our website:
www.magheramornepc.org
SERVICES
Prayer time will take place each Sunday from 9.30am in the hall - everyone welcome
3rd
7.30 pm
Good Friday Communion Service
All Sunday services at 10.00am
Points for Prayer
1st
Pray for our Easter services
2nd
Pray for worship and confession in every aspect of our lives
3rd
Pray for deepening sense of devotion to God
4th
Pray for people who do not believe the Easter story
5th
Pray that we will live as Christians who celebrate the resurrection all year round
6th
Pray for Neil and Chris as they prepare sermon material
7th
Give thanks to God for new Christians in the congregation
8th
Pray for the work of the Christian Institute
9th
Yarns
10th Pray for the Youth Fellowship weekend 17th-19th April
11th
Pray for Neil and Chris and their walk with Jesus
12th Our Christian witness within our homes and at our place of work
13th Pray for the work of the Bible Society
14th People who have stopped attending church
15th Sunday School
16th Pray for the elderly, sick and bereaved
17th Pray for our local community and their personal needs
18th Pray for the work of James and Heather Cochrane in Portugal
19th CE
20th Pray that new families will continue to integrate into the congregation
21st
Pray that the Open Doors coffee morning will be a great success
22nd Pray for Neil and Chris as they minister to the congregation
23rd Sunday morning services
24th Congregation of Raloo
25th Neil, Chris and their families
26th Pray for our politicians and the election
27th Young people who do not attend church
28th Worship God, Psalm 20
29th Deepening of prayer life
30th Local congregations
‘Years ago I used to supply filofaxes for the mafia. Yes, I was involved in very
organised crime.’
Milton Jones
John 19:14-15 "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews. 15 But they shouted,
"Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate
asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered.
When the stock market crashes of 2008 happened many people from throughout the world
faced financial ruin. Investment bankers who were still worth a lot of money felt that they
could not go on and a lavish lifestyle was brought to an abrupt end. The result of this was
that people lost hope and unfortunately people took their own life because the most prized
thing that they had was taken away from them.
The reason that people do not have hope is because they do not realize what is on offer to
them. As Christians we see Easter as a joyous time and also as a time for deep reflection.
The joy of the resurrection is tempered with the somber tones of Good Friday and the
death of Jesus. Those people who clamoured for the death of Jesus were happy to live
without hope. They looked at Jesus and didn’t see the Son of God they saw a man who
came to cause trouble. Instead of receiving hope they choose hopelessness. The voices
that called out to claim Caesar as king were in fact from people who knew all about God
yet they choose to place their hope in man. Everything in this life fails us eventually.
Even people who we can depend on will pass away and so what we are ultimately left with
is a stark choice between what we know about Christ and his dependability; and also what
we know about mankind and life, and its often futility.
Let me ask you this question "where do you place your faith? Do you live with
hopelessness or with hope that can never spoil"?
I’d rather see a sermon
than hear one any day;
I’d rather one should walk with me
than merely tell the way.
When I see a deed of kindness,
I am eager to be kind.
When a weaker brother stumbles
and a strong man stays behind
And the best of all the preachers
are the men who live their creeds,
For to see good put in action
is what everybody needs.
And all travellers can witness
that the best of guides today
Is not the one who tells them,
but the one who shows the way.
The eye’s a better pupil
and more willing than the ear,
Fine counsel is confusing,
but example’s always clear;
I soon can learn to do it
if you’ll let me see it done;
I can watch your hands in action,
but your tongue too fast may run.
And the lecture you deliver
may be very wise and true,
But I’d rather get my lessons
by observing what you do;
For I might misunderstand you
and the high advice you give,
But there’s no misunderstanding
how you act and how you live.
Just to see if he can help him,
then the wish grows strong in me
To become as big and thoughtful
as I know that friend to be.
One good man teaches many,
men believe what they behold;
One deed of kindness noticed
is worth forty that are told.
Who stands with men of honour
learns to hold his honour dear,
For right living speaks a language
which to everyone is clear.
Though an able speaker charms me
with his eloquence, I say,
I’d rather see a sermon
than to hear one, any day.
Edgar A Guest