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Holy Week Tuesday

Time Out.
Church is Gathering for Prayer.

In this particular week you are invited to take time out – and to gather with others in your church family to pray.

As a Church we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in these busier days. In these weeks and months of lockdown 2021 it is not possible once again to open and run this space….for the moment anyhow!

However, this Tuesday instead of visiting the Upper Room you are encouraged to pause where you are…..and tarry a while with God, maybe a bit longer than usual……to wait…ask…seek…receive….

* Find a space to be still in a busy world
** For a regular time-out during this month
* Private prayer for yourself and for others
** Listening to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit

You are invited to share in the Midday Prayers and Evening Prayers that will be posted online at 12noon and 9pm on various days on the Kirk website and on our social media pages. We are also encouraged to pray with others in our city and across our land at 6pm….focussing on all those affected by the coronavirus…..and during these particular weeks you are invited to join with others and pray for all those affected afresh by the new coronavirus restrictions.

We are all invited to pray with others in our Church family as we journey through these days of Lent in 2021 together…..and to listen for what God is saying to us in these changing and uncertain days.
We therefore come together in the evening at 7.30 via Zoom – with our prayers of thanksgiving – to wait and listen – to pray for our needy world at this time – for for each other.

You are encouraged to take some exercise by the Government..and we would invite you to take a walk around the Kirkyard and consider the Word for Today words and images on the theme WHY GOOD FRIDAY at this time.

Daily Devotions for Monday 29th March, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit

Reading : HEBREWS 3 verses 7-19

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Rest for God’s People.
What is your response to this passage in these times?

Then Pray with honesty in response to the LORD our God

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For God’s Church
In our city
In our nation
In our world

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on TEARFUND at work in Brazil in these days
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from HEBREWS 3
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayers
As I lay myself and Your church in this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Palm Sunday – 28th March, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God

Reading : HEBREWS 3 verses 1-6

Meditation : take time and consider these verses this particular Sunday morning.
Jesus. Moses. Faithful.
What do they mean for you today?
What is God teaching you this morning from His written Word?

And then pray in response – to this Jesus

Living Lord
Faithful One
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
Amen.

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer

Jesus
Saviour and Friend
Bearer of our sins and griefs
Bring God’s perfect peace

Jesus
Lord and Friend
Faithful in our storms
Help us – we call out

Jesus
Our Strong Friend
Carry and shield us
As we pray to You

Amen

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from HEBREWS 3
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on into this particular week
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

National Day of Reflection and Time-Out Tuesday

As we journey with others in our nation at this time, we are encouraged to pause on Tuesday and reflect.
We are invited to take time out….to share in a minute of silence at Midday and to light a candle in the evening on our front doorstep as we mark the anniversary of the UK’s first Covid lockdown.
Our Midday Prayers tomorrow will include this. There is also the Pause to Pray with Others at 6pm. You may wish to light a candle at 8pm on Tuesday evening.

As a Church we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in these busier days. In these weeks and months of lockdown 2021 it is not possible once again to open and run this space….for the moment anyhow!

You are invited however to make time to pause and take time out…at this time of the year in this season of Lent…perhaps for the first time….. and it doesn’t have to be just on a Tuesday!

However, this Tuesday instead of visiting the Upper Room you are encouraged to Reflect…..and tarry a while with God, maybe a bit longer than usual……to wait…ask…seek…receive….

* Find a space to be still in a busy world
** For a regular time-out during this month
* Private prayer for yourself and for others
** Listening to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit

You are invited to share in the Midday Prayers and Evening Prayers that will be posted online at 12noon and 9pm on various days on the Kirk website and on our social media pages. We are also encouraged to pray with others in our city and across our land at 6pm….focussing on all those affected by the coronavirus…..and during these particular weeks you are invited to join with others and pray for all those affected afresh by the new coronavirus restrictions.

We are all invited to pray with others in our Church family as we journey through these days of Lent in 2021 together…..and to listen for what God is saying to us in these changing and uncertain days. You are encouraged to take some exercise by the Government..and we would invite you to take a walk around the Kirkyard and consider the Word for Today words and images on the theme WHY GOOD FRIDAY at this time.