Last Sunday, we welcomed retired priest, Kevin Francis, who is known by many of the congregation, to take our service. We enjoyed Alison’s accompaniment on the piano, helping us to sing with good voice!
This Week
Tuesday 10am – Prayer Group in the Garden Room
Thursday 10am – Said Holy Communion followed by coffee in Friendship House.
Thursday 3pm – Advent Course in choir vestry at All Saints. It will run for 4 consecutive Thursdays, studying a chapter of the book each week. The book we will be studying is ‘The Meaning is in the Waiting’ by Paula Gooder. Andrea suggests buying our own copy, it is available on Amazon and in any Christian Book Shop. If you have any problems, let her know.
Looking Ahead
Saturday 2nd – 11.30-1.00 Team Clean of Garden Room, Storage areas etc.
Sunday 3rd December – 5pm Advent Service at All Saints
Saturday 9th December – Loch Lomond RSPB walk (meeting time tbc) Depending on the weather the walk and cleaning session may be swapped!
Next Week’s Readings – Christ The King – Ezekiel 34:11-16,20-24, Ephesians 1:15-end, Matthew 25:31-end
Today’s Readings – Zephaniah 1:7,12-end, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30
As well as speaking about the very challenging Zephaniah passage which focuses on the wrath of God and was a tough reading given the current situation in Gaza, Kevin also spoke about the parable of the talents. Here two servants were commended for using their talents to good effect whereas the one who buried it in the ground was condemned for being lazy and not using his talent. Kevin pointed out that using our talents involves dealing with other people which sometimes results in risk, and people who have had bad experiences might feel reluctant to try again. However, God wants us to share our talents with others and not to hide from the world.