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Services in January: (lentionary based)

Sunday 24th January

Fae McGregor will be speaking about Lent Event

Sunday 31st January

This week, the university chaplain, Phil Newton will be leading our service

Sunday 7th February

This week Alastair Wilson will be leading our worship

Services in Lent: 'Sin'

Sunday 14th February

This week we'll introduction the idea and function of Lent - self examination

Sunday 21st February

Original Sin - what is it and can we change the way we think about it to make the idea more useful in our discleship

Sunday 28th February

Sin as that which is bad for us, or things which aren't necessarily good for us

Sunday 7th March

Community Meal at the St Columba Centre

Sunday 14th March

Sin as selfishnessness or failing to think of others

Sunday 21st March

Sin as a lack of love - motivation and action

Sunday 28th March

A Lenten reflective service

Easter Sunday - 4th April

A celebration of the resurrection

Previous services:

A refective service for the start of Lent"

Shrove Tuesday

We gather at the back of the church and share some pancakes. Traditionally, the pancakes used up some of the items given up for Lent such as eggs, milk and butter. Then, when we’ve all gathered we move to...

Temptation

The reading is Matthew 4:1-11 – the temptation of Jesus, traditionally read the first Sunday of Lent in one of the synoptic versions. We’ll think about the things that tempt us away from following, and make a collage of pictures. People will be invited to think not just of pictures of actual things that tempt them (eg chocolate) but things that symbolise perhaps more serious temptations – power, greed, selfishness, laziness, etc. Magazines will be available, together with some computers linked to a printer. Then, we move to...

Confession

The reading is Nehemiah 1:5-7. We will be invited to confess our sins in silence, then write down that which we want to confess. That piece of paper will then be thrown into the fire and consumed. Then we move to...

Absolution

The reading is I John 1:5 – 2:2. The tradition on Ash Wednesday is for a cross of ashes to be put on the believer’s forehead to symbolise repentance and forgiveness through Jesus. So the words of absolution will be pronounced, and we will be invited, if we wish, to have the cross put on our foreheads. Then we move to....

Restoration

The reading is John 15:11-17. We will gather as a community of forgiven people round the communion table where we will share communion together as a symbol of our restoration to the community of God.

Blessing

We are then sent out into the world to live the good news.....