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Welcome to our worship service for Sunday 15th January.  For the next three weeks we are focussing on 1stCorinthians chapter 1 and the Psalms.  The readings are for these Sundays in Epiphany and we are pondering Christ as our centre – Blessed through Christ, Unity through Christ and Proclaiming Christ.  A great way to start a year is to remember we are a holy people. So this week we...

Welcome to the RevSarahShares Podcast. Today we are looking at the story of the wise men and reflecting on God’s Sat-Nav, using their tale to help us consider the choices we make, the paths we follow and so on. This week the reflection is split into two pieces with the Scripture reading in the middle. The first part is playing around with the idea of going on a baby hunt, using the story of we’re...

Happy New Year - May 2023 be a year filled with blessings and an increasing awareness of God's love and presence.   Welcome to Worship. This week Lynette Jardine, locum at Stewartfield Church is leading Moncreiff and Stewartfield in worship. (Their community building is closed).  So a very warm welcome to her and Lesley who brings the reading from Luke's Gospel.   I pray you wi...

Welcome to our Christmas Day Service from Moncreiff.  We would normally hold a service whether it was a Sunday or not but it is great they coincide! ;) Included is the reading by Anne from John 1:1-18, a short reflection with a wee challenge thinking about what we need to celebrate and whether the host of our party is included or forgotten! For our full services check us out on Youtube and Fa...

Welcome to worship today which our Faithbuilders and Leaders have worked together to bring praise to God. Here we share just a little with the Alphabet Nativity poem from Eva, James and Ruby at the end, with a reflection on the power of the Nativity from myself in the middle, and the bible story read from Luke 2:1-20 by Freya. All good stories should have a great beginning, end and middle but we n...

Welcome to the Podcast for Sunday 11th December. The theme is Advent Joy and considering how we have a message of joy to share, even when we feel like we are in exile.  The connectivity of the Old and New Testament held once again through John the Baptist.  It can be hard to find our place in a world full of mixed messages, and we can feel uncertain. But going back to the Word, and seein...

Welcome to the first Sunday in Advent (hope) where we consider the third horizon in a faith perspective.  We are so caught in the now and near future, that taking time to gaze further takes effort.  Advent isn't just to prepare for the Christ child but a reminder that the King will return.  What are we doing or not doing about that?  Thank you to Heather for our reading  A...

Welcome to Christ the King Sunday service with Moncreiff.  We share the story of Moses all grown up and ponder what power is and whether we believe God still has power.  Do journey with us through this meandering landscape.  Grateful to Laura for the readings from Exodus 5:1-9, 17-22 14:5-8, 13-31 and John 2:13-21.  All are welcome.   #worship #churchofscotland #power...

Welcome to our worship service where we continue our series looking at Extraordinary Lengths with Miriam, Moses, their mum and quick stop by Philip in Acts.  Sometimes we go to extraordinary lengths and so does God.  There are Remembrance overtones in the reflection and the full service includes an Act of Remembrance.  All are welcome.  Thank you to Anne for our readings. &nbsp...

Welcome to worship for Sunday 6th November 2022. Today we explore Extraordinary Faith with Noah and Thomas, recognising there are any number of examples of extraordinary and ordinary faith in Scripture. But these two did face some amount of ridicule and helps us think about what faith is – a spiritual conviction and something that changes our perspective and actions. Thank you to Fiona for our rea...

Welcome to our Podcast version of worship containing the bible readings and the reflection where we explore the place of vision in the life of faith and the Church.  For Halloween and All Saints it seemed appropriate.  The Girls Brigade lead us through our Scripture readings. Without vision we will crumble and fall.  God is always moving forwards to completion.    All...

Welcome to the Rev Sarah Shares podcast.  Today we meet Joseph (known for his technicolour dream coat!) but we meet the biblical version starting as an arrogant know it all teenager sold into slavery by his fed up brothers, and with a hop skip and a jump through his time in prison and landing up as the second most important man in Egypt we fall headlong into his tearful reunion with his broth...

Welcome to our Harvest Service where we ponder gratitude and generosity, Our donations in the service are going to the East Kilbride Community Foodbank and I have included statistics from them. We have children in our community relying on foodbanks. Harvest reminds us that we are indebted to farmers of all types around the world and that there is much unfairness around resources that we all need....

Our Old Testament characters series now has a name - the Extraordinary Series.  All of us have times when we wonder if running away is the best option, and if not possible hide under the duvet.  All of us have had to seek forgiveness from loved ones and experienced grace.  Today we explore Extraordinary Grace with the help of our reluctant, grumpy prophet Jonah.  So Karen share...

Welcome to worship for 18th September 2022. Starting a new series on Old Testament characters we look at Deborah, visit Mary and consider the life of service and women. We pay tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth recognising her life of service and the role of faith for all three women. Touching on marginalising people particularly through gender and what it might mean to rise to the challenge, something...

Welcome to worship this week as we finish our series on the parables. This time we look at the parable of the gold coins and ponder work, commitment and what does the Kingdom of God actually mean...well a short look at it! Like it or not we are created to work, to do, to participate, to live. Reading from Luke 19:11-27 and one from Revelation that I remembered to add in!  Do check us out on o...

Welcome to Worship on Sunday 28th August 2022. This weekend we had an open weekend – we are always open and welcoming but we wanted to celebrate and share and make it easy to connect with worship as well. We explore the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector and explore how religion is not necessarily of God, and how if we can get past the block it sometimes is we find freedom in God. ...

Welcome to worship for Sunday 21st August. Today Jillian leads us in worship through the parable of the Widow and the Judge, with a stop by in Genesis looking at prayer and when it is hard work. Her reflection speaks to us all as she recognises that prayer can be hard work.  Persistence in prayer is something we know but don’t like! Thank you to Ann and Sarah for bible readings and Jillian fo...

Welcome to worship for Sunday 14th August 2022. Today we explore the Parable of the Great Feast which leads me down the path of diagnosing the problem with Church…well part of it anyway. As the Church of Scotland and other denominations go through rationalisation, closing and uniting congregations I ponder procrastination, busyness and distraction, and perhaps how we have often excluded the other...

Welcome to Worship for August 7th 2022 where we continue our Parables season. Today we look at the story of the ten young bridesmaids and ponder whether we are planners or go with the flow! We also consider the second coming of Jesus, what heaven might be like and touch on the hard topic of death and grieving. As always there is more that can be said than is but hopefully it might help us think ab...

Welcome to worship on Sunday 31st July with Eleanor Hamilton.  Continuing with the parable of the Unforgiving Servant Eleanor encourages us to look deep into what forgiveness might truly look like.  How do we respond to those moments that hurt and damage us or others?  Again not an easy topic but go with it as she does with the help of those who have walked this road before us. &nbs...

Welcome to worship on Sunday 24th July with Eleanor Hamilton as she continues our series. In fact, she chose the theme and her two parables first! Eleanor leads worship on 24th and 31st July. Today’s service focuses on the parable of the sower and gives plenty to think about. She even challenges our ability to truly listen…and how do we measure success or is it something else we should measure? Th...

Welcome to worship on Sunday 17th July as we continue our parables of Jesus summer series. This week we look at the story of the unfruitful fig tree from Luke’s Gospel. Time is our focus – time to pause, ponder and reflect, time to listen, learn and feed, time to flourish and grow. The service is shorter reflections and includes Taize music - Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. (Emm...

Continuing our series on Parables with a Twist Jillian explores the Parable of the Rich Farmer or the Rich Fool.  How do we measure our worth?  Through material objects or spiritual blessings?  Is wealth a gift for sharing or earned for hoarding?  All are welcome as she helps us ponder anew where our treasure is.  Thanks to Alison for the reading.  All are welcome. &n...

Welcome to Sunday 3rd July Worship from Moncreiff Parish Church.  We are starting a series on the parables of Jesus and we are beginning new/old clothes and wineskins, with a bit of a wedding theme there as well.  Sometimes we are so convinced about new ways that we dismiss the old ways but what if they are to work together, blessing and building together.  What if there is room for...