Intimations

A warm welcome to visitors with us; we hope to be a welcoming, open congregation. Please feel free to be yourself and join in where you are comfortable. If you'd like to know more about us and our faith, please speak to someone who welcomed you at the door this morning, or fill in the welcome card on the pew. You are also invited to sign the visitors' book.

• Gathering
• BBC 20 Praise my soul the King of heaven
• Prayer with response
• Remembrance
• Silence is kept for two minutes
• Laying of wreath at War Memorial
• Lord's Prayer
• Sheet God of the nations, God of all who live (Highland Cathederal)
• All-age address
• BBC 337 Make me a channel of your peace
• Bible reading: John 15:9-17 (GN p138, RSV p894)
• CH4 357 This is my will my new command (CH4 370 Ride on)
• Sermon
• BBC 380 I vow to thee my country
• Offering and dedication
• Intimations
• Prayer
• BBC 358 Forth in the peace of Christ we go
• Benediction
• BBC 378 God save our gracious Queen (1 verse)
• Reader: Agnes Fraser

1. Please ensure that all mobile phones are switched off prior to the service beginning.
2. An opportunity will be made available to make a donation to 'Poppy Scotland' at the close of the service today.
3. Your assistance would be welcomed to convey filled shoeboxes to cars at the close of the service today. The cars - Tom Evans, Bill Gillis & Anne Twiname (car park at back). Thank you in advance!
4. Christianity Explored continues Thursday November 13 at 7.30pm in the church hall; we have four weeks to go so please feel that you can still come along.
5. The Gardening Club meet in the hall on Wednesday at 2pm and all are welcome to a Phileas Fogg afternoon's journey.
6. Blythswood Collection is tomorrow, Monday November 10, at Tesco overflow car park 3-4pm to receive donations. Fliers in the vestibule.
7. There is a meeting of the Kirk Session on Tuesday November 11 in the hall at 7.30pm.
8. On November 18 the Guild are having a social evening during Guild Week. Entertainment will be The Annan Singers who are regulars at making an evening go with a swing. We welcome visitors to join us. The evening will be co-hosted with Maxwelltown West Guild. All Guilds in the Presbytery have been invited and a buffet supper will be served. Donations welcomed in support of Guild charities. Kings Bookshop will be present, also a Guild sales table. Please bring something to sell.
9. Copies of 'The Word for Today' for November, December and January are available in the vestibule Suggest 50p donation.
10. Christian Care for Homeless People presents Dumfries Male Voice Choir in Dumfries Baptist Church on Friday November 28 at 7.30pm Tickets £4, see Anne T.
11. Tearcraft catalogues are still available if you missed Thursday evening, also Living Gifts for Christmas (one copy only).
12. The Sunday Sweep: 'The People's Project' is a local initiative designed to help clean up our town and countryside whilst we are walking. It involves working together to pick up litter as we go and put it in the bin. There has been a request made to all the churches in the town that as we come and go to church we work together by tidying our streets of litter.
13. Intimations for next Sunday to Anne Twiname on 263241 by noon on Thursday.

Presbytery prayer diary for today, November 9, is for Mouswald Church from Rev J Williamson. Please pray for a reawakening of the spiritual life of the parish and congregation.