As the Church of Scotland in Bellshill we extend a warm welcome to any of our activities. People have been coming to this building to worship God for over a hundred years. While our town has journeyed through many changes over those years, the constancy of the witness of the “Church at 346 Main Street” has remained uninterrupted. The mission of any Church is to reflect through its presence, its music, its fellowship and its beauty the greatness of God, and we seek to do that here in all that we share.
We hope that everyone who enters these doors will find an encouraging, friendly group of people. While we are far from perfect, we are regularly discovering truths that are changing us individually and enriching our lives as a church community. As we worship together, learn from the Bible, and pray for one another, we are strengthened in our commitment to Jesus Christ as well as to each other. If this is your first time here, we welcome you, and invite you to share the joy that we have found.
Welcome to another Virtual Church with the Maestro! You are welcome to our time together of hymns and songs. Tonight’s episode features some more of our Easter Favourites, along with more requests from our Friday Night Family!
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This is Episode 92 in the organist entertains series which yet again proves to be a super edition of your hymns and requests, and the words appear on the screen.
Most of the hymns are sourced from CH4/ CMP and here is an online link to the hymnal https://hymnary.org if you want to look up the hymns.
Sunday worship from Central Church begins as usual at 11am in person and online
Our theme this week is Palm Sunday and the events of Holy Week.
Bellshill Central is your Town Centre Church with a warm and welcoming Church Family waiting to say hello.
Our Sunday School has resumed during morning worship so we look forward to welcoming families along to our time of worship
Our services are slowly returning back to normal and it’s great to be able to gather together to worship God
There is now no requirement to wear a mask to come to worship
However, if you still wish to wear a mask that is perfectly ok
Likewise, you can sit where you wish, there is no need to maintain social distancing (although our signs remain in place meantime)
If you want to still maintain a bit of space then that is fine. We have plenty of pews, so we ask everyone to be respectful of people’s wishes and move along if needed.
We do ask that you still sanitise your hands on entry and exit to the building to help maintain our current low restrictions and keep COVID at its current levels (or even lower!)
We do respectfully ask that you take a lateral flow before coming to church, and if you are displaying any cold like/flu like symptoms to consider worshipping online
Online worship is available from around 10.45am. Don’t worry if you can’t join us in person!
The watch live page on our website will be updated with a new live stream link
Join Emily today for today’s mid week church – which has a story and message for all ages. If you can’t tune in on Wednesday at 12noon just tune in anytime afterwards.
Demonstrating our love for Jesus.
Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. John 12:3 (NIV)
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Bellshill Central Church of Scotland Registered Charity: SC012556 346 Main Street, Bellshill, ML4 1BA
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Our prayers which we ask you to begin at 7pm this evening focus on Climate Justice, and have been taken from Church of Scotland Worship Resources, available online
CALL TO WORSHIP
Glorious God, The whole of creation proclaims your marvellous work: Increase in us a capacity to wonder and delight in it, That heaven’s praise may echo in our hearts And our lives be spent as good stewards of the earth, Through Jesus Christ our Lord
Approach to God
Eternal and wonderful God
We come together in Your presence now, bringing to You our united praise and adoration. You are a great God beyond all measure and we bow in awe before the dazzling brightness of Your being and glory. We join our heart and voice with the seraphs in Your presence who call to one another, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory.’
We worship You, God of creation and stand in awe before the myriad ways in which the vast universe and the world of nature around us display the wonder of Your wisdom and love, generosity and beauty. Open our eyes to the signs of Your presence everywhere. Fill us with delight and gratitude as we remember how in love You gave to each of us our being and the ways You have enriched our lives from our earliest years.
King of salvation, we praise You that You have not kept at a distance from our human predicament, but in Jesus You have come into our fallen, broken world fully to share our humanity and to bring us redemption. We marvel again at Jesus’ willingness in love to identify in this way with us, to share our sorrows and to walk the long and painful road to a new exodus in the achievement of the cross, gaining for us freedom from sin and pain and death.
A prayer for climate justice
We open ourselves to You Recognising the light of Your power within every living thing. We open ourselves to You Thanking You for the beauty and love woven into our lives.
It is all too easy to look away To not see: The connections that bind us together The devastation that humanity is wreaking The suffering of living creatures.
It is all too easy to look away To refuse to acknowledge: That we benefit from imbalances of power That little choices can contribute to great harm That not calling our leaders to account makes us culpable.
We call on You to grant us the ability to see with clear eyes To know the truth, to feel the truth. Please grant us the ability to call for justice, Even when it may take from us Some measure of our own comfort.
Please grant us the ability to recognise every person in this world As a member of our family, Please grant us the strength to hear Your call to act To protect this precious planet Full of divine glory. Amen
Intercession
Lord Jesus Christ, as we think of the testing to which You were subjected in the wilderness and throughout Your ministry to its very end, we bring to You all who today are struggling with life’s trials and pressures. We remember those who are facing tough choices and hard situations; those enduring physical or mental pain; those striving to come to terms with painful loss – of a loved one, of employment, of cherished hopes; those facing challenges for which they feel hopelessly inadequate. Hold them in Your love and let them know Your peace and the sufficient strength of Your grace which is able to turn even calamity into a blessing.
We pray for all who find themselves wrestling with powerful temptation: those who struggle with things that are destructive, those tempted to give up on God in light of life’s harsh realities; those who wonder whether life is worth living at all in face of the bleakness of their prospects.
Lord Jesus Christ, You are familiar with the wilderness of life. Through that wilderness, in all its desolation, You have made a way and You are leading Your people by a new exodus to a new creation, a perfect world of peace, justice and love. Help all who today are worn down by the trials and temptations of life to turn their face to Jesus, the suffering servant. Let us all find in Jesus the joy of liberation, the assurance of unfailing companionship on the journey home from exile and the sure hope of a new heavens and a new earth, in a future more glorious than we can begin to imagine.
BELLSHILL: CENTRAL PARISH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 