This week, being the first Sunday of the month we should be having our after church tea and coffee
Instead we are hosting our first ever Zoom coffee and tea chat half hour. From 12noon to 12.30pm.
If you’d like to join us please get in touch for the meeting ID and password, or the joining link.
You can download Zoom for free from your App store (on tablets and mobile phones) or use the Internet if you’re using a computer or laptop.
If you’ve any difficulties get in touch with Drew or Alan.
Thats what goes through Alan’s mind each week as the recording starts for the Organist Entertains series!
Just get in touch, by whatever means are most suitable, to let us know your feedback and hymn requests.
Since its inception around 2 months ago the Organist Entertains series has always been about encouraging engagement with our church and community, and making each video a means of personable social interaction. We hope we’ve managed this.
Its lovely to hear the stories behind your choices. Memories of good times. A real spiritual meaning for a request. Or a special occasion.
Thats why the organist entertains is reaching so many people from Bellshill to South Africa, and Edinburgh to the Channel Islands. The church knows no boundaries, we are a world wide family!
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1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.(A)
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;(B)
I had nearly lost my foothold.(C)
3 For I envied(D) the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(E)
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free(F) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(G) is their necklace;(H)
they clothe themselves with violence.(I)
7 From their callous hearts(J) comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(K)
with arrogance(L) they threaten oppression.(M)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
12 This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care,(N) they go on amassing wealth.(O)
13 Surely in vain(P) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.(Q)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(R)
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(S) all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(T) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.(U)
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(V)
you cast them down to ruin.(W)
19 How suddenly(X) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(Y) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(Z) when one awakes;(AA)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(AB)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(AC) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(AD) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(AE)
24 You guide(AF) me with your counsel,(AG)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(AH)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(AI)
26 My flesh and my heart(AJ) may fail,(AK)
but God is the strength(AL) of my heart
and my portion(AM) forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish;(AN)
you destroy all who are unfaithful(AO) to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.(AP)
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;(AQ)
I will tell of all your deeds.(AR)
BELLSHILL: CENTRAL PARISH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 