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Join us this Sunday 11am at either ministry centre as we mark our harvest service and begin a new teaching series. If you are able, bring a food parcel to support Martha's Pantry. At the Brightons Ministry Centre, we have Youth Church for up to P7. Prayer times as usual.
Join us as we gather for live prayer online! Watch via our YouTube channel and Facebook page as members of our congregation take your prayer requests and pray for them live. Let us know ideas for prayer requests in the Live Chat.
Another option is to join our "Upper Braes Church Prayer" Zoom Room, where you can say a prayer out loud and others on the YouTube live stream will also hear it!
Please contact us via the church email address or Facebook page to get the login details for the Zoom prayer room.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR JOINING THE ZOOM ROOM:
(1) Should you be watching on YouTube whilst you call the Zoom Room, please MUTE YouTube as otherwise we might get feedback and/or you might get distracted by the time delay or by your voice.
(2) Please do SPEAK UP when you pray, so that you are clearly heard by everyone else.
(3) Please make sure your mobile is not on "speaker phone" setting for the Zoom call, as it might also generate feedback.
(4) Once you are finished your prayer, you can end your call or stay on the line to hear the other prayers and/or pray again.
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Thanks for joining with us, one and all!
Do let us know if you are joining with us and any prayer points
Good evenig and welcome to Thursday Live Prayer
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Good evening from Lorna and Ricky
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Very sorry to learn of Tom's passing. A good friend and encourager.
Welcome Donald, Jill, Marion and George
Welcome Gayle, Lorna and Ricky
Good evening John
Good evening everyone
Good evening All 🙏🏼
Good evening, everyone.
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WEEKLY LIVE PRAYER: 8.15pm tonight and available on all platforms.
But why pray together? Here is one of hundreds of reasons:
People pray together to experience unity, communal encouragement, a deeper connection with God, and for greater spiritual impact, as it is seen to strengthen the community and invite God's presence and power to affect change in the world. Corporate prayer also serves as a powerful display of shared dependence on God.
Reminder - We have our Harvest Thanksgiving Service this Sunday at both ministry centres. Donations for Martha's Pantry (Slamannan) will be gratefully received. The items particularly required are:
Groceries: cup-a-soup, tinned items (soup, fruit, meat, tuna, tomatoes, vegetables, baked beans, spaghetti, rice pudding), breakfast cereal, tea, coffee sugar, pasta, pasta sauce, rice, squash, jam, peanut butter
Toiletries: shampoo, shower gel, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant
Cleaning: bleach, washing up liquid, cleaning spray
Please help support this community venture and celebrate God's provision and bounty with others.
Verse of the Day taken from the passage in Sunday morning's service. Jesus is the vine and we are remain in Him
Sunday's message was on fruitfulness and journeying in faith. One of our BB members, Callum Clydesdale, was nominated for the Make a Difference award and received a Highly Commended Plaque. Well done to Callum for being an example of fruitfulness in the community.
Great news! Well done Callum x
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Fantastic news Callum!! Well done 👏 x
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Well done Callum, what a proud moment for you and your family 🙏🏻👏🏻
Brillant! Well done Callum! 👏
Welcome to the livestreamed service from the Brightons Ministry Centre of Upper Braes Parish Church in Falkirk.
Our service to God is led today by Rev. Scott Burton.
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Order of Service
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(Organ playing beforehand with notices)
Welcome, Notices and Gathering Moment with Mission Praise 38 - As we are gathered
The Choir: ‘O perfect love’
Call to Worship
Hymn: Mission Praise 1151 - Amazing grace (My chains are gone)
Hymn – The longing of my soul
All Together Time
Hymn – I’m following the King
Commissioning of Jean Gilmour as Ruling Elder on Kirk Session
Scripture Reading: John 15:1-8 (NIVUK) (Jane Kennedy)
Prayer for Others (Richard McManus)
Hymn: Mission Praise 1215 - O perfect love, O perfect sacrifice
Message
Hymn: Mission Praise 1168 - Everyone needs compassion
Benediction
Threefold Amen
(Music with notices playing afterwards)
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* The words for the Lord’s Prayer will appear on screen, if you find these helpful.
A video and written summary of the message will be uploaded to the "Sermons" page of our website:
www.upperbraes.org.uk/sermons/
Note: For copyright reasons, portions of this video might be muted on some platforms for replay views.
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Join us this Sunday 11am as we conclude our series on the Unchanging God and the Need for Change - where is God inviting us to turn a page, trust in His love and share in His purposes in the coming year? Youth Church is on for all groups, with our prayer times at 10.15am (BMC) and 10.40am (SMC).