~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before any Service, speak to God; During the Service, let God speak to you;

After the Service, speak to one another! MISSION is every believer’s responsibility! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MORNING Reception of Youth Organisation Flags Welcome & Announcement Highlights Call to Worship: (from Psalm 48)(A Psalm of the sons of Korah)

Leader: Great is the Lord! All: And most worthy of praise! Leader: Within Your temple, O God, All: we meditate on Your unfailing love. Leader: Like Your name, O God, All: Your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Leader: This is our God for ever and ever! All: He will be our Guide even to the end.

Prayer Praise: LP25 Come on and celebrate (Morgan) Reading: Luke 23:26-43 (page 1060) read by Group Scout Leader, Margaret Hamilton Praise: IPH 346 I love to hear the story (Angel’s Song) Teaching: CROSS LOVE Praise: CH3 416 God is love: His the care (German Carol Melody) Offering: Operation Christmas Child: From one community to another (DVD) Prayers League of Church Loyalty Awards Praise: IPH 270 Jesus loves me (Bradbury) Return of Flags The National Anthem: IPH 607 (3 verses) The Blessing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome! Please take this

Bulletin

home with you. —————————— Strive for peace with

all your heart—

Christ Himself

is our peace

Psalm 34:14b; Ephesians 2:14

Remember: www.firstcookstown.co.uk You can access this Bulletin, listen to service recordings, and contribute news and updates, along with much more information.

First Presbyterian Church Cookstown (founded 1646)

of The

in the Presbytery of Tyrone

gathered to worship on

Sunday 20 November 2016

11.30 am & 7.00 pm

EVENING Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1-8 (page 782) ISRAEL, THE BIBLE AND ME Praise: Metrical Psalm 122 St Paul Aberdeen (PsT 116) IPH 85 God is our strength and refuge (from Psalm 46) (Dambusters’ March) IPH 240 The God of Abraham praise (Leoni, Hebrew Melody) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This week Today 11.30 am Parade Service—Uniformed Youth Organisations 12.30 pm Annual Congregational Lunch, hosted by the Scouts: CONGRATULATIONS to the following who will receive their Chief Scout Award badges today:

Ellie English, Aaron Brown, Lucy Thomson, Ellen Hamilton, Joshua Dripps, Roan Anderson, Paul Reid, Stephen Black, Walter Acheson, Daniel Bell, Kyle Junk and Ryan McIvor.

Unveiling of a picture of Alec Fraser (former Scout Leader and Clerk of Kirk Session of First) in the presence of his son, daughter and family.

7.00 pm Revd Dr Isaac Thompson 8.00pm Youth Fellowship in The Loft for year 8 to age 24 until 9.30 pm Monday 6.00 pm Squirrel Scouts meet until 7.00 pm 7.00 pm Beaver Scouts meet until 8.00 pm 8.00 pm Explorer Scouts meet in the Hall until 9.30 pm Tuesday 10.15 am Prayer Cell in The Minister’s Room—all welcome 7.45 pm First Bowling Club—new members always welcome. Wednesday 10.30 am Morning Midweek Bible Study in The Loft, until 12 Noon—all welcome: Christian Beliefs No

6: “Our identity and depravity” (Genesis 3:1-24) - all welcome! 8.00 pm Evening Midweek Bible Study at 81 Sweep Road. Series on “Battles Christians Face”: this

week, “Image” - all welcome! Thursday 1.30 pm Cookstown High School Parents’ Monthly Prayer Meeting, in Coolnafranky House, until

2.00 pm. All welcome to attend to pray for our entire school community. 8.00 pm Prayer Cell in The Minister’s Room—all welcome 8.00 pm NO meeting for Scouts. Friday 7.30 pm Cookstown Cancer Focus Group, Christmas Concert in St John’s Hall Moneymore, featuring

Cookstown Youth Choir. Donations in support of Cancer Focus NI. Saturday 10.00 am Coffee & Craft Fair Morning hosted by PW in the halls, until 1.00 pm: including arts & crafts:

knitting, baking, jewellery, flower arrangements, pictures and nail painting. 8.00 pm “Och Aye the Noo”, a Scottish musical presented by Dungannon Methodist Church in The

Burnavon. Also featuring Camhanach & Markethill Ulster Scots Dancers. Tickets available at The Burnavon.

Next Sunday: First in Advent 10.30 am Elders’ Monthly Prayer Time in The Morrison Room until 11.00 am 11.30 am Revd Dr Isaac Thompson 3.00 pm Annual UDR CGC Memorial Service in St Anne’s Dungannon 5.00 pm Remembering those affected by suicide: at the town Christmas Tree, including a personal

story by Dr Leonard McCammon. 7.00 pm Very Revd Dr Andrew R Rodgers

8.00 pm Joint Youth Fellowship with Sandholes and Pomeroy, 8.15 pm - 9.30 pm. Meet in church car park at 8.00 pm.

November 2016 Monday 28 Start of Trinity College of Music London exams, 0900—1700 each day, Minister’s Room

and The Morrison Room, until Saturday 3 December. Wednesday 30 Congregational Committee in The Morrison Room at 8.00 pm

December 2016 (only some dates) Thursday 1 elevenses@first in The Morrison Room, 10.30 am—12 Noon, with Sarah Moore, presenter

and reporter with Ulster Television. All welcome. Friday 2 A Christmas Chorus, “A community evening of festive music” in Sandholes Presbyterian

Church Hall at 8.00 pm. Retiring offering in aid of the new church hall. Saturday 3 Mid Ulster Carols at Stormont, featuring The Chamber Choir of Cookstown High School, The

Sperrin Choir and The Barbershop Choir of Rainey Endowed School. Admission by ticket only (£10 adults, £7 children under 16yrs) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mid-ulster-carols-at-stormonttickets-29045185933?aff=ehomecard or from the office of Sandra Overend, MLA, 1, High Street, Moneymore (86748090) Proceeds to Charis Cancer Care.

Sunday 4 Dungannon Choral Society Carol Service in St Anne’s Dungannon at 8.00 pm Monday 5 PW Christmas lunch at The Braeside. Meet at 12.30, with lunch at 1.00pm. Cost £20 (open

to all ladies of the congregation). Names to Linda Donaghy (8676 5805) by 30 November. Thursday 8 Launch of Cookstown’s Christmas Food Bank in The Burnavon 10.00 am—1.00 pm. The

following donations are always welcome: Any Toiletries - Soap, Toothpaste, Tooth brushes, Toilet roll etc, Cereal, Coffee / Tea, Tinned Rice, Tinned Custard, Tinned Meat, Tinned Fruit / Veg, Tinned Fish, Soups, Pasta Sauces, Pasta / Rice, Long Life Juice, Sponge Pudding, Jam, Biscuits / Snack Bars, Toys, Nappies, Baby Food (packaged), Selection Boxes. Please bring some along to the launch. Thank you.

Friday 9 Sperrin Choir in concert in First Presbyterian Church Magherafelt. Wednesday 14 Cookstown Primary School’s Carol Service in First at 10.00 am and 6.30 pm Wednesday 14 Sperrin Choir in concert in The Burnavon. Thursday 15 Sperrin Choir in concert in The Burnavon. Friday 16 Cookstown Methodist Church: carol singing at the front of the church building. Sunday 18 Carols by Candlelight in First at 7.00 pm, followed by festive supper in The Main Hall Thursday 22 Carol Singing at Cookstown’s Christmas Tree, William Street, at 7.30 pm Sunday 25 All-Age Christmas Day Service at 10.30 am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Operation Christmas Child Samaritan’s Purse is the world's largest Children’s Christian project. The last day for collection is TOMORROW evening. All enquiries to Anne Rea 8676 5845. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ROTAS—read through them carefully! F.W.O. TEAM ROTA

This Week .............................................................. John Topping, Norman Bownes, Kyle Topping, Gordon Black Next Week ................................................ Kenneth McGuffin, Sydney Faulkner, Ian Gillespie, Andrew Johnston

CAR PARK ROTA Today .................................................... Alastair Henry Next Sunday ................................................ Colin Rea

FLOWER ROTA Today .......................................................................................................................................... Miss Sally Moffett Next Sunday ................................................................................................................................. Mrs Annie Purdy

CHURCH STEWARDING ROTA November ................................................................................................................... Alison Bell, Kenneth Brown December ................................................................................................................ Margaret Hamilton, Colin Rea

COLLECTION ROTA Manse side (November) ................................................................................................. Alison Bell, Glen Morton Gallery (November) ......................................................................... Brian Donaghy, David Johnston, Colin Parke Town side (November) ................................................................................................ James Miller, Rex Simpson

Manse side (December) ............................................................................................ George Black, Ian McMullan Gallery (December) .................................................................................. Alan Badger, Trevor Crooks, Chris Kerr Town side (December) .................................................................................................. Bob Agnew, John Topping

SOUND DESK ROTA This Morning .................................. Andrew Johnston Next Sunday ............................................... John Black

JUNIOR CHURCH ROTA Today ................................................................................................................................................. Youth Service Next Sunday ....................................................................................................................... Judith McGeown & Co

CRÈCHE ROTA Today .......................................................................................Jennifer Park, Dorothy Donaghy, Naomi Donaghy Next Sunday ...................................................................................................................................................... TBC

SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERVISION ROTA Next Sunday .................................................................................................................. Colin Rea, Tony Patterson Sunday 27 November ................................................................................................ Stephen Wilson, Derek Reid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PRAYER FOCUS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND PRAYERLINE: (edited) For full versions, visit: www.presbyterianireland.org Home: Philip Whelton – Irish Mission Worker serving in Arklow: The Alpha course which has been running from September continues to be well attended with 50 to 60 people coming along each week. Pray for all the leaders involved, that God will help them as they prepare and plan for each session, and as they build relationships with their groups; that all will have chosen to follow Christ by the time the course finishes. Howth and Malahide Presbyterian Church – Rev Alastair Dunlop: the new 'Pop-Up church’ in Clongriffin (between Malahide & Howth) on Sundays at 5.00pm, running weekly since the start of September. Overseas: Nepal: The Moderator, Rt Rev Dr Frank Sellar, his wife Claire and daughter Ruth, arrived safely last Tuesday, and are meeting with some of UMN’s key staff, and spending time with PCI mission personnel currently serving there: Peter & Valerie Lockwood and family; and Stephen & Laura Coulter. They will also travel to the north to see some of the reconstruction projects UMN has been involved in, following the severe earthquakes in Nepal in 2015. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WWII remains are still being found—RAF crash 1945 Three bodies have been recovered from a British Lancaster bomber dug up in the municipality of Glabbeek (Flemish Brabant). The plane came down on 5 March 1945 and ended up in swampy ground. Excavation of the Royal air force (RAF) Lancaster NN775 started on Friday 11 November and is now complete. It is one of 170 British planes involved in the bombing of the Gelsenkirchen oil refinery in Germany. The crew of seven all died in the crash. At the time, four bodies were recovered, two of which remained unidentified. Excavators discovered the body of Christopher Hogg, who was at the rear of the plane. Last Sunday the cockpit was uncovered and two further bodies found. They are believed to be those of pilot Holman Kerr from Northern Ireland and flight sergeant Allan Olsen, an 18-year-old Australian. The Commonwealth Guard of Honour held a short military ceremony for each of those recovered. Coffins were draped in the British and Australian flags. Local mayor Peter Reekmans said that the bodies would be handed over to the War Graves Commission and would probably be placed in a communal grave for all victims of the crash at Heverlee military airfield next month. (note: Gordon Holman Kerr was a second cousin of Mrs Yvonne Devlin, Cookstown)

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