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2nd April - Thursday Thought
12noon - Rev Dr Robin Hill |
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5th April - Palm Sunday
9.45am - Rev Dr Robin Hill
11.00am - Rev Dr Robin Hill (G) |
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9th April - Thursday Thought
12noon - Rev Dr Robin Hill
7.00pm - Rev Dr Robin Hill (G) |
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10th April - Good Friday
Joint Service at Tranent Parish Church
3.00pm - Rev Jan Gilles |
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12th April - Easter Services
7.00am - Rev Dr Robin Hill
9.45am - Rev Dr Robin Hill
11.00am - Rev Dr Robin Hill (G) |
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16th April - Thursday Thought
12.00noon |
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19th April - Easter +1
9.45am - Rev Dr Robin Hill
11.00am - Rev Dr Robin Hill (G) |
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23rd April - Thursday Though
12noon - Rev Dr Robin Hll |
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26th April - Easter + 2
9.45am - Rev Dr Robin Hill
11.00pm - Rev Dr Robin Hill (G) |
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30th April - Thursday Thought and Holy Communion
12.00noon - Rev Dr Robin Hill |
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Welcome back to our website. 2009 speeds onward and April is upon us. We look forward to welcoming you to our services this month.
If you have any pictures of Longniddry church you would be willing to share, please send them to website@longniddrychurch.org and I will try to put as many as I can on our gallery page. If you can help please get in touch. |
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Recently in church we were learning about the importance of standing back from life in all its “busy-ness”, to take in what it means to live life in all its “full-ness”. For some folk, this can be blanking out a diary page to get some retreat time. For others it can mean heading out on to the hills or the beach for some serious contemplation.
Around this time of year, it is easy for us to let Easter creep up on us, unawares. Before we know it we are surrounded by chocolate eggs and daffodils – both of which are lovely and to be welcomed on Easter morning.
But wait a minute: If Easter is to make any sense to us, we need to go on a journey to discover what led up to it. And this Palm Sunday, 5th April, that is exactly what we intend to do, as our Sunday services in both Longniddry and Gladsmuir will revolve around a reading of “the Passion narrative” from Mark’s gospel, in which we will hear in one sitting the momentous events of that first Holy Week.
This story is a tough one to take in, what with Jesus’ betrayal, denial, arrest, torture and death. But the fact remains that if we are to appreciate the joy of Easter, we must experience the cost of Easter too.
So join us on Palm Sunday in Longniddry, then come along to Gladsmuir on Maundy Thursday (7pm) and Tranent on Good Friday (again, 7pm), tracing Christ’s path from his triumphal entry to his triumphant death.
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Thought for the Month
If you want a thought for Easter, here’s a very fine one from German theologian Jürgen Moltmann:
“ ‘The risen Christ makes life a perpetual feast,’ said Athanasius. But can the whole of life really be a feast? Even life’s dark side – death, guilt, senseless suffering? I think it can. Once we realize that the giver of this feast is the outcast, suffering, crucified Son of Man from Nazareth, then every ‘no’ is absorbed into this profound ‘yes’, and is swallowed up in its victory.” |
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Come along on Sunday mornings to the 9.45 service.
After about 15mins the children go through to the church hall.
Explorers - Age 3 up to Primary 2
Adventurers - Primary 3 - 5
Junior TYC- Primary 6 - 7
TYC - S1 and beyond
For the younger ones there’s a creche.
Please ask for information from Mary Barron 853830 or Beth Elliott 853423. |
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