Welcome to the Boxing Day Service of Worship. Just click on the window below to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are also posted below.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Rev Sam Campbell will be on a weeks leave from Sunday the 26th of December (returning in the 9th of January for Covenant Service). Although there will be church services meeting physically, unfortunately there will be no recording for the service on the 2nd of January.

If there is a pastoral emergency; For Mossley contact Colin McDowell or Christine Mccausland. For Greencastle Methodist contact Carol Lambe or Evelyn Stainer.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s wicked sons

¹² Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:18-20

¹⁸ But Samuel was ministering before the Lord – a boy wearing a linen ephod. ¹⁹ Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. ²⁰ Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, ‘May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to^[a] the Lord.’ Then they would go home.

1 Samuel 2:22-25

²² Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ²³ So he said to them, ‘Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. ²⁴ No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good. ²⁵ If one person sins against another, God^[a] may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who will intercede for them?’ His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the Lord’s will to put them to death.

———-

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CHURCH ATTENDANCE:

Even though current restrictions from the NI Executive have changed, The Methodist Church in Ireland, along with the other main denominations throughout the Provence, acknowledge current guidelines. However masks must still be worn while singing and moving around inside the church buildings, this said, while seated mask removal is now permitted if desired. Please respect the safety of your fellow worshippers, particularly the vulnerable and those who care for them. 

IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW OMICRON VARIANT: The Methodist Church in Ireland also has asked EVERYONE to ensure that they take up the vaccination and booster.

For all your Mossley Methodist and greater Methodist Church news and updates, why not take a look at our Group FACEBOOK Page. Select to become a MEMBER and receive notifications as they are posted!

Follow this link for ‘details on how to give’ during Covid-19