Locum Minister Revd. Douglas Irving speaks to the linked congregations of Caerlaverock and Dumfries: St Mary’s Greyfriars’ and to all listening from beyond on Sunday 1st August 2021.

This will be the last online message from Douglas, who says it has been a privilege to serve both communities over the last 15 months in this way. Douglas thanks his son Roan for his help in producing the weekly recording, and all the readers who record their readings every week. Thank you too, to Marion Bennett at St Mary’s Greyfriars and Malcolm Laurie for putting out these messages every Sunday on the internet.

We thank our Scripture readers this week, Anne Twiname and Andrew Johnstone.

The service is shown below, click the arrow in the middle to start, or it can be viewed directly in YouTube here.

St Mary’s Greyfriars’ Newsletter: https://www.stmarysgreyfriars.org.uk​

St Mary’s Greyfriars’ Website: https://www.stmarysgreyfriars.org.uk​

Caerlaverock Kirk: https://www.caerlaverock.church

Links to appropriate suggested praise items:

 1) I am the bread of life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhdFE…

2) Be still for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZugvU…

3) Behold the mountain of the Lord in latter days shall rise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77y2p…

4) Thou hidden love of God, whose height, whose depth unfathomed, no one knows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-EOS…

5) Guide me, O thou great Jehovah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QvF…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT4n1…

6) The Cross is still there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2e2L…

Lord of the Cross of Shame:
(This link provides an organ accompaniment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTr6G…)

1. Lord of the cross of shame,
set my cold heart aflame
with love for you, my saviour and my master;
who on that lonely day
bore all my sins away,
and saved me from the judgement and disaster.
2. Lord of the empty tomb,
born of a virgin’s womb,
triumphant over death, its power defeated;
how gladly now I sing
your praise, my risen king,
and worship you, in heaven’s splendour seated.
3. Lord of my life today,
teach me to live and pray
as one who knows the joy of sins forgiven;
so may I ever be,
now and eternally,
one with my fellow – citizens in heaven.

Church of Scotland Website: https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/