‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love….This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you.’ John 16.
Approach:
Hymn 197 ‘As we are gathered, Jesus is here.’
Hymn 105 ‘Glory to God above.’
Offering – Hymn 505 v1
All Age Talk
Hymn 564 ‘Jesus loves me.’
Prayer.
Word:
1 Cor. 13: 1-3.
Reflection: ‘Personal gifts.’
1 Cor. 13: 4-8a.
Reflection: ‘Love is.’
1 Cor. 13: 8b-12.
Reflection: ‘Passing things.’
1 Cor. 13: 13.
Conclusion: ‘ Three things that will last.’
Response:
Hymn 115 ‘Love is the touch of intangible joy.’
Prayer/ Lord’s Prayer.
Hymn 519 ‘Love divine all loves excelling.’
Blessing:
Benediction/ Threefold Amen
Hymn 786 ‘May the God of peace go with us.’
Thought for the week:
‘And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.’
Mortlach and Rothes Church 