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Friday 8th January 2021

8/1/2021

Church Building Closure
I am sure many of you have already heard the news that Church Buildings will be closed on Sunday for the next 4 weeks because of the rapid spread of Coronavirus. You can still join us on Burnside At Home or listen via the Local Rate Telephone Line - 028 9344 7199
This situation will be kept under review.

Beside The Burn
We have completed our studies on the 12 Days Of Christmas, today we will look at an encounter with Jesus from Luke 5. Today the Paralysed Man lowered through the roof.

Let’s Pray For Social Witness
Pray for the Vaccine programme as it rolls out in the residential and nursing sector and to the vulnerable groups in our congregations and communities. Give thanks for the unsung heroes in all our congregations and Council for Social Witness – those who keep in touch by phone, video calls, write letters, drop in gifts of goodies and actively pray.

Schools
Pray that a consultation proposing changes to Special Educational Needs provision in Northern Ireland would find ways to ensure that all children have an opportunity to realise their full potential.

Bible Biogs - Ep 32. Nehemiah (30 minute Audio)
• Why was he so trustworthy even to a pagan king? • What drove him to lead a superfast rebuilding of a ruined holy city? • How did his servant heart transform life for others?
Find out more here -
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21333/300587

Queen’s Speech
This is an interesting article looking at how the Queen expresses her faith in her annual Christmas Message.

https://gracetruth.blog/2020/12/26/the-queen-gives-us-a-model-of-how-to-talk-about-faith-publicly/?fbclid=IwAR19SogxlnitUvMzDcnZLScJYIloJwHZEs_zs3ZJ_LxcFeFVeloU821sx-Q

Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Jean 2:19
Derek 3:24

The puzzle is always a little more difficult on a Friday
The colours are all quite similar in this sunset.
Play the "Sunset Friday" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0c1dee5b347d

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Thursday 7th January 2021

7/1/2021

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Beside The Burn
We have completed our studies on the 12 Days Of Christmas, today and tomorrow we will look at two encounters with Jesus from Luke 5. Today the man with Leprosy and tomorrow the Paralysed Man lowered through the roof.

Let’s Pray For International Meeting Point
Give thanks for the generous gifts that enabled the Meeting Point to provide food vouchers to those in need, instead of providing a Christmas dinner this year.

International Meeting Point (Op Shop)
The shop has been very busy recently with many families finding Christmas particularly hard. Give thanks for the daily opportunities to pray and witness with customers. Give thanks too for Frances and volunteers who work in the shop, and for all who donate items.

Incarnation (40 minute Audio)
'Veiled in flesh the God head see, Hail the incarnate deity!’
We all know the words, but what do they mean? Paul Hammond sits down with Dr. Sharon Prentis to discuss the mystery of how Jesus was both fully God and fully Man!
https://t.co/j4WGcBlPMG

Keswick Convention
The link below will allow you to listen to or watch talks from the Keswick Convention in years past.
https://keswickministries.org/talks-library/

Emily Owen (30 minute video)
How do you trust God when faced with life-changing hearing loss and surgery? Watch the powerful testimony of author and speaker Emily Owen about how God supported her through five brain surgeries, 2 spinal surgeries and 20 other operations to remove beneign tumours.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/239634

Hope
The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity—hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory—because at the Father’s will Jesus Christ became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.
—J.I. Packer

Heroes Of The Faith - CS Lewis
Any time spent in the company of CS Lewis is well spent.
Read J.John’s thoughts on CS Lewis
https://canonjjohn.com/2021/01/02/heroes-of-the-faith-c-s-lewis/
Listen to the Podcast
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/847bb348-6ae7-45fc-9ea9-305cf2d0a7e6

Mike Reeves
The loss of the fear of God is what ushered in our modern age of anxiety, but the fear of God is the very antidote to our fretfulness.

Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Jean 2:15
Derek 3:20

Play the "White Rocks Thursday" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=34bcebb27988

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Wednesday 6th January 2021

6/1/2021

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Beside The Burn
Join us during the “Twelve Days Of Christmas” as we explore a potential meaning behind the strange lyrics of the song, and discover the gifts that God has for those who love him. Today we come to the end of the 12 Days Of Christmas, so as a special treat as well as the bible study we have this unique version of the song with John Denver and a few friends.

Let’s Pray For Stephen and Angelina Cowan (Global mission workers)
Pray for Angelina Cowan and her daughter Annissa who will be returning to Kenya this weekend and reuniting with Stephen. Pray for safe and trouble-free travel for Angelina as she returns to Tuum and Annissa as she returns to boarding school.

Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA)
Pray for PCEA’s congregations (over 1,000 in Kenya and a small number in Tanzania and Uganda). Pray that the church will continue to grow.

J.John (28 minute video)
Join J.John for the first of a three-part series on Faith, Hope and Love.

Christian Unions Ireland
1st – 8th January
– Stranmillis had their events week HUMAN in lockdown on 10th – 12th November, during which they had a week of online events and evening events in person focused on what it means to be human, and sharing the hope of the gospel into this theme. Pray for all the students who brought their friends– that their friends would above all come to know the tangible hope that exists in Jesus
– Pray for the follow up of CU’s carol services – that students would continue to engage in conversations with friends and family following perhaps the biggest outreach event of the year.

European Mission Fellowship
Prayer Guide for January & Newsletter

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Setting Goals For 2021
The start of a new year is a perfect time to reevaluate your habits and routines. Here are 3 Questions to ask for setting God-Centered goals for 2021.

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-questions-god-centered-goals/

Presbyterian Church In Ireland Blog
You may have missed some of the contributions to the PCI Blog over the past year. Here is a link to allow you to browse some of the articles
https://www.presbyterianireland.org/Blog.aspx

Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Jean 3:02
Derek 3:15

Another puzzle of Mussenden.
Play the "Mussenden Wednesday" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=33bdc9386bdb

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Tuesday 5th January 2021

4/1/2021

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Beside The Burn
Join us during the “Twelve Days Of Christmas” as we explore a potential meaning behind the strange lyrics of the song, and discover the gifts that God has for those who love him. Day 11

All the studies on the 12 Days Of Christmas so far are available at this link
https://burnsidechurch.weebly.com/blog-bstb/12-days-of-christmas-beside-the-burn

Let’s Pray For David Boyd (Irish mission worker in Dublin)
Give thanks and pray for the International Café which now runs events online. Pray for David as he does a Bible study with one of the girls who attended the events. Pray too for the 3D Groups as they meet online and as they prepare for mission after the pandemic.

Hazel Reid (Deaconess in First Broughshane)
Pray for God’s guidance and encouragement for Hazel. Pray for her as she adapts to her ministry due to the restrictions and seeks opportunities to share her faith.

Wilma’s Thoughts On Tuesday
For one week only Wilma is providing her thoughts.
She sent me the following page from a 1997 edition of the Wider World.
Wilma introduced it by saying,
“In the Moderator’s Sermon on Sunday (Sunday 27th December 2020) he mentioned his Christmas Card and the meaning in it. I recalled the following which you might wish to include in your blog. A one off!”

Abide With Me
A recording by Keith and Kristyn Getty from their recent Evensong recording.

New City Catechism
After a break for a couple of weeks we return with Question 11.

What Does God Require in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Commandments?
Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor, but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love. Seventh, that we abstain from sexual immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good from someone we might benefit.

Nicodemus (30 minute Audio)
Why did he arrange a private night-time meeting with Jesus?
What is the fundamental question that Jesus answers?
What remarkable impact did Jesus have on Nicodemus?
Find out in this episode of Bible Biogs, now on UCB Player!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21333/314007

Christian Institute Review of The Year (10minute video)
The Christian Institute has been working hard to promote biblical Christianity in the public square and to defend Christian freedom in 2020. This is a review of issues that made the headlines in this challenging year.

Bible Biogs - Ep 48. Paul (30 minute audio)
• How did a convinced persecutor of Christians become a history-shaping Christian himself? • Why did his lengthy trips by land and sea change the world forever? • What drove him to explain his transformed life with everyone he met?
Find out in this episode of Bible Biogs!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21333/319360

Getty Family
This article appeared in the Belfast Telegraph over the weekend.

Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw
Jean 2:03
Derek 3:50

Another photo of one of the vintage Citroens that stopped on the Strand a couple of years ago. They had driven all the way from France and were touring Ireland.

Play the "Citroen Tuesday" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1b62b5593a56

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Monday 4th January 2021

4/1/2021

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Let’s Pray For Peter and Valerie Lockwood (Global mission workers)
Pray for Peter as he serves as Programme Advisor with United Mission to Nepal (UMN). Pray for UMN’s community development work - all its programmes were redesigned due to the pandemic. Pray too for good health for the Lockwood family.

United Mission to Nepal (UMN)
Pray for the stability of UMN’s continuing hospital and programme work and for the successful renewal of all the necessary agreements with the government of Nepal.

New Year, New Life
On Sunday we looked at the transformation of Levi, here is the service in case you missed it.

GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN
New Scottish Hymns Band

Word Of The Day
Canon J. John has been recording a word of the day since the first lockdown began in March. I may be a bit late at discovering this but they are still worth sharing, and all presented in less than a minute.
Here is one for New Year.

Free Book On Revival
Sign up for the monthly Renewal Ministries newsletter and get a free download of Ray Ortland’s book on revival, "When God Comes To Church."
https://renewalministries.com/newsletter/

European Mission Fellowship (1 Minute Video)
Many of you will know Phil Dunn from his frequent visits to Burnside, in this video he sends a thank you message to all who have supported the Mission during this year.

Thank you to supporters from European Mission Fellowship on Vimeo.

Living With It
Rev David Thompson, Secretary of the Council for Congregational Life and Witness, reflects on life as we enter the new year and highlights some particular support for congregations for the months that lie ahead.
https://www.presbyterianireland.org/Blog/December/Living-with-it.aspx

Jigsaw
Try out our Jigsaw puzzle for today.

Play the "Barmouth Monday" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=312d5be29bd1

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