WORSHIP

SERVICES

We are now moving back into our building for some of our services. We have an in-person service at Humbie Church every fortnight, on Sunday morning at 9.30am (please see the list below for dates). A video recording of this service is available later here. In the weeks with no in-person service, a pre-recorded video service is available on Sunday mornings here, for you to follow if you wish. Sound recordings of all services are available on CD - please contact us if you would like to receive one. 

First Advent Sunday Service  29 November 2020 

Please find our service below, for you to join in. 

Thank you to John for the intimations, to Philip, Marian and Malcolm for the music, and to David for the readings from Isaiah ch 9 vs 2 and 6-7 and the Gospel of Mark ch 13 vs 24-37. In the service, we will celebrate Holy Communion, to which all are welcome – simply have some bread and wine ready to join in.

During the service, you are invited to join in with these hymns (using Church Hymnary, fourth edition. Canterbury Press 2005):

CH4 273 O come, o come, Emmanuel
Advent time is here again
CH4 281 People, look East
The Advent journey
CH4 472 Come thou long expected Jesus.
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All our previous online services can be found on our YouTube page.

Moving back into the church building
We are now back into the church building for some of our services. For the moment, services take place fortnightly in Humbie Church, at the usual time of 9.30am. They are shorter and follow a slightly different format from the services before lockdown. There are a number of guidelines which must be followed by everyone attending a service and these are set out at the end of this note. Before attending a service, please read and follow these carefully as they are for your own and everyone else’s protection.

At this time, we would simply like to offer in-person services for all who would like to come together in a church building for worship, and especially all who have difficulty in accessing the online services. However, I know that many of us are very anxious about larger gatherings at this time, and nobody should in any way feel pressured to attend these services in person before they feel ready to do so. All of us will have different circumstances and needs. A video recording of the service will be available on our church website from Sunday afternoon, and audio recordings are available on CD on request. Participating in a service online, or through a sound recording, is worship just as much as doing so in a church building.

On the Sundays when we do not offer a service in the church, a pre-recorded online service is available on the website from Sunday morning. These services include contributions from people around the parish: readings, music, reflections and prayers, and offer us an opportunity for more creativity in our worship. Audio recordings of all services are available on CD. If you would like to receive one, please contact us.

We hope you will understand that none of these decisions has been taken lightly. These first few weeks of in-person services will be an opportunity for us to work out the practicalities of re-opening, so please bear with us as we try to get it right. We hope we can approach this new phase with our usual good humour and helpfulness. All of the arrangements are for the current time only, and will be reviewed based on our learning and experience, your feedback, and as the wider situation around covid evolves. 

Humbie Church: Guidelines for all attendees at in-person services In order to comply with social distancing, we regrettably can only accommodate a limited number of people in a church building at the same time. In Humbie Church, we will operate a ‘first come, first served’ principle. Please arrive in good time for the service.  To assist the NHS test and protect system, we are required to take a contact name and phone number for everyone who attends a service, which will be confidentially kept for 21 days. You can assist us with this by bringing a note with your name and number when you come to a service (one name and number per household group is sufficient). Again, please allow enough time on arrival for your details to be taken down.   Please only come to church if you are not currently in quarantine or isolating because of a risk of covid, do not currently have any symptoms of the illness or have tested positive for it, or if you live in a simple or extended household with someone who falls into any of these categories.  Everybody is required to use hand sanitizer on arriving at and leaving the church. Everybody, with the exception of those with underlying health conditions, and children under the age of 5, are legally required to wear a face covering over their mouth and nose while in the building.   In order to enable social distancing, stewards will guide you to a place. We are sorry if we can’t offer you your usual favourite spot. Please do not move closer to people from other households.  Singing is currently not permitted in an indoors communal setting. Our organists are however looking forward to welcoming us back into church with beautiful tunes.   We can’t currently use communal Bibles, hymn books or service sheets. If you would like to use a Bible in the service, please bring your own. Handshaking at the door, and other physical contact, are not currently possible. If you would like to speak with the minister about any questions or issues, please give her a call instead.  If you would like to make a financial offering, please consider doing so by bank transfer. Otherwise, please place your offering in the plate provided in the church on arrival or before you leave. We are not currently able to collect the offering during the service as usual.     These are the guidelines asked of us by the Church of Scotland, in close collaboration with the Government, to keep us all safe and protected.

Upcoming services
All services are led by our minister, the Rev Anikó Schütz Bradwell, unless otherwise specified.

Sunday, 1 November, 9.30am,  in-person service in Humbie Church, with a recording available here afterwards 
Sunday, 8 November, Remembrance Sunday: a pre-recorded service with an Act of Remembrance will be available here from Sunday morning
Sunday, 15 November,  pre-recorded service available here from Sunday morning
Sunday, 22 November, in-person service in Humbie Church, with a recording available here afterwards 
Sunday, 29 November, 1 Advent Sunday, pre-recorded service available here from Sunday morning, with the celebration of Holy Communion
Sunday, 6 December, 2 Advent Sunday, 9.30am, in-person service in Humbie Church, with a recording available here afterwards
Sunday,13 December, 3 Advent Sunday,  pre-recorded service with Lessons and Carols available here from Sunday morning
Sunday, 20 December, 4 Advent Sunday, 9.30am, in-person service in Humbie Church, with a recording available here afterwards
Sunday, 20 December, 4 Advent Sunday, 4pm, Yester Church, Blue Christmas service for all who are grieving at this time
Thursday, 24 December, Christmas Eve, 4pm, Our pre-recorded Nativity service will premiere here!
Thursday, 24 December, Christmas Eve, 11.30pm, in-person Watchnight service in Humbie Church, led by Janice Dagg
Friday, 25 December, Christmas Day, a pre-recorded Christmas service will be available here from Christmas morning
Sunday, 27 December, pre-recorded service available here from Sunday morning, with the celebration of Holy Communion
Sunday, 3 January, 9.30am, in-person Epiphany service in Humbie Church, with a recording available here afterwards

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EVENING SERVICES

Every eight weeks, we are holding an Evening Service, jointly with Yester, Bolton and Saltoun Church. These services are sometimes more reflective, sometimes more creative, and all are welcome to attend. New dates will be published soon.

WEDDINGS

We are pleased to offer the use of our church buildings and the service of the Minister for the marriage of members of the congregation, their families and anyone who lives within the community who wishes to make Christian vows of love and faithfulness.
 
If you would like to get married in our church, please contact the Minister who is happy to discuss your plans on an informal basis, before making any other arrangements.

BAPTISM

If you would like your child or yourself to be baptised in our church, please contact the Minister to make further arrangements. 

Our congregation usually gathers for worship on Sunday morning, 9.30am in Humbie Church. We will usually celebrate the sacrament of Holy Baptism as part of this service. Your family and friends are very welcome to join us in this celebration.