St John's Episcopal Church, Greenock

07/09/2026

Earlier in the year, during the strong winds and rain, our pub sign was damaged beyond repair and had to be removed. We are now the proud owner of its replacement. The sign is positioned in such a way it should withstand anything Mother Nature throws at us. Thank you David.

06/09/2026

SUNDAY SERVICE SHEET- PENTECOST 15 (SUNDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER AT 11AM)

HYMN: 197 – As we are gathered

COLLECT: Almighty God, whose only Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pure hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth : through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

READINGS: Ezekiel 33:7-11 Romans 13:8-14

GRADUAL HYMN: 106 – Bring to the Lord a glad new song

GOSPEL: Matthew 18:15-20

OFFERTORY HYMN: 693 – Help us forgive

FINAL HYMN: 515 – Soldiers of Christ arise

PRAYER LIST

David, Alan, Katie, Jim, Lauren, Iain, Colin, Robert, Catherine, Rosemary, Sophia, Anne, Shelagh, Christine, May, Kendal, Chelsea Jean.

Nursing Homes: Elsie, John.

Year's Mind: Janet Pollard (10th), Janet Heron (11th).

06/09/2026

The setting for last night's Lumos 'Coldplay' evening in St John's. The audience loved the beautifully played music in this gorgeous and atmospheric setting. A truly lovely experience!

06/09/2026

A short video of the Lumos 'Coldplay' concert coming to a close - before the encore - in St John's last night. Beautiful music, beautifully played, in a beautiful and atmospheric setting.

05/09/2026

MUSIC NOTES FOR PENTECOST 15

HYMN: 'Soldiers of Christ, arise’, written in 1749 by the great Charles Wesley, and the 8th most widely-published of his 6,500 or so hymns. The tune is ‘From Strength to Strength’ (1902) by Edward Naylor, his only well-known hymn tune.

https://youtu.be/QsE3EpVIPxI

ORGAN MUSIC: Exultemus – Percy Whitlock

The ebullient Exultemus (1934) from ‘Seven Sketches for Organ [on verses from the Psalms]’ is based on the first three verses of Psalm 81, the Exultate Deo: 'Sing we merrily unto God our strength: make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob'. Percy Whitlock (1903-1946) was an English organist-composer who tragically died at the early age of 42 from TB. His music fell out of fashion after his death until a recent revival in interest.

https://youtu.be/1nhW4RinRVE

WORDS: Written in 1749 by the great Charles Wesley, and the 8th mos...

04/09/2026

CRUISE SHIP VISITORS 2026- VISITORS 1000 AND 1001...

We are always delighted to welcome cruise ship visitors here in St John's and given the popularity of Greenock as a port, we welcome lots!

On Wednesday we hit a big milestone when we welcomed visitors 1000 and 1001 of this years cruise season. Barbara and Dick Schukraft from Florida are currently on Oceania Vista and we were delighted to meet them.

To mark this occasion we gift Barbara (number 1000!) with a small goodie bag of St John's and Scottish delights.

We hope that Barbara and Dick enjoyed their visit to St John's and Greenock and have a fabulous remainder of their holiday.

Pictured are Rev. Canon Willi Nesbitt, Dick and Barbara Schukraft and Ian Milne.

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03/09/2026

HARVEST PROJECT: As part of our Harvest sharing this year, Mind Mosaic Child and Family Therapies have been approached with a view to collecting, through the month of September, food items, for distributing to families and young adults. Church member, Sandra Boyle, the Director of Mind Mosaic, has provided a list of suggestions that are always useful.

Please consider donating to this if you can, throughout September – or bringing the donations at Harvest itself, 27th September. Items suggested but not restricted to: Tea-bags/coffee; long life milk; hot chocolate sachets; Farleys Baby Rusks; Tins of soup; Cup a soups; Tuna; pasta; tinned sweetcorn; Pom Pom TeddyBears crisps for babies; biscuits; tinned fruit; tinned veg; stock cubes; lentils.

It is our privilege at St John's to keep Mind Mosaic and Sandra in our prayers regularly. The organisation provides counselling and specialist play therapies for families undergoing stress; for parents and children aged 18 months to early twenties. It is hard and vital work aimed at keeping families strong, or helping to pick up the pieces when relationships get broken. Referrals to the work they do – more information – available at www.mindmosaicchildren.co.uk They are based here in Greenock at Ladyburn Business Centre.

Please keep their staff and clients in your prayers.

02/09/2026

SUNDAY SCHOOL REMINDER

Please note that Sunday school will take place during the 11am service this Sunday morning (Sunday 6th September).

31/08/2026

SEPTEMBER CRUISE SHIP VISITORS

Our volunteering teams have loved welcoming visitors from the various cruise liners and hearing about the places they have visited including from those who witnessed the total eclipse while in the Arctic Circle.

We look forward to welcoming the following in September: Majestic Princess (Tuesday 1st); Oceania Vista (Wednesday 2nd); MSC Preziosa (Tuesday 8th); Mein Schiff 2 (Wednesday 9th); Disney Dream (Thursday 10th); Majestic Princess (Saturday 12th); Oceania Marina (Sunday 13th); Seven Seas Grandeur (Sunday 20th); MSC Preziosa (Tuesday 29th).

30/08/2026

SUNDAY SERVICE SHEET- PENTECOST FOURTEEN (SUNDAY 30 AUGUST AT 11AM)

FIRST HYMN: 189 – Be still

COLLECT: Almighty and merciful God, by whose grace alone your faithful people offer you service and praise: grant that we may hasten without stumbling towards the things that you promise : through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

READINGS: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Romans 12:9-21

GRADUAL HYMN: 255 – Father, hear the prayer

GOSPEL: Matthew 16:21-28

OFFERTORY HYMN: 405 – We sing the praise

FINAL HYMN: 458 – At the name of Jesus

PRAYER LIST

David, Alan, Katie, Jim, Lauren, Iain, Colin, Robert, Catherine, Rosemary, Sophia, Anne, Shelagh, Christine, May, Kendal, Chelsea Jean.

Nursing Homes: Elsie, John.

Year's Mind: Mussy Glover (31st), Kathleen Todd (1st Sept), Jack Milne, Rose Baggioni (3rd), Jean Curran (5th).