Prayer Notes from Friday 20 March 2026

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Pray for the Sunday services. T McKenzie is due to preach in KILWINNING and J Lim is to take the two services in AYR.

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· We were delighted to welcome back to the pulpit last Sunday Ronnie Christie. This is the first time that Ronnie and Morag have been in Ayr since their move to Edinburgh. Ronnie is due to preach in Kilwinning in a couple of weeks’ time. We give thanks for the good attendances last Sunday and for a couple of visitors, at the morning service in Ayr, who came from Manchester. It was particularly pleasing that one of the ladies returned in the evening.

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· Give thanks for the people skills of Norman S and his readily being available at any time to listen to whoever needs him. The folks at the Ayr end are so very grateful for all he does. The Kilwinning end were able to show their gratitude to Norman M when they did a presentation a few weeks ago. Please continue to pray for our two elders.

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· Remember too our Interim Moderator K Boyd and his congregation of Govanhill. The Christies told us that two elders were being ordained and inducted the very Sunday they were with us. Please give thanks for these new elders and pray for the congregation at Govanhill. These new elders should be a great help to Kenny in his work there.

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· Give thanks for Mary M. She does a great job in keeping in touch with those who are unable to attend the church or who have moved away. Please pray that she will get a hospital appointment soon to get the first of her hips treated.

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· Eva, Angela C’s sister, is seeing an improvement now from the fitting of the stent and the draining of fluid from her lungs. She is back home and has resumed chemotherapy. Give thanks that she has more energy and was able to have a picnic on her birthday. Please continue to pray for her.

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· Give thanks for another really encouraging prayer meeting in Ayr. This was led by Duncan C who spoke on Psalm 94. This was followed by a time of prayer with a good number of people praying out loud.

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· On Tuesday 31st of March arrangements are being made for a group from St Andrews Church of Scotland with helpers from Ayr Free Church to go in to Ayr Grammar Primary school to present the Easter story, to the same classes that heard the Christmas story in December. Please pray for the preparations being made for Easter Code 2026.

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· Cross, Ness is the Free Church featuring later in the prayer notes. Give thanks that they had a new member at their recent communion – a teenage boy. Give thanks also for the adaptions to their building making it more useful. (Ask Norman S if you need more information.)

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· On Saturday 21st March the Rev Nathan Kish is being inducted to Oban Free Church. Please pray for this new start. How good it is to have one of the Presbytery vacancies filled.

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· Give thanks for the failure of the Assisted Dying bill. Thank God for everyone who made representation to their MSPs with regard to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Thank God for the MSPs who voted against the Bill, enabling righteousness to prevail in this country in this respect at least. Pray for these MSPs, who may now be subject to derogatory comments for not siding with the pro Assisted Suicide lobby.