| Northern Presbytery | 60,139.03 | 1,934.09 | 2,862.45 | 1,333.92 | 1,390.86 | 1,758.17 | 7,338.76 | 1,854.35 | 78,611.63 |
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| Southern Presbytery | 88,358.24 | 3,232.17 | 6,937.34 | 2,868.54 | 2,307.33 | 2,027.04 | 9,820.00 | 2,767.83 | 118,318.49 |
| Outer Isles Presbytery | 85,944.22 | 3,484.69 | 4,966.33 | 2,409.96 | 2,491.37 | 2,143.86 | 8,028.15 | 2,587.74 | 112,056.32 |
| Western Presbytery | 64,161.01 | 2,235.22 | 3,904.60 | 1,757.14 | 1,560.45 | 1,852.18 | 4,780.72 | 1,757.48 | 82,008.80 |
| Australia & New Zealand Presbytery | ~(See note above) | – | 592.84 | 123.84 | 394.01 | 47.67 | 2,004.64 | 1,595.31 | 4,758.31 |
| TOTAL CONGREGATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS | 298,602.50 | 10,886.17 | 19,263.56 | 8,493.40 | 8,144.02 | 7,828.92 | 31,972.27 | 10,562.71 | 395,753.55 |
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| Other Donations | 20.00 | – | 3,413.25 | 100.00 | – | 16.18 | 29,551.00 | 4.00 | 33,104.43 |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS TOTALS | 298,622.50 | 10,886.17 | 22,676.81 | 8,593.40 | 8,144.02 | 7,845.10 | 61,523.27 | 10,566.71 | 428,857.98 |
| Eastern Europe Fund Donations | | | | | | | | 15,848.68 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | | | | | | | 444,706.66 | | |
A Communion Service
John Kennedy
Fencing the Table.1
Psalm 84:10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. This tells of attachment to the means of grace.
Some go to public means and neglect private.
Some come merely because it is the habit.
Some came to gag conscience.
Some come to hear because they have aching ears.
But others come because the means are divinely appointed,
because the Lord has promised his presence,
because of experience and the benefit found there.
Isaiah 58:13. They call the Sabbath a delight.
Because it is a memorial of God’s and Christ’s rest.
It must be actually honoured and kept holy.
There are many kinds of Sabbath breaking.
Those who wilfully break the Sabbath are debarred.
Acts 9:11. He prayeth.
There is no life without this.
Spiritual life begins its exercise and it continues to the end.
These are living souls going up to God.
1 John 3:14. We love the brethren.
There is brotherly love, and there are counterfeits.
We should love the brethren out of love to Christ.
Loving them because of resemblance to Christ.
Table Address.
Christ’s love to the Church is set forth in assuming her nature.
He did so to redeem her from the curse of the broken law.
This is and must be free love; it cannot be bought.
It is divine love; it is the Saviour’s love.
This love is to sinners; it is infinite love.
This love redeems to the praise of divine grace.
This is the love that believers are invited to come to.
Its embrace is assured to all who come to God through Christ.
Conclusion.
Has this love found you? It is a husband’s love.
1An address before the Lord’s Supper which is intended to indicate who should come to the Lord’s table and who should not.
Have you come to trust in it for all that you need?
This is changeless love; it is love that begets love.
Seek to know it now, to trust more, to yield more.