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Oldmachar Church

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A welcoming, inclusive Christian community, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland ✝️🏳️‍🌈 linktr.ee/oldmacharchurch?utm_sourc… All are welcome and all belong.

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Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 21h

We give thanks for the gifts entrusted to the Church: people who pray, welcome, teach, serve, lead, offer a smile, a prayer, and quietly keep going. Help us ask not only what we have been given, but what we can give.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Generous God, forgive us when we behave as though Your gifts belong only to us.
Forgive the damage we cause to creation, the comfort we protect at the expense of justice, and the fear that makes us cling to what is familiar. Teach us to receive with gratitude, hold with open hands and give with generosity.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Christ, God's Word made Flesh, we pray, powered by Your Wild Wind; Your Holy Spirit God, community of giving, living and receiving, we pray in the company of all who have gone before and of Your friends in such diverse lands and societies.
Dear God of loving, listening and protection; hear our prayers, change our lives, heal and encourage,
from birth, through death and beyond, for of such is Your glory.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beloved God, You have so kept us going; brought us to this day; through all the stumbles, mishaps, losses; nourished nonetheless by morning light, by birdsong, by the grass and mountains, by the breath of trees.
Give us this day, even just a little of these rewards of knowing we do Your will.
And always guide us, that love be our law Amen.
The Church of Scotland

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Rev Darren Jalland @oldmacharrev.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Pope is saying what I'd like to hear from more faith leaders. I'm so disheartened when I see Churches use AI generated images, songs and even prayers. It removes the humanity, and the image of God in all of us, from our worship as well as from so many other aspects of our lives.

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sustaining God, who doesn't stand back yet builds and endows Your college of Creation.
Enrol us as learners, mentor our struggles, encourage, evaluate,
and as the foundation of all our worship, train us to care for those who share this Common Home of Earth.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dear God in community
We pray, as You commended us, both for those we love and care for
as also for those who choose to be our enemies.
For Your prayer was that none should be lost.
We remember those who are unwell, those in hospital, or housebound.
those whose task, today and through the night, is to care for them.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We may have grumbled but God has responded.
God has responded and we have been fed.
Still, we may wander, still we need healing, though Christ wanders with us, for all the world's good!
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christ, embodied in the Church, both local and worldwide.
We bring to You the hopes and fears in times of transition, asking that despite such burdens as we may carry close to home, we find faithfulness in the unity for which You prayed.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sustaining God,
above us, beneath us, within us by whose grace
we see Your hand in all Creation and Your face in all Your children.
We pray for peace, for justice and for joy in the world we encounter, the news that we hear.
That through our lives and by our prayers
Your kingdom may draw near.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Patient and Generous God,
whom we bother with our grumbling.
Give us that most deeply discerning gratitude, even for what's discerned - however distorted - from those who seem ready to stone their best allies
shoot themselves in the feet and welcome selfish tyrants who deny the cries are there at all.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dear God, You are more than we deserve.
So, thank God deserving has little to do with it...
We have grumbled and undermined what was offered, costly, for our survival.
We have fallen for lies of security, prosperity, whilst fully aware of their cost to our neighbour, our world and ourselves.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.
Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderful works.
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
Psalm 105: 1-3
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40:28
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
Hebrews 3:4
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lord God, we come to You amidst the fellowships of Your Church.
That they may heed Your commission of Good News for all creation
and rise with You to be a beacon of resilience, speaking without fear the truth in love.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

God, creator and sustainer of all that's real.
Seen and unseen by us, though all are known by You.
We are bold to pray that You may teach us first to see Your hand in all Your works.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thank You, God, our caregiver, for the things we shouldn't have to think hard about.
For light and sun, for air and water; for whatever food last passed our lips, and these folks around us with whom we pray.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Praise God for our differences
Heal our divisions!
Praise God for our freedoms
Guide our bold choices!
Join Earth's many voices for justice, for love!
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bring to God what no one else need hear: not for God to 'hear'
but to remind ourselves that God knows and understands.
Pray for those we pray with, acknowledging and respecting what they cannot share with us.
Look for support and perseverance, and some sustaining sign when we get things right. Pray for 'impatience' - not simply to accept
'the way things are' and pray for peace in our heart, and the fuller joys of Christ.
Hear us, stand with fears and needs.
And walk, hold hands, advise, encourage.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What have we heard, in the news this week?
Who is in need and who should give thanks?
How far have we got, and where have we stumbled? And what seems completely beyond us? Listen for Earth's voice: what is it saying?
We remember our neighbours,
We pray for our enemies, and those we fear.
And pray for peace throughout Creation.
Hear us, stand with fears and needs And walk, hold hands, advise, encourage.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

God, who strengthens the enslaved with the defiance of gratitude
for all which escapes the hands of oppressors, We thank You together, when gratitude is hard on our own.
And we thank You alone, when community's hurting too much.
We thank You for the difference thanks makes;
And dear God for Christ, Your own thanksgiving of Yourself.
Thank You. Hallelujah.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The crises that surround us, it is true may be beyond what we can remedy alone;
so that fear and despair constrain what yet our hands can change;
our lips correct.
The harm we're part of here and now.
For the call of Christ has not diminished: to change minds for each new day; let go of harm; and seek Good News.
To hear Christ's call:
"Those who come to me, I do not turn away."
Christ forgives.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Beloved and liberating God; to praise and worship You,
and to extol Your love and compassion is also to acknowledge our most urgent, constant need: to reflect, and then again, on choices and customs, costs and purchases, attitudes and scorn;
on speech and action, and even on silence and disinterest which carry us away in collusion with injustice that injures the Earth.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The song for the downtrodden is sung by the Soil The song for survivors is sung by the Sea
The birds of the heavens: their song fills the sky
And God's blessing's bequeathed to the creatures excluded
for they shall inherit the Earth.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Psalm 90:2
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis 1:1-2
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Jesus replied: "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
John 3:3
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Go to love your neighbours near and far, to tend the ground beneath your feet, to speak for those with no voice in the halls of power.
And may the Word who was in the beginning still speak through you.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We pray for Eco-Congregation Scotland and congregations like us.
May our buildings, our budgets, and our voices reflect the values we profess.
May we be communities of genuine belonging, belonging to this earth, belonging to each other, belonging to You.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We pray for our political leaders,
for courage to act beyond the next election cycle.
For wisdom to choose justice over short-term growth,
for ears open to the cry of the Earth and the cry of those with lived experience of poverty, which are so often one cry.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We pray for a world in crisis and a Church learning to respond.
We pray for communities on the frontlines of climate change, for those losing land to rising seas, for those whose harvests fail in drought, for those displaced by floods and fires they did nothing to cause.
May our advocacy be as loud as our prayer.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

All faithful and all-powerful God, We acknowledge our unwillingness and inability at times
to understand Your ways and our reluctance to carry out Your will.
Forgive us and help us in those moments when we are inclined to count the cost, and then send us back out into the world, to live and work as Your faithful disciples.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Let love be genuine.
Hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good.
Love one another with mutual affection, outdo one another in showing honour.
Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.
Romans 12: 9-12
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Through the power of Your Holy Spirit, move within us and among us as we worship.
Open our eyes to Your presence; open our ears to Your call, open our hearts to one another so that we can offer ourselves afresh as participants and partners in Your missionary enterprise.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Then Jesus told his disciples:
'If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?' Matthew 16: 24-26
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Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

May we be a people who
hate what is evil and cling to what is good.
Who are devoted to one another in love and who honour one another above ourselves.
Who are never lacking in zeal, but who keep our spiritual fervour in serving the Lord.
Who are joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Who share with the Lord's people who are in need and who practise Hospitality.
Amen
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

May the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for you,
give you, in partnership with one another, the courage to take up your cross and follow after him Amen.
The Church of Scotland

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Christian Aid @christianaiduk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Please join us in prayer for the people of Nepal and Tibet, after devastating flash floods swept through communities along the border 🙏 We hold in our hearts all those affected, and the rescue teams working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.

Black-and-white close-up of hands clasped in prayer, with a person blurred in the background. A dark text banner reads: “Pray for Nepal and Tibet.”

God of compassion, We weep with the people of Nepal and Tibet. Images of devastation tell a story of terrible loss. We cry out to you for the bereaved, for all who could not save their loved ones. We grieve for those who have seen their homes swept away. God, keep safe those waiting for rescue, renew the strength of emergency workers, and turn our shock and sorrow into action. Make us your hands and feet, reaching out and standing with our neighbours in their deep distress and urgent need. In Jesus name, Amen

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A new action song for the Oldmachar repertoire!

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We are praying for all of our brothers and sisters affected by the tragic events at the Big Church Festival yesterday, especially the family and friends of the person who lost their life, and all those who were injured. May God hold them in his comforting embrace and give them peace.

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy Makaton International Awareness Day. God loves you!

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into His image with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Father, we place all these things into Your hands, firm in the belief that You have heard and will answer our prayers,
though we know not how or when, but we trust in the love of Your Son, in whose precious name we pray.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We pray for all people who need to be refreshed by Your Holy Spirit, those whose lives have become stale and stagnant,
who cry out for Your cleansing water, needing it to renew their spirits.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Father, we pray that You will renew and refresh us,
shatter our hearts of stone and fill us with a love for all people.
Break our stubborn wills and reshape us into the folk You would have us be.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

God of all, as we have gathered together in Your house,
we turn our hearts and our minds to our worship.
Lord, let us enter Your presence, for there is nowhere on earth that we would rather be.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Peter replied: "Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Acts 2:38
The Church of Scotland

Oldmachar Church @oldmacharchurch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Lord God, take all we are and all we have, and make us faithful in Your service, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Church of Scotland