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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 20th September 2026
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
In-Person and Livestreamed Worship, 10.30am
Worship Leader: Emma McMillan
Organist: Alberto Massimo
Order of Service
(Hymns are from CH4 and readings are from NRSV, unless otherwise specified)
Organ: Suite No 3 in F, by Léon Boëllmann
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship (Psalm 145)
Hymn 100: O Lord, thou art my God and King [Tune: Duke Street]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn JP 139: Jesus‘ love is very wonderful [Tune: Jesus‘ love is very wonderful]
Reading: Jonah 3:10–4:11 (OT pp 875-876) [Reader: Susan Inch] (God‘s concern for Ninevah)
Hymn 187: There‘s a wideness in God’s mercy [Tune: All for Jesus]
Reading: Matthew 20: 1–16 (NT pp20–21) [Reader: Pam Jack] (The parable of the vineyard workers)
Sermon
Hymn 158: God moves in a mysterious way [Tune: London New]
Prayer of thanksgiving and for others, prepared and led by David Jack
Hymn 103: Fill your hearts with joy and gladness [Tune: Rhuddlan]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ: Postlude in D, by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs