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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 12th July 2026
Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
In-Person and Livestreamed Worship, 10.30am
Worship Leader: Rev Ian Gilmour
Organist: Alberto Massimo
Order of Service
(Hymns are from CH4 and readings are from NRSV, unless otherwise specified)
Organ First movement of Sonata No 1, by Mendelssohn
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship (Psalm 65:9–13 GNB)
Hymn 93: Let us with a gladsome mind [Tune: Monkland]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn 804: You shall go out with joy [Tune: You shall go out] [The Band]
Reading: Isaiah 55: 10–13 (OT p696) [Reader: Hazel McLachlan]
Hymn 241: Isaiah the prophet has written of old [Tune: Judas and Mary]
Reading: Matthew 13: 1–9, 18–23 (NT pp13–14) [Reader: Edith Armit]
Sermon
Hymn 137: All things bright and beautiful [Tune: All things bright and beautiful]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, prepared and led by Neil Ross
Hymn 147 (vs 1–4,7): All creatures of our God and King [Tune: Lasst Uns Erfreuen]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ The War March of the Priests, by Mendelssohn (arr. Massimo)