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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 16th November 2025
Twenty-third 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, except where stated otherwise)
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
Hymn 251: I, the Lord of sea and sky [Tune: Here I am, Lord]
Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn 496: Humbly in your sight we come together, Lord [Tune: Tiza Pantazi Pinu] [The Band]
Reading: 1 Corinthians 13 (Good News Bible) [Reader: Brian Barron]
Three Short Reflections on Scottish Love in Action
The past – the first trip to India and SLA early days [Malcolm Reid]
The present – more recent projects [Sheila Cannell]
The future – Pipal [Jim Young]
Hymn 448: Lord, the light of your love is shining [Tune: Shine, Jesus, Shine] [The Band]
Poem: To an English Friend in Africa, by Ben Okri [Readers: Katy Inch and Mike Horne]
Anthem: Let all the world, by R Vaughan Williams
Sermon
Hymn 502: Take my life, Lord, let it be [Tune: Nottingham]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, led by Gillie Davidson
Hymn 535: Who would true valour see [Tune: Monks Gate]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822