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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 30th August 2026
Fourteenth 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: I love Thee, by Edvard Grieg; Bist Du bei Mir, by J S Bach
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship (Psalm 105)
Hymn: Moved by the Gospel [Tune: Forest Green at Hymn 304]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn 194: This is the day [Tune: The Lord’s Day] [The Band]
Reading: Romans 12: 9–21 (NT p158) [Reader: Frances Brookfield] (Live in harmony)
Hymn 128: How shall I sing that majesty [Tune: Coe Fen]
Solo: ‘How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace’ from The Messiah, by G F Handel [sung by Olivia Massimo]
Reading: Matthew 16: 21–28 (NT p17) [Reader: Christo Esser] (The rebuke to Peter)
Sermon
Hymn 193: God is love [Tune: Personent Hodie]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, prepared and led by Matthew Esser
Hymn 519: Love divine, all loves excelling [Tune: Blaenwern at Hymn 468]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ: Love is my Reason, by Ivor Novello