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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 18th January 2026
Second Sunday after the Epiphany
In-Person and Livestreamed Worship, 10.30am
Worship Leader: Rev Ian Gilmour
Organist: Alberto Massimo
Order of Service
Theme: Christian Unity Sunday
(Hymns are from CH4 and readings are from NRSV)
Organ
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4, by Sir Edward Elgar
Welcome and Intimations
Introit: I waited for the Lord my God [Hymn 30 vv1&2 (Psalm 40)]
Call to Worship (Psalm 40)
Hymn 510: Jesus calls us here to meet him [Tune: Hyfrydol CH4 39]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn 803: We will walk with God, my brothers [Tune: Sizohamba Naye] [The Band]
Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 1–9 (NT p162) [Reader: Marcia Rankin]
Hymn 624: In Christ there is no east or west [Tune: Erin CH4 598]
Reading: John 1: 29–42 (NT pp88–89) [Reader: Julia Dunbar]
Anthem: Turn back O Man, by Gustav Holst
Sermon
Hymn 511: Your hand, O God has guided [Tune: Thornbury]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, led by Richard Dunbar
Hymn 646: Forth in the peace of Christ we go [Tune: Duke Street]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ
Tuba Tune, by Craig Sellar Lang