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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 18th October 2026
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
In-Person and Livestreamed Worship, 10.30am
Worship Leader: Rev Dr Scott Rennie
Organist: Alberto Massimo
Order of Service
(Hymns are from CH4 and readings are from NRSV, unless otherwise specified)
Organ
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship (Psalm 9)
Hymn 103: Fill your hearts with joy and gladness [Tune: Rhuddlan]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Baptism of Rowan Hadden-Mackintosh
Blessing (Hymn 796)
Young Church
Baptismal Hymn 722: Spirit of God [Tune: Leaving Lismore]
Dedication of the Greenbank Peace Pole
Reading: Isaiah 45:1–7 (OT pp684-685) [Reader: Fiona Perriss]
Hymn 721: We lay our broken world [Tune: Garelochside]
Reading: Matthew 22: 15–22 (NT p23) [Reader: Kathryn Sangster]
Anthem: O for a closer walk, arranged by C V Stanford
Sermon
Hymn 486: Forgive our sins as we forgive [Tune: Martyrdom (CH4 32)]
Prayer of thanksgiving and for others, prepared and led by Stephen Hadden
Hymn 113: God the Father of Creation [Tune: Cwm Rhondda]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ