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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 15th March 2026
Fourth Sunday in Lent
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; For you alone, by Henry Geehl; Devotion, by Schumann arr. Grant
Welcome and Intimations
Introit: Lead me, Lord, by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Call to Worship (Psalm 23)
Hymn 16 (v1 solo): The Lord’s my Shepherd [Tune: Brother James’s Air]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Song: The Lord’s my Shepherd [Music: Stuart Townend] [The Band]
Reading: 1 Samuel 16: 1–13 (OT pp267–268) [Reader: Olivia Massimo]
Hymn 214 (CH3): Thine arm, O Lord [Tune: St Matthew]
Reading: John 9:13–34 (NT pp99–100) [Reader: Hazel Macaulay]
Anthem: Light of the World, by Edward Elgar
Sermon
Hymn 555: Amazing grace! [Tune: New Britain]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, led by Moira Little
Hymn 352: O for a thousand tongues [Tune: Desert (Lyngham)]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ:
‘Hornpipe’ from the Water Music, by G F Handel