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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 2nd November 2025
Twenty-first 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)
Organ:
Elegy, by Sir Hubert Parry
Go forth upon thy journey Christian soul, from The dream of Gerontius, by Edward Elgar (arr. H Oxley)
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
Hymn 739: The Church's one foundation [Tune: Aurelia]
Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn 749: Soon and very soon [Tune: Soon and very soon] (The Band)
Reading: Habakkuk 1:1–4 & 2:1-4 (OT pp886-887) [Reader: Rona Ferguson]
Hymn 133: Source and Sovereign [Tune: Aberystwyth]
Reading: Luke 19:1–10 (NT p79) [Reader: Roddy Morrison]
Anthem: Lo, round the throne by Henry G Ley
Sermon
Hymn 747: Jerusalem the Golden [Tune: Ewing]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, led by Katie Bogie
Hymn 740: For All the saints [Tune: Sine Nomine]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ:
Dead March from Saul, by GF Handel