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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 10th May 2026
Sixth Sunday of Easter
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: Voluntary in D, by George Dyson
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship (Christian Aid)
Hymn 36: God is our refuge and our strength [Tune: Stroudwater]
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Song: As I went down in the river to pray [The Band]
Reading: Acts 17: 22–31 (NT p134) [Reader: Alan Ramage]
Christian Aid update: by Fiona Watt, our Greenbank CA co-ordinator.
A prayer for Christian Aid Week 2026: By Bob Kikuyu, Christian Aid's Global Theology Advisor Nairobi.
Hymn 362: Heaven shall not wait [The Band] [Tune: Heaven shall not wait]
Reading: John 14: 15–21 (NT pp105-106) [Reader: Moira Land]
Anthem: Anthem if ye love me, by Tallis [Soloist: Olivia Massimo]
Sermon
Hymn 405: We sing the praise of Him who died [Tune: Walton]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, prepared and led by Mary McMahon
Hymn 588: Praise the Spirit in creation [Tune: St Helen 605]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ: Epilogue, by Norman Gilbert