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Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh
Sunday 23rd November 2025
Christ the King Sunday
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:
Crown Imperial, by Sir William Walton
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
Hymn 462: The King of Love my Shepherd is [Tune: Dominus Regit Me]
Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Young Church
Hymn 374: From heaven you came, helpless babe [Tune: The Servant King] [The Band]
Reading: Colossians 1: 11–20 (NT p197) [Reader: Donald King]
Marking Prisoners Week Hazel Macaulay
Hymn 449: Rejoice! the Lord is King [Tune: Darwall’s 148th]
Reading: Luke 23: 33–43 (NT p85) [Reader: Robert Young]
Anthem: Father we praise thee, by Eric Thiman
Sermon
Hymn 322 (CH3): Thy Kingdom come, O God [Tune: St Cecilia]
Prayers of thanksgiving and for others, led by Crichton Ramsay
Hymn 436: Christ triumphant, ever reigning [Tune: Guiting Power]
Benediction, with sung Amen at Hymn 822
Organ:
Coronation March from Le Prophète, by Giacomo Meyerbeer arr. Goss-Custard