Edinburgh Northwest Kirk
MORNING WORSHIP
SUNDAY, 12 JANUARY 2025
10.00 am
Minister : Reverend Elspeth Harley
Organist : Simon Bertram
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The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all
(congregation to stand as the Bible is brought into church)
WELCOME & INTIMATIONS
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader : Let us call one another to worship God, the one God, over all that is.
All : God speaks, thundering in the storm clouds, whispering in the quietness.
Leader : Will we hear his voice today?
All : Let us listen, all ears, as we worship the God of power and peace.
HYMN 201 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
PRAYER OF ADORATION & CONFESSION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
ALL AGE TALK How was your baptism?
HYMN 191 Do not be afraid
FIRST READING Psalm 29 June Kemp
Reader : Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,
All : ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Reader : Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name;
All : worship the Lord in the splendour of his holiness.
Reader : The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
All : the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.
Reader : The voice of the Lord is powerful;
All : the voice of the Lord is majestic.
Reader : The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
All : the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
Reader : He makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
All : Sirion like a young wild ox.
Reader : The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.
All : The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
Reader : The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare.
All : And in his temple all cry, ‘Glory!’
Reader : The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
All : the Lord is enthroned as King for ever.
Reader : The Lord gives strength to his people;
All : the Lord blesses his people with peace, Shalom
ANTHEM A New Year Carol Benjamin Britten
SECOND READING Luke 3 : 15 – 17, 21 & 22
HYMN 570 When the storms of life are raging
SERMON God’s strength and peace
HYMN 579 Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life (please remain seated)
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done;
Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING & FOR THE WORLD
HYMN 565 My life flows on in endless song
BLESSING Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
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