EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK
COMMUNION SERVICE
SUNDAY, 4 JANUARY 2026
10.30 am
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Organist : Simon Bertram
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 kneel in the darkness,
All : until we see God’s light emerge.
Leader : Let us wait with hope filled hearts,
All : as Christ’s image grows within us and shows us life.
Leader : Let him speak to us and teach us love,
All : until we open our hearts to be his home.
HYMN 326 As with gladness men of old
PRAYER OF APPROACH, CONFESSION & SUPPLICATION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
ALL AGE TALK
HYMN
We three kings of orient are.
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star.
O star of wonder,
Star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King for ever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.
Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense, owns a Deity nigh,
Prayer and praising, all men raising
Worship Him, God most high.
Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume,
Breathes a life of gathering gloom.
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice!
Heaven sings, Alleluia,
Alleluia, the earth replies.
FIRST READING Isaiah 60 : 1 – 6 Karen Woodcock
ANTHEM A New Year Carol Benjamin Britten
SECOND READING Matthew 2 : 1 - 12
SERMON
HYMN 305 In the bleak midwinter (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 & INTERCESSION
CELEBRATION OF COMMUNION
Invitation to the Table
HYMN 19 Ye gates
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right this day to give you thanks, O God.
In fulfilment of your promise, you pour your Spirit upon us, filling us with your gifts, leading us into all truth, and uniting peoples of many tongues in the living of the gospel day by day.
Infused with the Spirit, we join with your people of all places and times, with the whole company of heaven, and with all the saints, to proclaim your greatness
and sing your praise in the angels’ unending hymn:
Holy, Holy, Holy one, God of love and peace
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is the one who comes
in the name of God.
Hosanna in the highest!
Sharing the Feast
Sharing the Peace
CLOSING PRAYER
HYMN 323 The first Nowell the angel did say
BENEDICTION Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
Cramond Kirk is part of Edinburgh Northwest Kirk
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