EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK
MORNING WORSHIP
SUNDAY, 11 JANUARY 2026
10.00 am
Minister : Reverend Dr Martin Scott
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: Christ is born and hope lives again!
All: Let hope abound on earth.
Leader: Christ is born and joy lives again!
All: Let joy abound on earth.
Leader: Christ is born and peace lives again!
All: Let peace abound on earth.
Leader: Christ is born and love lives again!
All: Let love abound on earth
HYMN 326 As with gladness, men of old
PRAYER OF APPROACH AND CONFESSION
ALL AGE TALK
HYMN 291 When out of poverty is born
FIRST READING Isaiah 42 : 1 – 9 June Kemp
ANTHEM Star of the East Alan Bullard
GOSPEL READING Matthew 3 : 13 - 17
HYMN 334 On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry
SERMON Preparing God’s Way
HYMN 318 Lord, you were rich beyond all splendour
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen
PRAYERS FOR OTHERS
Leader: Holy Child of Bethlehem whose parents found no room in the inn,
All: We pray for all who are homeless
Leader: Holy Child of Bethlehem, born in a stable,
All: We pray for all who live in poverty
Leader: Holy Child of Bethlehem, whom Herod sought to kill
All: We pray for all living under threat
Leader: Holy Child of Bethlehem, a refugee in Egypt,
All: We pray for all far from home
Leader: Holy Child of Bethlehem in whom the eternal was pleased to dwell,
All: Help us to see your image in people everywhere. Amen
THE LORD'S PRAYER
God in heaven,
Your name is to be honoured.
May Your new community of hope
be realised on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today the essentials of life,
release us from our wrongdoing
as we also release those who wrong us.
Do not test us beyond our means,
save us from all that is evil;
for You embrace justice, love and peace,
now and to the end of time. Amen
HYMN 352 O for a thousand tongues to sing
BENEDICTION Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
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