EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK
JOINT COMMUNION SERVICE
SUNDAY, 1 MARCH 2026
10.30 am
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Organist : Simon Bertram
Pianist : Katherine Campbell
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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 : O God, you summon the day to dawn, You teach the morning to waken the earth.
All : Great is your name, great is your love
Leader : Your love and mercy shall last for ever, fresh as the morning and sure as the sunrise.
All : Great is your name, great is your love
Leader : Let us worship God.
HYMN 167 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
PRAYER OF APPROACH, CONFESSION & SUPPLICATION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
ALL AGE TALK
HYMN
Jesus’ love is very wonderful,
Jesus’ love is very wonderful,
Jesus’ love is very wonderful,
Oh, wonderful love!
So high you can’t get over it,
So low you can’t get under it,
So wide you can’t get around it,
Oh, wonderful love!
FIRST READING Psalm 121 June Kemp
ANTHEM Ave Verum Corpus W A Mozart
SECOND READING John 3 : 1 - 17
SERMON
HYMN 187 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (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 655 For your generous providing
BENEDICTION
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