EDINBURGH NORTHWEST KIRK
MORNING WORSHIP
SUNDAY, 22 MARCH 2026
10.00 am
Minister : Reverend Alex Douglas
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: I waited for the Lord’s help, then he listened to me and heard my cry.
All: He pulled me out of a dangerous pit, out of the miry clay
Leader: He set me safely on a rock and made me secure.
All: He taught me to sing a new song, a song of praise to our God
Leader: Many who see this will take warning and will put their trust in the Lord.
HYMN 352 O for a thousand tongues to sing
PRAYER OF APPROACH, CONFESSION & SUPPLICATION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
ALL AGE TALK
HYMN 549 How deep the Father’s love for us
FIRST READING John 11 : 1 – 7 Richard Bright
ANTHEM Solus ad victimam Kenneth Leighton
SECOND READING John 11 : 17 - 44
SERMON The Raising of Lazarus
HYMN (please remain seated)
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone! – who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand:
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.
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
HYMN 154 O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
BENEDICTION
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