Welcome to this Service of Worship
Seventh Sunday of Easter
21 May 2023 at 10.30am
Led by Revd Dr George Whyte and Bettina Hather
with the congregation in the sanctuary and online
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WELCOME! This congregation is part of the Church of Scotland: we are
Reformed in our understanding of Christian faith, Presbyterian in how we
form our community, and a member of the worldwide family of the
Christian Church. Whether you are in regular attendance at worship or this
is one of your first visits, you are very welcome as part of this community
and today’s service of worship. God bless you. If you would like to keep in
touch, please complete the Connection Card on the back page or email
AS A DIVERSE PEOPLE, THE CHURCH
GATHERS TO WORSHIP ALMIGHTY GOD
Organ Voluntary
Ricercare: Llanfair David Briggs (b. 1962)
Welcome and Church News
The Peace
Preparatory Silence for Worship
Introit: O God, the King of Glory
Words Collect from the Book of Common Prayer
Music: Henry Purcell (1659 to 1695)
O God, the King of glory, who hast exalted thy only
son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy
kingdom in heaven; we beseech thee, leave us not
comfortless, but send to us thine Holy Ghost, to
comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place
whither our Saviour Christ is gone before us. Amen
Call to Worship
Minister: 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.
Minister: For you the valleys shall sing with joy,
the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
All: Great is your name. Great is your love.
Minister: Your love and your mercy shall last for ever.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise
All: Great is your name. Great is your love.
Hymn 446 Lift up your hearts, believers!
(t. St Thondup)
Prayers
All-Age Talk
Hymn 194 This is the day
(t. The Lord’s Day)
Children leave for Young Church
Reading Luke 24:44 - 53
Read by Neil Newton (NT p87)
Anthem Lift up your heads, O ye gates
Words: Psalm 24: 7 - 10
Music: William Mathias (1934 to 1992)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall
come in. Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, the
Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your
heads, O ye gates; even lift them
up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of glory shall come in. Who
is this King of glory? The Lord
of hosts, he is the King of glory.
Reading Acts 1:1 - 11
Read by Neil Newton (NT p.114)
Hymn 601 Look upon us, blessèd Lord
(t. Liebster Jesu - Dessau)
Sermon: Revd Dr George Whyte
Hymn 441 Blessing and honour and glory and power
(t. Bonnie George Campbell)
Prayers
Hymn 439 Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious!
(t. Regent Square)
Benediction
Threefold Amen
Organ Voluntary
Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn (Today God's Son triumphs)
BWV 630, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
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THIS MORNING’S CHOIR MUSIC The introit, found
in the library of York Minster, is in three sections. The
first employs both chordal and polyphonic devices
with great harmonic inventiveness. There follows a
simpler central section in triple time before the final
robust section reverts to the tempo of the opening.
The music of the Welsh composer, William Mathias,
Professor of Music at the University of Wales, is
typically characterised by lively rhythms and robust
word settings. These are particular features of this
fanfare-like Psalm setting . The insistent questioning
of the repeated “who is the King of Glory?” is
answered by an enthusiastic affirmation.
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NEWS AND INTIMATIONS
1. CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT WORKER
We welcome Bettina Hather who has been
appointed to the post of Children and Young
Adult Worker meantime until the end of 2023.
Her contact details are as follows - email:
0778 319 0114
2. PASTORAL CARE - MATTERS Anne
Mulligan is the principal contact point for
pastoral matters until such time as a
replacement is appointed for Kay. The
contact details remain the same as before -
07587 043 191). Please contact Anne if
you have any pastoral issues or concerns
and/or if you wish anyone to be
remembered in the confidential prayer
chain or wish to be added to the email
circulation list.
3. OPEN TO ALL Coffee and tea will
be served in the Bill McDonald Hall at the
close of the Sunday services. Everyone
is very welcome.
4. UPCOMING CONGREGATIONAL
PILGRIMAGE WALK All are welcome for
the final walk on the Forth to Farne Way.
Saturday 10 June Beal Farm Cafe to
Lindisfarne (approx 5 miles across the
sands) Please sign up for this walk by
emailing Pennie McIntyre at
We will be going by coach to Lindisfarne.
Please let me know by Sunday 21 May
if you wish to join the coach as I have to
decide that week whether to hire one or
two coaches. If you do not wish to walk across
the sands you are welcome to walk across
the causeway , or to stay on the coach and
drive across the causeway. We can then all
meet up in Lindisfarne and particularly for
the service of communion which we are
hoping to hold on the island. If you wish
to travel by car and not walk across the
sands please let me know so that I can
give you our time of arrival and the safe
time to cross the causeway.’
5. FAIRTRADE STALL TODAY - SUNDAY
21st May Coffee, tea, biscuits, lots of chocolate,
marmalade, honey, gifts and of course Kilombero
Rice! Recyclable money only no plastic!
6. GIVING – QR CODE Our Quick Response
code is a handy way of using your smart
‘phone or tablet’s QR app to link you to our
Giving Page. Once you have joined the
Giving Page safeguards are still operative.
PLATES: Those who would have wished to
use it may make use of the offering plates
situated in the vestibule and halls entrance,
at the close of the service. Regular and one-off
donations are possible online at
www.give.net/20311853 (scan the QR code)
or please contact our Freewill Offerings
Treasurer, Hugh Somerville on 0131 466 2446
or
7. THY KINGDOM COME (TKC) is a global
ecumenical prayer movement that invites
Christians around the world to pray from
Ascension to Pentecost for more people to
come to know Jesus. Please consider joining
in. Specifically, we again invite each and every
Christian across the globe to pray that God’s
Spirit might work in the lives of five people
who have not responded with their ‘Yes’ to
God’s call. If you look at this website there is a
lot of information. However, please consider
taking part in these three ways.
A) Please pray for five people as explained above.
B) There will be a half day of prayer at Priestfield
Church on Thursday 25th May between 9am and
9pm. Please sign up for an hour to pray for your
five people and whatever else is on your heart
or in your mind. We can also pray for the future
of Newington Trinity and the desire from the Church
of Scotland for more people to come to know
Jesus. Please sign up on this link:
https://signup.24-7prayer.com/signup/4f9620
If you cannot come to Priestfield, please pray at
home during this day.
C) Use one of the available Novena booklets
which to help focus on the themes and
encourage you to pray. This is looking at the
early Church in 1 John.
Further Information is available at:
www.thykingdomcome.global and also
www.churchofscotland.org.uk/worship/
prayers/thy-kingdom-come
Please do join in. If you have difficulty
signing up or would like one of the Novena
booklets, please let me know at
Best wishes from Diane Cross, Priestfield
Church, Praise and Prayer
8. COFFEE AND BLETHERS RESTARTS
Coffee and Blethers was a new venture
started a few years ago to cover the summer
period when the Thursday Club is on holiday.
It is a friendship group open to the whole
community, especially those who might feel
lonely or isolated and in need of companionship.
We meet in the Bill McDonald Hall on the
2nd and 4th Thursdays during the months
of June, July and August from 2.00pm to 3.30pm
starting on 8 June. You don’t have to stay all
the time, just pop in when you feel like it, stay
as long as you wish and enjoy tea or juice and
of course a blether. We do hope to see you
there. If you would like more details please
contact Christina Somerville, Deirdre Eustace
or the church office (0131 667 1522).
9. EDINBURGH FOOD PROJECT The
Scottish food banks, have given out over
a QUARTER OF A MILLION food parcels
were distributed through the network over
the past 12 months – 90 THOUSAND to
children. In the year to April 2023 12,822
parcels left thr Edinburgh warehouse to
go to our seven foodbanks across the city
– that’s 50% more than the year before.
Scoop newsletter May 2023
•30% of food parcels were for children
•60% of referrals were for households
with 3 or more people
•67% of parcels were distributed from
Craigmillar (25%), Grassmarket(23%)
and Pilton (19%)
• Food banks are supporting more
and more people who are facing deepening
hardship and distress. Everyone should be
able to afford the essentials in life, no
one should need a food bank to get by.
The Edinburgh Food banks are delivering
a range of support to address the root
causes of financial hardship. These services
are essential in ensuring people receive
all the financial support they are entitled
to. The development of a community
hub wishes being integrated to be able
to offer additional services to people in
Craigmillar area, which is busiest food
bank in Edinburgh.
However, there are an increasing number
of people whose income is still too low
to get by even after financial support to
help maximise their income. The Edinburgh
Food Project is supported by the Trussell
Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation
‘Essentials Guarantee’ to make sure that
Universal Credit is at least enough to
afford the essentials we all need, such
as food, energy and basic household
goods – and that deductions can never
pull people below this level.
Research by the charities reveals that
the £85 weekly Universal Credit standard
allowance is at least £35 less than the
weekly cost of essential items for a single
person, contributing to hundreds of
thousands of people being forced to
use food banks because they can’t make ends meet.
What items are needed urgently:
• UHT Milk
• Long-life Fruit Juice
• Jam
• Tinned Cold Meat
• Tinned Fruit
The following items are not needed:
• Pasta
• Tinned Tomatoes
Thank you for your generous support.
Joan Adam
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Forthcoming Deadlines
Order of service for next week: Thursday at 6.00pm
Next parish magazine Grapevine: Friday 7 July at 6.00pm
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