Welcome to this Service of Worship
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
16 July 2023 at 10.30am
Led by Revd Dr Sandy Forsyth
with the congregation in the sanctuary and online
Craigmillar Park Church
Mayfield Salisbury Church
Priestfield Church
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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
Musical Prelude
Welcome and Church News
The Peace
Call to Worship
From the Iona Abbey Worship Book
Leader: Peace on each one who comes in need,
All: Peace on each one who comes in joy.
Leader: Peace on each one who offers prayers,
All: Peace on each one who offers song.
Leader: Peace of the Maker, Peace of the Son
All: Peace of the Spirit, together as one.
Hymn 181
For the Beauty of the Earth
Prayer of Approach & Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done, on earth as
it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors. And lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
First Reflection
Hymn 522
The Church is Wherever God's People are Praising
WE LISTEN FOR A WORD FROM GOD
Reading
Exodus 18:5, 13 - 27
Read by Sandra Carter
Hymn 615
Holy Spirit Ever Living
Reading
Ephesians 2:12 - 20
Read by Sandra Carter
Sermon:
‘A Community Together –
The Household of God’
Revd Dr Sandy Forsyth
Pause for Reflection
WE GO OUT TO
SERVE GOD
IN THE WORLD
Prayers for Others
Hymn 166
Lord of All Hopefulness
Closing Responses
From Julia Esquivel, Guatemala
Leader: Let Your Kingdom come, Lord
All: Your kingdom which is freedom and love,
Leader: Which is sisterhood and brotherhood,
All: Which is righteousness and life,
Leader: Which is truth and justice
All: Let Your Kingdom come
Benediction
Threefold Amen
Organ Voluntary
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NEWS AND INTIMATIONS
1. A PILGRIMAGE TO IONA
ABBEY Today and next Sunday,
we will continue on a pilgrimage
to the island of Iona and around
the Abbey. Using as the
backdrop the life of St Columba,
and of the Benedictine community
on Iona in the Middle Ages, we
will explore the meaning of the
monastic tradition for our personal
faith and church life in the 21st
Century. Our principal guide over
the next few weeks will be the
book by George Lings, Seven
Sacred Spaces: Portals to Deeper
Community Life in Christ (2020).
The upcoming services will cover
these different ‘sacred spaces’
in and around Iona Abbey as follows:
16 July – ‘Cloister and Chapterhouse’
– meeting and living together in
community; 23 July – ‘Garden and
Refectory’ – work and hospitality.
2. 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.
3. PASTORAL CARE Welcome
to our new Pastoral Assistant,
Pauline Robertson DCS, who is
now the principal contact point
for pastoral matters. The contact
details remain the same as before
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(phone 07587 043 191). Please
contact Pauline 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.
4. EDINBURGH SACRED ARTS
IN THE FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023
(13TH - 19TH AUGUST) The Sacred
Arts Festival is an exploration of the
profound resonance between faith
and the creative arts. It includes 3
exhibitions, 7 musical events, drama,
poetry and film, as well as special
services. It takes place in a range of
church venues, from the intimacy of
St Vincent’s Chapel at Stockbridge
to St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in
Palmerston Place.
Our member, Christine De Luca, will
be leading a poetry and music event,
on Friday 18th August, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
in St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place.
Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s
Window will be a celebration of one of
Eduardo Paolozzi’s great artistic
achievements, the Ascension window.
Music from the flautist Katharine Wake.
You can book tickets here:
www.edinburghsacredartsfestival.org/2023-programme.html
5. SHORT FRINGE SHOW ON
THE HEBREW BIBLE. Dr Anja Klein
is Senior Lecturer on the Old
Testament at New College, the
School of Divinity at the University
of Edinburgh. As part of the
‘Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas’ at the
Festival Fringe, she is performing a
one-woman daytime show called
“Against the Odds” on 6th, 10th
and 18th August. Anja writes:
‘Ever wonder why the scriptures
of Ancient Israel came down to
the present, when other nations
and their religion passed into
oblivion? Ever wonder why people
still worship a God, whose origins
go back thousands of years? The
key to this success story is what
scholars call cultural resilience.
Dr Anja Klein explores what it means
to be resilient, and how this works
for a religious community. She takes
the audience into the fascinating
world of the Hebrew Bible. What
emerges is a resilient God and his
people, who adapt to crisis and
survive against the odds.’
Anja provides more info in a video at:
https://twitter.com/UoEKlein/status/1676473606836977665
To book tickets, see:
www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/show-tag/99/cabaret-of-dangerous-ideas-2023
6. KNITTING TOGETHER! This
takes place on Thursday afternoons,
between 2.00pm and 4.00pm at
Priestfield Church continues throughout
the year. The next session is on
Thursday 20th July which will not
clash with Coffee and Blethers (see below).
Anyone is welcome, you can knit,
sew, or anything else, chat or just sit.
We all enjoy the refreshments and chat.
7. COFFEE AND BLETHERS
Future dates are Thursdays 27 July,
10 and 24 August . We meet from
2.00pm to 3.30pm in the Bill
McDonald Hall. All welcome.
8. SUMMER SERVICES OF
WORSHIP Our summer morning
service schedule continues, with
one Sunday service at 10.30am in
July and August. All services in
July and August will be at Mayfield
Salisbury Parish Church, and from
this week held jointly with the
congregations of Craigmillar Park
and Priestfield. The three Ministers
will be involved at different times
in leading worship and Revd Dr.
George Whyte will returning to
lead the service on 13 August.
Bettina and a rota of volunteers will
provide resources and a quiet area
for children at the morning services
during the summer.
9. COFFEE MORNING Craigmillar
Park Church will be holding a coffee
morning in the church hall on Saturday
5th August from 10.00am to 12 noon.
Everyone is most welcome!
10. BARBECUE AND GAMES
Priestfield Church are planning
to host a barbecue and games
event on Saturday 9 September
between 2.00pm and 5.00pm.
Put the date in your diary! All welcome.
11. YOUTH UPDATES and Annual
Leave Youth activities are taking a
break over the school summer
holidays. Our Children and Young
Adult Worker, Bettina, will be on
annual until Monday 24 July. Out
with this time, she will be working
and still be happy to meet up with
or hear from young folks, including
any young adults home for the
summer or preparing for their next
steps. Bettina can be contacted as follows
- email:
Phone number: 07783 190114
12. RECYCLING/ UPCYCLING
REQUESTS: Glass jars, coffee tins,
plastic storage boxes (with lids
even better!), baskets or similar
wanted for Bettina and the Team
to reorder our children’s & youth
supplies & resources over the
summer ready for next session.
Thank you. Any queries to Bettina.
13. 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
Forthcoming Deadlines
Order of service for next week:
Thursday at 6.00pm
Next parish magazine Grapevine:
Friday 25 August at 6.00pm
Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church holds a CCLI Streaming License: #88916
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