Welcome to this Service of Worship for  Sunday 18 September 2022 at 10.30am  Fifthteenth Sunday After Pentecost • PDF Order of Service Download HERE • Direct YouTube Link HERE • Weekly News Here • Past Service Archive HERE AS A DIVERSE PEOPLE, THE CHURCH GATHERS TO PRAISE ALMIGHTY GOD     Organ Prelude Be Thou My Vision, traditional Irish translated by Mary E. Byrne I Love to Tell the Story, by A. Catherine Hankey and William G. Fischer   Welcome     Words in Honour of King Charles III     Prayer for the late Queen and King Charles III     The National Anthem – ‘God Save the King’   The Grace   Preparatory Silence for Worship       Introit: Gabi, Gabi Traditional South African song Gabi, Gabi, Bash’abazalwan     Praise the Father, liberator Lord Gabi, Gabi, Bash’abazalwan     Praise the Father, liberator Lord Siyoshiywa khona Sidal’ ubuzalwan     He frees all the captives and gives the hungry bread Siyoshiywa khona Sidal’ ubuzalwan     He frees all the captives and gives the hungry bread   Call to Worship Leader: Lord, open our ears All: to hear your word. Leader: Open our eyes All: to see your world. Leader: Open our arms All: to your embrace of love. Leader: Open our minds All: to the depths of your grace. Leader: Open our hearts All: to the strength of your presence.   Hymn 279        Make Way, Make Way, for Christ the King   (t. Make Way)   Prayer of Approach, Praise, Confession and The Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.     Reflection    Hillary Leslie      Hymn 443 He is Lord, He is Lord  (t. He is Lord)   Minutes for M ission  Messy Church and ‘Slainte’ Hillary Leslie   Young people leave for Young Church   Reading    Psalm 72:1 - 7, 10 - 14  Read by Christine De Luca   (OT p545)  Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King of Solomon Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, Give deliverance to the needy and crush the oppressor. May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.. May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, May the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts. May all kings fall down before him, all nations give him service. For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper. He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. From oppression and violence he redeems their life; precious is their blood in his sight.   Anthem    Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Words: Charles Wesley (1707 to 1788) Music: Howard Goodall (Born 26 May 1968) 1. Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of Heav’n to earth come down; Fix in us thy humble dwelling; All thy faithful mercies crown! Jesus, Thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love Thou art; Visit us with Thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. 2. Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast! Let us all in Thee inherit; Let us find that second rest. Take away our bent to sinning; Alpha and Omega be; End of faith, as its beginning, Set our hearts at liberty.   3. Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all Thy life receive; Suddenly return, and never, Nevermore Thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, Serve Thee as Thy hosts above, Pray and praise Thee without ceasing, Glory in Thy perfect love.   4. Finish, then, Thy new creation; Pure and spotless let us be; Let us see Thy great salvation Perfectly restored in Thee; Changed from glory into glory, Till in Heav’n we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise.   Reading            1 Timothy 2:1 - 6 Read by Christine De Luca    (NT p203) Instructions concerning Prayer  2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, 4 who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God;  there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, 6  who gave himself a ransom for all - this was attested at the right time.   Hymn 528 Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (t. Prayer  of St Francis)   Sermon    ‘Prayers for the King’  Revd Dr Sandy Forsyth   Church News     Hymn 710        ‘I Have a Dream, A Man Once Said  (t. Repton)   Prayer of Dedication and for Others     Hymn 449     Rejoice! The Lord is King (t. Darwall’s 148th) Closing Responses Leader: We go out into the world in peace; All: Let us hold fast to all that is good and just Leader: Strengthen those who are struggling All: and support those in need; Leader: Help the afflicted and honour all people All: In the name of Christ the King   Benediction   Threefold Amen     Organ Postlude Assurance, based on Assurance by Phoebe P. Knapp and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J. S. Bach.   Arranged by John Ness Beck.   Transcription by Janet Linker *** This Morning’s Choir Music   The introit it a joyful traditional South African hymn. It has no direct translation and is arranged by the popular Swedish composer and choir director, Anders Nyberg. It is in two sections and builds interest and tension by frequent repetitions.    Howard Goodall is well known as a popular composer of choral music and music for television (notably the theme for ‘The Vicar of Dibley.’) The anthem was commissioned by the School Choirs Association. The principal tune in this setting of Wesley’s much-loved hymn is a flowing melody treated in various ways, unison, harmony, and finally in canon and with a descant *** NEWS AND INTIMATIONS   WELCOME TO MAYFIELD SALISBURY PARISH CHURCH  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 email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. OPEN TO ALL Coffee and tea will be served in the McDonald Hall at the close of the Sunday morning services. Everyone is most welcome. FOODBANK DONATIONS With the great concern about the cost of living over the winter, we are re-starting collections of tinned and dried food (not fresh food) to give to those who will be in need. Most of the food will be donated to the foodbank which is open on Wednesday afternoons by our friends at Priestfield Parish Church, run via the Edinburgh Food Project. Some will be retained here, in case anyone comes to the church looking for food. If you would like to donate, there will be marked buckets at the side door for bags of food to be placed in. Thank you! Please support the DEC PAKISTAN FLOODS APPEAL – a message from Christian Aid. The devastating floods in Pakistan have killed at least 1,100 people, and left more than 6 million in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The government of Pakistan has called for international assistance to provide humanitarian aid, and in response, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have launched an emergency appeal. Christian Aid is not present in Pakistan, so are not responding directly. Instead they are asking us to support their fellow DEC member charities, to meet people’s basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter. They urgently need more funds to scale up their operations - and conditions are expected to worsen as the rains continue. The UK government has announced it will match pound for pound the first £5 million of public donations.   With your prayers and your gifts, will you stand with our global neighbours in Pakistan? You can donate: Online at dec.org.uk/appeal/pakistan-floods-appeal  By phone on 0330 678 1000. By post to Disasters Emergency Committee, PO Box 999, London EC3A 3AA MIDWEEK PRAYERS You are most welcome to attend a time of peace, prayer and reflection in the church sanctuary, this Tuesday at 10.00am. JEAN’S KILTWALK – TODAY! I will be walking 14 miles today fundraising for Edinburgh Street Pastors. You may like to donate at justgiving.com/EdinburghKiltwalk2022-JeanLeitch Cash or cheques also gratefully received. Thank You!  Jean MacGilchrist YOUTH UPDATE Sunday 18 September: Arthur's Seat hill walk! All ages (P6- S6) are invited from 6-8:00pm as we walk up Arthur's Seat together. We will meet at the church at 5:55pm. Information sheets and activity consent forms are available by contacting Hillary. Consent forms are required and will be due on Sun 18 September.  Youth Worship Sunday 25 Sep (7.00pm): We will be meeting in the Bill McDonald Hall for a night of praise, prayer and reflection. All ages invited! COFFEE AND BLETHERS will take place on 22 September from 2.00pm to 3.30pm. All are very welcome! JOIN THE CHOIR! It is lovely to have the choir and Chamber Group back for this Sunday. The numbers of volunteers are dwindling and it would be great to have some new voices joining us. You would be made very welcome. We practice for about an hour on Thursday evenings and have a run through before the 10.45 service on Sunday. While some musical literacy is useful it is not essential and the expert members of the Chamber Group provide support and help in learning the music. We rehearse music for a week two ahead so if you can't manage every rehearsal and Sunday we would still be glad to see you for what you could manage. If you are interested or want to find out more speak to our choir leader Walter Thomson. 0131 662 0405 and  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The next TRAIDCRAFT STALL will be on Sunday 25 September. I know you will want to hang on to all your money bearing Queen Elizabeth’s head but we do need you to spend cash on our excellent range of coffees, teas, biscuits, muesli, and chocolate. See you not this Sunday but next! PASTORAL CARE If you would like to have a regular home visit or telephone call from one of our pastoral care team, please contact me and I will arrange that for you. If you would like to be held in prayer, or would like us to pray for someone you know, please make your request to Kay. If you would like to participate in our confidential prayer chain praying for these requests, please get in touch; prayer chain emails are sent out once a week. You can email Kay on 07587 043 191 or  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SOUND DESK SUPPORT It is very important that we have an effective sound system to support our services. For over 10 years we have been served by a set of volunteers who each take on operating the sound desk for one month each year at the 10.45 service. Unfortunately this group has recently reduced in number and it is unreasonable to have ask those remaining to increase their involvement. We thus urgently need new individuals to join the team so that we can continue to provide high quality sound in the sanctuary. William sets up the system each Sunday (before he moves over to operate the live streaming) and the sound desk operator only has to operate the sliders to turn on the microphones for the minister, lectern reader, pulpit etc. as required. Introduction and training can be readily provided for individuals who are prepared to join the team. GIVING – QR CODE Today you will see we have added a QR code to this Order of Service and larger versions near the exit doors. 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 all the usual protocols and safeguards are still operative.  Restrictions have prevented circulation of the ‘plate’ during services but those who would have wished to use it may make use of the bowls situated in the vestibule and halls entrance, at the close of the service . Regular and one-off donations are possible online at give.net/20311853  (scan the QR code) Or please contact our Freewill Offerings Treasurer, Hugh Somerville on 0131 466 2446 or  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church holds a CCLI Streaming License: #88916   Some images from Pixabay under licence.   *** Welcome! We are glad to see you worship with us today and hope to see you again soon. We would love to get to know you better! If you like, please send an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your name and contact details. We have several contact methods - let us know which you would like to receive: 1 - A phone call/email from the Minister/ Pastoral Assistant 2- Information on house groups and ways of getting involved 3- Weekly news emails 4- Monthly parish magazines www.mayfieldsalisbury.org   Scottish Charity Number SC000785 www.give.net/20311853