Welcome to this Service of Worship
Fourth Sunday in Lent
19 March 2023 at 10.30am
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GATHERS TO WORSHIP ALMIGHTY GOD
Welcome & Church News – Revd Dr Sandy Forsyth
Minute for mission: Eco tip for Lent – Lucy Anderson
Call to Worship – Cameron Wild-Wood
(Written by Phill Mellstrom)
One: We come to worship God, we come, bringing our stories,
our lives, and our whole selves
All: All are welcome
One: We come with our faith and
our doubts, with our hopes and our fears.
All: All are welcome
One: We come as we are, invited by God who will never turn us away.
All: All are welcome
Hymn – CH4 198 Let Us Build a House
First Reading – Emily Mole
Isaiah 66:12-14
(Common English Bible)
Second Reading –
Lucy Anderson, Eilidh Robertson and Cameron Wild-Wood
Luke 15:11-32 Common English Bible (CEB)
Hymn – The Lord’s My Shepherd
Prayer for Others & The Lord’s Prayer – Lucy Anderson
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. Save us from the time of
trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are
yours now and for ever. Amen.
Third reading: A contemporary retelling of the Prodigal Son
Emily and Elizabeth Mole
All-age Reflection: God’s love is like.
Repeated Prayer – Ted Garland
Pew Prayer activities
• Music –CH4 189 ‘Be Still’
Hymn – CH4 577 Christ Be Beside Me
A word from Revd Dr Sandy Forsyth and Hillary
Closing Prayer
Hymn – CH4 613 Gracious Spirit
Blessing & The Grace
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all, now and forever, Amen.
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NEWS AND INTIMATIONS
1. UPCOMING CONGREGATIONAL PILGRIMAGE WALK – FRIDAY 24
MARCH You will recall the two congregational pilgrimages in Autumn 2021
and Easter 2022, when we had very enjoyable days walking the first and
last legs of the Fife Pilgrim Way. This year, we will be walking on the Forth
to Farne Way. We will be doing so alongside the congregations of the
Parish of Traprain in East Lothian. Everyone is very welcome, including
friends and family beyond Mayfield Salisbury. The first two walks are on
weekdays for those who can make it, and the final one to Lindisfarne is on
a Saturday, as a full ‘congregational pilgrimage’.
The first walk will take place on Friday 24 March from East Linton to North
Berwick, via Whitekirk (approx. 9 miles). We will travel to East Linton and
return from North Berwick by public bus. On the way out, the X7 bus is
from Waterloo Place at 9.38am, due East Linton 10.32am. The bus home
back to Edinburgh (X5 or 124) will be at about 5.00pm. Please sign up for
the first walk, and indeed the latter two, by emailing Pamela Molyneaux -
For your diary, the other two walks are:
• Monday 8 May 2023 – Circular walk from Coldingham Priory
via St Abbs’ Lighthouse (approx. 7 miles)
• Saturday 10 June 2023 – Beal Farm Cafe to Lindisfarne (approx. 5 miles)
2. JOINT CONGREGATIONAL GATHERING: VISION FOR MISSION An
important stage in developing the new union is to agree the mission/vision
of the new congregation. This will be worked on over the coming months
by the Union Teams but we also wish to provide an opportunity for the
congregations to feed into that process. It may also be helpful for those in
the congregations to gain further understanding of what ‘mission’ and
‘pioneer ministry’ might mean in the context of the union.
Consequently, there will be a meeting of the three congregations on
Saturday 25 March at the Greyfriars Charteris Centre, 138-140 Pleasance,
Edinburgh EH8 9RR. Coffee and tea will be available from 10.00am with
the meeting ending at 1.00pm. Please keep the time free if possible so you
can take part. The meeting will be in person only as there will be further
opportunities to reflect on the future mission. However, this is a key stage
in framing the discussion and young people and families will be very
welcome. More details about the event will follow in the next week or so.
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. PASTORAL CARE MATTERS Please contact Kay or Sandy if you have
any 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.
has kindly agreed to be the contact point for pastoral matters meantime
once Kay departs. The email address and phone number will remain.
5. THURSDAY CLUB takes place every Thursday at 2.00pm in the Bill
McDonald Hall. This week, Simon Fairnie will give a talk titled ‘Up the
Creek,’ followed by tea and fellowship. All are very welcome!
6. MARMALADE SALE- Today The Christian Aid group will be holding
its popular marmalade sale after the service TODAY in the Newington
Room. Every delicious jarful helps to raise much-needed funds for Christian
Aid – we look forward to seeing you there!
7. MESSY CHURCH The next Messy Church at Priestfield will be on
Saturday 25 March from 4-6pm. Everyone welcome.
8. 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
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Forthcoming Deadlines
Order of service for next week: Thursday at 6.00pm
Next parish magazine Grapevine: Friday 28 April at 6.00pm
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