Order of Service

Sunday 14th September 2025

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

Education Sunday

Welcome and Call to Worship: GWA 42 God welcomes all

Hymn CH4 451 Where high the heavenly temple stands

Prayer of Approach and The Lord’s Prayer

Reading: Psalm 51.1-10

Hymn CH4 40 O God be gracious to me [Tune: Highland Cathedral CH4 336]

Lighting of the Peace Candle and Prayer

Reading: 1 Timothy 1.12-17

Hymn CH4 129 The Lord is King!

Prayer of Confession

Gospel Reading: Luke 15.1-10

The Collect 

God of the dirtied hands,

the wandering feet;

you seek out the lost

before ever they turn to you:

take us with you

into the abandoned places

to find a new community

outside our fortress walls;

through Jesus Christ, the Searching One.

Amen.

Hymn CH4 462 The King of Love my shepherd is

Sermon

Offering (Praise God from whom all blessings flow)

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession

News, intimations and birthdays

Hymn CH4 542 Lord, speak to me, that I may speak

Benediction