Second Sunday of Easter

Call to Worship (Based on Isaiah 65:17-25)

Hymn 413: The day of resurrection

Prayer of Approach, Reading and Reflection

Scripture: John 20 V 19-31 – Kenneth McAlpine

Reflection: Resurrection faith – Katherine Taylor

Hymn 522: The Church is wherever God’s people are praising

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Hymn 404: I danced in the morning

Blessing

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord and may the Blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with us all, now and for evermore.

Amen

Closing Voluntary

INTIMATIONS
Sunday Services

Services continue at 11am each Sunday. You are very welcome. Please note that currently we are limited to 50 people. If you are going to attend it would be helpful if you contact the church office, by email (nlpc-office@btconnect.com) or by phone (553 7378), by noon on the Friday before to help us to manage the numbers, and please arrive by 10:55 at the latest.

On the last Sunday of this month, 25^th April, we will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

Church Family
We are sad to report the death of Dennis (Danny) Kaye of York Road on 27 March 2021. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

One Church for Leith Bible Study

Bible study starts again on Monday 19th April from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm by Zoom. You are very welcome. The link to join is the same as before and please contact the church office if you need it.

The study, from the Scottish Bible Society, can be found here. https://scottishbiblesociety.org/resources/new-kingdom-coming-study-luke-18/

Thank you to our reader Kenneth McAlpine and to our organist Iain for his choice of voluntary

Easter Sunday

Welcome and Call to Worship

Call to Worship
(based on Psalm 118)

Hymn 410 Jesus Christ is resend today

Hymn 410 Jesus Christ is risen today

Hymn 415 This Joyful Eastertide

Hymn 415 This Joyful Eastertide

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

(from Very Reverend Dr Derek Browning, Moderator of Edinburgh Presbytery)

Lord Jesus Christ,

Come, stand among us,

that we might see You by our side,

that we might hear You call our names,

that we might now, on this heady day of joy,

be still, right now, and know that You are God.

We give You heartfelt thanks from our full hearts.

We bring to You our prayers this day

For a world needing Easter.

We pray for those locked in by hurt, and loneliness and grief.

We pray for those locked in by addiction, and hunger, and poverty.

We pray that we, inspired by Your Good News this Easter Day,

may bring our practical care and help to those who call out,

and to those who are silent,

and in our lived-out faith and love, show no partiality

as we bring what hope we can to those in need.

Today we pray for our nation, for our Queen,

and for those who shape the future of our country and our world.

In times of uncertainty make us confident with kindness.

In times of frustration, make us gentle with vision.

Help us to be the Easter people bringing light into our world.

Lord Jesus Christ,

for the Church we pray, that in our work and witness

we may be generous in our believing,

and joyful in our serving.

Help us to blend tradition and newness,

to keep our faith and work a power for good,

and a dynamic for reconciliation and renewal.

This Easter Day, this new beginning, this time of lifting up,

lift up our heads and hearts, lift up our eyes and voices,

for our Lord Jesus Christ is risen!

And there is hope!

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Hymn 419 Thine be the glory

Hymn 419 Thine be the glory

Blessing

Christ was raised from the dead

by the glorious power of the Father.

Let us set out, then, on a new life with Christ

and may the Blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with us and with all those we love, now and for evermore.

Amen

Closing Voluntary

The Trumpet shall sound The Messiah GF Handel

INTIMATIONS

Sunday Services

Services continue at 11am each Sunday.  You are very welcome. Please note that currently we are limited to 50 people. If you are going to attend it would be helpful if you contact the church office, by email (nlpc-office@btconnect.com) or by phone (553 7378), by the Friday before to help us to manage the numbers, and please arrive by 10:55 at the latest.

The online version of the service will continue to be made available on our website

Thank you to our reader Ewan Bruce and to our organist Iain for his choice of voluntary.

Easter flowers in the church with thanks to Ellen Lowe

And outside too – thank you very much to everyone who has brightened up the church railings with their knitting for Easter.