St Cuthbert’s Notes – Pentecost 5 – 28 June 2026
Music:
Introit Hymn 623 – Praise, my soul, the King of heaven!
Gradual Hymn 819 – When I needed a neighbour
Offertory Hymn 33 – Alleluia, sing to Jesus
Communion 83 – Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
Post-Communion Hymn 275 – Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
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Collect
Almighty God, you have taught us through your Son that love fulfils the law. May we love you with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind, and all our strength, and may we love our neighbour as ourselves; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Reading: Jeremiah 28.5-9
Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD; and the prophet Jeremiah said, ‘Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD fulfil the words that you have prophesied, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the LORD, and all the exiles. But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the LORD has truly sent the prophet.’
Second Reading: Romans 6.12-23
Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel: Matthew 10.40-42
‘Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.’
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St Cuthbert’s, Colinton – Extraordinary General Meeting:
Today, following the 10.30am service in church – the Extraordinary General Meeting regarding the proposed changes to the Constitution. Nicki
Evensong Service: Sunday 28th June
This evening at 5pm in church – All Welcome.
Prayers for Peace: Tuesday 30th June at Noon in Church
Join us as we come together in prayer for peace in our hearts, our communities, and our world. All are welcome.
Other Dates for your Diary:
Tuesday 7th July – The first in Bishop Donald Allister’s series of talks -‘Introducing the Gospels’. 2pm – 3pm in church.
Sunday 19th July – Steven McLeish, representing The Leprosy Mission in Scotland will speak at the 10.30am service.
The Sign:
The July & August issue of ‘The Sign’ magazine is now available – subscribed copies can be collected from the back of church, a copy can be viewed on our website, and it has also been sent out by email. The next issue will be September.
Weekly Prayer:
Dear Lord, we pray that we may listen to your voice and act on your commands, whether they meet our natural inclinations or challenge them. Help us to pick ourselves up when we fail, as we often do, and to be humble when we succeed. All our achievements come from you, given so that we may sow the seeds of your goodness and love. Amen.
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