Sunday Service – 6th September 2026
Sunday Service for 6th September 2026 at 10.45am with Rev. Nigel Chikanya
Opening Voluntaries include:
Gloria – Vivaldi
Song Without Words – WS Lloyd Webber
Meditation on ‘Stracathro’ – WS Lloyd Webber
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 531: My Jesus, My Saviour
CCLI Song # 1406918 – Darlene Zschech
© 1993 Wondrous Worship (Admin. by Song Solutions www.songsolutions.org)
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
CH4 549: How deep the Father’s love
CCLI Song # 1558110 – Stuart Townend
© 1995 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Integrity Music)
Offering: Aria – WS Lloyd Webber
Reading: 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21
CH4 225: Summer suns are glowing
CCLI Song # 715710 – Samuel Smith | William Walsham How
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Sermon: I am a new creation
MP 329: In Christ there is no east or west
CCLI Song # 2608952 – John Oxenham | William Jones
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Invitation to Communion
CH4 19: Ye gates lift up your heads on high
Psalm 24, The Scottish Psalter, 1929 | William Croft | Andrew Mitchell Thomson
Music & Words: Public Domain
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Prayer
MP 536: The Old Rugged Cross
CCLI Song # 19722 – George Bennard
© Words & Music: Curb Word Music
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Triumphant March – WS Lloyd Webber
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Kirkgate Messenger – September 2026
The September 2026 edition of the Kirkgate Messenger is now available to read by clicking here or clicking on the thumbnail opposite.
Sunday Service – 30th August 2026
Sunday Service for 30th August 2026 at 10.45am with Rev. Nigel Chikanya
Opening Voluntaries include:
The New Commonwealth – Vaughan Williams
Choristers’ March – Lefébure-Wély
Adoration – Florence Price
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 120: God we praise you
CCLI Song # 4795935 – Christopher Idle | Ludwig van Beethoven
Words: 1982 Christopher Idle – The Jubilate Group (Admin. by Jubilate Hymns Ltd, sub to Hope Publishing for various regions); Music: Public Domain
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
MP 69: Change my heart, O God
CCLI Song # 1565 – Eddie Espinosa
© 1982 Heart And Harp Worship
Offering: A Gaelic Blessing – John Rutter
Reading: Ephesians 1: 3-14
VIDEO: Amazing Grace (My chains are gone)
CCLI Song # 4768151 – Chris Tomlin | John Newton | Louie Giglio
© 2006 Rising Springs Music; Vamos Publishing; worshiptogether.com songs
Video by Chet Valley Hymns and Songs
Sermon
MP 1164: Come thou fount of every blessing
CCLI Song # 108389 – John Wyeth | Robert Robinson
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
CH4 512: To God be the glory
CCLI Song # 23426 – Fanny Jane Crosby | William Howard Doane
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Pilgrim’s Chorus – Wagner
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 23rd August 2026
Sunday Service for 23rd August 2026 at 10.45am with Rev. Nigel Chikanya
Opening Voluntaries include:
Prelude & Fugue in Cmin – JS Bach
Prelude & Fugue in F – JS Bach
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 111: Holy, holy, holy
CCLI Song # 1156 – John Bacchus Dykes | Reginald Heber
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
MP 128: Father God, I wonder
CCLI Song # 58202 – Ian Smale
© 1984 Thankyou Music
Offering: Caro Mio Ben – Giordani
Readings: Genesis 3: 1-13; and Romans 3: 23
CH4 559: There is a redeemer
CCLI Song # 11483 – Melody Green
© 1982 Ears To Hear Music
Sermon: You are broken, but not abandoned
CH4 448: Lord, the light of your love is shining
CCLI Song # 30426 – Graham Kendrick
© 1987 Make Way Music (Admin. by Make Way Music Limited
Prayer
CH4 564: Jesus loves me, this I know
CCLI Song # 1187 – Anna Bartlett Warner | William Batchelder Bradbury
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Trinity Procession on Nicaea – Phil Lehenbauer
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 16th August 2026
Sunday Service for 16th August 2026 at 10.45am with Rev. Nigel Chikanya
Opening Voluntaries include:
Amazing Grace – Paul Fey
Look at the world – John Rutter
Voluntary 2 in D – William Croft
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 147: All Creatures of our God and King
CCLI Song # 1503 – St. Francis of Assisi | William Henry Draper
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
JP 94: If I were a butterfly
CCLI Song # 35445 – Brian Howard
© 1975 Mission Hills Music
Offering: For the beauty of the earth – John Rutter
Reading: Genesis 1: 26-28
MP 1072: In Christ alone
CCLI Song # 3350395 – Keith Getty | Stuart Townend
© 2001 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Integrity Music Ltd)
Sermon: You bear his image
CH4 502: Take my life, Lord, let it be
CCLI Song # 2873921 – Frances Ridley Havergal | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
CH4 251: I, the Lord of sea and sky
Words and Music: Dan Schutte, © 1981, OCP Publications, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213, USA
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Improvisation on Lasst uns erfruen – Stuart McMahon
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 9th August 2026
Sunday Service for 9th August 2026 at 10.45am with Katrona Templeton and David Fidler
Opening Voluntaries include:
Farewell to Stromness – Peter Maxwell Davies
At the Ferry from “Idylls of Iona” – Julian Nesbitt
Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
MP 167: Give me oil in my lamp
CCLI Song # 4755580
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
Reading: Mark 16: 15-19
Homily
Offering uplifted during Song: This little light of mine
CCLI Song # 5317642 – Stephen M. Lee
© Words: Public Domain; Music: 1998 Professional Music Services, Inc.
Prayer
Groups
Prayer
CH4 804: You shall go out with joy
CCLI Song # 20546 – Steffi Geiser Rubin | Stuart Dauermann
© 1975 Lillenas Publishing Company
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Fanfare – Lemmens
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 2nd August 2026
Sunday Service for 2nd August 2026 at 10.45am with Graeme Stewart
Opening Voluntaries include:
Quanta Qualia – Patrick Hawes
Many Waters – Patrick Hawes
Reflexionem – Patrick Hawes
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 153: Great is thy faithfulness
CCLI Song # 18723 – Thomas Obediah Chisholm | William Marion Runyan
© Words & Music: 1923. Renewed 1951 Hope Publishing Company
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
CH4 694: Brother, sister, let me serve you
CCLI Song # 72673 – Richard Gillard
© Words & Music: 1977 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing (Admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.)
Offering: To a wild rose – Edward Macdowall
Reading: Psalm 145
CH4 378: Praise to the holiest in the height
CCLI Song # 7014642 – John Bacchus Dykes | John Henry Newman
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Sermon: What is God like?
CH4 724: Christ’s is the world in which we move
CCLI Song # 872196 – Graham Maule | John L. Bell
Words & Music: 1989 WGRG, c/o Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland
Prayer
CH4 718: We cannot measure how you heal
CCLI Song # 4751065. Graham Maule | John L. Bell
© Words & Music: 1989 WGRG, c/o Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland (Admin. by Wild Goose Resource Group)
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals (alla Handel) – Karg Elert
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 26th July 2026
Sunday Service for 26th July 2026 at 10.45am with Rev Katrona Templeton
Opening Voluntaries include:
Largo (from New World Symphony) – Dvorak
Theme from Ladies in Lavender – Nigel Hess
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 196: Come, now is the time to worship
CCLI Song # 2430948 – Brian Doerksen
© 1998 Vineyard Songs (UK/Eire)
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
MP 225: He’s got the whole wide world
CCLI Song # 33681
© Words: Public Domain, Music: arr.1987 Phil Burt
Offering: Ave Verum – Mozart
Reading: 2 Kings 6: 1-7
CH4 493: It’s me, it’s me, O Lord
CCLI Song # 1581314 – Peter D. Smith
© 1967 Stainer & Bell Ltd
Sermon: When small things matter
CH4 737: Will your anchor hold
CCLI Song # 47031 – Priscilla J. Owens | William James Kirkpatrick
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
MP 454: Majesty, worship your majesty
CCLI Song # 1527 – Jack Hayford
© 1981 Rocksmith Music, admin by Leosong Copyright Services Ltd
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Grand March from Aida – Verdi
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 19th July 2026
Sunday Service for 19th July 2026 at 10.45am with Andrew Bruce
Opening Voluntaries include:
Ave Verum – Elgar
Ave Verum – Karl Jenkins
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 132: Immortal, invisible
CCLI Song # 124466 – Walter Chalmers Smith
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
SONG: Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love
CCLI Song # 186208 – Charles H. Webb | Tom Colvin
© Words: 1969, 1989 Hope Publishing Company; Music: 1969, 1989 Hope Publishing Company
Offering: Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone
Reading: Luke 10: 25-37
CH4 519: Love divine, all loves excelling
CCLI Song # 742329 – Charles Wesley | Rowland Hugh Prichard
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Sermon
CH4 544: When I needed a neighbour
CCLI Song # 227923 – Sydney Bertram Carter
© Words & Music: 1965 Stainer & Bell Ltd
Prayer
CH4 512: To God be the glory
CCLI Song # 23426 – Fanny Jane Crosby | William Howard Doane
© Words & Music: Public Domain
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: Choral Song – Samuel Wesley
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
Sunday Service – 12th July 2026
Sunday Service for 12th July 2026 at 10.45am with Rev. Nigel Chikanya
Opening Voluntaries include:
Meditation on “Brother James’ Air” – Harold Darke
All things bright and beautiful – John Rutter
Sheep May Safely Graze – JS Bach
Welcome & Intimations
CH4 694: Brother, Sister, let me serve you
CCLI Song # 72673 – Richard Gillard
© Words & Music: 1977 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing (Admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.)
Prayer
Children’s / All Age Talk
MP 664: The spirit lives to set us free
CCLI Song # 2134598 – Damian Lundy
Words & Music: © 1978 Kevin Mayhew Ltd
Offering: Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar
Reading: Romans 15: 1-7
CH4 183: Fill now our life, O Lord our God
CCLI Song # 2872867 – Henry John Gauntlett | Horatius Bonar
© Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain
Sermon
MP 611: Spirit of Holiness
CCLI Song # 649934 – Christopher Idle
© Words: Christopher Idle – The Jubilate Group; Music: Public Domain
Prayer
CH4 468: Son of God, eternal Saviour
Somerset Corry Lowry | William Penfro Rowlands
© Words & Music – Public Domain
Benediction & Three Fold Amen
Closing Voluntary: War March of the Priests – Mendelssohn
Licensing – CCL: #154670, Streaming Plus Licence: #1454711, PRS DML for Worship: LC-004308. All hymns are played as original content and sung by the congregation of Kirkgate Parish Church during the live broadcast.
