Dear me, I really have slipped this time - I've omitted to post what I played for TWO previous weeks. Mea culpa!

On 28th March I played "Monmouth", by Wood before the service, and Promenade by Mussorgsky, after it. In the evening, when we had our very successful Lenten meditations on the sacrificial lamb, I played Coronach by Barratt, Arioso by Rawsthorne, and He was despised, from Handel's Messiah. My outgoing voluntary was O Haupt voll Blut, by Reger. The atmosphere of this service was exactly how I hoped it would be, and I am indebted to all those who took part to make it such a success. I don't wish to seem proud on my own account - I am not, and I don't take pride in my abilities at all, I can assure you - but I was humbly proud of everyone else's efforts and the way they worked together to such good result.

On 4 April, I played Judex, by Gounod and Minuet from Handel's Water music, before the service. I played Bohemian Rhapsody during the offering, and Rutter's Toccata in 7, as outgoing voluntary.

Today, 11 April, I played Organist's country garden by Andrew Wright, and Allein Gott in der Hoh, by Pachelbel. During the communion I played Wagner's Pilgrim's chorus, and Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber. After the service, I played the Alleluia from Mozart's Exultate - it seemed suitable for Easter.

I was taken to task by a member of the congregation for playing Pie Jesu, because it was considered inappropriate for a church using the reformed church liturgy. I have to say I disagree! Let's look at the words (which you didn't hear, obviously, because it was played in my own organ arrangement) -

Pie Jesu, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam.

This is an adaptation of the text in John 1 : 29 : Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Nothing wrong with that! The exact translation of the words in the Requiem is:

Merciful Jesus, who takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest. O Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, grant them eternal rest.

Apart from the "grant them rest / eternal rest", we very often hear ministers say these words during a communion service.
My conscience has no difficulty whatsoever with playing an organ arrangement of these words during a Church of Scotland communion service. And I can only go by my own conscience!