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The Service of the Word for Pentecost 2. This service is based around Romans 5: 1-8 and Matthew 9: 35-10:8 Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills, leads the service and preaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8opMOTu1sa4 Original Music Compositions by Neil Birse and Joanna Forbes L’Estrange used with permission. A summary of the Congregational thoughts on the Reflective Questions given…

Coping with a feeling of powerlessness during the COVID-19 pandemic is at the heart of this week’s joint prayer offered by churches across Scotland. A letter encouraging Christians to join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday has been co-signed by 14 churches and faith organisations across the country, including the Scottish Episcopal Church. Many of…

In St Peter’s, our prayers join the cries of billions for an end to racism and injustice. We are committed to learning from what we have got wrong in the past and working with people of goodwill of all communities in the present to build a more just future…

 

The Service of the Word for Trinity Sunday. This service is based around Genesis 1: 1-2:4a and Matthew 28: 16-20 Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills, leads the service and preaches, with reflection on the death of George Floyd and how Diversity in Unity is at the heart of the Trinity, and love for all our…

The June edition of News and Views is now available for download. Please note that to fulfil GDPR criteria, some details have been removed. On page 17, there is a brief summary of a debate recently held by the International Student Café. Attached is the full summary of the debate. If you would like to contact the…

After 10 years of ministry in St Peter’s as Lay Reader, we said farewell and a grateful thank you to Janet McKinnell for all she has contributed to St Peter’s over the past 10 years. She is returning to her main focus of ministry in mentoring Lay Readers over the Diocese of Edinburgh. In the…

Our Lay Reader, Janet McKinnell, preaches and leads this Service of the Word alongside our Rector, Rev Nick Wills. It is Janet’s final service with us after 10 years of ministry at St Peter’s, and we thank her for all the time she has devoted to St Peter’s, and for all she has contributed. This…

A summary by Kristee Boyd, Community Development Officer After the sermon on Sunday 24th May, the congregation were given five questions to consider. They were asked to send their thought to Kristee, who then summarised them. The sermon can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wAGA0jhJlo The Sermon starts at 11.10. The Questions were: 1. Where do you…

10.45am: Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills, is leading and preaching for this service based around Acts 1: 6-14 and John 17: 1-11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wAGA0jhJlo Original Music Composition by Neil Birse, used with permission. A summary of the Congregational thoughts on the Reflective Questions given on Sunday 24th May: http://stpetersedinburgh.org/congregational-thoughts-on-the-reflection-questions-given-on-sunday-24th-may 11am: For the 7th Sunday of Easter, the Scottish…

An International Student Café Debate, held in April 2020 Summarised by Kristee Boyd, Community Development Officer Prior to our current lockdown situation, some of our young adults had the idea of holding a debate on the topic: Was Jesus a Feminist? We were not able to have this debate face-to-face as planned, so we decided…

Rev Nick Wills conducted and Rev Sue Whitehouse preached for this service: https://youtu.be/SP3UknVrwRs This week’s morning Eucharist from the SEC was led by The Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin, from his home in Dundee. https://www.scotland.anglican.org/broadcast-sunday-worship/

Rev Nick Wills conducted and preached at the morning service on ‘Zoom’, with other members of the congregation also participating. The YouTube link to the edited service is: https://youtu.be/2zPQwIK0SAg For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, The Rt Revd Dr John Armes, Bishop of Edinburgh, celebrated the Eucharist from his home. https://www.scotland.anglican.org/broadcast-sunday-worship/

Rev Nick Wills, our newly Installed Rector, conducted this service in the morning of 3rd May on ‘Zoom’. Based on Psalm 23, with a variety of the congregation taking part, the a recording of the service can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNlXwQk3hk4 For the fourth Sunday of Easter, the Most Rev Mark Strange, Primus of the…

The May edition of News and Views is now available for download. Please note that to fulfil GDPR criteria, some details have been removed.

On the evening of Tuesday 28th April, Bishop John, the Bishop of Edinburgh, conducted via Zoom the service of Institution of our new Rector, Rev Nick Wills. Highlights of this service, and the welcome to his wife Becky, and two sons, Jamie and Matty, can be found at: https://youtu.be/DjBIs-3IFeg Numbers had to be strictly limited with…

The Very Reverend Jim Mein, our Interim Pastor has prepared a sermon for Easter 3. This is Jim’s last Sunday as Interim Pastor and we thank him for all his wisdom, guidance and encouragement over the past 8 months. Once the lockdown is over, we plan to invite Jim back to say a proper thank…

Revd Sue Whitehouse recorded the Gospel reading and a reflection for Sunday, 19th April, which is Easter 2. It lasts 15 minutes, and can be played at any time: https://youtu.be/QFQ1ieZq8Dw As there have been over the past few weeks, there is an SEC Eucharist service at 11am, this week led by The Rt Rev Anne Dyer, the…

Communion Service at 10.45am: We met our new Rector, Rev Nick Wills, who led a special Communion service for Easter Day: https://youtu.be/Y0jmuJO5zyI 11am: The Rt Rev Ian Paton and the Rev Canon Dr Carrie Applegath celebrated the Easter Eucharist from within St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth. (No-one else was present). It is available to watch at…

Prepared by The Very Revd Jim Mein, our Interim Pastor, for this service you will see that if you wish, a candle and matches will be required to light a candle during the worship. Although you can read this whenever suits you best, it is for a service that was originally supposed to start at…