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This service is based around Romans 8: 26-39 and Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills leads the service (along with lots of different members of our church) and Rev Sue Whitehouse preaches about ‘The Mustard Seed’:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHhYHVFO1hqHLPo4GtFjG_A Original Music Compositions by Neil Birse used with permission. Hymns sung by the Birse family.…

This service is based around Psalm 139: 1-11, 23-24 and Romans 8: 12-25 Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills leads the service (along with lots of different members of our church) and preaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ddm-u8_kg Original Music Compositions by Neil Birse and Joanna Forbes L’Estrange used with permission. Hymns sung by the Birse family, and St Peter’s…

This service is based around Romans 8: 1-11 and Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23. Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills leads the service (along with lots of different members of our church) and preaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdLoVE2JBo4 Original Music Compositions by Neil Birse used with permission. Hymns sung by the Birse family and the St Peter’s Choir. Sound editing…

This service is based around Romans 7: 15-25a and Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30. Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills leads the service (along with lots of different members of our church) and our Community Worker, Kristee Boyd, preaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2w-jcj2qZo Original Music Compositions by Neil Birse used with permission. Hymns sung by the Birse family. Violin: Andrew…

The June edition of News and Views is now available for download. Please note that to fulfil GDPR criteria, some details have been removed. If you would like to contact the office, please email: office@stpetersedinburgh.org

This service is based around 1 Peter 2: 19-25 and Matthew 16: 13-19. Our Rector, Rev Nick Wills led the service (along with lots of different members of our church) and preached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By6Umh0Mn58 Tu es Petrus: Palestrina, sung by the St Peter’s Choir. Original Music Compositions by Neil Birse used with permission. Hymns sung by…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Our services for Good Friday has been prepared for us by The Very Revd Jim Mein, our Interim Pastor. It is designed to be read between 12 Noon and 3pm, the meditation follows the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life. Each section contains a Hymn, Reflection and a Prayer, followed by some silence. The approximate times…

Maundy Thursday, 6pm: The Edinburgh Diocese is joining an online service from the Scottish Episcopal Church at 6pm. The Rt Rev Ian Paton, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, and Rev Canon Dr Carrie Applegarth celebrate a Eucharist from their home in Perth. To connect you to the service: http://www.scotland.anglican.org/broadcast-sunday-worship/  and then click on ‘Our Facebook page’ or ‘Our YouTube’.