CHRIST CHURCH MORNINGSIDE

Christ Church Morningside

Welcome to the website of Christ Church Morningside, Edinburgh. We are set in the midst of a lively area just south of the city centre, with a door open to seekers, visitors and members alike, and are committed to engagement with and in the local community and wider world.

Christ Church is within the Diocese of Edinburgh, one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church and thus also part of the Anglican and Porvoo Communions. We welcome people from all Christian traditions and none.

If you want to find out more about being married or having your child baptised here, we would love to hear from you. See the Weddings and Baptism sections in LIFE EVENTS for more information.

Latest Newsletter

Church Life Report 2020

Listen to the Christ Church virtual choir

Christ Church Choir

as well as the previously recorded:

Ubi Caritas

MORE IN THIS SECTION - KEEP IN TOUCH | OUR SUNDAYS | THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH | LATEST NEWS (see below)

Keep in touch

The office as a building is still closed but we continue to work from our homes. A temporary mobile number replaces the office phone number: 07718 278 145
You can call and/or leave a message, we will get back to you as soon as we can. The office will be in regular contact with the Rector and Associate Priest.
We are setting up networks within the church community to do our best to assist those who need help in obtaining groceries or other essential supplies as well as offering regular telephone contact. If you are in need of assistance, please call 07394 912 623

Our Sundays

The Covid19 Virus outbreak has led us into extraordinary times and we might not always be able to gather together for worship. At such times when we are not able to celebrate the Eucharist at church we can unite ourselves spiritually by praying at the same time from our homes.

A Said Eucharist will be celebrated at 10am in church (currently we can have about 56 people in church* - please book if you would like to join) the service is simultaneously broadcast to the congregation via zoom (video conferencing platform). You are invited to join in the Eucharist online as it is celebrated. Use the service sheet to join in (see button above).
*The cap on 50 people attending worship services has been lifted BUT we still have to observe the 2m distancing rule. For Christ Church this means that depending on how many households/bubbles attend each Sunday we can accommodate up to about 6 more people each Sunday.

Young Church will meet in the Church Centre or outdoors from 9.45 am - please contact our Families' Networker for further details: alex@6a.org.uk

Prayer Book Compline service through zoom (video conferencing platform) at 6.30pm (join from 6.20pm). An email with information on how to join has been sent to all members of the congregation. If you require further assistance, please let the office know.

Click on the images below to find out more about our Sunday Services

*8AM - Holy Communion

*23 May
Whitsunday
Scottish Prayer Book 1929 ()
Collect, Epistle and Gospel ()
*this service has not yet resumed

10AM - Said Eucharist (1982)

**23 May
Feast of Pentecost
Young church meets in Church Centre at 9.45am
**this service is currently limited to about 56 people in church and is also broadcast on zoom

6.30PM - Said Compline

23 May

join from 6.20pm via zoom
please contact the office
for more details

See College of Bishops' advice on coronavirus https://www.scotland.anglican.org/coronavirus-updates/

Online Church Services

As part of the ongoing response to the Coronavirus pandemic the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) will be broadcasting video coverage of Eucharistic services via its website, social media channels and YouTube channel. The web page for the broadcast is located at www.scotland.anglican.org/broadcast-sunday-worship
Services will be broadcast at 11am on Sunday, to coincide with when many people would normally be worshipping if church services had not been suspended.
The website will also contain a downloadable video and audio format of the service. A new service will be broadcast every Sunday on the SEC website, to allow all congregations to worship. We are aware that some congregations will offer their own version of online worship, but others will not have the means or resource to attempt this, hence this province-wide broadcast.
In advance of the broadcast of each provincial service, the Liturgy will be available to download from the SEC website. We are conscious of the need to offer as much assistance as possible to those who have no access to the internet, and we encourage people to distribute the video/audio recordings and the Liturgy widely within their own personal networks. In households with no internet or playback capacity, people who can be helped by others through the provision of printed materials will have the opportunity to read the words of the Liturgy to themselves close to the appointed time, praising God along with others in the Church.
“Prayer is an important part of the tradition and spiritual life of the people of God,” said Bishop Mark. “In hard times and good times, quietly being before God with the people we love in our hearts encircles us all in God’s everlasting love and the promise of hope and salvation.”
The service will be available online after its first broadcast, followed by a new one each week.
For more information about other televised services, go to: https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-18/bbc-online-virtual-church-service/