CHRIST CHURCH MORNINGSIDE

Christ Church Morningside

Reflections on Readings for Advent Sunday

Readings for Sunday 29 November 2020 (Advent Sunday):

Isaiah 64.1-9

1 Corinthians 1.3-9

Mark 13.24-37

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.

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

Following the College of Bishops updated advice for all SEC congregations we were required to cease normal gatherings (worship services, group meetings etc.) with immediate effect in March.
Since August we were able to resume Sunday services at 10am from 30 August.
Initially numbers will be limited to 50 people in total, including clergy and helpers.

Keep in touch

The office as a building has had to close but we will 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 Clergy, Wardens and Pastoral Co-ordinator.
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.
For any other questions, please contact in the first instance the People's Warden, Stuart Valentine, by email: p-warden@6a.org.uk or phone: 07823 774755

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 Christ Church by a member of the Clergy. You are invited to join in the Eucharist as it is celebrated. Use the service sheet to join in (see button above).

Young Church will either meet through video conference or in the Church Centre (numbers are limited) at 10 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

*22 November
Sunday next before Advent
Scottish Prayer Book 1929 (Page 326)
Collect, Epistle and Gospel (Page 247)
*this service has not yet resumed

10AM - Said Eucharist (1982)

**22 November
Christ the King
Young church meets in Church Centre (numbers are limited) or on zoom
**this service has resumed in church
(total number limited to 50)

6.30PM - Said Compline

22 November

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 begin 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/

This Week at Christ Church

See "Keep in touch" section above