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.

Vacancy
We are currently seeking a new Rector and further information is available from the vacancy information button on the right.

Learning in Lent 2020

Vacancy information

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Following the College of Bishops updated advice for all SEC congregations we are required to cease normal gatherings (worship services, group meetings etc.) with immediate effect.
Accordingly there will be no services at Christ Church Morningside until further notice.

Keep in touch

We will try to keep this section of the website as up-to-date as possible

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

Prayer at Christ Church

Christ Church Prayer Board - requests for prayer for you or those you care for.
There is a prayer board hanging outside the side chapel in church upon which the names of any individual who has requested the prayers from our community can be added. Prayer can be for yourself, for others in our community or for other people you know who are unwell or have asked for our prayers and have agreed to have their name added. It is well used and the names are taken from the board and prayed for each Wednesday morning at Morning Prayer by the Christ Church Morning Prayer community.
It would be good to continue and to add to this ministry of prayer during these difficult times. The current names on the list will continue to be prayed for at morning prayer each Wednesday. If you or anyone you know would like to be added to the list, please email  prayers@6a.org.uk by Tuesday lunchtime each week. A Christian name is enough or some very brief information helpful. Our suggestion is that an updated list will be emailed to all the clergy and regulars at Wednesday Morning Prayer each week on Tuesday so that they can pray for those mentioned. Continuing to uphold one another in prayer and knowing that we are upheld by others is an important way in which we can sustain the prayerful life of Christ Church at this time when we cannot meet together to pray.
And if you would like to join the prayer ministry on Wednesdays, then email  prayers@6a.org.uk and we will add you to the list of those taking part in Wednesday Morning Prayer.

Daily Prayer
Your clergy (and others) say morning prayer each morning, using the SEC   Daily Prayer guide. Morning Prayer for every day is posted on the SEC website under the Daily Prayer page and includes the readings for each day - everything you need and no books.

Prayer and Reflection resources

There are a lot of resources that can be accessed online. Here is a selection recommended by our priests:

Pray as you go : a daily reflection on the Gospel and very accessible.
The Scottish Episcopal Church has daily offices on their website.
The Church of England website also has extensive resources.
On Sundays the Eucharist will be celebrated at 10am by our Interim Pastor, Dean Fostekew, either in the Church of the Good Shepherd or at his Rectory if at all possible. We are invited to use the resources in this booklet to join in the Eucharist as it is celebrated. (Please note that this service is not broadcast, see below for a selection of broadcast/televised services)

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
The 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, the next at 11am on Sunday 5 April.

For more information about other televised services, go to: https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-18/bbc-online-virtual-church-service/

Our Sundays

Sunday 5 April - Palm Sunday

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.

The Eucharist will be celebrated at 10am by our Interim Pastor, Dean Fostekew, either in the church of the Good Shepherd or at his Rectory if at all possible. You are invited to join in the Eucharist as it is celebrated. Use this service sheet to join in: Service Sheet (please note that this service is not broadcast).

Young Church will meet through video conference at 10 am - please contact our Families' Networker for further details: alex@6a.org.uk

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

*8AM - Holy Communion

*5th April
Palm Sunday
Scottish Prayer Book 1929 (Page 326)
Collect, Epistle and Gospel (Page 146)

*10AM - Sung Eucharist (1982)

*5th April
Palm Sunday

Following the College of Bishops updated advice for all SEC congregations we are required to cease normal gatherings (worship services, group meetings etc.)
with immediate effect.
*Accordingly there will be no services at Christ Church Morningside until further notice see College of Bishops' advice on coronavirus https://www.scotland.anglican.org/coronavirus-updates/

This Week at Christ Church

See "Keep in touch" section above