God of our lives,

we give thanks for the life of Prince Philip,

for his love of our country,

and for his devotion to duty.

We entrust him now to your love and mercy,

through our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen.

You may wish to offer your own prayers, memories or simply add a supportive message to the Church's online Book of Rememberence. You can do this here: Remembering HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | The Church of England

Further resources to direct your own prayer can also be found on the above page or here: a_service_of_prayer_after_the_death_of_the_duke_of_edinburgh.pdf (churchofengland.org)

Dear friends,

You are warmly invited to any of our three services on Sunday: 8am BCP Holy Communion, 10am Worship for All, and 4pm Café Church.

Please join the 8am service in person (and to allow physical distancing we will meet in the nave of the church); this service will not be accessible online or by dial-in.

Note that there will be no 8am service next Sunday, 25^th April, but from 2^nd May it will be held every Sunday.

Please join the 10am service in person, online, or by dialling in.

In Café Church at 4pm Bishop John will be offering Reflections on Easter in Poetry and Music. Please join in person, online or by dialling in – and whichever way you attend don’t forget to bring your own refreshments!

Please click on the image below to access the video reflection for our final time. Easter Day.

We are delighted to offer Zoom Compline, at 9pm every evening. 

Friends, new and old from across the deanery come together and share in the leading of Compline and in the Worship.

Some join us every night, others only occasionally, but fear not, All are Welcome. 

The link for Compline and numbers for Compline remain the same. 

Dear friends,

Writing about Easter this Good Friday, I am tempted to use the ‘A word’ – but we must keep that in reserve until our celebrations begin!

As mentioned in my event posted on 23^rd March (detailing our Holy Week and Easter programme), our first Easter celebration will be at 8pm on Easter Eve when we will gather for the Service of Light. This is when we will bring in the new Easter Candle to the dark church – filling it with Easter light!

Do join us in person, online or by dialling-in ( https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87688110772?pwd=TkZNdGVnMWdyVng1VWUyci9OWnZUZz09  or telephone 0131 460 1196 / Meeting ID: 876 8811 0772 / Passcode: 988447 ).

Our services on Easter Day will be 8am BCP Holy Communion, and 10am Parish Communion – when our preacher will be Bishop John.

Please join the 8am service in person (to allow physical distancing we will meet in the nave of the church); this service will not be accessible online or by dial-in.

Please join the 10am service in person, online, or by dialling in.

If you attend in person please observe the precautions required to maintain St Mary’s as a Covid-secure environment for all, which will be advised to you as you enter. These include:

• wearing a face covering, sanitizing your hands, maintaining appropriate physical distancing, and keeping ‘mingling’ to a minimum.