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A Kitchen Conversation on Homelessness with Bethany
We’re delighted that Bethany Christian Trust is able to use our Undercroft kitchen at St Andrew’s and St George’s West to prepare home cooked meals for their guests who are now housed in a hotel only a few minutes away from …
What a difference a year makes
A year ago on 29 May 2019 we welcomed Rev Dr Rosie Magee as minister of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, to a shared adventure in a changing world. We couldn’t imagine how COVID-19 would change so much, so …
2020 Christian Aid Sale at St Andrew’s and St George’s West
2020 Christian Aid Sale at St Andrew’s and St George’s West Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Christian Aid Sale at St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church normally held in May cannot go ahead. Sale Convener Mary Davidson explains: …
We’re Still Here For You
We seek to remain a prayerful presence in the city at this time of uncertainty We also need to keep our staff, volunteers, and visitors safe and to follow current government best practice to help contain the spread of CoVid …
There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in
The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers, former Moderator and Principal Clerk of the Church of Scotland, gave the 2017 Donald Gorrie Lecture at St Andrew’s and St George’s West on 31 October 2017. His title was There’s a crack in …
Jack Thompson (Jabulani Jere) 1943-2017
The Thompson Scholarship Fund The Thompson Scholarship Fund was established in 2018 in memory of Jack and Phyllis Thompson to fund girls’ education in Malawi. You can find out more about the fund, and donate, here A Wonderful Life …
Book Festival Fringe at St Andrew’s and St George’s West
Meet leading Scottish authors and enjoy two fascinating discussions of Scottish books old and new in Edinburgh’s historic New Town church. Poacher’s Pilgrimage – an Island Journey: Alastair McIntosh Wednesday 9 August 4.30-5.30pm …
Our 2017 Festival programme is out now!
Our Festival Programme is out now! Classical, jazz, opera or world music fan – we have something for you! Bookworm? Burrow into our Book Festival Fringe – come and hear Kirsty Wark and James Runcie discuss the books that have …
Songs of Longing CD
Songs of Longing is the first CD released by St Andrew’s and St George’s West Choir, directed by Brigitte Harris. It celebrates connections and journeys of songs and people across the world. The CD fuses songs of the Renaissance with African-American traditions and, uniquely, the first indigenous …
Anne Hepburn 1925-2016
ANNE HEPBURN 1925 – 2016 Eulogy for Anne Hepburn by Lesley Orr, given at a thanksgiving service for Anne’s life in St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, Edinburgh on 6 August 2016. Friends, I have been given the privilege …
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