Upcoming Events

Sunday Services in the church at 11am

We are now able to admit a maximum of 70 people. When you arrive you will be advised by the welcome team about wearing a mask at all times, hand sanitising, leaving your contact details, where to sit and how to leave at the end of the service. Couples may sit together. Click here for the latest video recording of our Sunday service.

And for those who don’t feel ready to return to the church building just yet, we will of course continue to upload a service online and onto our dedicated telephone line, 0131 322 1356.

Due to the continuing struggle with the Covid pandemic we are still unable to rent out our halls.

Walking Together

How about a stroll around North Merchiston Cemetery to explore some of the people buried over the road from the church and also plants and animals, which have made it their home in the past hundred years?
Saturday 3 July 2021 at 2pm from the church.

A family walk along the canal to the Water of Leith Visitor Centre. All ages are welcome and children will be able to do a treasure hunt on the way. Bring your own flask or buy a snack and coffee at the visitor centre. Saturday 31 July 2021 at 2pm from the church and back.

On another day we may walk through the Dean Cemetery and maybe to other destinations.

Gardening around St Michael’s

It would be great to enjoy the church garden together again. While we are helping to maintain it, we also can enjoy each other’s company, fresh air and God’s creation. Maybe we can work together on a gardening project with advice from Stevie Stewart, our gardener, or Pam Martin, whose article you can read in this magazine. How about creating a labyrinth on the stony ground at the back of the church or planting more perennials to give us more colour in the garden in future?

Tuesdays 2pm – 4pm starting on 8 June 2021 with a prayer and stop for coffee in the middle.

St Michael’s Holiday Club for all ages

Enjoy “Stories Jesus Told” in the church garden. With story telling and prepared activities we hope to offer a fun and safe get-together for everyone – if the weather allows. Thursdays 2.30pm – 4pm.

8 July             The lost sheep
15 July           The Prodigal Father and his sons
22 July           Building a House
29 July           The Royal Wedding Feast
5 August        The good Samaritan

Morning Coffee in the garden

Come for a chat and to reconnect with each other – weather permitting of course and just for fun. Wednesdays or Saturdays 10.30 – noon.

30 June, 17 July, 28 July, 14 August 2021.

“All Aboard” Outings

Polwarth Parish church has in partnership with the charity “People Know How” recently bought a canal boat, and we may be able to book some dates for trips. Outings will be limited to 12 people at a time on evenings or weekends. Further details to be announced.

Summer Concerts

Between 20-26 August 2021 we hope to advertise some evening concerts with Stuart Montgomery and others. Watch this space!

Let’s Talk about the Climate Emergency

Monthly conversation with Andrea. If you want to link faith and care for the environment or are just curious join her on Zoom. Thursday evenings at 7pm for one hour on 20 May, 10 June, 8 July and 12 August 2021.

Zoom Meeting ID: 899 6049 0876 Passcode : 977023

This will lead to action in how we live our faith when faced with climate change. It may well change the way we want to live practically at home, at church and in the whole world.

7th April 2021: Traidcraft Exchange and our friends at Traidcraft plc are joining forces to hold a Big Brew to remember. The online Big Brew Easter special event – where we invite you to buy a fairly traded cake and cuppa to enjoy.

During the evening we will raise money for the Regenerators – inspirational people on the frontline of climate change. Any donations made before June 7^th will be doubled by the UK government, making any contribution, however big or small, go twice as far.

On the night: Starting at 6.30pm and running till 8pm, you can expect a variety of activities to take part in including a quiz, a fundraising challenge with a difference, key updates from Matt at Traidcraft plc plus some climate focussed discussion based around the Regenerators.
April 7th, 2021 6:30pm: Register here

Easter Services

Palm Sunday 28 March 2021: 11am morning service in church for up to 50 participants. Or watch online via our website or FB page.

Good Friday 2 April 2021: live zoom service at 7.30pm. Links via the website or FB page.

Easter Sunday 4 April 2021: 11am communion in church for up to 50 participants. Or watch online via our website or FB page.

DOORS OPEN DAYS 2020 is going digital!

Come – explore the inside of St. Michael’s church from your armchair.

Edinburgh : the Silent City

Stuart Montgomery, our musical director, has been busy with his camera during Lockdown and has just published a book of his photos: “Edinburgh : the Silent City“. The release of Stuart’s book has also been covered by the Edinburgh Evening News.

Stuart will be selling copies of his book after the Sunday service. All proceeds go to St Columba’s Hospice.

Edinburgh : The Silent City Stuart Montgomery standing outside St Columba's Hospice Bookshop holding a copy of Edinburgh : The Silent City