Mayfield Salisbury Parish
(Edinburgh) Church of Scotland

Mayfield Salisbury Parish (Edinburgh) Church of Scotland offers a wide variety of worship for all of the community

9:30am All-Age Informal Worship

Open to anyone who wants to come along, with activities for adults as well as children of all ages. This service lasts around 40 minutes. The early service will be conducted in the sanctuary.

The music is contemporary, the prayers are participative, the educational activities for children are age appropriate, including drama, games, modelling, drawing and eating to name but some of the activities. The adults have an opportunity to look more deeply at passages of the Bible always with a view to their modern (or post-modern) applicability to life.

10:15am Coffee

A chance to meet and have a chat either after or before your service depending on your preferred style of worship.

10:45am Traditional Worship

Open to anyone who wants to come along, lasts 1 hour and is held in the sanctuary (enter Mayfield Road). The music is varied, including traditional hymns and modern songs. The organ is the principal instrument, but a variety of instruments are used from time to time. The service offers more reflective worship, with choir contributions, and the sermon is a central part of the worship. This service offers both high quality worship and in-depth reflection on passages of the Bible, and always with a view to the Bible's applicability to life today.

Coffee is served after this service also.

7:00pm Evening Prayers

Open to anyone who wants to come along, lasts 30 minutes and is held in the south transept of the sanctuary (entrance on Mayfield Road).
This is a read service, with mostly quiet reflective music (including Taize and Iona songs and chants), with responsorial psalms and prayers. The principal instrument is piano, though flute and unaccompanied singing is also experienced often. Silence forms a significant part of this service. The service is intended to be therapeutic and spiritual in flavour rather than with an emphasis on education.

Chinese Evangelical Church

The Chinese Evangelical Church in Edinburgh meets for Sunday services at Mayfield Salisbury at 1:30 PM.

For full details of all this months' services, please view the Calendar.

Renovation Project

From Mayfield Salisbury Church Website

What's wrong with the Sanctuary?

Fund Raising Group

No major refurbishment for 40 years
Poor and inefficient lighting
Cramped in places (eg centre aisle, front of church)
Choir seating & chancel furnishings
Health and Safety standards not met
Poor disabled access/ space for wheelchairs

What's wrong with the lower hall and manse?

Lower Hall

Lights and heaters are old and inefficient
poor disabled access

Manse

downstairs layout at the back is old fashioned
kitchen needs to be upgraded
downstairs WC needs to be relocated

So we plan to

enhance the beauty of our Sanctuary, preserving the best of the past and refresh the fabric
prevent dilapidation
create an inspiring environment for worship
improve accessibility for children and disabled, in the Sanctuary and between the two halls, and if funding allows (& planning permits), create a full disabled ramp at the front of the church.
refurbish the lower hall making it more user friendly for all our Congregational and community users
modernise the manse making it more homely

meet health and safety requirements improve energy efficiency

And... as we fund raise

to be generous to communities in need of help

In short ... the church will become more

beautiful
inspiring
accessible
user-friendly
welcoming

... and we have an opportunity to

share our financial success with those who need our help
use our talents and time for a worthwhile cause
have fun and build on the spirit of fellowship

How much will it cost?

The Sanctuary and Lower Hall .....£500,000

The Manse .....£150,000

Total £650,000

How will it be funded?

Funds available are .....£375,000

This leaves a gap of .....£275,000

We already have a generous handsel from a member household of £25,000
We hope to raise £225,000 in pledges from members
We hope to raise £25,000 from fund raising events and activities
The Salisbury fund will also make a donation towards the refurbishment of the lower hall, if we match it.

For information on Fund Raising Group

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For information on Technical Task Group

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