The Second Bill McDonald Lecture by Dr Denis Rutovitz founder of the Edinburgh Direct Aid Catchup link here: https://youtu.be/AgeYYSq5w6k   ...

The Climate Crisis and the Church. After COP26: What now for people of faith? A  free public lecture at Mayfield Salisbury Church, Edinburgh on Sunday 28th November at 7.00pm by Alastair McIntosh     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=julL3BfMX_A         ‘One of the world’s leading environmental campaigners’ - BBC TV All WELCOME! Alastair McInto...

VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGETO IONA  The Minister, Revd Dr Sandy Forsyth, walked the St Conan’s Way from Dalmally, Argyll to Iona Abbey on Monday 19 to Friday 23 July, in the footsteps of Columba and the Celtic saints.   You are very welcome to 'join' this virtual pilgrimage, with a daily reflection, prayer and photos/video of his ‘pilgrim’s progress’ posted here on the church website - m...

Hope Glimmers ART INSTALLATION 7 to 28 JUNE Update: News article- https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/articles/Hope-Glimmers-art-installation-opens-at-Edinburgh-church We are delighted that the visual artists Peter Gardner and Heidi Gardner, working as Gardner & Gardner, are creating an installation on the West Mayfield side of the Mayfield Salisbury church bu...

Festival of Faiths celebrating spirituality   -  exploring the richness of  world religions  - honouring diversity in the human family All events will take place in  Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church, 18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh, EH9 1TQ   Sunday 4 September    9.30am &10.45am   -  Yahya Barry   The beauty in I...

RELIGION AS POETRY 2016     ‘We look for God in the multi-layered languages of music and poetry’     This was the theme of the event in Mayfield-Salisbury Church on Saturday evening May 28,2016.   The guest speaker was the Revd Canon Mark Oakley, Canon Chancellor at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, noted author and preacher. Mark was introduced by the minister of Ma...

Pilgrimages 2015   Seven different pilgrimages are planned for 2015. These including pilgrimages to both Lindisfarne and Inchcolm, and an all day pilgrimage to Glasgow.  There is also a day retreat to The Bield for our Youth Ministry team, a pilgrimage to North Berwick for the Kirk Session and afternoon pilgrimages nearer home for those who are less mobile. Details of all the pilgrima...

  12 September 2014 to 26 April 2015 This festival looked at a part of church life that extends well beyond the church walls.  We find it on television and radio, in schools, in the Usher Hall and at pop concerts. Sacred Music - you can play it, you can sing it, you can listen to it, you can dance to it, you can be uplifted by it, you can be transported by it, you can be comforted by...

For Mayfield Salisbury, 2013 was a 'Year of Pilgrimage'   'Pilgrimage has been an image of the Christian life for 2000 years. There is enormous spiritual gain to be had by taking time apart from one's usual routine in order to be alone with God, or alone with others in communion with God.   Our Year of Pilgrimage programme has included a wide variety of different retreats ...

 Facing the challenges of 21st century living In Autumn 2012 Mayfield Salisbury hosted its third annual festival – Science Reason and Religion. The event brought together eminent scientists, theologians and authors to explore the relationships between these three elements and to tackle head-on some of the challenging issues that can fundamentally affect people’s views on life. Ther...

Celebration of Ageing and Faith 2011   In the autumn of 2011 Mayfield Salisbury organised a Celebration of Ageing and Faith. Advised by some of our older members, a programme was drawn up through which we could explore the theme of well-being as we age. We also consulted Faith in Older People (FiOP), an organisation which works to realize the spiritual care of older people by providing...

FESTIVAL OF MEDITATION & PRAYER 2010   It is difficult to believe that it is now several years since we held this Festival, becuase so much that happened then has continued to permeate life at Mayfield Salisbury. An outline of the programme can be seen here It began on Friday 3 September 2010 with the opening event: Meditation through Music. It was a beautiful evening. The sun was sti...