Joanne

Soup lunch for Christian Aid Week: Sunday 11th May

30 April 2025 Joanne

Christian Aid Week begins on Sunday 11th May and the Fellowship Team will be organising a fundraising soup and sandwich lunch in the Mclaren Halls at LARCH Restalrig after the service. Donation envelopes will be available and all funds raised will go to Christian Aid. If you can’t manage to come to the lunch, please still consider donating. This year the focus is on supporting farmers and communities who are affected by climate crisis. You can find out more about…

Can you buy a donation for the Foodbank?

21 April 2025 Joanne

North East Edinburgh Foodbank would especially welcome donations of sugar and coffee, and ladies’ and men’s deodorants, though would be more than happy to accept other suitable items too. Please place your items in the box located at the main door of the church. There’s also a donation basket in the Vestibule at Larch: Leith Walk if you’re there for the Oasis of Peace or Open Doorway. Have a look at the website to see what kinds of other donations…

An Easter Poem from Rev Peter Millar

18 April 2025 Joanne

EASTER 2025 Jan my friend reminds us to see; “God’s pattern and purpose – and our part in the weaving of the world”. Beautiful words embedded in Easter true in every age, including our own. Each of us precious in the world’s weaving – people of dignity, of tenderness, of faith. And this Easter we cry out that this would be real for our hurting world in its sacred beauty and infinite goodness. For we affirm the mystery of God…

Prayers for Holy Week from the Holy Land, 2025

15 April 2025 Joanne

Below you will find a a joint Easter letter from Stewart Gillan & Muriel Pearson, Mission Partners in Israel. You can read it on this page or download if you prefer. You can read more about Stewart and Muriel on the Church of Scotland Mission Partners page by clicking here: Mission Partners

Leith and Restalrig Church

Scottish Charity No. SC012680

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