Polwarth Parish Church in the City of Edinburgh
 

Orders of Service and Intimation Sheets

  1. -can be downloaded here

The Choir

  1. -new members welcome

Our Services


  1. Sunday 20 May, 11.00

  2. -Theme:
    The world from a different perspective.

 
 
At the core of the Christian faith is a relationship between God and Humanity, which is best described by the word Commun
ity.

There is only one God but God is not lonely; rather the Christian experience of God is as Father, Son and Holy Spirit - as God who is
For us / With us  / Within us.

The bedrock of humanity is also a trinity of being: the family - traditionally characterised as man, woman and child(ren).  Christians believe that people were made in the image of God, and therefore able to relate to and reflect the life of God in their own lives.

Christians believe that the divine community acted as, in and through the historic figure of Jesus of Nazareth to make it possible for the human community to be intimately related to it.

Christian worship is the use of human words, signs and symbols centred on the person of Jesus to express that intimate relationship.

Christian worship through the course of time and history remembers the past that created and sustains that relationship, the present in which the community is called to demonstrate and speak out about the relationship to the wider world, and the future when that relationship will encompass all people, everywhere and be forever.

At Polwarth, we believe that carefully crafted acts of worship should reflect these beliefs and aspirations.  These acts or rituals give shape to all that is said and done and are known as the Liturgy.


 

Sunday Worship - 11.00

Sunday School - 11.00

Care Home Services   

At the heart of our wo
rship is the use of set readings from the Bible used by the global church across its main denominations.  

It is our belief that the Bible has the central place in worship because it witnesses to the actions of God that were meant to impact on every person in every age.

But we also believe the Bible cannot simply be understood today by what is written on its pages; it needs to be made contemporary and that requires interpretation.  So these readings are used in turn to guide the preaching, the prayers and the hymns.

Connected to this is the following of the Church Year: these are seasons that allow the story of Jesus to be retold within the wider context of his people, the Jews and in the formation of the early Christian communities that we now call churches.  These seasons have their own distinctive use of signs and symbols: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost.

 
With the recent arrival of our new minister, the Rev Jack Holt, we

are in a time of readjustment.  Jack intends to keep the preparation and conduct of worship the primary focus of his ministry, and we look forward to seeing the fruits of his 26 years of experience upon the life of our congregation.

Our main service is at 11am on a Sunday.  From September to June this includes provision for children of primary school age.

The last Sunday of odd numbered months also includes the Sacrament of Communion.  More opportunities for different forms of worship on different days and times are being considered. Please keep checking the website for further developments.

 

We hope that our forms of worship:

  1. ‣will blend the familiar with the new; tradition with innovative;

  2. ‣will be understandable to people of all ages,

  3. ‣shall make no person feel excluded or judged; and

  4. ‣shall give milk to the infant seeker after faith and spirituality
    but also meat to the committed believer and disciple.