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St Andrew’s and St George’s West 

Diary and Newsletter 

June 2011

What’s inside? 

Page 

A letter from Ian – in praise of intolerance 3-4 

June Diary at a glance 

Congregational Register – Contacts List 

5-7 

7 

TOGETHER News Togetherness magazine - 8 

TOGETHER Cornerstone service - Volunteer at the 

Festival of Spirituality 

News from church groups Amnesty – Chapel 9 

Group – Book Group 

Volunteer awards – Research Opportunity 10 

Music news – Midsummer ceilidh - concerts 11-13 

Christian Aid – View from the Vestibule – Who are 14-17 

we? – Thanks – SOLAS 

Malawi News Ken Pattison – Ruth Shakespeare 18-19 

Alex’s Angle: Anchors Aweigh! 20 

Hadeel AGM – World Week for Peace in Palestine 21 

– Israel - Kingdom of Jordan Event 

King James Bible Celebrations Shadows of the 22 

Divine – AV 400 at Monifieth 

Learning Resources Soul Marks - Church and 23-25 

Society events 

Prayer 26 

Contact details 27 

Newsletter team 

Design and layout: Andrena and Alison B 

Mailing Rosemary W 

Email: inspire at standrewsandstgeorges dot org dot uk 

Many thanks to all contributors. Photos, articles, events, 

prayers, poems are welcome by email or through the offices at 

Shandwick Place and George Street. 

Next copy deadline: Mon 27 June for publication Sun 3 July - 

double issue covering July and August. 

Save a tree - read the newsletter online on the home or diary 

page at www.standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk 

St Andrew’s and St George’s West Edinburgh June 2011 Diary and Newsletter 2

In Praise of Intolerance! 

Thanks to all of you for the warmth of your welcome and for the 

generosity of your fine gifts. I really like the photographs of the 

church buildings as well as the new prayer stole, which I have 

been pleased to wear. It has all been thoroughly enjoyable and 

exciting. Donna and I are looking forward to moving into your 

manse at 25 Comely Bank at the end of May. I hope after this to 

settle into a more regular pattern of work. It is my hope to begin 

to visit more members in June. I did appreciate the meetings 

with the staff. 

What an extraordinary start to my period of ministry with you at 

St Andrew’s and St George’s West. In my first three weeks we 

have had funerals, a baptism, eleven extremely varied Sunday 

services. In addition there have been visits from Scotland’s 


Makar, Liz Lochhead, the Moderator of the General Assembly 

of the Church of Scotland John Christie followed by the Lord 

and Lady Provost of Edinburgh, Revd George and Mrs 

Elizabeth Grubb. 

I have received many new insights. There are a huge number of 

capable, willing helpers within the congregation. People work 

exceptionally hard for the causes in which they believe. New 

people are attracted to our congregation for different reasons – 

the high quality of the music, prior family connections, the 

attractive buildings and their location. When Dr Ruth 

Shakespeare came to have a chat about her commissioning at 

morning worship on the 15 th of May service before moving to 

serve in Southern Malawi, she told me she had come to St 

Andrew’s and St George’s West because of the bell-ringers. 

Further, I have also noted that the congregation is intolerant. It 

struck me forcibly from the first week. There is an intolerance 

to poverty and injustice particularly revealed through the 

commitment to the poorest people in the world through support 

in various ways for Christian Aid. I was immensely impressed 

by the amount of time, energy and the Herculean effort given to 

this important work. It revealed to me something about the 

qualities and values of the volunteers undertaking these major 

commitments. Well done to all who were involved in the 

planning and delivery of this high quality sale. I was simply 

asked to contribute by arranging kind weather for a few days in 

May, which is obviously just a small task for any minister in the 

Church of Scotland! 

I hope to spend more time with you in your homes and at 

church over the coming months. 

Live humbly, love generously and enjoy worship. 

Every blessing, Ian 


June 2011 Diary at a Glance 

Sunday services are held in our George St Building. 

Daily prayers are held Monday-Saturday in the Sanctuary or in 

the Undercroft Chapel in the George St Building. 

Information correct at TGP. Please check the website diary 

www.standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk/diary.php and weekly 

notices for up to date information. 

May 2011 Diary 

Sun 29 

9am, 9.45am and 11am services held in our 

George Street building followed by the 

Stated Annual Meeting (SAM) of the congregation 

4pm George St Scottish Horn Trio Charity Concert 

in aid of Breast Cancer Institute (p12) 

World week of peace Palestine-Israel begins (p21) 

Tue 31 

12.30pm Undercroft Café, George St 

Amnesty Group meets (p9) 

June 2011 

7.30pm George St Kirk Session meets 

Observers are always welcome 

Thu 2 

Sat 4 

10.30am, Undercroft Chapel, George St 

Chapel Group meets (p9) 

9.30am - 4.30pm Leith School of Art Soul Marks 

Workshop (p23) 

7pm Monifieth St Rules Circa 1611 Concert (p22) 


Sun 5 

Thurs 9 

Fri 10 (- 

Sun 12) 

Sat 11 

10.30am St John’s, Princes Street Edinburgh 

City Centre Churches TOGETHER joint 

service NO 9am or 9.45am services (p8) 

7pm St Mary’s Palmerston Place piano concert 

(p12) 

Choir trip to Oxford 

10am - 5pm New College Last chance to see 

Shadows of the Divine Exhibition (p22) 

10am - 4pm Faculty of Advocates 

It wasn’t me, it was my neurons Conference (p24) 

Sun 12 

Mon 13 

Tue 14 

Fri 17 

9am, 9.45am, 11am services (no choir) 

1.30pm-6pm Faculty of Advocates 

Economics, Internet and Society Conference (p24) 

6.30pm Shandwick Place Hadeel AGM (p21) 

7pm George St From Japan with love concert 

(p12-13) 

Sun 19 

Mon 20 

Wed 22 

9am, 9.45am, 11am services. Presentation of 

cheque to Christian Aid at the 11am service (p16) 

10.15 am Shandwick Place Book Group (p12) 

2pm-4pm St James Leith Soulmarks Workshop 

(p23) 

7.30pm Candlish Halls, Shandwick Place 


Midsummer Ceilidh (p11) 

Fri 24 

(- Sun 26) 

Sun 26 

Tue 28 

Wiston, near Biggar SOLAS Festival (p17) 

9am, 9.45am, 11am services 

Quarterly Communion 

6.30pm Royal Society of Edinburgh 

Jordan Kingdom of Peace (p21) 

July 2011 preview 

Sun 3 

9am, 9.45am, 11am services 

Regular meetings in George Street 

Mondays Bellringers ring and Brownies meet 

Wednesdays AA meet in the Davidson Room 

Thursdays Scouts meet, Choir rehearses 

Congregational Register Update 

Deaths 

Miss Isobel Russell on 29 th April, 2011 

Mrs Betty Calder on 30 th April, 2011 

Contacts List 

An up to date Contacts List has been 

published to coincide with the Stated 

Annual General Meeting on 29 May. 

If you are a member or friend of St 

Andrew’s and St George’s West and 

would like a copy please contact the 

George St Church Office. 


News from TOGETHER 

Togetherness: The Summer Issue 

of Togetherness with a focus on New 

Forms of Church and the Festival of 

Spirituality and Peace will be appearing at the end of June. If 

you have an idea for an article you think should be included or 

want to be involved in production, please get in touch. Deadline 

5th June. 

TOGETHER joint service Sunday 5 June 10.30am 

St John's Church, Princes St 

PLEASE NOTE TIME. We hope everyone will attend, and there 

will be no 9am or 9.45am services on that day. The service will 

celebrate the history of The Corner Stone Cafe, 40 years old, 

and is being run by a variety of those involved in its heyday. 

Your Festival needs you! 

The Festival of Spirituality 

and Peace is one of Edinburgh’s 

fastest growing festivals, and at the 

heart of our 

festival 

programme are our Festival volunteers. If 

you are interested in volunteering for the 

Festival of Spirituality and Peace, have a 

look at our website: 

www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk/volunteering where you can 

download an application form. If you have any questions at all 

about volunteering for the Festival, contact Festival Coordinator 

Katherine Newbigging: katherine@festivalofspirituality.org.uk . 

This year our Festival theme is exploring faiths and concepts of 

reality and how the two interrelate. 


News from Church Groups 

Amnesty International - good news! 

In January our Amnesty group sent greetings cards to 

Mohamed El Sharkawi who was detained for 15 years without 

trial in Egypt. He has now been released and is with his mother 

and son in Cairo. He has told Amnesty representatives that he 

would like to thank everyone in the UK who wrote to him in 

prison. Knowing that people were aware of his story helped give 

him strength. He would like to be friends with everyone who 

supported him! 

Our Amnesty group will meet again in the Undercroft Cafe 

at 12:30 on Tuesday 31st May. Please join us - all welcome 

Chapel Group (formerly the House Group) 

begins again on Thursday 2nd June at 10.30 am, continuing the 

study of Timothy Kellar's book "The Prodigal God: 

Rediscovering the Heart of the Christian Faith". We meet in the 

Undercroft Chapel in George Street. New members are always 

welcome. 

Shandwick Place Book Group 

meets on Monday 20 June at 10.15 for 10.30 in the Shandwick 

Place building. Coffee is available at 10.15, the meeting starts 

at 10.30. We are (still) reading "Tomorrow's Christian" by 

Adrian B.Smith, but the main purpose of the meeting is 

discussion of the issues arising from our reading. All welcome. 


Inspiring Volunteers Awards 2011 

Congratulations to Victoria Adams and Brian Warrender, two of 

our volunteers at the Olive Tree Café in Shandwick Place, who 

received awards from the Lord Provost at the “Inspiring 

Volunteers” awards ceremony in Edinburgh on 26 May. Victoria 

works both in the cafe and, on a Friday, at the reception desk. 

She is always cheerful and takes an interest in the customers 

she serves, especially the elderly. Brian is a real asset in the 

cafe kitchen and has in his time as volunteer and encouraged 

by Colin Sharp, The Olive Tree Cafe cook, increased his 

confidence and skills - he is the baker of excellent scones for 

the cafe. 

CALTON YOUTH MINISTRY TRUST 

PAID WORK 

COMMUNITY RESEARCHER 

EDINBURGH 

The Calton Youth Ministry Trust is a local community trust. The Trust are 

looking to engage a Community Researcher who would investigate and report 

on Youth and Children's needs in the Calton/Abbeyhill/Greenside area of 

Edinburgh. 

This work is envisaged to take an estimated 30 hours and would be 

remunerated at £15 per hour plus expenses. Closing date for applications is 

10th June 2011. 

For more information and application forms please contact Rev. Sigrid Marten, 

minister.lrpc@phonecoop.coop or 0131 669 5311. 

Company Number: SC137577 

Registered Office: 1 B, Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB 


A final fling for Russell and Susan. Tickets from Katie, Crispin 

and Alison B. Drinks, snacks, band all provided. Just bring your 

dancing shoes! 


Music news 

Our choir will be touring to Oxford 10-12 June 

Forthcoming concerts 

George Street Building Sunday 29 May at 4pm 

Broderick Horn Trio Concert in support of Breast Cancer 

Institute at the Western General Hospital. Music includes 

Brahms, Berkeley, Koechlin. Tickets £10 (£5) at the door or 

from Stringers, York Place. 

St Mary’s Cathedral Palmerston Place Thursday 9 June at 

7pm Concert to mark the 20 th Anniversary of the Consulate 

General of Japan in Edinburgh. Mr Masayuki Hirahara, piano. 

Music of Chopin, Brahms, Elgar and Japanese songs. Wine 

and sushi reception follows. Organised by the Consulate 

General of Japan Free entry, for tickets please contact Cara 

Ellison cara.cgj@btconnect.com 0131 247 3518 

George St Building Friday 17 June 7pm 

From Japan with Love 

Yumi Mizuori and the Water Beauty Singers perform 

Japanese songs, Scottish songs and songs from musicals. 

Wine and sushi reception follows. Free entry, for tickets please 

contact Cara Ellison at the Consulate General of Japan. 

cara.cgj@btconnect.com 0131 247 3518 



Christian Aid Sale 2011 

Who are we? 

We are retired optometrists, eye surgeon, offenders, teachers, 

economists, solicitors, member of parliament, procurator fiscal, 

financial administrator, shop assistant, paramedic, nurse, 

musicians, midwife, linguist, gas engineer, lawyer’s secretary, 

sculptor, civil servants, student, ministers, cytologist, 

housekeeper, professors of medieval history, law, consultant for 

Sky TV, scientist, genealogist, telephonist, IT support officer, 

librarians, university lecturers, naval architect, town planner, 

tour guide, signal engineer, secretary/pa, archaeological 

illustrator, geologist, bookseller, bursar, social worker, housing 

manager, support worker, health worker, railway manager, bank 

assistant, Montessori teacher, professional sign writer, actor, 

chartered accountants, company secretary, history graduate, 

coming from as far away as America. 

For 3 weeks of the year we come and go as regular as the tides 

that wash up on our beaches, sifting the sand and battering the 

rocks. We too sift and sort, prevaricate and price, suffer 

frustration, drink tea and coffee, polish up silver, gold & crystal, 

sort linens, hang pictures to best advantage, bake, cook and 

sell. 

Yes! You have guessed - we are the hundreds of volunteers 

that make up the team for the annual Christian Aid Sale at St 

Andrews and St Georges West. This year the amazing total of 

£113,000 was raised by us to help alleviate poverty in the world 

The Christian Aid total has reached £114,000. As our signwriter’s 

poster in the church noticeboard outside says: “Thanks 

to all who gave, who came, who helped”. Kathy Galloway, 

Head of Christian Aid Scotland, will be present at the 11am 

Service on Sunday 19 June to receive a cheque for the money 

we have raised. 



Christian Aid Sale 2011: The view from 

the Vestibule 

Despite Christian Aid being a whole year round effort, for most 

of us it begins with Push-and-Shove Sunday. This year, in the 

main, the weather was with us (despite April and May weather 

being the wrong way round). We took out the furniture in the dry 

and brought it back in the dry. 

There were new things to try which were different from last year 

and there were those of long-standing to reuse. There were old 

friends who came to help from across the city, across Scotland, 

the Continent and the Atlantic. There were also new friends to 

make and to keep. 

Sorting books at the front door was as busy as usual and kept 

the whole team on the move. Next year we may even patent 

this as a weight loss plan. New helpers were shown the church 

sorting layout and then set to work. 

Which leads us to the eclectic mix of books that are on sale: 

Nordic fairy tales are alongside books on economics at the 

beginning of sorting, not for any political points-scoring but in 

that one is mythology and both are social sciences. There are 

the usual funny discussions about the box marked “Better 

Royals” and there are the many, many well wishers and tourists 

to greet. 

Working at the front door is different from working in a section. 

Sections may have their own motto – ours on the front door is 

“keep smiling and keep your feet clear”. A big thank you to all 

our helpers and to all our donors – hope to see you next year. 


Christian Aid Help - 

Thank You 

Our sale convener, Mary 

Davidson, has already 

thanked "all who gave, all 

who came, and all who 

bought", but I would like to 

extend a personal thank 

you to all those who 

helped in whatever way 

during the two weeks or 

sorting and the week of 

the Sale itself, not 

forgetting the clearing-up 

and cleaning of the 

Church afterwards. 

In particular I'm very 

grateful for those who 

completed help forms and 

returned them to me 

(whether as hard copy or 

e-mail) and those who 

responded to the special 

pleas for extra help. The 

Sale could not have gone 

ahead without the help of 

all of you. 

Solas Festival 

24-26 June 2011 

Wiston, near Biggar 

http://solasfestival.blogspot.com/ 

volunteers needed 

day tickets now available 

Solas Festival derives inspiration 

and values from its roots in the 

broad Christian tradition. This 

underpins our commitment to 

equality, justice, beauty and 

hospitality. Our aim is to create a 

space which is tolerant, inclusive 

and free of prejudice. 

Campaigning organisations work 

closely with us and help ensure 

that issues of social justice and 

responsibility feature in our 

programming. 

Thanks again, 

Judy Chapman 


Malawi News: 121 and Mulanje 

On 15 May a Commissioning Service was held for Ruth 

Shakespeare, who is moving to Southern Malawi as 

Medical Director at Mulanje Mission Hospital. Ken Pattison 

spoke some Words of Encouragement. 

Ruth, can I start by giving my words of encouragement the 

rather unprepossessing title of “121 and Mulanje”. One hundred 

and twenty one years ago, “121” years ago, in 1890, 40% of the 

missionaries at Blantyre Mission were paid for by the 

congregation of St George's, Edinburgh. 

This present congregation of St Andrew's and St George's West 

is doubly descended from that congregation. And one of the 

four missionaries funded directly by the then St George's in 

Charlotte Square was the Rev. Robert Cleland, the founder of 

Mulanje Mission. Robert Cleland had for some years looked out 

40 miles across the plain towards the grandeur of Mulanje 

Mountain and longed to expand the work of the Blantyre 

Mission to Mulanje, and then 121 years ago, in 1890, his dream 

came true and Mulanje Mission was founded. 


So, with the historical connection with St George's, not to 

mention former mission partners in Malawi who are members of 

this congregation, I think you can be very assured of real and 

meaningful support from St Andrew's and St George's West. 

The work you are undertaking as Medical Director at Mulanje 

Mission Hospital is crucial to the healthcare of a vast number of 

people. The fact that you have worked as a doctor elsewhere in 

southern Africa will equip you for the task ahead. It will enable 

you to grasp the priorities. It will have taught you to pace 

yourself appropriately. It will have given you a sensitivity to 

African culture, which will be an immeasurable help as you get 

established in a new situation. 

So, as well as applying yourself to getting a good grasp of the 

main local language, Chichewa, and participating, however 

minimally, in the life of the local congregation, and doing all the 

little things that will enable you to be effectively part of the 

community you are serving, you must also look after yourself. 

I don't know what you hobbies are, apart from bell-ringing, but I 

would hope that one of them is hillwalking. Mulanje Mission is 

only a couple of miles from Mount Mulanje itself, so you will 

have a breathtaking view as soon as you draw your curtains in 

the morning. And if you want a rest from the heat of the plain 

you can have a cool holiday at the mission cottage after an 

exhilarating 4,000 ft climb. And if you want to make it to the top 

you only have another 3,500 ft to go. 

But even if you stay at the level of the plain remember Psalm 

“121” “I to the hills will lift mine eyes”. It is the prayer of all of us 

that, in the words of the last verse of that Psalm “The Lord shall 

keep thy soul: he shall preserve thee from all ill”. 

Ken Pattison 


Anchors Aweigh! 

Sunday 15 May saw a Service of Commissioning for Dr Ruth 

Shakespeare’s dedicated work in Malawi – the first “real” 

service conducted for us by our new minister. As we steered 

through a thoroughly prepared service including much 

congregational participation, instruction for which was laid out 

with great clarity in the “Order of Service,” we were aware 

exactly what was expected of us, as a thoughtful, relaxed 

presentation put Dr Ruth completely at her ease – with no 

words wasted, all complemented by the meaningful work of a 

well trained choir in particularly good voice. An occasion to 

remember. An additional bonus was the fact that the Ladies of 

the “Sparse Lunch” team benefited the funds of Christian Aid to 

the tune of over six hundred pounds. Well done! It was good 

once more to find a positive steady hand on the tiller. Welcome 

aboard Ian! 

Alex Harper 

The Sure and Stedfast Silver Band of the 

Boys Brigade joined us on Assembly Sunday 

Hadeel palcrafts (UK) Ltd 


Fair trade for Palestine 

Open Meeting and AGM 

All Welcome! 

Tuesday 14 th June 2011 

6.30 pm (shop open!) 

St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, Shandwick 

Place Building 58 Shandwick Place - Edinburgh EH2 4RT 

World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel 

29 May - 4 June 2011 Find prayer and worship resources along 

with ideas for action here www.worldweekforpeace.org 

Jordan, Kingdom of Peace 

Lieutenant Colonel William Macnair, Honorary Consul of the 

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for Scotland, is arranging an 

event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh at 1830 for 1900 hours 

on 28 June. Drinks Reception, followed by talks on Jordan as 

the Kingdom of Peace, welcoming pilgrims to the Holy Land 

East of the Jordan, and exploring Jordan as a delightful country 

to visit in a group or on your own. The evening will conclude 

with a light meal, a Jordanian Mezze. If anyone is interested in 

attending, or would like some more information, please reply to 

Anne Trotter on 478 0760 or to rsvp@consulofjordan.org. 


King James Bible Celebrations 

Shadows of the 

Divine Exhibition at 

New College 

AV400 at 

Monifieth Parish Church 

Monifieth Parish Church 

(Dorothy Anderson’s parish just 

north of Dundee) is planning a 

weekend of celebrations of the 

400 th Anniversary of the King 

James Bible in 1611. 

The programme includes lectures, 

floral displays and Circa 1611, a 

concert of Scottish, English and 

French music of the time 

performed by early music 

ensemble Fires of Love 

Mon – Sat 10am-5pm 

closes June 11 

Read an interview with 

curator Monique 

Sliedrecht online at 

http://centrefortheologya 

ndpublicissues.wordpre 

ss.com/2011/05/20/inter 

view-with-moniquesliedrecht/ 

Circa 1611 

Saturday 4 June 7pm 

St Rule’s Parish Church, 

Monifieth, by Dundee 

Tickets £8 

www.firesoflove.co.uk/category/eve 

nts 

http://www.monifiethparishchurch.o 

rg.uk/index.html 


Learning Resources 

Soul Marks workshops with Carol Marples 

Art & Prayer Workshop 

Leith School of Art 

Saturday 4 June 2011 | 9.30-4.30 £36 

Uncertain times, strange happenings, signs of hope and a new 

way forward, these were all part of the post-resurrection and 

Pentecost stories. Practical art will be combined with words, 

images, music and silence to reflect on the relevance these 

stories have for today. For more information and to book: 

http://www.leithschoolofart.co.uk/shop/vision-and-dreams-artand-prayer.html 

Space & Worship Workshop 

St James Church Hall, Leith 

Wednesday 22 June 2011 | 2.00pm-4.30pm £15 

Soul Marks has been asked on several occasions to provide an 

opportunity for people who are interested in the creative 

development of an existing worship space - in a church, a hall 

or other meeting place - to meet to exchange ideas and 

information. This afternoon workshop is designed to offer ideas 

for developing such spaces using examples of work that Soul 

Marks has done in recent years, with a small taste of using art 

in worship. It will explore the questions: 

◊ If space speaks what are our worship spaces saying? 

◊ How can art be used to enhance our worship environments? 

◊ How can art help to enable the whole people of God to 

worship? 

For more information, please contact admin@soulmarks.co.uk 

or 0131 669 2431. 


News and events from Church and Society 

it wasn't me, it was my neurons 

Are we more than mere machines? Freewill, love and 

compassion in the light of contemporary brain science. 

Book now for the Society, Religion and Technology Project 

Neuroethics Conference to hear a variety of speakers and join 

the debate on the ethical issues surrounding neuroscience. 

Saturday 11 June, 10am-4pm, 

Faculty of Advocates, Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, 

High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QX 

Enquiries: Karen Hunter, Church and Society, SRT Project, 

Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN 

Tel: 0131 240 2267 E-mail: khunter@cofscotland.org.uk 

More information and booking here: 

http://www.srtp.org.uk/srtp/view_article/it_wasnt_me_it_was_ 

my_neurons_book_now_for_the_srtp_neuroethics_conference 

Economics, Internet and Society 

Various speakers, including Iain Mitchell, a Church and Society 

Council member and David Pullinger, a former Director of the 

Society, Religion and Technology Project will explore the issues 

raised by the growth of the internet. 

Monday 13 June, 1.30pm-6pm, 

Faculty of Advocates, Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, 

High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QX 

More information at http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ev20758 


You are warmly invited to the Church and Society Day 

Conference 

In response to the issues explored by the Council, we hold a 

free annual day conference to look at how congregations and 

individuals can make a difference in their local communities. 

Here is the proposed programme for this year: 

Supporting the Next Generation: Education and Early 

Intervention 

Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young 

People, will speak about Child Trafficking. Violence Reduction 

will also be a main topic and workshops offered will include: 

Child Trafficking 

Violence Reduction 

Love Your School 

Suicide and Mental Health 

Saturday 17 September, Carronvale House, Carronvale Road, 

Larbert, FK5 3LH. 

This is a free conference open to all and lunch is provided. 


Love And Do What You Will 

Therefore once for all this short command is given to 

you:"Love and do what you will." 

If you keep silent, keep silent by love: 

if you speak, speak by love; 

if you correct, correct by love; 

if you pardon, pardon by love; 

let love be rooted in you, 

and from the root nothing but good can grow. 

SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (340-430 AD) 

Pentecost Banner at George Street 


St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Edinburgh 

Minister 

Joint Session 

Clerks 

Joint Treasurers 

Rev Ian Y Gilmour 

Alison Campbell 

Barbara Finlayson 

John Innes 

Allan Sim 

Director of Music Brigitte Harris 

Key Staff at our Shandwick Place Building 0131 225 7001 

Centre manager 

Volunteer 

Co-ordinator 

Deputy Centre 

Manager 

Caretaking 

Cook 

Becky Duncan 

becky@stgeorgeswest.com 

Joe Doody mail@stgeorgeswest.com 

Alan Hynd pro tem 

Colin Sharp 

Key staff at our George Street Building 0131 225 3847 

Church Secretary Joyce Garland 

info@standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk 

Church Manager Cathie Donaldson 

Church Officer Eddie McRiner 

Café Manager Wayne Williams 

TOGETHER Joe Evans 07951 529717 

Co-ordinator joe@togetheredinburgh.org.uk 

St Andrew’s and St George's West Church of Scotland, 

Edinburgh is a registered charity. Charity number SC 008990. 



Shandwick Place Building 

58 Shandwick Place 

Edinburgh EH2 4RT 

Tel 0131 225 7001 

www.stgeorgeswest.com 

mail@stgeorgeswest.com 

Centre open Mon – Sat 9am - 5pm 

Olive Tree Café Mon - Sat 9am-3pm 

Hospitality is not to change 

people but to offer them 

space where change can 

take place. 

It is not to bring men and 

women over to our sides, 

but to offer freedom not 

disturbed by dividing lines 

the paradox of hospitality 

is that it wants to create 

emptiness 

not a fearful emptiness; 

but a friendly emptiness 

where strangers can enter 

and discover themselves as 

created free 


George Street Building 

13 George Street 

Edinburgh EH2 2PA 

Tel 0131 225 3847 

www.standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk 

info@standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk 

Church open 

Mon- Fri 

10am - 3pm 

Undercroft 

Café open 

Mon - Fri 

10am - 2.30pm 

free to sing their own 

songs, speak their own 

languages, dance their own 

dances 

free also to leave and 

follow their own vocations. 

Hospitality is not a subtle 

invitation to adopt the life 

style of the host, 

but the gift of a chance for 

guests to find their own. 

Henri Nouwen 

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