Events

Fri, 7 Nov 2025
Order of St.Lazarus of Jerusalem Carol Service The Good Shepherd Church	The annual Carol service for the Order of St.Lazarus will be held at 2pm on Sunday 7th December.

Sun, 9 Nov 2025
Remembrance Sunday The Church	The Annual Service of Remembrance will be on Sunday 9th November beginning at 10am. The Commemoration and two minute silence will form the latter part of the service at 11am.

Sun, 16 Nov 2025
AGM The Church	The AGM of the Congregation will follow on after the 10am Sung Eucharist. The reports will be circulated at least two weeks before the meeting.

Sat, 22 Nov 2025
Trial by Jury G&S in the GS The Good Shepherd Church	7pm Saturday 22nd November Trial by Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan will be performed in the Church Come along and enjoy this short operetta sung by experienced G&S Singers.

Sun, 23 Nov 2025
Commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Sir Arthur Sullivan's death The Good Shepherd Church	All the music for the celebration of the Feast of Christ-the-King on Sunday 23rd November will be by Sir Arthur Sullivan (of G&S fame). Come and join us for worship

Sun, 30 Nov 2025
Advent Carol Service The Good Shepherd Church	4pm Sunday 30th November Murrayfield Churches Together Advent Carol Service All Welcome

Thu, 18 Dec 2025
Community Carols round the Roseburn Christmas Tree The Roseburn Christmas Tree on the Colt Bridge	Come and sing those old and loved carols round the community Christmas tree in Roseburn. ALL WELCOME

Sun, 21 Dec 2025
CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE The Church	Come along and sing the familiar and much loved Christmas Carols on the afternoon of Sunday 21st December. ALL WELCOME

Wed, 24 Dec 2025
CRIB SERVICE The Good Shepherd Church	Join us at 4pm on Christmas Eve for our annual Crib Service. This is a family friendly service for all ages.

Thu, 25 Dec 2025
CHRISTMAS DAY The Good Shepherd Church	Join us on Christmas Day for a Festal Sung Eucharist packed full of carols and celebration for the Birth of Jesus Christ.

Past Events

Sun, 2 Nov 2025
All Saints and All Souls The Church	A service to celebrate and commemorate the Saints and all those departed will be held on Sunday 2nd November. If you wish the names of any loved ones to be

Sun, 28 Sep 2025
Harvest Thanksgiving The Church	All donations of dry goods, produce and a retiring collection will be given to the Food Bank run by St.Salvador's Stenhouse. If you wish to donate on line please search

Sun, 17 Aug 2025
A Service to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the end of WWII The Church	A commemoration service in which we will remember those for our congregation who gave their lives in WWII and all who died in that conflict.

Thu, 3 Jul 2025
Murrayfield Club AGM The Church of the Good Shepherd	ALL WELCOME The Murrayfield Dementia Project Annual General Meeting will be held at: The Church of the Good Shepherd, 13a Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH12 6AU (There will be an

Sun, 29 Jun 2025
Venue for the Service on Sunday 29th June 2025 Saughtonhall United Reformed Church	Due to renovation work in the Church of the Good Shepherd, our Service of Holy Communion will be held at 10am in Saughtonhall United Reformed Church 87 Saughtonhall Drive EH12

Our Weekly Services

Come and join us for worship you will be given a warm welcome.

Our Church services are:

Sunday at 10am & Wednesday at 11am

If you are unable to attend in person you are invited to join in with the service at home by following the material in the Spiritual Communion booklet:

Praying At Home Booklet

Praying At Home (short version)

Praying at Home - Lectionary Year A Advent I 2022 - Trinity Sunday 2023

LECTIONARY YEAR C

Trinity Sunday - Christ-the-King 2025

Trinity XX (Proper 31) 2nd November

for All Saints & All Souls

Almighty God, whose people are knit together in one holy Church, the mystical Body of your Son: grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

2Esdras 2:42-48; Hebrews 12:18-24; Luke 6:20-36

All Souls Day 2nd November (translated to 3rd)

Father of all, we pray for those we love but see no longer: grant them your peace, let light perpetual shine upon them, and in your loving wisdom and almighty power work in them the good purpose of your perfect will: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

Psalm 27:1-5; Philippians 2: 12-18; Luke 14:25-33

Trinity XXI (Proper 32) (3rd before Advent) 9th November

for the week

O God, our refuge and strength, the very author of devotion; hear the prayers of your Church; and grant that what we seek in faith we may in fact obtain; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

Job 19:23-27; 2Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38

Trinity XXI (Proper 32) Remembrance Sunday 9th November

O God, whose will it is to hold both heaven and Earth in a single peace: let the design of your great love shine on the wastes of our wraths and sorrows; and give peace to your Church, peace among nations, peace in our homes an peace in our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

Micah 4:1-8; Revelation 21:1-6a; Luke 1:68-79

Trinity XXII (Proper 33) (2nd Before Advent) Sunday 16th November

O Lord, forgive the transgressions of your people: and by your goodness release us from the snare of sin, in which, by our frailty, we have ben caught; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

Isaiah 65:17-25; 2Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

St.Margaret of Scotland 16th November (translated to Monday 17th)

Almighty God, who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne that she might advance your heavenly kingdom, and endued her with zeal fro you Church and charity towards your people: mercifully grant that we, who commemorate her example may be fruitful in good works and attain to the glorious company of your saints: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

Proverbs 31:10-12,20,26-end; 1Corinthians 12:13-13:3; Matthew 25:34-end

Christ-the-King (Proper 34) 24th November

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in the kingdom of your well-beloved Son: mercifully grant that the peoples of the Earth, now divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

Jeremiah 23:1-6; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43

Collect for the week:

Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people: that they, richly bearing the fruit of good works, may by you be richly rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

St.Andrew of Scotland 30th November 2025 (translated to 1st December)

Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ and brought his brother with him: call us by your holy word, and give us grace to follow you without delay and to tell the good news of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive an reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Romans 10:12-18; Matthew 4:18-22

Events

Order of St.Lazarus of Jerusalem Carol Service

Remembrance Sunday

AGM

Trial by Jury G&S in the GS

Commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Sir Arthur Sullivan's death

Advent Carol Service

Community Carols round the Roseburn Christmas Tree

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE

CRIB SERVICE

CHRISTMAS DAY

Past Events

All Saints and All Souls

Harvest Thanksgiving

A Service to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the end of WWII

Murrayfield Club AGM

ALL WELCOME

Venue for the Service on Sunday 29th June 2025