Kirk Links
Liberton Kirk is officially linked with Kaimes Lockhart Memorial (KLM) Church in Gracemount, which doesn’t have a church building at the moment but meets on Sunday mornings in Libertus on Gracemount Drive. KLM church’s minister, Rev Dave Rankin, is Liberton Kirk’s Associate Minister, and both he and Louise Purden, the Family Support Worker, are members of the Ministry Team. To find out more about what is happening at KLM, look at their website at www.klmchurch.org.uk/.
S.E.E.P.G.
Liberton Kirk and K.L.M. Church join with other Church of Scotland churches in the area (Liberton Northfield and Tron Kirk, Gilmerton and Moredun) in the South East Edinburgh Parish Grouping. They meet together for joint worship several times a year and hold an Annual Conference in November at the Faith Mission Auditorium with a keynote speaker.
The “Big Idea” churches are committed to spreading the good news of Jesus in their communities. They run programmes of events where people can meet in a relaxed atmosphere for a particular activity such as walking, music or golf mingling with Christians and having opportunities to speak about faith. In recent years the Big Idea churches have focussed on the power of prayer, linking with TryPraying, whose website is www.trypraying.co.uk, offering prayer to anyone who would like it and prayer-walking their communities. Joint worship events are organised several times a year at which enquirers are very welcome.
The Big Idea churches are those in the Parish Grouping (see SEEPG above) plus Ferniehill Evangelical Church, Burdiehouse/Southhouse Community Church, St. Barnabas’ Scottish Episcopal Church and Craigmillar Park Church. For further information about their activities see www.whatsthebigidea.org.
Liberton Kirk is part of a group of local churches of different Christian denominations called South East Edinburgh Churches Acting Together. Eight churches are involved – Roman Catholic, Scottish Episcopal and Church of Scotland. We try to get to know each other better, to worship, study and pray together, and to witness to our faith in the community.
For more information about the SEECAT churches and full programme details see the website www.seecat.org
In a joint venture with Newington Churches Together (N.C.T.), we support a Chaplaincy at Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, with two voluntary chaplains in the centre for a few hours each week. Two Liberton Kirk people are on the Steering Group for the Chaplaincy and if you would like more information speak to Louise Ogilvy, who is the Secretary. More information about the Chaplaincy can be obtained from their blog http://camerontollchaplaincy.blogspot.co.uk.
Kirkgate Trust
The Kirkgate Trust supports young people in South East Edinburgh, helping them to find out about the Christian faith and to come to know the joy of living a Christian life. It supports chaplaincy work in the local high schools and gives grants to young people doing voluntary work in this country and abroad. For more information visit their website www.kirkgatetrust.org.
