Augustine United Church

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We gather for worship every Sunday at 11.00am. Being in the City Centre makes it easy for visitors to the City to join us. Augustine United Church is centrally situated in the heart of old Edinburgh just off the Royal Mile. We can be found between the National Library and the National Museum of Scotland on George IV Bridge. The Church Centre is very close to Edinburgh University and also to the tourist area of Edinburgh.

We celebrate Communion on the first and third Sundays of each month. We have a Junior Church which meets on most Sundays during School terms. A creche is always available in a supervised area. We have an all age service typically once a month.

At Pentecost 2002 we made a local ecumenical covenant with two of our neighbouring churches - Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirk (Church of Scotland), and St Columba's-by-the-Castle (Scottish Episcopal Church). We are also part of a more informal group consisting of most of the Churches in the Old Town Area. Our group of churches are affiliated both to Edinburgh Churches Together (ECT) and Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS). Our congregation also have strong links with the Iona Community.

Our Church Centre is used throughout the week by a variety of church, community and political groups. Most notably the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union rehearse here each week as do the Edinburgh Society of Recorder Players.

The Church Centre is home to several Christian and community organisations, among them Christian Aid (Scotland), Jubilee Scotland and the Edinburgh Community Mental Health Chaplaincy. Christian Aid have a range of material for use in development education, and they also willingly receive donations for the work of our Partners throughout the world, as well as for  emergency appeals.

Our sanctuary is used for the weekly worship of the Metropolitan Community Church in addition to our own congregation. In addition groups like the Christian Union gather for prayer meetings about once a term.

We support local projects working alongside homeless people, including The Ark, Fresh Start & the Greyfriars Kirkhouse Project

We are part of the United Reformed Church and are one of the churches in the Synod of Scotland. We were joined in 2005 by members of the former Dalry United Reformed Church.

The Augustine Covenant is renewed on the 1st Sunday in October each year.

The congregation is currently developing a Mission Plan.

We're listed in the Edinburgh Directory