The Good Shepherd
13A Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 6AU

Services:
Sunday: Holy Communion 8.30am (1st Sunday); Children’s Eucharist 10.00am (1st Sunday); Sung Eucharist 10.00am (other Sundays); Holy Communion for Healing
6.00pm (monthly); Matins and Evensong by arrangement.
Wednesday 11.00am (held in the Vestry)
In term time Sunday School is at the same time as the 10.00am service. Coffee and tea are served afterwards in the adjoining hall)
 

Rector: Revd Canon Timothy Morris

Contact us:
Rector:Tel/Fax: 0131 337 2698:
Email: goodshepd@dioceseofedinburgh.org
Web: www.goodshepherdmurrayfield.org.uk

To find us: The Church of the Good Shepherd is located on the East side of Murrayfield Avenue, about 50 metres from its junction with the Corstorphine Road (A8) – look for the sign saying “Episcopal Church”.
Buses (Lothian nos. 31,26 and 12) from Princes Street take about 5 minutes to Roseburn Terrace, opposite the end of Murrayfield Avenue. Alternatively it is about a 20 minute walk via Haymarket and past the lovely Donaldson’s School for the Deaf.
There is car parking outside the church and disabled access.

A little about us...
The story of the Church of the Good Shepherd is essentially one of people and a building. That may seem a clear glimpse of the obvious but throughout the 111 years since its foundation the story has been dominated by these two aspects. The congregation, mainly drawn from the Roseburn, Murrayfield and Ravelston area of Edinburgh have always been rather modest in its aspirations but has taken extreme care to consolidate the Church’s position as a place of quiet worship in a busy capital city which has now also become the political and commercial centre of Scotland. Its members are not by inclination given to extravagantly demonstrative worship but have ensured the Church maintains a consistent witness to the Christian gospel, a fine reputation for music, a generosity in giving towards the wider church and a beautiful building.
This building itself was built in the early years of the twentieth century and was one of Sir Robert Lorimer’s first major commissions as a young architect. It has classic “Lorimer” touches which have been preserved over the 100 years of use and combined tastefully with more modern stained glass windows and furnishings. It is a delightful example of a Scottish country church surrounded by well-kept gardens and yet built in the middle of the city. Above all its architectural worth, it is a place where generations of people have found acceptance, love and friendship and have found space and opportunity to worship and pray.

Since 1985 the Church of the Good Shepherd has been part of an ecumenical parish with Murrayfield parish Church and Saughtonhall United reformed Church, sharing worship, faith development, mission and fellowship. In May 2003, a formal link was established with St Salvador’s Episcopal Church in Stenhouse with the Ministry Team working between the two congregations.

The Ministry Team is Revd Canon Tim Morris; Revd Nicola Moll; Revd Hilary Naish; Revd Brenda Johnson