SERVICE DETAILS
Meeting Place: The Open Door, 420 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 5HY
Meeting for Worship: Sundays at 10:30am - Children welcome
When we are able to meet in person, we offer a warm welcome to anyone who would like to join us for worship on a Sunday morning at the Open Door. There are usually between twenty and thirty people present, plus a varying number of children and young people of all ages. After Meeting for Worship, which lasts one hour, we have coffee/tea and time to chat. The children's meeting is at the same time and they join the main meeting for the last ten minutes.
The Open Door is a friendly space at the top of Morningside Road, just opposite Morningside clock.
Bus numbers 5, 11, 15, 16, 23 and 36 stop very close by ('Morningside Station' stop). On weekdays you can have coffee here, and it runs a number of regular services, particularly for the elderly. We are one of a number of other organisations that use it.
Newsletter: Download our monthly Newsletter at https://www.quakerscotland.org/south-edinburgh.
Email list: Infrequent short-notice news, Zoom links for meetings, etc. Subscribe to the South Edinburgh Quaker email list at https://www.quakerscotland.org/south-edinburgh.
What happens at South Edinburgh Quaker meeting?
WE MEET IN SILENCE, with no designated leader. When you enter the meeting room, which is downstairs, sit comfortably wherever you want to. In the silence we try to enter into fellowship with one another, and with God.
Anyone may speak during the meeting – we call this ‘spoken ministry’. This may be a reflection, prayer, reading, or sharing of spiritual experience. After about an hour, the meeting ends with shaking hands with our neighbours.
On the table in the centre of the room you’ll see copies of the Bible, Quaker Faith & Practice – the anthology of Quaker spiritual experience - and other books of spiritual insight. You’re welcome to pick these up and read them at any time during the meeting.
Children usually join the adults at the end, after enjoying their own separate meeting upstairs.
After news and notices, you’re welcome to join us for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat.
Who can come to Quaker meetings?
EVERYONE IS WELCOME at our meetings. There will be no pressure put on you to come again, or to make a regular commitment. People who have decided to be part of our meeting are joining a movement of exploration – looking for ways to live justly in a challenging world, and sharing insights and experiences.
Welcome to South Edinburgh Leaflet - if you haven't been to many or any Quaker Meetings before, this is for you, please see https://www.quakerscotland.org/south-edinburgh.
Disabilities: We meet down a flight of stairs. There is a stair lift. We have a hearing loop, and try to be thoughtful about any disability.
Enquiries about South Edinburgh Quakers to Sandra Riddell.
