'The Old Kirk and Muirhouse parish church' (created 7th June 2014) based at 42 Pennywell Gardens, Edinburgh  EH4 4PE, is on a journey to share the Good News of Jesus & His redeeming love, in our part of God's Kingdom, which is north west Edinburgh, Bonny Scotland.
We are part of the Church of Scotland [www.churchofscotland.org.uk], & our Facebook  @OKMPC,  & Twitter  @OK_M_Church
We normally meet to worship God, at 11am on Sunday mornings, in the building on Pennywell Gardens, EH4 4PE
however, COVID-19 restrictions mean that there will be no meetings or groups in the building until the restrictions are relaxed.
For of our events - see the 'Our Gatherings' page or the weekly notice sheet in 'Intimations/What's Happening' page - tho' all groups cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Rev. Douglas Nicol is Locum Minister & Interim Moderator of the parish of  'The Old Kirk & Muirhouse' church: mobile no. is 07458-301-773:           our other staff have been 'furloughed' for the moment.

a) The General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] came into effect in the UK on 25 May 2018. It replaces the existing law on data protection (Data Protection Act 1998) & gives individuals more rights and protections with regard to how their personal data is used by organisations. Congregations must comply with its requirements as there are no relevant exemptions for charities or small organisations. TOK&Mpc strives to adhere to best practice with regard to Data Protection, our basic policies are found here.
b) Some of the community engagement work we are involved in was presented at the International Conference on Making Place 2019: our team member's poster can be found at  http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/2644/community-led-placemaking_muirhouse-and-west-pilton_hina-hirani.pdf 
c) note - ALL events in our buildings are cancelled due to COVID-19 as per Government instructions: wash your hands & visit trypraying.co.uk.
If you can’t get to Church? a) Cramond Kirk's Facebook page, Facebook.com/cramondkirk2, has short meditations - 5-8 minutes of Scripture & reflection, or Iain Majcher's short video shared every Wednesday on www.facebook.com/imajcher; b) D. Mains church services are at Facebook.com/dmpc1; c) there are short reflective videos on the Church of Scotland website: such as https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/video-with-gods-help-we-will-get-though-this-together , or, https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/watch-god-has-not-abandoned-us-moderator: d) listen to christian UCB radio on DAB rado - other christian stations are available. e) to join with our congregation on Sundays via the Intranet, contact Mr Nicol. f) Sundays, 7pm, say a prayer written by scottish christian groups, #prayersofhope - copy here
Centipede Project see March'15 folder of 'What's Happening' page, for a presentation on who they are & what they do: URL for recent info:
a) A daily Bible point-to-ponder can be found here, as a seed of how the Bible can bring light to your life. Our own leaflets of readings & reflections can be found here.
b) Events  normally this section talks about  1.  'Soul Sisters' youth group,   2.  Seated Exercise session,   3.   Social Club "The Club",   4.  the EDINBURGH PASSION - their website, www.edinburghpassion.com.    5.  the introductory guide to our building - here.      6.  the monthly meal and get-together - however all events which usually happen in The Old Kirk & Muirhouse parish church are currently cancelled due to the national COVID-19 precautions, as from 17th March. If you wish to pray about this situation, we recommend the Moderator's prayer about this new infection affecting our communities, copy available here, with our Rev. Douglas Nicol's leaflets, starting with "Let us worship God .... thoughts for private devotions", which will be useful if you are confined to the house & miss hearing the Gospel read & shared - a copy can be found here.       For those who would like an active sing-a-long, why not try FischyMusic's 'School Assembly', each Monday at 11am, at https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic.        More information for churches in this pandemic - www.churchofscotland.org.uk/resources/advice-for-churches-covid-19-coronavirus?t=1585146496
c)  some world events which impact on our thoughts: Day 75th anniversary - in the 'What's Happening' page is a copy of a prayer for this significant anniversary, the prayer was drafted by this year's Moderator of the Kirk's General Assembly. Also, a short paper on ideas of 'Ways White Christians Can Respond To Racial Tensions', drafted this month in USA by B.Rinehart - our chuch is drafting a letter to the American Ambassador to mark our concern at this time of raised awareness of the "Black LIves Matter" campaign.
d) 1. Each day the NEN website gives up-to-date info, like the page on food support & help, at http://nen.press/2020/04/16/north-edinburgh-covid-19-foodshare-gromup-updated-information/ .                                         2. Each week, Elaine Lennon (Lifelong Learning dept., City of Edinburgh Council) issues a round-up of useful information about activities in North West Edinburgh: copy attached here.                                 3. ALSO: the North West Edinburgh (Muirhouse, Salvesen, Pilton, Granton, Drylaw, Telford) COVID-19 Foodshare Group telephone number is 0131-356-0220, 10am-4pm, Monday till Friday, to access essential food supplies during the lockdown - use it for requesting a food, cleaning or toiletery delivery if you are stuck with restricted or no assistance. To read more about the  COVID-19 Foodshare Group, read a copy of the special June 2020 edition of the much-missed 'North Edinburgh News' [NEN], which can be found here
Items in this box are temporarily demoted down the frontpage during current COVID-19 situation:  Tenants/Community Councils - please check websites for meeting dates:  i) West Pilton Community Council, first Tues. of month, 7pm, West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre;  ii) Tenants & Residents in Muirhouse [TRIM]: information about their meetings can be found on their Facebook page;  iii)  Muirhouse & Salvesen Community Council: third Tues., 7pm, at Muirhouse Community Centre, Muirhouse Medway;  iv) Granton & District, Community Council, 7pm, last Monday of the month, Royston and Wardieburn Community Centre;  v) "Community Forum” meetings happen each month, either in the Fidra Court Community Kitchen or their new office at North Edinburgh Community Resource Centre, 31-33 Pennywell Road , buffet tea available [sponsored by 'The Health Trust' & 'Community Renewal' - pop along at 6pm on March. 29th, check their Facebook page or their programme here, called 'CommunityConversations early2020 poster.pdf']     and     More info on LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS noted in our Sunday Noticesheets are on the 'What's Happening' page: e.g. this week includes,  KIDS (Kids Independently Developing Skills) aims to help kids & young people reach their potential - can be accessed at www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids, or Facebook, or Twitter @nhsggckids , or,  The Tots and Tea Toddler Group within Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre have announced that we will be offering a winter swap shop for 2020: to make this a success, they are looking for donations of winter coats and jackets that no longer fit: tel. 315-4989. The church's weekly notice sheets is on the 'What's Happening' page, are called 'TOK&M <Noticesheet number><date>.pdf', though none produced after15/03.
Subpages (1): some COVID-19 resources