Partners

Ecumenical Partnership

At Pentecost 2002 Greyfriars signed a covenant with two neighbouring churches – Augustine United Church (United Reformed Church), and St Columba's-by-the-Castle (Scottish Episcopal Church). We frequently have joint services as well as pooling our resources to organise events and trips.

The Covenant

An Ecumenical Covenant affirmed by the Churches of Augustine United, Greyfriars, Tolbooth and Highland Kirk and St. Columba's by-the-Castle, Edinburgh.

We are united in Christian faith. We believe in one God in whose love we pray, celebrate and worship together.

We are all special. We rejoice in our individual strengths and seek to learn positively from our respective traditions.

Focusing on the love which binds us together, we pledge to continue to develop our worship, study and work together.

We serve the same community and encounter the same problems. We commit ourselves to working together to establish a united and positive Christian presence in the centre of Edinburgh. We will respond to the challenges of the future with determination.

We look forward, with enthusiasm, to this journey together. We pray that others will join us in this vision. We will praise God, our guide, in all our life's work together.

May God grant us grace, Jesus Christ insight and the Holy Spirit strength to grow in this shared covenant.

Amen.