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Open Doors: 27th September
On Saturday 27th September, the church will be open as part of the Cockburn Association’s Open Doors day. 10am-4pm We will have a display about our ongoing preservation of the wall, including the opportunity to talk with the stonemason in the afternoon, there will be volunteers to talk about the building and graveyard, initial plans…
Historic Environment Scotland complete the fundraising for the main renovations
Historic Environment Scotland awards £144,450 funding to St Mark’s Church in Portobello Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has awarded £144,450 funding to the renovation of the unique historic church of St Mark’s Portobello. This funding completes the fundraising for this phase of the project and will enable all the conservation repairs to the building and provide…
Lunch and a natter: our Lead Architect: 28 May
On Wednesday 28 May, Edward Eastham (Taft Architects) will come and tell us about the work that has been going on at St Mark’s in the last 6 months … do come and hear about it. Light lunch is provided … all welcome. 12-1.30
Reading the New Testament in 8 weeks
The congregation is undertaking to read the whole of the New Testament in 8 weeks, meeting together weekly for a book group style discussion. This is following the Scottish Bible Society’s Community Reading Experience Many of the downloads can be found on the Biblica website as well. If you would like to join us, please…
Lent 2019
Lent starts on Wednesday 6th March … A period when we traditionally ‘give up something’ or ‘take something up’ to deepen our reliance on God. Through Lent, we allow ourselves time and space to acknowledge who we truly are, and to turn again for healing and hope from God. Through the journey of Lent we…
The Chosen … Series 2
In May, a group of us at St Marks watched the first series of The Chosen. This is a dramatised telling of the story of the first disciples who gathered around Jesus – chosen by Jesus! (this series is now on Netflix). 27 Sept – 17 Nov – we are watching Series 2 – do…
