Ministerial Team at G+PP Church

Rev Trish Archibald is the Minister of the united congregation of Edinburgh: Gorgie and Palmerston Place Church. She was inducted as minister to the congregation on 17 July 2025. The recording of the Induction Service can be viewed on our YouTube channel.

Lisa Clark is our full time Ministerial Assistant for Pastoral and Outreach work – she joined in December 2022.

Jessica Linde is our full time Ministerial Assistant for Children and Families – she joined in October 2023.

Rev Reuben Addis is an Ordained Local Minister (p/t and unpaid) and has a heart for pioneering fresh expressions of Christian mission from our Saltyard building along with our monthly Messy Church. During the week, Reuben works for the NHS with teenagers who are neurodiverse or have mental health challenges.

 

Previously, the minister at Palmerston Place Church was the Very Rev Colin A M Sinclair who served from 1996 to 2022. Colin began his relationship with Palmerston Place Church as an Assistant Minister before moving to Newton on Ayr Parish Church in the 1980s. He was General Director of Scripture Union Scotland from 1988 to 1996 before returning to Palmerston Place, where he led the congregation in worship and teaching. Colin later served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from May 2019 to May 2020 (former Moderators assume the title of Very Rev). He returned to PPC in July 2020 for a further two years before he retired. The congregation felt blessed to have had him as minister for so many years.