Vacancy @ PPC

About Us

Gorgie and Palmerston Place Church is a new charge formed by the union of two thriving congregations in the west of Edinburgh.  The united parish is one of the largest in the city, in terms of both geographical extent and population.  Both existing church buildings, on Gorgie Road and on Palmerston Place, have been retained as active worship centres for the new parish.  We also have a community café and outreach centre at Saltyard on Dalry Road.

The united parish extends from Queensferry Road in the north as far as Stenhouse in the south and west, embracing the bustling transport hub of Haymarket and the full length of Dalry Road and Gorgie Road, a distance of some 4 miles. 

Apart from Haymarket Station, it encompasses a number of notable public buildings, including Tynecastle Stadium, the home of Heart of Midlothian FC, HM Prison Edinburgh, and several primary and secondary schools. Around 24,000 people live in the parish, which represents nearly 5% of the city’s population.  There is a considerable student population, with a number of dedicated halls of residence and more under construction.

Our two church buildings, on Palmerston Place and Gorgie Road, are approximately one mile apart, and conveniently linked by several bus routes.  Half-way between them on Dalry Road the Church runs Saltyard, a community café and hub, which is invaluable as a mission and outreach base, and is also used for various less formal worship services.

We are in a Parish Grouping with two neighbouring congregations, Murrayfield and St Stephen’s Comely Bank, with whom we co-operate closely and run various joint activities.  We have a close relationship with St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral and again run several joint activities with them.

We have just begun the process of appointing a new minister willing to accept the challenge of leading us at this exciting and testing time in our history and hope to have someone in place before the end of the year.  The minister will be working as part of our recently constituted Ministry Team: Reuben, our Ordained Local Minister (OLM); Lisa and Jessica, our Ministerial Assistants responsible for Pastoral and Outreach and Children and Families work; Simon, our Organist. We also benefit from the input of our three evening and weekend Caretakers, Piotr, Lauren and Rory and our three Catering staff at Saltyard, Norda, Alex and Ruaraidh as well as numerous willing volunteers. We look forward to our Coordinators joining this growing staff team.

There are currently no vacant posts available. Do look back in the future, though!