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Edinburgh has six universities and a number of colleges so September has a real buzz about it. The city swells with students and parents purchasing sheets, kitchen equipment and big food shops. Buccleuch is right beside Edinburgh University so we are privileged to...

From Sunday 22nd of August you will no longer need to book a seat to come to Buccleuch. Following Scottish Government and Free Church guidelines there is no longer any need to socially distance or record contact details. We are thankful and grateful to God for the...

From 27th of June we will be changing our service times. Instead of having two morning services, we will have one in-person morning service and one in-person evening service. Both of these services will be livestreamed. There's more change afoot though - pay...

After a pretty miserable April and May it feels like summer has arrived, for now anyway. If you're not local, the lovely photo on this blog post was taken in the Meadows which is our neck of the woods - not even half a mile away. The Meadows was where the Buccleuch...

Last Sunday we had the first Communion services in what felt like a very long time indeed. Thanks to Covid, even Communion was different from what we are accustomed to. We had single portions of bread (or tiny wafer thing) and grape juice - quite a change from our...

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who...

Easter is good news. Not the chocolate, the daffodils or even the time off school. It's much much better than that! A cross, but not on a bun, a stone rolled not an egg, and new life available to all. If you're intrigued, watch our Easter series of short films which...

We've seen the whole circle of life in the Buccleuch family this week. The week began with rejoicing on Monday as we celebrated with Roddy and Christine who became grandparents for the third time. Baby Harris made an appearance in the early hours of the morning. As it...

We're delighted that we will be able to worship together again as of the end of March. As before, we'll operate a booking system so we know exactly how many people are coming and we can seat everyone safely. In short, you'll need to wear a mask and sit 2m away from...