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Holy Trinity & St Barnabas’ Church, is a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church ( SEC) and a part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

In common with many others, we have now suspended worship in our churches – but we have made alternative arrangements.

The SEC has started broadcasting video coverage of Eucharistic services on its website, social media channels and YouTube channel.

The web page for the broadcast is www.scotland.anglican.org/broadcastsunday-worship.

These services will be broadcast at 11am every Sunday, to coincide with when many people would normally be worshipping in their own churches.

In advance of the broadcast of each service, the liturgy – the order of service - will be available to download from the SEC website.

Tomorrow’s service will celebrate Low Sunday, the second Sunday of the Easter season.

The origin of the name Low Sunday is uncertain, but it is apparently intended to indicate the contrast between it and the great Easter festival immediately preceding it.

The SEC website will also contain a downloadable video and audio format of the service.

We are conscious of the need to offer as much assistance as possible to those who have no access to the internet, and we encourage people to distribute the video/audio recordings and the liturgy widely within their own personal networks.

In households with no internet or playback capacity, people who can be helped by others through the provision of printed materials will have the opportunity to read the words of the liturgy to themselves close to the appointed time, praising God, along with others in the church.

“Prayer is an important part of the tradition and spiritual life of the people of God,” said our primus, Bishop Mark.

In hard times and good times, quietly being before God with the people we love in our hearts encircles us all in God’s everlasting love and the promise of hope and salvation.”