Congregation Weekend away in 2025
Our next congregational weekend away is in May 2025. Contact Colleen MacDonald (here) for more information.
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Heaven in a Taxi
Richie Gillespie is one of the worship leaders at Holy Trinity. He has been writing Christian songs for over thirty years and in 2023 he recorded his first album called “Heaven in a Taxi”. You can find the live recording from the Album Launch evening at Holy Trinity on 7th Dec 2023 below.
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Holy Trinity Wester Hailes – Prophetic Conference – June 2023
Prophetic Conference with Isabel Skulason – June 2023 We’d like to thank Isabel Skulason for her teaching and prophesy over the weekend of 1 – 4 June 2023. These sessions been a blessing to all who have been here. The opening session 1 on Thursday evening 1 June and the Friday afternoon session has not…
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Stay Curious – Alpha Course Starts January 2025
Watch out here – The ALPHA Course will be running again in January 2025 Do you have big questions about life, purpose, meaning and faith? The ALPHA Course is an opportunity to explore the Christian faith in a relaxed, non-threatening manner over 10 weekly sessions. Alpha is for everyone and no one will ask you…
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Ian MacDonald
Senior Minister Ian was appointed as Parish Minister in 2017, having been our Associate Minister since 2005. He studied at the University of Aberdeen, followed by post-graduate research at Edinburgh University. Ian believes the Lord is raising up a people in our midst who will love God and take Him at his word, discipling others…
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Naomi Black
Naomi Black oversees Holy Trinity’s children and young people’s work. She would love to hear from you if you can support the work of our young people in any way.
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Hayley Baillie
Youth Worker Hayley came to faith in Jesus after attending an Alpha course with her best friend. She loves working with the young people in our church and local schools and longs for them to know who they are in Christ, reach their full potential and be equipped and enabled to do what God has…
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Fiona Watson
Fiona is Café and Foodbank Team Lead. Having originally qualified as a Home Economist, and then as an Accountant, working in and for the charitable sector for many years she is delighted to join the team at Holy Trinity. Contact Fiona Fiona Watson Fiona’s normal working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Isobel Alford
Bridge Counselling Service Manager Bridge Counselling was established 13 years ago to provide affordable, professional one to one counselling for people in the Wester Hailes community. Isobel heads up the experienced team of Christian male and female counsellors who continue to offer adults a safe space to explore situations or life events that can sometimes…
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Melanie Kilburn
Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre Manager Melanie started out life as a pharmacist but gave that up to pursue working solely in a ministry for God. She has done development work in Namibia, trained with the Vineyard Leadership Institute in Boston, Massachusetts where she was on staff with Hopkinton Vineyard Church. More recently she has…
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Isabel Seymour
Isabel is our CAP Job Club Manager. The Job Club “drop in” runs on Thursday mornings and training events on Thursday afternoons. You can contact Isabel here.
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Holy Trinity Foodbank
Holy Trinity Foodbank provides crisis support for those in immediate need of help. We are supporting those who have empty or nearly empty cupboards and pockets and bank accounts. We tend to support around 50 – 60 households on an average week. It is the intention that we direct people to other support services within…
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Watch and Listen
Watch the service online Watch on YouTube Watch on Facebook Connect with our Podcast You can subscribe to our podcast on any smartphone, using your own choice of podcast app, simply search for Holy Trinity Wester Hailes and you will be able to find us. We will be progressively uploading the preaching from the last…
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Bible in One Year
As a Church family, we are using the Bible in One Year reading programme to read the whole Bible in 2020. Join us on this journey by: Subscribing to the free daily emails Downloading the free app or Buying the print version.
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Community / House Groups
There are several community and house groups based at HT. Of these, most are central to Wester Hailes but there are also groups in the north, south and west of the city. Each group has its own character, though all are based on the aim of growing as a flourishing missional community. Group meetings can…
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4 Steps Discipleship
As part of our Discipleship Strategy, at HT we believe living the Christian life involves growing deeper into the things of God. And so, we are always looking to encourage each other on this journey of becoming ever more like our Saviour, the Head of our body. (Ephesians 4:11-16) Everyone is invited to join with…
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Prayer
Praying Together The people of God only move forward on their knees. Holy Trinity is no different. No lasting thing was achieved for the Kingdom of God without prayer. Prayer is an important part of all our meetings. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7.30pm We meet every Wednesday at 7.30pm for Prayer and Praise. It is a…
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Worship and Musicians
Worship Worship is a fundamental part of Holy Trinity. We love to worship God and believe He loves it when we gather to worship Him! The style of music is broad with a mixture of contemporary and older music. Our singing and other forms of worship in the services are supported by the Worship Team,…
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Mentoring
We love to support and encourage one another at Holy Trinity and there are opportunities to mentor or be mentored in the Christian Faith.The first expression of being ‘better together’ is with ‘one to one’ caring for each other, which is always encouraged to happen naturally, while formal mentoring is sometimes appropriate as an intentional…
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Rooted (18 – 30’s)
Rooted provides community, friendship and time to get stuck into what it means to live out your faith as a young adult. In “normal times” we meet in the Church Café from 7 to 9pm on the first Friday of the month for food, guest speakers, Bible study, worship and prayer. We are currently using…
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Men’s group
We meet up for socials several times in the year. Please contact Ian Richardson to join the WhatsApp group.
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Pastoral Care
At Holy Trinity we recognise that the Lord cares for us like a Shepherd, and he has gifted many people within the Church to offer pastoral help in time of need. There are many times in our lives where we need extra help. Don’t suffer alone, ask for help. There are various ways in which…
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Volunteering
Everyone has been given a variety of gifts from God that have been granted for the benefit of each other. We believe that HT can only be all that God intended for us to be when everyone is playing their part. We aim wherever possible, to find a place for you to serve and grow…
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How do I become a Christian?
Nobody is born a Christian. You become a Christian when you believe and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. At its most simple a Christian is a follower of Christ – the One sent from heaven to bring us home to God and into His family. The bible says that “to all who received…
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