The
Gateway Project
Building a home.
A New Chapter
For over 150 years, St Mungo's has been on an amazing journey in Balerno. We've seen God's faithfulness in every season, growing from Ladycroft to our current space at Balerno High School and now we believe God is calling us forward into a new chapter.
The Holy Spirit started nudging Ollie back in 2022, whispering about creating a new building – what we're calling The Gateway Project. This isn't just about a building; it's about unleashing our potential to truly Be Love to our community.
Our former organist, Janet Brodie, bequeathed the Woodcroft field in 1942, with the clear purpose of a new church being built right there! After a season of prayer and fasting, as a leadership and as church family, Vestry has discerned it's right to explore using that field for its divine purpose; that God is leading us into this new project.
We believe that this is our moment to step out, believing God has prepared this land for us to build not just walls, but a vibrant, Spirit-filled home that will serve generations and be a "Gateway" of His love.
Project Vision
-
To support St Mungo’s vision to “Be Love”.
-
Where our whole church family is at home, and encounters God.
-
Where we grow in our Spiritual gifts to love and serve one another
-
Where we train and send out teams to be a blessing to the worldwide church.
-
That blesses the wider community through our broad range of multi-generational ministries.
-
That provides a gateway for people to explore and experience the love of God.
Get Involved
PRAY
One of the main ways we would like you to get involved is by joining us in prayer as we move forward.
As the Psalmist writes in Psalm 127: 1:
“Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.”
We therefore need to take time as a church family in prayer and fasting as we seek the LORD about this project moving forward.
GIVE
This cost of this project is going to be significant and the reality is that the money is going to come from us, the church family as we give sacrificially. We will talk more about this in the coming months but please do start praying about this aspect of the project and if this is something God is putting on your heart, then you are very welcome to make a one-off or regular donation.
The account details:
STMUNGOS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sort code: 83-19-15
Account number: 00266149
Please make sure any gifts are clearly marked with “Gateway” and emailing Katherine to let her know - Katherine.burnett@stmungos.org.
Stay Informed
We regularly update our project blog and produce newsletters and video updates to keep you upto date with what is happening. You can access all the links you need here.