Development
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After its initial formation, the congregation worshipped in the LGBT Centre, but soon found the room too small (October 1995). At the invitation of Rev Iain Whyte, Chaplain of Edinburgh University, they began to meet in the University Chaplaincy.
Two observers were sent to the European District Conference of the Metropolitan Community Church (November 1995), a sign of the church's continued growth. MCC Edinburgh continued to develop with the adoption of the Church's Constitution was adopted (17 November 1995). This established Holy Trinity Metropolitan Community Church, Edinburgh, as a parish extension of MCC Newcastle with Rev Jim McManus being elected pastor. The first church members were formally welcomed into membership in the spring (16 February 1996).
The congregation moved again, this time to the Quaker Meeting House due to the difficulty of booking the University Chaplaincy during holiday periods (1996) and began to meet twice each month.
With the church's first anniversary approaching, the congregation took part in the second Pride Scotia with its new banner through the streets of Glasgow (June 1996). Over the next few months there were many changes within the church as pastoral leaders and others moved away. However, the church coped well with these changes and continued to meet, with membership continuing to grow.
With the second annual congregational (April 1997) new leadership was put in place with the support of Rev Doreen Shambrook representing the European District of the MCC. This enabled the church to consolidate and continue to move forward.
After a development weekend (January 1998) at Scottish Churches House with the Rev. Kevin Dudman attending, the congregation agreed to begin holding weekly worship. That Lent the church held a mid-week group which worked its way through the "Believing" Group Course of the MCC and several new members were welcomed at that time.
The congregation met in Augustine United Church each Sunday at 18:00 until it merged with Augustine United Church in January 2010.
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