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Albany Deaf Church

Albany Deaf Church shares the building with Greenside church and regularly hold services in the Albany chapel within the church.

Sunday services are at 10am at Greenside Church during the months of March to October except for the first Sunday of the month when services are held for the Deaf at Slateford Green Supported flats at 10am. However arrangements may be altered from time to time.

Sunday services are also held at 11am at the Trust Housing Association in Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh.

Albany Deaf Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland with its own Kirk Session and Congregational Board. The 128 members are Deaf using British Sign Language (BSL) as their means of communication. Services are in BSL. If a hearing or hard of hearing person attends the service both BSL and spoken English are used simultaneously.

The locum minister and interim moderator is Rev Alistair Kelly and the session clerk is Margaret Lawrie.

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A Brief History

Albany Deaf Church claims to be the oldest Deaf church in the world. In 1830 Pastor Mathew Robert Burns founded the church for the deaf and dumb" with its first meeting in Lady Stairs Close, High Street, Edinburgh; famous Deaf artist Walter Geikie (1759-1837) was one of the founding members.

Between 1830 and 1890, the church met in nine different places in Edinburgh. In 1890, premises were built as part of Deaf Action, formerly the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Deaf Society. Worship continued in the building until 2001 when the congregation moved premises to share a building with Greenside Church.

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Home News Services History Community Contacts Links	Albany Deaf Church Albany Deaf Church shares the building with Greenside church and regularly hold services in the Albany chapel within the church. Sunday services are at 10am at Greenside Church during the months of March to October except for the first Sunday of the month when services are held for the Deaf at Slateford Green Supported flats at 10am. However arrangements may be altered from time to time. Sunday services are also held at 11am at the Trust Housing Association in Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh. Albany Deaf Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland with its own Kirk Session and Congregational Board. The 128 members are Deaf using British Sign Language (BSL) as their means of communication. Services are in BSL. If a hearing or hard of hearing person attends the service both BSL and spoken English are used simultaneously. The locum minister and interim moderator is Rev Alistair Kelly and the session clerk is Margaret Lawrie. Albany News Letter -Spring 07 (PDF)	A Brief History Albany Deaf Church claims to be the oldest Deaf church in the world. In 1830 Pastor Mathew Robert Burns founded the church for the deaf and dumb" with its first meeting in Lady Stairs Close, High Street, Edinburgh; famous Deaf artist Walter Geikie (1759-1837) was one of the founding members. Between 1830 and 1890, the church met in nine different places in Edinburgh. In 1890, premises were built as part of Deaf Action, formerly the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Deaf Society. Worship continued in the building until 2001 when the congregation moved premises to share a building with Greenside Church.
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Albany News Letter -Spring 07 (PDF)

A Brief History