“She said, ‘If it wasn’t for Frazer, I don’t know who I would worship with.’ We are providing 24-hour Christian programming.” “A 98-year-old woman told me over the phone that ‘(Frazer) are my church,’” Hendrix said. The importance of the TV ministry is easily measured, Hendrix said.
The TV broadcast is now in high definition and the television station control room has new equipment. New retractable video screens will make hosting special events more convenient, and will be used to post words and videos. “The choir doesn’t heat up like they did under the old lighting,” Hendrix said, adding that the sanctuary’s lighting was not installed with TV broadcasting in mind. Several benefits have been already noticed. The project had been a need for years, and the church’s debt-free condition reached in January created an ideal time to move forward, Hendrix said. Rev Richard Frazer, who has been the minister of Greyfriars Kirk since 2003, said: "Christmas 2020 marks not only 400 years of our building but 400 years of our congregation, an uninterrupted history that has been sustained from the dawn of the modern era and an astonishing record of faith in action."īesides its active congregations, worshipping in Gaelic and English, the Kirk contributes to a flourishing local community in central Edinburgh through creating communities of support, social enterprise and wellbeing at the Grassmarket Community Project and the Greyfriars Charteris Centre.An elderly worshiper at Frazer United Methodist Church said he could hear a recent sermon the best he had in a long time since the church added new sound equipment in the main sanctuary as part of a technology upgrade that also impacted the Frazer television ministry.įrazer’s Kim Hendrix said the sound and lighting improvements were part of making worship in the main sanctuary better as well as programming on television where shut-ins and others are reached weekly. There will also be chances to get involved, with a 'Come & Sing' Brahms' Requiem, conducted by Angus Tully (25 Apr), and further events planned. The Kirk's history spans five centuries and the free lunchtime concert series, Greyfriars at 12, will explore music from each of them, plus other celebratory themes. Tommy from the Grassmarket Project with Brillo the dog at the press launch.
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