The culmination of Easter week activities among the four Penicuik Churches, North, South, St. James the Less and St. Mungo's was the celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday, 8th April.

Continuing the tradition of several years, all four churches gather in the St. Mungo's churchyard at 5.45am around the old St. Kentigern Church. This year we gathered around the entrance to St. Kentigern, which appropriately for the Easter story has no door.

Those who managed the early rise were reminded of the Easter resurrection story before heading to Broomhill for the sunrise at 6.30am.

With only a few clouds on the horizon we were treated to a new day and the celebration of a risen Christ. The North Kirk young people took to Castlelaw to greet the dawn following a "sleep over" at their church.

St. James the Less put on a full English breakfast after the event for all the worshippers, in their warm and friendly church hall.

Each of the Churches held Holy Communion later in the morning and St. Mungo's had the added feature of a baptism.

The church was filled with daffodils when Ruby Agnes Sprott, daughter to Jenny and Alisdair was welcomed into the Christian Church, with brother John and sister Charlie, both keen Sunday School members, being there to help. Grandmother Caroline supplied water from the river Jordan, collected on a recent visit to the Holy Land.

The communion service was followed by coffee in the church hall, extending the hand of fellowship at this important time in the Christian calendar.