Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience of using our website. Please let us know if you agree to the use of these cookies.

No, take me to settings
The Church of Scotland
  • Skip to content
  • Donate
  • Home
  • About us
  • Worship
  • Get involved
  • News and events
  • Resources

You are here:

  • Home
  • >News and events
  • >News
  • >News archive
  • >Gaelic Bible and video will be an early Christmas present for the youngest Scots

Gaelic Bible and video will be an early Christmas present for the youngest Scots

Published on 18 November 2023 3 minutes read

Young Gaelic speakers are being invited to get an early introduction to the real story of Christmas by claiming their own free book of Bible stories and downloading a fun and child-friendly animated re-telling of the Nativity in Lego.

The Gaelic version of the Lion Share A Story Bible and the Lego Christmas story video are being made available to young Gaelic native speakers and learners and their families by the Church of Scotland Gaelic Committee as its own early Christmas present for Scotland's children.

Lego Gaelic Bible
Films featuring Lego figures re-telling Biblical tales and a Gaelic children's story Bible are being offered free to young Gaelic speakers and learners and their families and teachers.

National Gaelic development body Bòrd na Gàidhlig has also supported the creation of the video, produced by animation company GoChatter, with funding to allow the original English script to be translated into Gaelic.

The Scottish Bible Society has made 1,500 copies of the Gaelic children's Bible available for any parent or teacher who wants them.

To claim a copy, just contact the Gaelic Hub based at Uig Parish Church on the Isle of Lewis by emailing GaidhligUig@outlook.com

Gaelic Story Bible
The Church of Scotland is supporting the distribution of 1,500 free copies of the Gaelic version of the Lion Share A Story Bible.

The aim of the initiative is to encourage families to read the Bible stories together, helping the youngest members learn and grow.

The Christmas story video, part of a series of Bible tales told through the medium of Lego animation, will also be available in English with a Scottish accent.

Both videos are available for free, thanks to funding from the Church of Scotland.

Each animated video is now accompanied by teacher's notes in Gaelic and English enabling teachers and school chaplains to incorporate the short film into lessons or a school assembly in line with the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence.

As a bonus, it also comes with instructions on how to create your own Lego stable.

The video is freely available to everyone in Scotland and is suitable for use by families, school, community groups, churches and Sunday schools.

Download the video here. https://gochattervideos.com/lego-christmas-story-church-of-scotland/

Gaelic Bible Content
A look inside the Gaelic version of the Lion Share A Story Bible.

Roddy John MacLeod, Lord MacLeod of Minginish, convener of the Church of Scotland Gaelic group, commented: "In today's Scotland, as in many European countries, knowledge of Biblical stories and events is in danger of being lost.

"There was a time when these things were learned at home, in church and in school but that day has gone. That's why it gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Gaelic Committee of the Church of Scotland, to welcome these two new resources, Go Chatter's Christmas Lego video in Gaelic and the Gaelic version of the Lion Share A Story Bible, which aims to present a selection of Bible stories to children in a way which they will find attractive: 1,500 of these books have been printed and are now available, free for the asking, to any parent or teacher who wants them.

"These initiatives are only a beginning but our prayer is that they will be blessed to young native Gaelic speakers and learners throughout Scotland."

The Lego video and Share A Story Bible are being delivered as part of the Gaelic committee's Pròiseact Pentecostes (Project Pentecost) initiative to provide intergenerational, Biblically-based Gaelic resources to help tell the Christian story.

This will include the release of more animated Lego videos throughout 2024, retelling such familiar tales as the story of Jonah, Lazarus, and David and Goliath.

See also

New stories to support worship leaders through Christmas

A Christmas Day message from the Moderator

The countdown to Advent 2024 begins

In this section

  • News
    • News archive
  • Events
  • Submit an event
  • Life and Work
  • Newsletters

General

  • Vacancies and volunteering
  • Properties for sale
  • Historical records
  • Life events

Inside the Church

  • Forums, committees and departments
  • General Assembly
  • Safeguarding Service
  • National Stewardship Programme

Privacy and cookies

  • Privacy centre
  • Data Protection
  • Your rights and choices
  • Cookie policy and settings

Get in touch

  • Contact us
  • Departmental contacts
  • Media enquiries
  • Complaints

Copyright, sitemap and technical information

  • Scottish Charity Number SC011353
  • Copyright © The Church Of Scotland, 2025. All Rights Reserved
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • News feed (RSS)
  • Linkedin