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2020

journeywithjesus

Watch - Journey with Jesus for he is with you

26 April 2020

Allow Jesus to guide you on this journey that has no roadmap or blueprint to follow, the Moderator of the General Assembly has said. When we listen to his voice, he will lead us forward

General Assembly

Commission to consider presbytery plan

24 April 2020

Proposals to create three new super presbyteries are to be considered by a "virtual' Commission of Assembly next month. The body has been called because the General Assembly has been cancelled this year because of

Man's hands praying

Join the call to pray at 7pm this Sunday

24 April 2020

We have now reached the fifth week of joint calls by Scottish churches to pray at the same time in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Thousands of people across Scotland have been answering the call

Project co-ordinator Rachael is pictured with some of the uniform laundry bags

Perthshire church gets crafty with uniform laundry bags for NHS staff

23 April 2020

Members of Pitlochry Church of Scotland, as well as people of all ages across their local community, have been busy producing drawstring laundry bags for local NHS Tayside staff to put their uniforms in. The

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair

Moderator urges people to take on the 2.6 Challenge for CrossReach

22 April 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly is urging people to help him safeguard the services provided by the jewel in the Kirk's crown. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair is taking part in the 2. 6 Challenge

Rev Betsi Thane

The world watches Betsi take up her new role in Malta

21 April 2020

People from around the world came together online to watch a minister officially take up her new post in Malta. Rev Betsi Thane said she was "delighted" to be inducted into the charge of St

Amid health crisis the Church is helping to feed the hungry

20 April 2020

Stewart Lowe describes the stark reality of life for visitors to the North East Edinburgh Foodbank in Leith for the latest issue of Life and Work magazine. AND so, the i's dotted and the t's

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair

Watch the Moderator's Sunday sermon for 19 April

19 April 2020

In his Sunday sermon for the second Sunday of Easter, the Moderator of the General Assembly draws parallels between our current situation and that experienced by the disciples after the Resurrection

Hands holding a candle

Scottish churches unite in call to pray this Sunday at 7pm

17 April 2020

Sunday marks four consecutive weeks of joint calls by Scottish churches to pray at the same time in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Thousands of people across Scotland have been answering the call to join

Rev Attie van Wyk beside a photo of Liberton Northfield Church

Edinburgh Kirk minister virtually inducted into new charge

16 April 2020

Rev Attie van Wyk, 38, a Kirk minister originally from South Africa who has yet to move to his new congregation of Edinburgh's Liberton Northfield Church, was inducted remotely on Tuesday (14 April) at 7pm.

Resurrection

LISTEN - The Lord is Risen - a prayer for Easter Sunday

12 April 2020

Christians are being urged to come together in prayer at 7pm to mark Easter Sunday. Thirteen Christian churches and organisations across the country, including the Church of Scotland, are standing together in solidarity against the

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair

Watch - Moderator's Easter Sunday message

12 April 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly has said Easter Sunday still represents the defeat of death and hope reborn. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair said the Coronavirus lockdown provides a chance to understand the key date

Prince William

HRH Prince William Earl of Strathearn sends an Easter message

11 April 2020

HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge has sent a letter to the Moderator recognising the challenges of celebrating Easter at a time when churches are closed and expressing his "warmest wishes to all Ministers, Elders

Man's hands praying over a Bible

Churches in Scotland join together in prayer at 7pm this Easter Sunday

10 April 2020

For the third week running, and this time coinciding with Easter Sunday, thousands of people across Scotland will be answering the call to pray at the same time in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Thirteen

Good Friday

Watch - God has not forsaken us - a Good Friday like no other

10 April 2020

Christians are being reminded that Jesus was abandoned and deserted by God so they might never be forsaken. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly, said God's love for us is in his

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