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2020

Cancellation of church services and other updates

Cancellation of church services and other updates

17 March 2020

The Scottish Government now advises that people should minimise social contact by avoiding crowded areas and large gatherings, including religious congregations, and smaller gatherings. The Church of Scotland now asks, in the strongest terms...

Assembly Hall

Cancellation of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

17 March 2020

Due to the Coronavirus epidemic the Church of Scotland has decided to cancel this year's General Assembly which was due to open on 16th May 2020. Principal Clerk, Rev Dr George Whyte said, "We did

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair

Moderator joins call for national day of prayer

17 March 2020

The Church of Scotland is supporting calls for a National Day of Prayer and Action on 22 March, which is also Mothering Sunday. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair is joining the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby,

Hand suggesting violence in home

Who will care about violence against women?

16 March 2020

One of the most destructive problems facing human beings across the world is violence against women. Katherine Gilmour, the Church of Scotland's gender justice officer and secretary to Integrity, the Church's Violence against Women Task...

hand outstretched in prayer

A prayer from the Moderator amid the coronavirus outbreak

13 March 2020

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair offers us this prayer as we deal with a new illness in our communities. Living God, In our hour of need we turn again to you, for we have nowhere else

Ambulance Zambia

Kirk members in Fife helping to save lives in Zambia

13 March 2020

Kirk members in Fife are helping to save countless lives in rural Zambia by keeping ambulances on the road. Hope Park & Martyrs Church in St Andrews has raised money to pay for the ongoing

The The Moderator with members of the Scottish Parliament

Women and Economy event highlights inequalities

11 March 2020

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair joined Ruth Maguire MSP, convener of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee, at the Scottish Parliament to co-host a discussion and networking session on Women and Economics". Many of the issues

Rev Dr Marjory MacLean

Rev Dr Marjory MacLean leads Time for Reflection at Scottish Parliament

10 March 2020

Rev Dr Marjory MacLean, convener of the Chaplains to Her Majesty's Forces Committee, led the Time for Reflection session at the Scottish Parliament today, telling MSPs of the many contrasts the periods of Lent and

Rev Rosie Frew, convener of the Church of Scotland's Faith Nurture Forum

A prayer for International Women's Day: Rev Rosie Frew

8 March 2020

To mark International Women's Day, Rev Rosie Frew, who was recently appointed as convener of the Church of Scotland's Faith Nurture Forum, has written a prayer for women around the world and the varying injustices,

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair in Zambia

Kirk Moderator reflects on the season of Lent

6 March 2020

As we approach the second Sunday of Lent, Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has written a reflection on the season - and what we could

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair with Lucie Kasanga and his wife Ruth

Kirk Moderator returns home to Zambia

2 March 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has "come home" to Zambia after 43 years.Rt Rev Colin Sinclair lived out of a car in the African nation for three years in ...

Rev Brian Casey

Politicians urged to put "differences aside and come together" to reduce drug deaths

26 February 2020

Scottish and UK government ministers have been urged to put their political differences aside and work together to reduce drug deaths. Rev Brian Casey of Springburn Parish Church in Glasgow said the status quo is

Holyrood Rt Rev Colin Sinclair

Moderator - the Church must engage with the world at every level

25 February 2020

The Church of Scotland must engage with the world at every level, the Moderator of the General Assembly has told MSPs. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair said there were no "no-go areas" for Christians and listening

Prisoner of War hero minister

Church minister was inspiration behind 'Great Escape'

24 February 2020

A Church of Scotland minister nicknamed "Padre Mac" has been named as the inspiration behind the Great Escape. Rev Professor Murdo Ewen Macdonald's "fiery sermons" motivated the famous breakout of a German Prisoner of war

Shuna Dicks Keith Blackwood

Military chaplaincy described as 'best job in the world'

22 February 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly has spent the week visiting British Army bases across Scotland. Rt Rev Colin Sinclair met service personnel in Stirling, Glasgow, Leuchars in Fife and Kinloss in Moray to learn

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