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2020

The main street of Newcastleton before the flooding hit

Village suffering after "devastating" flood says Kirk elder

21 February 2020

A Kirk elder in the Scottish Borders has spoken of the "devastating" damage to her village caused by severe flooding and has asked people to remember those affected in their prayers. Newcastleton, near Hawick, lies

Woman riding bicycle

Make your climate change commitment this Lent

20 February 2020

Living Lent, the cross-denominational Lent initiative from the Joint Public Issues Team, is back for another year. Running throughout the 40 days of Lent, from Wednesday 26 February until Thursday 9 April, Living Lent will ...

Cumbrae Guild cake

Cumbrae Guild celebrates 125 years

19 February 2020

A Guild group based on an island with a resident population of 1,400 has marked its 125th anniversary with a service of thanksgiving.The Guild on Cumbrae, which lies off of the west coast of Scotland ...

Rev Aftab Gohar

'Accept others for who they are' Kirk minister tells MSPs

18 February 2020

A minister who forgave terrorists who killed his mother and other close relatives has urged people to accept one another for who they are.Rev Aftab Gohar said the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust ...

A group photo at the Army base

Moderator to visit army sites across Scotland

18 February 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is being hosted by the Army as part of a five-day visit to sites across Scotland.Rt Rev Colin Sinclair began the tour by visiting ...

Church of Zambia

Guild members visiting Zambia to meet empowered teenage mothers

17 February 2020

Guild members are following in the footsteps of intrepid missionary David Livingstone and travelling to Zambia to visit a project which supports teenage mothers.The group are looking forward to seeing first-hand the "inspirational and empowering" ...

Sanctuary in Scotland conference

Conference will boost work with asylum seekers and refugees

14 February 2020

Leading Christian scholars, activists and practitioners are coming together for a day conference in Edinburgh on 14 March to share ideas and promote common work on migration and support for asylum seekers and refugees.The Sanctuary ...

Group of people around a table

Kirk to host Gaelic conference in Glasgow

13 February 2020

The Church of Scotland is to host a conference in March to discuss ways forward for the Gaelic language in the work of the Kirk.The free conference, entitled An Ath Cheum ('The Next Step'), will ...

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair pictured during Thy Kingdom Come in 2019

Moderator invites congregations to take part in Thy Kingdom Come

12 February 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, is today sending a letter out to all Kirk congregations inviting them to take part in this year's Thy Kingdom

The cast performing the People's Passion

Seeking disciples of Jesus for the role of a lifetime

11 February 2020

If you would like to take part in a UK-wide Christian event that will bring to life the greatest story ever told, Hamilton-based Drama Kirk would love to hear from you.Drama Kirk will be staging ...

Rev Carl Irvine and Rev Dawn Laing

Swapping classrooms for cassocks: new parish ministers inducted

8 February 2020

Two former primary school teachers have swapped classrooms for cassocks to become the Church of Scotland's newest parish ministers.Rev Dawn Laing was ordained and inducted into Alloa Ludgate Church in Clackmannanshire last week.Rev Carl Irvine, ...

Strontian

What's in the name of a Scottish village - a discovery by a Kirk minister

7 February 2020

Today is the 38th day of the year and Strontium is the 38th element on the Periodic Table.Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Very Rev Professor John Walker, unearthed the ...

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair in front of a stained glass window

Kirk Moderator embarks on annual Aberdeen visit

7 February 2020

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, will set off on a three-day visit to Aberdeen Presbytery this Friday (7 February).The annual visit to the Granite City, ...

Flooding farmer

Congregations at vanguard of climate change advocacy

5 February 2020

Church congregations have an important role in convincing people of the dangers posed by climate change, a leading campaigner said today.Rev Henrik Grape of the World Council of Churches said the issue was the "most ...

Rev Donald Lawrie

Fife congregation create Dove of Peace for Sri Lanka

1 February 2020

A Dove of Peace created by a Fife church has been presented to a Kirk congregation in Sri Lanka. Members of Auchterderran Kinglassie Parish Church fashioned it out of white ribbons that were hung outside

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