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2024

Games in the garden of the St Mark's Raploch holiday club

Stirling church partners with the community for Olympic holiday club to remember

16 August 2024

A church in Stirling marked the Olympics with a holiday club to remember thanks to support from volunteers and local organisations in the local community. St Mark's in Raploch, which is a priority area congregation, worked with...

Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson

Church Moderator embarks on trip marking 100 years of Malawi Church

15 August 2024

The Moderator of the Church of Scotland will take part in celebrations marking 100 years of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) as part of a visit to Malawi. During the trip, which will also include a week in Kenya beforehand, Rt Rev...

Mither Kirk Aberdeen.

New dawn in the life of historic Aberdeen church

15 August 2024

An arts charity has taken over part of an historic church in the heart of Aberdeen which will help secure its future for generations to come. The Church of Scotland has transferred ownership of the West Kirk within the Kirk of St Nicholas to...

A picture of the Jerusalem skyline during the day.

Church writes to Foreign Secretary on Israel-Gaza war

13 August 2024

The Church of Scotland's Israel Palestine committee the UK Government to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The request is set out in a letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP which also calls on the government to recognise the State of...

Rev Tim Podger (second from left) with Perth Presbytery clerk Rev Dr John Ferguson, Strathmore minister Rev Carleen Robertson,  Rev Dr Karen Fenwick, who preached the sermon, and Perth Presbytery Moderator Rev Alan Reid.

Philatelist minister set to make his stamp on new Angus congregation

10 August 2024

Newtyle Church held a joint service of union, ordination and introduction as the Kirk looks forward to the future in rural Angus. As well as marking the creation of Strathmore Parish Church following the union of Ardler, Kettins and Meigle...

Glasgow Cathedral

Faith leaders unite against hatred

9 August 2024

Faith leaders met at Glasgow Central Mosque today to reaffirm that common humanity is a gift of God that unites people and does not divide them. They came together to stand in solidarity against acts of hatred and violence following civil unrest...

Rev Ian Gilmour

Minister makes emotional pilgrimage to Japan in honour of prisoner of war father

5 August 2024

A minister has fulfilled a 60-year dream to make an "emotional" pilgrimage to Japan in honour of his late father who was a prisoner of war. Rev Ian Gilmour travelled to Hiroshima where Private David Gilmour was held in a work camp for more than...

Morag Meener, Greer Conroy and Claire Cowell

Church helps tackle flooding problems in village

2 August 2024

The Church played a "crucial role" in helping to reduce the impact of flooding in a Clackmannanshire village and boosting the area for biodiversity. Natural flood prevention defences have been installed on glebe land at Pool of Muckhart near...

THe interior of St Giles

St Giles’ to host immersive installation celebrating community as part of 900th anniversary

1 August 2024

St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh will host an immersive art installation exploring community and commissioned as part of the historic site's 900th anniversary from Friday 2 August until November. 900 Voices, which is also part of this...

Youth Festival

Young Christians rejoice at fun packed festival of faith

31 July 2024

Around 1,400 people celebrated the glory of God at Scotland's biggest annual youth festival. They gathered for Magnitude at Lendrick Muir by Kinross, Scripture Union Scotland's principal retreat centre, to explore, go deeper and...

The Faith Will logo which is written in white text on an orange background.

Faith Will resources highlight the lasting impact of gifts in Wills

30 July 2024

Image of moths on a plant.

Join in with the Season of Creation

24 July 2024

Rev David Coleman, chaplain of Eco-Congregation Scotland, writes about why the Season of Creation, which runs from 1 September to the Feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October, matters and how you can take part. A conference I attended in March...

Rev Alex MacCallum

Alex feels blessed to be back home in Argyll

18 July 2024

Starting a new life as a minister in Argyll is also a homecoming for Oban minister Rev Alex MacCallum. Despite the Belfast accent which is a legacy of growing up in his mother's home city across the water, Mr MacCallum has deep family roots...

Moderator - church elder Steven Bennett - Mary Montague - East Renfrewshire Council Provost.

Grout of this world! Church Moderator lends a hand tiling church community project

12 July 2024

The Moderator of the General Assembly swapped a clerical collar for a trowel to lend a hand with tiling in support of a Giffnock church's community project. Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson, who had a job as a tiler whilst a student, carried out the...

Dalserf Church eco award

Congregation's environmental work recognised in the Scottish Parliament

11 July 2024

An historic village church has been recognised in the Scottish Parliament for its work to care for creation and tackle climate change. Dalserf Parish Church in South Lanarkshire was awarded a silver award by Eco-Congregation Scotland, a Christian...

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