Join the call to pray at 7pm this Sunday
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 ...
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Perthshire church gets crafty with uniform laundry bags for NHS staff
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 ...
Moderator urges people to take on the 2.6 Challenge for CrossReach
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 ...
The world watches Betsi take up her new role in Malta
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
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 ...
Watch the Moderator's Sunday sermon for 19 April
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
Scottish churches unite in call to pray this Sunday at 7pm
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 ...
Edinburgh Kirk minister virtually inducted into new charge
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. ...
LISTEN - The Lord is Risen - a prayer for Easter Sunday
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 ...
Watch - Moderator's Easter Sunday message
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 ...
HRH Prince William Earl of Strathearn sends an Easter message
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 ...
Churches in Scotland join together in prayer at 7pm this Easter Sunday
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 ...
Watch - God has not forsaken us - a Good Friday like no other
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 ...
Celebrate Easter with the Church of Scotland
Easter may not look the same this year as it has in years gone by at your local church, but people across the length and breadth of the Kirk are working hard to ensure that ...
Minister offering online memorial services for the bereaved
A minister in Perthshire is offering online memorial services in place of public funerals due to the Coronavirus pandemic. They would be recorded by Rev Dr Marjory MacLean alone in a church after consultation with ...
WATCH - From Scotland with love - innocence lost and found in Zambia
Teenage mums in Zambia have learned a variety of new skills like baking biscuits, card making, sewing and first aid thanks to Guild members. They spent a "heart-warming, humbling and emotional" week visiting the "Journeying ...