Kirk joins in prayer for Armed Forces Day
Rev Dr Marjory Maclean, Convener of the Chaplains to Her Majesty’s Forces Committee, has written a moving prayer to commemorate Armed Forces Day on Saturday 30 June.
News and events
Over 200 children descend on Bourock Church for Barrhead Summer Club
The annual week-long Summer Club at Bourock Church in Barrhead has returned, with over 200 children coming along to enjoy a free mix of fun Bible-based activities.
Minister launches bid to stop teenage brothers deportation
A Church of Scotland minister has started a petition to try and persuade the UK Government not to deport two teenage brothers to Pakistan. ...
Former Moderator accepts honorary doctorate with historic Gaelic address
Former Moderator Very Rev Dr Angus Morrison received an Honorary Degree from the University of Glasgow on Tuesday 26 June, addressing the audience in both English and Gaelic for the ...
Campaigning minister welcomes plan to end homelessness
Very Rev Dr Russell Barr has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will commit £21 million to ending homelessness.
VIDEO - Princess Anne launches new book about Scots in Great War London
The Princess Royal has officially launched a new book about the “important” contribution of Scots in London during the First World War.
Go For It project celebrates colourful art exhibition at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
The Centipede Project, based in Muirhouse, has worked with Edinburgh schoolchildren and artists to highlight their artwork in the ‘Germinator’ exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens in the city. ...
Moderator welcomes Templeton Prize award for King Abdullah II
The Moderator has welcomed the decision to award the Templeton Prize to King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Peace campaigners gather outside arms fair
Peace campaigners are staging a protest outside a controversial arms fair in Glasgow today/tomorrow (June 26) to express outrage at the “untold suffering” that weapons of war cause around the ...
MSPs salute Christians and Muslims for working together for good of humanity
Christian and Muslim faith leaders have been lauded in the Scottish Parliament for working in close partnership to combat extremism.
Presbytery Clerk blesses new footbridge
A Kirk minister has blessed a new £840,000 footbridge installed across the widest part of the River Carron near Falkirk.
UK immigration policy sowing distrust and suspicion
The Church of Scotland is backing a new campaign to challenge the UK Government’s approach to illegal immigration which is leading to destitution, discrimination and distrust. ...
Glasgow Christian teenagers "terrified" to return to Pakistan
Two teenage Christian brothers fear they will be killed if they are forced to leave Scotland and deported to Pakistan.
Film-maker to be reunited with Kirk minister at UK premiere
A film producer will reunite with the Kirk minister who helped his family after tragedy struck in Bangladesh more than 50 years ago at the Edinburgh premiere of his latest ...
Kirk elder cycles 700 miles around Scotland for charity
An adventurous Kirk elder from Fife cycled nearly 700 miles in just 12 days to raise thousands of pounds for a mental health counselling charity originally started by the Church ...