Final Go For It projects announced
The Kirk's Go For It Fund has announced 16 projects which will receive a combined total of £392,000 in the final round of grants.Next year, a new growth fund will be established to expand on ...
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A Christmas message from the Moderator
Christmas Day is upon us at last. However you are celebrating today, Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, shares a message wishing everyone across the Kirk ...
Advent Day 24: A Christmas Eve prayer by Dana McQuater
To mark the final day of Advent, Dana McQuater, the Moderator of the Kirk's National Youth Assembly, has written this moving prayer. As you prepare for Christmas Day and make your way to your local ...
Praise for elders as chance meeting in church leads to safe delivery of baby
A mother has thanked two Kirk elders for helping to save her baby's life after a chance meeting in a church.Retired midwife Shona Ferguson and Liann Weir sprang into action when Paula Paterson revealed that ...
Advent Day 23: Knitted angels guide the way at Edinburgh church
A community of knitters at Willowbrae Parish Church in Edinburgh have made colourful angels for those in the local community to take home this Christmas.The knitters, spread out across the local parish area, started casting ...
Advent Day 22: Share The Gift
For the 22nd day of Advent, Very Rev Albert Bogle invites everyone to watch his short film: Share The Gift. The film, which is set just before Christmas, was created to show that it is ...
Advent Day 21: Edinburgh church holds free Christmas dinner for homeless people
An Edinburgh church is hosting a traditional Christmas dinner for 100 homeless people.The free three course feast, which will include turkey, ham or chicken with all the trimmings, is being served up at the Parish ...
Declaring there is 'no room in the inn' for refugees not an option
The Church of Scotland is in a strong position to question how refugees and asylum seekers are treated, an expert has said.Dr Sabir Zazai, chief executive officer of the Scottish Refugee Council, said there was ...
Advent Day 20: Joy as new youth centre in Perthshire opens
A new youth centre aimed at bridging the gap between church and community has officially opened in Perthshire.The Breathe Centre in Aberfeldy is described as a safe "home from home" where young people can come ...
'Singin' in the Ring' - livestock mart hosts Christmas carol service
A Christmas carol service for the Angus farming community is being held in a livestock mart later.Around 200 people are expected to gather at Lawrie and Symington in Forfar to celebrate the birth of Jesus ...
Advent Day 19: Minister "revs" up mobile manse
A minister has clocked up thousands of miles travelling around her rural parish in a "mobile manse".Rev Fiona Ogg, who looks after an area that spans 131 square miles of Lochaber in the Highlands, said ...
Kirk Moderator praises life-changing Go For It projects in Fife
Rt Rev Colin Sinclair spent a day visiting two projects in Fife which have used Go For It main grants to meet the needs of the local community.The Open Door Project, based at Bennochy Parish ...
Minister rages against poverty as congregation donates 50 bags of food to primary school
Big hearted members of a Perth church have donated more than 50 bags of groceries to a primary school.The congregation at Letham St Mark's sprang into action after a teacher turned to them for help ...
Kirk urges Israel to permit Gazan Christians to visit families and holy sites this Christmas
At this time of year, when Christians from across the world will be looking to, and visiting, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, as they celebrate the birth of Jesus into our world, the Church of Scotland is ...
Advent Day 18: Hebridean children perform Gaelic version of Silent Night
A group of children from a church project on the Hebridean island of Great Bernera have recorded a Scottish Gaelic version of the popular and well-loved Christmas carol, Silent Night.The group, which meets in Bernera ...
'Andy Murray' stars in Perthshire Nativity scene
A felt antler wearing alpaca named after tennis player Andy Murray was one of the stars of a quirky nativity scene at a Perthshire church.The adorable animal was joined by two pygmy goats wearing elf-hats, ...
Advent Day 17: Special visitors join a Nativity Sunday Service in the Borders
The Nativity will be brought alive this year with a little help from a special pair of donkeys in the Borders.Smokey and Blue will be joining the congregation for the Nativity Sunday Service at Kelso ...
Advent Day 16: An Advent message from Rome
For the sixteenth day of Advent, Rev Dr Peter McEnhill, the minister at St Andrew's Church of Scotland in Rome, shares an Advent message from Italy, reflecting on Luke's account of Christ's birth.Rome - the ...
Advent Day 15: A reflection on life in the health service during Advent
To mark the fifteenth day of Advent, Mark Evans DCS, the president of the Church of Scotland's Diaconate and Head of Spiritual Care for NHS Fife, offers us this heartfelt reflection on working in the ...
The Bogle Band and Christian Aid release songs for Advent
Two specially written Christmas songs have been released this December - both with connections to the Church of Scotland.The Bogle band, which features Very Rev Albert Bogle the pioneer minister behind the online ministry Sanctuary ...