A minister is dressing up in a white tutu with wings and a halo to play the Angel Gabriel in a live nativity play alongside a donkey called Noddy.Rev Elspeth McKay and her four-legged friend ...
A Kirk minister and a Scottish Episcopal priest have teamed up with a brewery to host a medieval carol service.Rev Dan Harper and Rev Jo Mulliner hope that the Wassailing celebration of Christmas event, dubbed ...
The Church of Scotland has issued a call for healing after the General Election saying "it will require considerable grace, generosity and humility on the part of the government to bring the nation together". Rev
Rev Wes Brandon, the minister at Buckie South and West linked with Enzie Church of Scotland, writes about his first Christmas as a Church of Scotland minister since moving from his home state of Tennessee ...
A nurse who set up a project at a Dundee church to provide health support to people at risk of homelessness has been honoured for her "pioneering" work.Barbara MacFarlane, who founded the Parish Nursing service ...
A Renfrewshire church is holding its Christmas Day service in a local care home.It will be the first time that members of Inchinnan Parish Church have taken festivities beyond their own walls.Minister, Rev Ann Knox, ...
Two Roman Catholic congregations have donated £10,000 to help repair an historic Kirk in the Outer Hebrides.Rev Dr Lindsay Schluter, said the "stunning" act of generosity to safeguard the future of Howmore Church on South ...
To mark the eleventh day of Advent, we are highlighting the wonderful work of Richmond's Hope, a charity that provides support for children and young people aged 4-18 years old who have been bereaved.The charity ...
As the days shorten, and the silvery green olive trees are silhouetted against the incarnadine sky, Christmas lights are going up all around old Bethlehem. But any sense of Advent expectation and hope are overshadowed ...
A Christmas tree made out of recycled plastic bottles was the star attraction at a Wester Ross church.It was one of 46 on display at Ullapool Church which held its first Christmas Tree festival at ...
The Church of Scotland is asking for suggestions on what to name the new Growth Fund, which was agreed as part of the radical action plan by the 2019 General Assembly.The fund will seed and ...
A church on the outskirts of Glasgow has worked with hundreds of school children to explore the Christmas story.Williamwood Parish Church, near Clarkston, used interactive sessions to help 400 pupils from Carolside Primary School to ...
For the eighth day of our Advent calendar, we dropped in on a rehearsal of the fabulous Heart and Soul Swing Band and asked them to perform a swing band rendition of Joy To The ...
Characters from the Nativity will be bringing some Christmas cheer to events around Hamilton this Advent starting with today's Reindeer Parade in the town centre.Drama Kirk actors, who use theatre to help people to engage ...
Hundreds of wooden crosses for people whose deaths were drugs related are being planted in a church garden today.The memorial at Springburn Parish Church in Glasgow is a stark reminder of the toll that substances ...
As we prepare for the coming of God's Son during this season of Advent, Rev Jenny Adams, the minister of Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman Parish Church, has written a prayer on our theme for this ...
The Shoes Brothers have returned this Advent with a new festive hit - 'Come To Save Our Planet'. Rev Neil Urquhart of Fullarton ConneXions and Father Willie Boyd of St Mary's and St John Ogilvie's, ...
A Highland minister is encouraging people to engage in tiny acts of kindness in the run up to Christmas.Very Rev Dr Susan Brown has launched an online "Reverse Advent Calendar" to try and make the ...
St Columba's Church of Scotland in Aberdeenshire is celebrating Advent by hosting a baa-rilliant sheep trail, where parishioners are invited to look for the shepherds' lost crocheted sheep spread out across the community, keep them ...
Volunteers at an Edinburgh church have served 20,000 toasties to local school pupils.Toastie Tuesday at Liberton Northfield Church attracts around 180 youngsters every week during term time for lunch.For just £1, they can buy a ...