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 ...
This Advent a Church of Scotland minister will be out in the community giving a Christmas service with a difference at his local supermarket.Rev Barry Hughes, who since taking up a call to ministry last ...
Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, invites you to join in with this year's Advent calendar: Joy To The World. God is with us"The sense of expectation ...
Very Rev Dr John Chalmers, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is co-leading a special Advent service at Bearsden New Kilpatrick Church in Glasgow for the Prospects Across Scotland charity ...
A former asylum seeker who escaped the clutches of Islamic extremists is being ordained as a Church of Scotland minister today.Raheel Arif is being inducted into Denny Old Parish Church linked with Haggs Parish Church ...
Ten Scottish church leaders have joined together in calling for a respectful tone in the ongoing political debate - that recognises the human value in all people.As campaigning enters the final three weeks before the ...
The countdown starts as this year's Advent season begins on Sunday 1 December, running until Tuesday 24 December. This year, people from across the Church of Scotland are joining together to spread Joy to the ...
As the Church of Scotland continues its challenging work on the three-year radical action plan which was approved by this year's General Assembly, we call on those from across the Church to join together in ...
The Commission of Assembly has approved the first steps toward radical change in the Church of Scotland.Meeting in Edinburgh on 21 November at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh, commissioners gave their support to a report ...