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Our top 13 Church of Scotland news articles from 2020

It's been a year like no other, but despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, churches across Scotland and beyond have risen to the challenge of providing vital practical and spiritual support to the people in their...
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Kirk’s Chief Officer looks back at 2020: ‘Covid-19 challenged us at every level’

After a "challenging" year in the life of the Kirk, Dave Kendall, the Church of Scotland’s chief officer, looks back at 2020 and ahead to what's to come in 2021. This article first appeared in...
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Christmas Day: The day when ‘Jesus moved into the neighbourhood’

A stripped down Christmas is an opportunity to focus on the fact that it is the day when "Jesus moved into the neighbourhood", the Moderator of the General Assembly has said. Rt Rev Dr Martin...
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Advent Day 26: Young people raise awareness of homelessness

A group of young people have helped make 40 blankets out of recycled crisp packets to raise awareness about homelessness. The Mini Youth Group at Dalmuir Barclay Church in Dalmuir near Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire...
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Moderator, Pope and Archbishop send Christmas message to South Sudan

Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has joined Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury to send a Christmas greeting to South Sudan’s political leaders urging...
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Dundee nativity video spreads Christmas cheer

A special Christmas DVD has been delivered to vulnerable people across Tayside to provide joy and comfort. Dundee Nativity – Celebrating a Covid Christmas – has been given to care homes, Ninewells Hospital, the Carseview...
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Advent Day 25: My first Christmas as a parish minister

Rev William Boyle, who was ordained and inducted in to Port Glasgow New Parish Church in March, reflects on his first year as parish minister. In March this year I was ordained and inducted in...
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North Ayrshire congregation helps to collect hundreds of gifts for children this Christmas

A North Ayrshire congregation has helped to provide 230 gift bags for children in their local community this Christmas. First started in 2018, Mansefield Trinity Church's Gift Giving Tree Project collects presents for children, aged...
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Historic Edinburgh church to mark 400 years on Christmas day

An Edinburgh church known around the world for Greyfriars Bobby, the loyal terrier who guarded his master's grave for 14 years, will celebrate its 400th anniversary on Christmas Day. Greyfriars Kirk, which is also famous...
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Advent Day 24: Hebridean children sing Gaelic rendition of Child of Joy

For the 24th day of Advent, Rev Hugh Stewart, the minister at Lochs-in-Bernera linked with Uig, has recorded this Scottish Gaelic performance of children from the Hebridean island of Great Bernera, accompanied by children from...
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