The annual HeartEdge conference, ‘On earth as it is in heaven’, returns to Edinburgh this October with a host of popular figures, including a prominent American theologian and church leaders from across Scotland and England, descending on St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, St John’s Episcopal Church and Greyfriars Kirk.

A Peace Garden dedicated to the memory of brave nurses who manned “floating hospitals” during World War One has been recognised in the House of Commons and Scottish Parliament.

A county park near Hamilton will be transformed into the Promised Land this Saturday as Drama Kirk launch their latest project.The team behind the Hamilton Passion play will bring to life the plight of Moses and the Israelites in the desert as they invite the audience on a guided walk with a difference in Chatelherault County Park.

Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is encouraging congregations across the Kirk to pray for the successful recruitment of a Chief Officer.Interviews for the new role, which was agreed as part of wider changes passed by the General Assembly this year, will take place next week.

A teenage asylum seeker has excelled in his exams despite fearing deportation to Pakistan.

VIDEO – Scotland’s oldest man has died at the age of 111.

Over the next few months, the Church of Scotland General Trustees will be inviting your views on one of the most crucial issues for the future of our Church: how best to manage our church land and buildings. Every congregation and presbytery is encouraged to contribute through an online survey and a series of workshops across Scotland.

A new minister has settled 3,800 miles from his home in the US to fill a vacancy in a Moray church, more than seven years after their parish first became vacant.Rev Wes Brandon, 49, has taken up the role at Buckie South and West linked with Enzie Church of Scotland after leaving his home state of Tennessee behind last year.

An annual festival promoting issues around social justice has this year chosen to support CrossReach, which throughout 2019 is celebrating its 150th anniversary.Just Festival, which opens today and runs until 25 August, will focus on the theme of transition and will feature a programme of talks, theatre productions and panel discussions.

An historic church in East Lothian has undergone a groundbreaking six-month refurbishment to update the building for the 21st century.