A former Navy chaplain has returned to parish ministry 26 years after he was first ordained.Rev Scott Brown, who retired as Chaplain of the Fleet in 2015, has been inducted at the parishes of Buchlyvie with Gartmore in the Presbytery of Stirling.

A Church of Scotland congregation in Edinburgh has converted one of its buildings into a care shelter for up to 75 rough sleepers.

A special two-hour evening session, aimed at helping churches offer support to father figures in the community, will be held at Newton Wallacetown Church of Scotland in Ayr on Thursday 2 May at 7:30pm.

St Mark’s Church in Stirling is offering a lunchtime holiday club this week featuring games, activities and fun for around 40 local schoolchildren.

Over the coming weeks, as the UK faces huge changes in our relationships with the EU and as Rt Rev Susan Brown, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, invites congregations across Scotland to do all we can to demonstrate care and hospitality, we will be providing a prayer each week that we hope might be useful in personal devotions and public worship. Please feel free to change and adapt these prayers to suit your own context.

An Alloa Kirk member who has raised thousands of pounds for charity has been named as the next Youth Moderator of the Church of Scotland.Dana McQuater, 23, recently raised over £2,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support by shaving her head and will take up the role in August at the start of the 2019 National Youth Assembly.

Holocaust heroine saved “many” Jews from certain death by helping them emigrate to Britain, according to new research.

The Guild, Girls’ Brigade Scotland and The Boys’ Brigade have joined together to launch ‘The Big Footprint’ – an all-ages event planned for Holy Saturday (20 April) and Easter Sunday (21 April) that will bring churches and communities together to show the ‘footprint of faith’ that exists in Scotland today.

Climate justice could come one step closer if the Scottish Government agrees to create bold emissions targets as part of the latest Climate Change Bill.

The Moderator of the General Assembly has embarked on a visit to the Presbytery of England, beginning in the Channel Islands.Rt Rev Susan Brown is spending a total of nine days touring round churches, community projects, a zoo and a prison.