Bulletins

Obituary – Richard Ellis

It is with great sadness that we announce he passing of Richard Ellis, a lecturer who gave voice training to ministers and campaigned against muzak, who has died at the age of 73. Angus Mathieson, Secretary to the Church of Scotland Mission and Discipleship Council, remembers him as unfailingly supportive and generous in giving of …

Short of Funds for Your Church Community Project?

Go For It funds change in church and community and we have £600,000 available for grants for the rest of 2018. The next deadline for Main Grant applications is Friday 21 September 2018. Small Grant applications can be made at any time. Go For It funds projects from a few hundred pounds to tens-of-thousands and our …

Ministerial Training Consultation Report

The consultation report from Blake Stevenson. Rethinking Initial Training Programme. Identifying improvements for initial ministerial education. For more information, please contact David Plews – Education and Training Secretary – dplews@churchofscotland.org.uk Church of Scotland Review of Education Training and Support Report Read the report to the General Assembly: Transforming Recruitment and Training 

Getting to Grips with the Bible

Explore creative ways of opening up the Bible with Jo Love from the Wild Goose Resource Group. These workshop days offer a chance to fling wide the pages of the bamboozling bestseller and take a fresh look at what’s actually there. Be warned, this could be fun! Book now at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-to-grips-with-the-bible-tickets-42982521880

NEW! Church of Scotland Yearbook Editor

Rev Dr Douglas Galbraith has stepped down as editor of the Church of Scotland Year Book after 6 years of dedicated service.  David Stewart has been appointed to succeed him.  David is Organist and an elder at Corstorphine St Anne’s, Edinburgh.  He first became well acquainted with the ‘Red Book’ whilst doing his under-graduate dissertation on the geography of …

Minister delivers message of hope at Holyrood

A Kirk minister has drawn on the symbolism of the baptism of Jesus to reflect hope for “a new beginning”. Rev Dan Harper of Bridge of Allan Parish Church in Stirlingshire appeared before MSPs in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon – the first day of new business for 2018. He said he hoped that the …

Minister shortlisted for Woman of the Year Award

The Church of Scotland’s first Asian female minister has been nominated for a top award. Rev Aquila Singh said she was “stunned” and “humbled” to be a finalist in the Woman of the Year category at the 12th Scottish Asian Business Awards. The minister, who was ordained and inducted into Fernhill and Cathkin Parish Church in …

Meet Messy Church founder Lucy Moore

We caught up with Messy Church founder Lucy Moore to speak about planting congregations, science experiments in church and doing things differently. She was the keynote speaker at the Growing Deep and Wide: Ministry with Children and Families conference recently hosted by the Church’s Mission & Discipleship Council, and also contributed to the Fresh Expressions …