A cairn has been created outside a Moray kirk to mark its 250 years of service to the community.
Parishioners young and old gathered at Kinloss and Findhorn Church over the weekend to celebrate its role in local life.
A packed harvest service was held yesterday, and afterwards the congregation helped form a monument to the kirk’s two-and-a-half centuries.
Rev Louis Bezuidenhout said: “We had a full church for Sunday’s harvest service.
“Following the service, we all laid stones for a cairn that is being put together just outside the church as a memorial of our 250 years.
“Each member of the congregation brought a stone and added it to the cairn.
“There were a lot of people with family connections to the church, and many former parishioners who have now moved elsewhere visited for the occasion.
“We were surprised by the great number of visitors.”
A display outlining the history of the building was arranged in the venue, and throughout the day on Saturday well-wishers stopped by to learn about its past.
A dinner and entertainment event was also held that night, with the Kinloss Military Wives choir providing music.
Church members had also prepared an art exhibition, which was open throughout the weekend.
The anniversary of the kirk coincided with the release of a booklet detailing the changing role religion has played around Kinloss, Findhorn, Burghead and Alves during its time in existence.
At Sunday’s service Moderator of Moray Presbytery, Margaret King, was presented with a copy of the pamphlet.
In 2010 Kinloss Church underwent renovation works, and it is now a thriving community hotspot used by different groups on each day of the week.