Disgraced Moray minister placed on sex offenders’ register after assaulting woman
A disgraced Moray minister has been placed on the sex offenders’ register after placing his hands on a woman before attempting to kiss her.
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On a wing and a prayer: Rugby player to tackle new challenge as Aberdeen minister
An amateur rugby player will be ordained as the new minister of an Aberdeen church today.
Street Pastors could be patrolling the streets of Wick and Thurso this summer
Street Pastors could be patrolling the streets of Wick and Thurso on Friday and Saturday nights by the summer, the Church of Scotland has announced.
Susan Brown: Christmas has been hijacked – now new year must be our time of reflection
Christmas is over and done with for another year.
All rev’d up: Minister clocks up thousands of miles in ‘mobile manse’
With a flock that is scattered to the far ends of Lochaber, the Reverend Fiona Ogg found it tough to do her rounds.
Susan Brown: Never mind chocolates, perfume or gin – this Advent try opening the door to random acts of Christmas kindness
This year the Advent season matches precisely the Advent calendars precisely.
Moray church congregation fears race against time to save place of worship from weather damage
A Moray church congregation fears it is in race against time to prevent its 116-year-old home from falling victim to the effects of winter.
Church minister who heckled Jeremy Corbyn suspended over tweets
A Church of Scotland minister who branded Jeremy Corbyn a “terrorist sympathiser” has been suspended after controversial tweets emerged.
Church minister who heckled Corbyn posted homophobic tweets
A Church of Scotland minister who branded Jeremy Corbyn a “terrorist sympathiser” has been criticised after he was found to have posted a series of homophobic tweets.
Ambitious fundraising for ‘vital’ repairs to Aberdeen’s St Machar cathedral
An ambitious fundraising project has been launched in an effort to secure the future of one of the north-east’s oldest churches.
Susan Brown: November is a month for letting the past and the future change the ‘now’ for the better.
November is a month, perhaps even more than December is, for looking back and for looking forward.
New minister welcomed to Aberdeen church
A former accountant raised in South Africa has been appointed as the new minister of an Aberdeen church.
Talks over the future of historic St Nicholas
Talks have taken placed between the Church of Scotland and interested parties around the future of an historic A-listed Aberdeen kirk.
Man charged with murder after pensioner’s death in woods
A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a pensioner died in woods in Moray.
Half of Church of Scotland buildings could close across Aberdeen report reveals
The Church of Scotland is poised to sell off nearly half of Aberdeen's kirks, the Press and Journal can reveal today.
Respected Caithness minister, Reverend Ronald Johnstone, dies aged 73
Respected Caithness minister Ronald Johnstone has died aged 73.
Hungarian minister arrives in Shetland to work with Church of Scotland
A Hungarian minister has taken up a new post in Shetland where the church is undergoing a transformation to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
New Church of Scotland Moderator to visit Caithness
The new Moderator of the Church of Scotland is to visit the homeland of his descendants in Caithness for a week.
Highland Ministers to travel to Ghana to meet religious leaders
Two north ministers are to embark on a journey to West Africa to explore faith relations.
Susan Brown: When respect is replaced by browbeating and bullying, we can no longer consider ourselves a democracy
Imagine. A beautiful summer's day and you and your mates decide to go for a swim in a wee lochan close by.
Church invites Moray community to have say on where funding is handed out
A Moray community has been invited to have its say on which causes are given a share of a funding pot.
This is what Trinity Church in Aberdeen could look like if ambitious plans get go-ahead
Ambitious renovation plans for an Aberdeen city centre church have been lodged- with the scheme including a deep clean of its historic granite facades.
Susan Brown: Selfishness makes it easier to attend dreaded medical appointments than make simple changes to benefit all
Being a woman of a certain age, I get the regular letters the NHS sends, dropping through my letterbox, encouraging me to be screened for this, that or the next thing.
Minister arrives from America to end Moray church’s seven-year wait for leader
A church minister has swapped life in America for a place by the sea in Moray to end a congregation’s seven-year wait for a leader.
New play about wartime exploits of Islay minister who saved thousands from Nazi regime
A new play will detail the wartime heroics of a Scottish minister who helped thousands of service personnel escape from the Nazis.
Susan Brown: Drivers who don’t indicate send me hurtling down an emotional dead end
I suspect everyone has something that gets up their humph.
Aberdeen minister at historic St Nicholas Kirk ‘forced out’ after 14 years
An Aberdeen minister has claimed he has been “forced out" of his leading position at an historic city centre church.
Cap on spending throws £390,000 St Nicholas Church upgrade into doubt
Ambitious plans to renovate one of Aberdeen’s most famous churches have been thrown into doubt because of a cap on spending on the historic building.
Ministers consider future of churches across north-east as review draws to a close
They have stood for centuries as pillars of community and continuity of tradition in every town and village in the country.
Aberdeen church performs unique ceremony by blessing 25-year-old horse
A unique ceremony took place at an Aberdeen church yesterday as a 25-year-old horse named Ollie trotted down the aisle to be blessed.
Scottish minister heads to Malawi to explore African links with Gaelic
Few countries anywhere in the world enjoy a closer friendship.
Collection plate to accept card payments as Kirk looks towards the future
The Church of Scotland is adapting to the increasing number of people choosing to make payments by card by rolling out a new "contactless collection plate".