Top 10 stories of 2024

As 2024 approaches, we glance again on the prime 10 tales on Church web sites that crammed us with hope, pleasure and challenged us to assume extra deeply about who we’re as Christians.

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1. A brand new set of books launched at this month’s Common Session asks how Kirk can shed the picture of one among Scotland’s most well-known fictional ministers and substitute Jolly with a real delight.
2. All persons are made within the picture of God, together with transgender individuals who deserve respect and love.
3. A minister who was discouraged from going to school and advised his Lanarkshire accent would hamper his life probabilities has been introduced as the following moderator of the Church of Scotland’s Common Meeting.
4. The Church has submitted proof to the Scottish Authorities’s recommendation on ending the observe of proselytisation in Scotland.
5. An arts charity has taken over a part of a historic church within the coronary heart of Aberdeen to assist safe its long-term future.
6. The Church of Scotland has been engaged in a season of transition for a while however is now getting ready for progress
7. The beginning of 2024 marks the beginning of a brand new chapter for the Church of Scotland throughout the north of Scotland with the creation of Clèir Eilean Ì, a single presbytery that may cowl nearly half of Scotland.
8. A brand new complement to the Church Hymnary is being launched later this month which hopes to encourage congregations to resume and revitalize their worship.
9. The Church of Scotland is “on the point of a metamorphosis and revival” that calls for daring selections and a real embrace of change.
10. Fort William, linked to Kilmonivaigh, will likely be on the coronary heart of the hospitality ministry for the Rev David Sim after being positioned underneath the parish of Kilmaley.

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From all of us within the Church of Scotland Communications Division it’s our privilege to share one other 12 months of fine information with you, and we hope you’ve loved the wealthy array of tales and updates from throughout Kirk. We want you a really Pleased New Yr and each blessing for 2025.