The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is to deliver the annual Marion Fraser Lecture in Edinburgh in October.

The Rt Rev Colin Sinclair will deliver the lecture in his own Palmerston Place Church.

The lecture, named after Lady Marion

Fraser, a former Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly and a committed member of the Church of Scotland, was launched by Scotland’s Churches Trust in her memory following her death in December 2016. It will begin at 7pm on October 10.

Scotland’s Churches Trust was formed in 2012 following a merger of Scotland’s Churches Architectural Heritage Trust and Scotland’s Churches Scheme. It supports working churches of all or no denominations and has over 1200 places of worship on its books through fabric and maintenance grants, encourages the playing of church organs through bursaries and supports concerts using church organs.

Further information is available at scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk or 0131 225 8644.