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PRAYER

Lord, in a world turned upside down, where

LETTERS

Green Shopping In response to the Editor’s remarks

The Big Question

This month’s question is: ‘Does your church engage with a foodbank?’

Offering shelter

Ron Ferguson considers the impact of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic

The new landscape

The Very Rev Albert Bogle reflects on the impact of the Coronavirus Covid-19 on the business of the Church of Scotland

Feeding the hungry

Stewart Lowe describes the stark reality of life for visitors to the North East Edinburgh Foodbank in Leith

Pandemic food crisis

Jackie Macadam reports on the impact of the

God’s not finished with Scotland

Lynne McNeil meets the Moderator-Designate, the Rev Dr Martin Fair, amid the cancellation of this year’s General Assembly for the first time in over 300 years

Assembly 2020 cancelled

Thomas Baldwin reports on the cancellation of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The Big Picture

Sunset over Troon Ballast Bank by Avril McDonald

Reflections from the Moderator-Designate

The following are brief reflections on the passage which the Moderator-Designate, the Rev Dr Martin Fair planned to use during the week of the General Assembly

War’s end

George R Wilkes reflects on the role of churches in peacebuilding across Europe on the 75th anniversary of VE Day

Merrylea connections

John R Hume reflects on the history of a church on the south side of Glasgow

I think things can get better

Thomas Baldwin meets Nick Guttman, head of the humanitarian division at Christian Aid

God is with you

In a time of great uncertainty, Danielle Duncan reminds readers that church is not just a building for Sundays

Uncertain times

The Rev Martin Johnstone reflects on life at the edge in the wake of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic

Battlefield robots

In the continuing series marking the 50th anniversary of the Church of Scotland’s SRT, the Rev Dr David Coulter reflects on the increasing use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield

God bless and keep safe

Thomas Baldwin reports on the closure of the Church of Scotland’s central offices in the wake of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic

SERVICES GO ONLINE

Churches throughout Scotland took to the internet as

CHRISTIAN AID EVENTS CANCELLED

Christian Aid events have been postponed or cancelled,

BB LAUNCHES ONLINE ACTIVITIES

The Boys’ Brigade has launched an online programme

‘WITH GOD’S HELP WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER’

As the scale of the Coronavirus Covid-19 crisis

CLIMATE FILM SCREENING

There was an encouraging response to the recent

FAIRTRADE AWARD

Anne Robertson from the Aberdeen Fairtrade Steering Committee

STILL SERVING AT 100

A church elder from Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire

SESSION CLERK RETIRES

Southend Parish Church, in the Presbytery of Argyll,

END OF AN ERA

The Deacons Court of Stirling St Columba’s Church

ISLAND GUILD CELEBRATION

The Church of Scotland Guild on the Isle

Churches respond to pandemic

Thomas Baldwin and Jackie Macadam highlight the response of local churches to the pandemic

ECUMENICAL ORGANISATIONS’ CORONAVIRUS STATEMENT

In a historic joint pastoral statement released on

Born to be reconcilers

In the first of a new series, Ruth Harvey considers creation as a story of conflict, change and reconciliation in the first three chapters of Genesis

REVIEWS

TIME TO ACT A Christian Climate Action Edited

REGISTERS

MINISTRIES Compiled by Faith Nurture DEATHS Rev James

Living water

The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers reflects on the impact of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic