Responding to the awful incident today, where a train was derailed south of Stonehaven, leading to reports of serious injuries to those on board, the Primus, the Most Rev Mark Strange, said: “We offer our thoughts and prayers for those who have been caught up in the train derailment near Stonehaven. We pray for those… Continue reading Prayers for all involved in train derailment incident

The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 9 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears below, will also light candles. Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and are using the hashtag #prayersofhope… Continue reading Joint call to Prayer: Comforting the fearful

The Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin, celebrates the Eucharist from St Andrew’s, Brechin. The Service will begin at 11am. Bishop Andrew is assisted digitally by the Rev John Skinner, Priest in Charge of Brechin & Montrose with Inverbervie. Also participating in the service are Robert Gayley, Victoria Galey and Dr Peter Smart, Lay… Continue reading A Celebration of the Eucharist from St Andrew’s, Brechin

The First Minister announced in her daily briefing at lunchtime today that, as from tomorrow, 8 August 2020, the wearing of face coverings is to become mandatory in places of worship. This will obviously affect any church services taking place this weekend and until further notice. Since the announcement at lunchtime, formal Regulations have now… Continue reading Face Coverings Mandated for Places for Worship

The Primus, the Most Rev Mark Strange, speaking today said: “I sat at home watching the news on Tuesday and was shaken by the images showing the explosion at the harbour in Beirut. My initial reaction to the powerful explosion was shock, then fear for those caught up in it, then real anxiety for the… Continue reading Primus calls for prayer for Lebanon

The Rev Diana Hall, Rector of St Anne’s, Dunbar, leads a service of the Word for the feast of the Transfiguration, from St Anne’s. The Service will begin at 6.30pm. You can download the liturgy ahead of the service here: https://bit.ly/Sotw6August And you can join the service from 6.30pm at: In addition to the online… Continue reading Service of the Word for the Feast of the Transfiguration

The Scottish Episcopal Church will hold its first ever online General Synod later this year, following the postponement, because of the coronavirus epidemic, of the meeting originally due to have taken place in June 2020. Under current Scottish Government guidelines, a physical meeting of Synod is not possible, and there remains considerable uncertainty as to… Continue reading Date set for virtual meeting of General Synod 2020

The First Minister reported to the Scottish Parliament on 30 July 2020 in relation to the most recent three weekly review of coronavirus restrictions in Scotland. The Church’s Advisory Group met shortly after that announcement and noted that none of the limited relaxations announced by the First Minister require any significant change to guidance previously… Continue reading Further revision to Phase 3 Guidance (04/08/2020)