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SEPTEMBER – and the church year is back in full swing.

PRAYER

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LETTERS

Having followed Albert Bogle’s articles with comments

The Big Question

This month’s question is: ‘What’s your favourite passage from the Bible and why?’

Truth in love

Ron Ferguson recalls a response to a rival General Assembly.

Science and faith

The Rt Rev Susan Brown explains why Christianity has never shied away from intellectual challenge.

A broken hallelujah

The Very Rev Albert Bogle considers loneliness and isolation.

Journeying together

Jackie Macadam examines three of the six new projects adopted by the Guild in their latest three year partnership.

How free is your will?

Jackie Macadam meets an academic who has studied the science of the mind.

20 Years of Fischy Music

Jackie Macadam learns about the impact of a Christian music charity over the last two decades.

From Swing Band to Gospel Choir

The founder of the Heart & Soul Swing Band, the Rev Dr Robin Hill highlights a major extension of the music project.

Passing our planet on

Thomas Baldwin reports on the release of resources for this month’s ‘Creation Time’.

The Big Picture

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‘A burgh of barony’

John R Hume charts the history of the Church in Tarbolton.

“Heart based work”

Jackie Macadam learns about the work of two people working with bereavement care and hears how the Church can learn more.

‘Together we are powerful’

Sally Foster-Fulton, Head of Christian Aid Scotland launches the charity’s Harvest Appeal.

IONA COMMUNITY IN £500K APPEAL

The Iona Community is inviting people around the world

CHILDREN’S SPIRITUALITY FOCUS OF ESSAY COMPETITION

‘The spiritual nurture of children’ is the title for

TRUMP MIGRANT APPEAL

Leaders from the Church of Scotland and three other

THOUSANDS SIGN PETITION FOR PAKISTANI FAMILY

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition

UNIVERSAL CREDIT PETITION

A major new petition has been launched by an anti-poverty

SHOW & TELL

Congregations, church groups, and Guild members are

33 YEARS GB CAPTAIN

At a recent morning service at Inverness East Church

PC(USA) VISIT

The Rev John Brewster, minister of Greenhills Parish

ADVENTURE CAMP

Five teenage members of Woodside Parish Church, Aberdeen

LONG SERVICE

Over 380 years of service to the Church of Scotland

BRIDGE BLESSED

A new footbridge crossing the River Carron was officially

‘A way for us to connect’

Thomas Baldwin highlights plans for new arts outreach work at a church in Hamilton.

WORLD NEWS

The Church of England has voted to pull investments

Jesus is in us

The Rev Scott McKenna explains why we are the essence of God.

REVIEWS

Richard Gordon’s most accessible book on the Psalms

CROSSWORDS

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REGISTERS

Rev David Cockburn MacFarlane, formerly of Peebles:

‘We are happy’

Jackie Macadam learns how Christians and Muslims are working together to combat hate in Nigeria.

‘Come down and heal our land’

The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers reflects on a lamentation from South Sudan.