Eco-Congregation Scotland’s collection of worship materials for Creation Time 2020 (beginning on 1 September) are now available here: https://www.ecocongregationscotland.org/creation-time/ In 1989, the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church suggested that 1 September, the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Church year, should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”. Ten years later,… Continue reading Creation Time 2020

Join us as we venture on a digital pilgrimage to a pivotal moment in the life and witness of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Our virtual journey will take us to the East Coast of Scotland to discover more about the aftermath of penal laws against Episcopalians in the late 17th and 18th century and how… Continue reading Digital Pilgrimage to the Episcopal Story Behind Stonehaven Jail

Over one hundred Episcopalians from the Diocese and the Province collaborated to create this video of welcome for the 15th Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, the Right Rev Kevin Pearson, and his wife Dr Elspeth Atkinson. [embedded content]

After the election of the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson as the 15th Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, the litany below was written to acknowledge our enormous debt of gratitude and love that go out in our prayers for our sister Diocese of Argyll and The Isles and its people.Today, voices from both Dioceses join together… Continue reading The Litany

The Right Reverend Kevin Pearson will become the 15th Bishop of the United Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway on the 1 July 2020. The original plans to welcome Bishop Kevin to the Diocese with a service at St Mary’s Cathedral on the 4 July had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent… Continue reading Get Involved in the Welcome of the 15th Bishop of the United Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway

The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, having formally resigned his position as Bishop of Argyll and The Isles with effect from the end of June 2020, will translate to the United Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway on 1 July 2020. A mandate for the election of a new Bishop for Argyll and The Isles will now… Continue reading Bishop Kevin translates to the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway on 1 July

Here’s an update from Susan Walker – a member of St Ninian’s, Pollokshields –  who earlier this year, joined by Fiona Wallace and Fiona Walker began the creatively named Tour de Lockdown with proceeds benefitting the work of the Trussell Trust. Susan writes: I’m really delighted to report that we have been recording our mileage… Continue reading Tour de Lockdown Update

Mary Louise Collins, a member of St Ninian’s Episcopal Church, Castle Douglas writes: In a conversation with our rector, the Rev Christopher Ketley, the recent obituary of George Floyd published in The Economist came up (The Life Pressed Out), and he asked me what I thought about the situation in the U.S. right now. As… Continue reading Pray, Learn, Support

“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.”John 13:34 #BlackLivesMatter Racism intersects with many forms of discrimination, hatred and prejudice – ableism, ageism, antisemitism, homophobia, Islamophobia, misogyny, transphobia, xenophobia and others.Make your anti-racist activism intersectional, too. “Prejudice is a burden… Continue reading Anti-racism Actions

Message from Bishop Kevin to the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway Dear Friends, I hope you are all well and that this lockdown is not too difficult for you, your families, and friends. I am very disappointed and sad that the pandemic means that Elspeth and I have not been able to move to Glasgow… Continue reading Messages for the Diocese from Bishop Kevin and Elspeth