Lent Retreat led by Mary O’Duffin

Based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola but in an accessible and up to date form. Dunkeld’s Diocese’s RC Religious Education Advisor leads this programme through Lent and into Easter 2020. All churches are welcome for this scripture-based course. DAILY PRAYER: A FREE book will be provided for people to pray with each day of Lent. This will …

Street Pastors’ Newsletter

Latest news from our Street Pastors who give a helping hand to anyone who needs it out in our city on weekend nights…

Christian Unity Service

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be held on Wednesday 19th February at 7.30pm in St John’s Episcopal Church in Princes Street. The service has been prepared by Christians Together in Malta, and has a focus on “unusual kindness”.

Christmas Celebration

The 15th-century St John’s Kirk, Perth was the beautiful setting for the 2019 Christmas Celebration, watched by viewers of BBC Scotland and BBC One Scotland across midnight into Christmas morning. It was in 1490 that King James IV funded the start of the present building, but there has been worship on this site in the heart of the city of …

Christmas Celebration

The 15th-century St John’s Kirk, Perth is the beautiful setting for this year’s Christmas Celebration, which takes viewers of BBC Scotland and BBC One Scotland across midnight into Christmas morning. It was in 1490 that King James IV funded the start of the present building, but there has been worship on this site in the heart of the city of …

Watchnight Service Recording

This year’s Watchnight Service is called ‘Christmas Celebration’ and will be transmitted on BBC Scotland on Christmas Eve 2019. It is a music-based programme interspersed with relevant readings and links. This year we are recording in Perth at St John’s Kirk.  Half of the music items will be performance based from the local Jambouree choir, Chanson Chamber Choir and Paul …

Inside out

The guest speaker at this month’s meeting of Perth Action for Churches Together (PACT)) was Morag Sievewright, who spoke about Inside-Out  – an ecumenical initiative to help prisoners maintain a church connection when they leave prison;  we are looking for Christians who would be keen to form a group in Perth, which would receive prior training.  More information will be …

New leaders for Perth’s Salvation Army

Andrew and Kathryn Howe are the new leaders of Perth Salvation Army. They took up our new responsibilities on the 12th of September and report that they have thoroughly enjoyed these initial days of experiencing the ministry of Perth Salvation Army in the Fair City.  They arrive in Perth from Buckhaven, where they have been serving for the last three …

Scottish Bible Society

The Scottish Bible Society extends an invitation to an individual or group from your church to an information and networking evening at the North Church, Mill Street, Perth on Tuesday 25th June at 7.30pm. Mr. Norman Liddle, Community Partnership Manager with the Scottish Bible Society will give a short presentation on the current work of the society, focusing in particular …

An appeal from Perth and Kinross Foodbank

To all our lovely supporters, we really need your help! We have seen a  huge dip in the amount of food being   donated over the past few weeks, and a 20% increase in food parcels being handed out.  Our Foodbank is currently running very low on the following items: · Pasta sauces · Packet pasta meals · Tinned or packet puddings · Tinned tomatoes …