Good morning, In today’s Church in the News: A congregation in Falkirk will launch a £2 million fundraising bid as members take forward plans to build a new church. bit.ly/14ulMC3 A minister has criticised plans to cut registration services that would leave some bereaved people facing a day-long round trip to register a loved ones death. Rev Bryan Kerr, depute clerk of the Church of Scotlands Lanark Presbytery, said he is to raise the issue of axing registry office time across Scotland under local authority budget cuts with the Registrar General of Scotland George Mackenzie. The Herald bit.ly/1xWBZvI (paywall) Going to see family and friends in prison can be a daunting task but a unique idea, launched today, driven by Church of Scotland support workers at HMP Polmont Young Offenders Institution using a bus as a family and visitors’ centre aims to make it easier. A feature on this innovation can be heard on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland bbc.in/1wTp5dX (1.19) and a bulletin at (1.30).
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:48:32 +0000
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