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  • Walk of Witness 2021

    For many years, the Kirkwall Council of Churches has organised a Walk of Witness on Good Friday.  Beginning at our own church – St Olaf’s – we carry a cross and walk a route that takes us to each of the member churches in the town.  There’s a short service or time for reflection in each church, and we appreciate the opportunity to share with each other in our different styles of worship.  As we walk together, our denominational differences are forgotten and we are united in remembering that Christ died for us:

    “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

    In 2020, the pandemic brought us into a lockdown situation and our churches were closed.  But we still wanted to mark this important season in the Church year.  So, like many others, we decided to go online.

    This year, 2021, we find ourselves in a similar situation.  Even though some churches are able to meet in person, the severe restrictions on numbers and other considerations made us decide to take our Walk of Witness online once again.

    Follow the videos below to take that walk with us.

    St Olaf’s Scottish Episcopal Church

    East Church

    Peedie Kirk URC

    Kirkwall Baptist Church

    Our Lady and St Joseph

    Salvation Army

    St Magnus Cathedral

    Life Church

  • Holy Week 2021

    Kirkwall Council of Churches – Wednesday 31st March 2021

    Last year the coronavirus pandemic stopped us all in our tracks. From one day to the next our regular lives got suspended and we had to find new ways of doing things. It was a month later that the Holy Week began and the Kirkwall Council of Churches, like many others, decided to go online with our diet of worship.

    This year is not going to be much different, even though some churches are able to meet in person. The severe restrictions on numbers and other considerations made us decide to take the Holy Week services online once again.

    This is the third of the Holy Week reflections for 2021 and is led by Fr Bala.

  • Holy Week 2021

    Kirkwall Council of Churches – Tuesday 30th March 2021

    Last year the coronavirus pandemic stopped us all in our tracks. From one day to the next our regular lives got suspended and we had to find new ways of doing things. It was a month later that the Holy Week began and the Kirkwall Council of Churches, like many others, decided to go online with our diet of worship.

    This year is not going to be much different, even though some churches are able to meet in person. The severe restrictions on numbers and other considerations made us decide to take the Holy Week services online once again.

    This is the second of the Holy Week reflections for 2021 and is led by Hannah Rendall.

  • Holy Week 2021

    Kirkwall Council of Churches – Monday 29th March 2021

    Last year the coronavirus pandemic stopped us all in our tracks. From one day to the next our regular lives got suspended and we had to find new ways of doing things. It was a month later that the Holy Week began and the Kirkwall Council of Churches, like many others, decided to go online with our diet of worship.

    This year is not going to be much different, even though some churches are able to meet in person. The severe restrictions on numbers and other considerations made us decide to take the Holy Week services online once again.

    This is the first of the Holy Week reflections for 2021 and is led by Rev Dr Marjory MacLean.