Sunday services will be held in St Stephen’s Church. Please note the start time of 10.30am.
The Scottish Government have removed all COVID rules and restrictions, but the virus has not gone away. Instead of legal constraints the government are asking people to use ‘COVID sense’ to help protect themselves and others. The same principal of using ‘COVID sense’ should apply to our church buildings, congregational activities and the support you offer communities
Further information on church opening, can be found at the Church of Scotland website.
We at Old High St Stephen’s will continue to provide worship, prayer and news online, via this website, on our Twitter feed and Facebook page and YouTube. If you have a request for prayers, or a pastoral need, please do contact us.
You can donate to us via the Church of Scotland website– this enables us to continue our ministry and mission in these difficult times.
Welcome to the website of Old High St Stephen’s Church: the oldest congregation in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland.
We are a friendly congregation of the Church of Scotland, Scotland’s National Church. Everyone is welcome here!
We serve a parish which includes the city centre and southern suburbs of Inverness. We are lucky enough to have two lovely buildings: the Old High Church, the original town church of Inverness, and St Stephen’s in Southside Road. However, sadly, as from 4 March 2022, the Old High Church will be closed for public worship and all services will take place in St Stephen’s Church.
Our parish includes some of the growing suburbs and much of the city centre of Inverness and takes in various districts of Inverness, in whole or in part, including the City Centre, Crown, Drummond, Lochardil, Culduthel and Slackbuie. Read about out parish in the Church of Scotland’s Statistics for Mission leaflet.
You can find out about baptisms, weddings and funerals.
Old High St Stephen’s seeks to be a community growing in Christ:
that is, growing:
in numbers
service
diversity
knowledge
commitment
We have a fine musical tradition, with a fine church choir, and a very successful Community Choir.
We have a great tradition of caring, both for needy members of our congregation and community, and for people around the world. We support Highland Food Bank. We are a Fairtrade Church and support Christian Aid and other overseas aid and mission organisations.
We have chaplaincy links to schools within the parish- Lochardil Primary School and Inverness Royal Academy.
Our present locum minister is Rev James Bissett who serves us on a part-time basis.
Contact us by phone at 07934 285 924 or by email.
We also have a part-time Pastoral Assistant, the Rev Arthur Sinclair, whose particular focus is on pastoral care for the housebound.
At Old High St Stephen’s, you will always be welcome!
We will continue to provide worship, prayer and news online, at Soundcloud, via this website, on our Twitter feed and Facebook page and on our YouTube channel.
If you have a request for prayers, or a pastoral need, please do contact us.
You can donate to us via the Church of Scotland website– this enables us to continue our ministry and mission in these difficult times.