Local Projects

Crown Church has never sought to be a solo operator. Rather we believe that our basic mission of worship and witness is furthered by collaborative working with other churches and with all people of goodwill.

Ecumenically our closest contacts are St John’s Episcopal Church, Old High St Stephen’s Church and St Ninian’s R.C. Church. The church leaders try to meet together and regularly we have pursued especially joint worship events and Christian education projects together. Indeed, with others also involved, we have committed to a pattern of Lent studies and services around One World Week, Christian Aid Week and Hogmanay. With the Destiny Church and with other churches in the town, we have committed to projects to support the homeless in and around Inverness.

For a time we gave support to the Church of Scotland parish in Ullapool, and are still linked, through the Guild, to the parish of St Columba’s, Stornoway. Exchange visits have been held with great success.

Members of the church have also been extensively involved with the work of Cale House, a housing project run by the Church of Scotland under Crossreach. There has been a good flow of people in both directions between the church and these supported living quarters. We have become a little involved also with L’Arche Inverness, which offers supported accommodation for adults with learning difficulties. We regularly lead worship and support those who are in residential or nursing care for the elderly – in the Isobel Fraser Residential Home,  in Kingsmills Nursing Home and in Abbeyfield Inverness.