April 6, 2021, 4:22 pm
Rev Neil Glover, the minister at Aberfeldy Church in Perthshire, records a sermon beside the Birks of Aberfeldy waterfall (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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A survey of churches in Scotland found nearly all those who responded offered online worship during the first coronavirus lockdown and more than one in eight plans to continue.
A total of 369 congregational leaders from 27 different denominations across Scotland responded to the study and, of these, 96% said they provided online worship during the first lockdown last year, when places of worship were closed.
A clergyman using lockdown to broadcast services in remote locations said it has been “amazing” to reach a worldwide audience.
Rev Neil Glover is the minister at Aberfeldy Church in Perthshire, which is linked with the nearby towns of Dull and Weem as well as Grandtully, Logierait and Strathtay.
Lockdown measures have prevented Mr Glover from delivering sermons in front of the congregation – and have instead presented an opportunity to show off the Perth and Kinross countryside.
Locations for the recordings include the Birks of Aberfeldy waterfall (Andrew Millligan/PA)
He and colleagues have been recording services and uploading them to a YouTube channel, reaching people as far away as North America.