CHARITY OF THE YEAR – 2019

A big thank you to the Royal Bank of Scotland in Elgin for choosing Elgin Street Pastors as their charity of the year for 2019. We are so very grateful for all the time, all the creative ideas and the consistent effort put in by your team. £3,000 is an amazing amount...

COMMISSIONING SERVICE & LAUNCH OF FORRES SCHOOL PASTORS

On Tuesday 25th February we had a wonderful and memorable evening when family and friends gathered at Forres Baptist Church for the Commissioning Service of 26 street/school pastors by Sandy Scrimgeour, CEO of Ascension Trust Scotland. Thank you to Sandy, to all the...

COVID-19

On 18th March 2019 all street/school pastor patrols were suspended nationally until further notice due to Covid-19.  We had already taken the decision to suspend patrols in Elgin as many of our volunteers are in the at risk category for te virus and we wanted to...

Three Hill Challenge 2018

On Saturday 20th October, 2018, for the 7th year in a row, a fun day was had by a group of Street Pastors, friends and family as they climbed up three local hills in one day to raise funds for Elgin Street Pastors. Climbing Bin of Cullen then Ben Aigan and finally Ben...

Tour de Ben Nevis 2018

One of our street pastors, Mike Rodda, is taking part in the Tour de Ben Nevis MTB event on Saturday 22nd September to raise money for Elgin Street Pastors.  The event web page describes the event as ‘a 72km circumnavigation of Ben Nevis from Fort...

School Pastor Conference

On Thursday 31st May 2018 the National School Pastor Gathering was held in London.  Our School Pastor Coordinator Rosemary Young attended to represent Elgin and took every opportunity to network and gather ideas.  Here she is with Les Isaacs and Bejoy...