Dear Friends of St Andrew’s Jerusalem, One of the most enduring Christmas songs from the Middle East is Laylatal Milad ( On Christmas Night), which captures the meaning of this special time for us all year round: When we offer a glass of water to a thirsty person, we are in Christmas When we clothe a naked person with a gown of love, we are in Christmas When we wipe the tears from weeping eyes, we are in Christmas When we cushion a hopeless heart with love, we are in Christma

Read the full newsletter - https://app.activetrail.com/S/aiaiza3afed.htm  - which includes updates on:  Our Olive Groves Finally Coming Alive Again  How Small Creatures Can Inspire Big Changes - PROJECT 26  Our Visitor Center Which is Awaiting Your Visit  Olive Oil, Ancient Knowledge & Fair-Trade Values

Stewart Gillan gives thanks for the St Andrew's Day Service evening - and you can watch it here . Thanking Dave Hardman for his wonderful edit. Taking Andrew, his brother Peter, and the other apostles as our point of departure, we thanked God for their lives of costly discipleship and, many of them, martyrdom, hearing the call to us to put our bodies where our words are here and now. I thank the Rev Sally Azar, Prof Salim Munayer, Rabbi Dana Sharon, Joanna Oakley Levstein, M

The Friends celebrated St Andrew's Day at their annual Service on Friday 28th November at 2.00pm at St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh. If you weren't able to join us, you can still watch the service through this link . The Order of Service is attached below for those wanting to refer to it. PROJECT 26 was launched, offering opportunities to support partners of St Andrew’s Jerusalem and Tiberias for the coming year. You too can become involved. Details can be found h

Click here to watch the video Stewart writes : It is a joy to post up my interview with Hadas Lahav, Leader of Sindyanna of Galilee, conducted in the Scots Grove south west of Nazareth, after a morning of olive picking last Saturday (8th November 2025). In it, Hadas speaks of Sindyanna's commitment to Fairtrade values, to sharing life and work with Arab and Israeli women, and to the need to show the way to a successful coexistence. Interspersed are scenes and interviews with

Reflections on time spent in Tiberias and Jerusalem from Rev Muriel Pearson as she returns to Scotland. Daoud Nassar's visit to Edinburgh; details of the two projects that The Friends will support over the coming year; and a reminder that our St Andrew's Day Service is on Friday 28th November, in Edinburgh. Just some of the articles in November's newsletter which you can find here on our website.

Their latest newsletter tells us of their hopes for a prolific and safe harvest. Read it on their website here

Muriel, now back in Scotland, reflects on what it means to be home. This is my last Stepping Out of the Boat blog post. I am back in Scotland having said a bitter-sweet goodbye to colleagues and friends in Tiberias, Jerusalem and beyond. It is a momentous week for other much bigger reasons too. On 7th October the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on festival goers and kibbutzim was marked. For families of hostages, alive and dead it is a painful anniversary. For Palest

I ain Cunningham’s beautiful hymn can be a prayer for a world where all can live in safety, in freedom, with justice, dignity, and...