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Welcome to the website of Old High St Stephen’s Church: the oldest congregation in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland.

Here you can find out about us, read sermons, and get the latest news.

We are a parish of the Church of Scotland, Scotland’s National Church.

We are a congregation who seeks to be welcoming to all kinds of people! We’re ecumenical and outward looking, with a place for all kinds of people.

We are lucky enough to worship in two lovely buildings: the Old High Church, the original town church of Inverness, and St Stephen’s in Southside Road.

We serve a parish which includes some of the growing suburbs and much of the city centre of Inverness. Our parish takes in various districts of Inverness, in whole or in part, including Crown, Drummond, Lochardil, Culduthel and Slackbuie. We have chaplaincy links to schools within the parish- Lochardil Primary School and Inverness Royal Academy.

We also have important links to the Highland Council’s Inverness city committee, as we host the annual Kirking of the Council, when the Councillors of Inverness attend the Old High Church in a colourful yet meaningful annual service.

We have a fine musical tradition, with choirs at St Stephen’s and the Old High and a Community Choir. We support the Inverness Handbells group and have recently restored the ‘Father Willis’ Organ at the Old High to make it perhaps the finest instrument in the Highlands.

We have a great tradition of caring, both for needy members of our congregation and community, and for people around the world. We support initiatives to help rough sleepers in the city, and Highland Food Bank. We are a Fairtrade Church and support Christian Aid and other overseas aid and mission organisations.

With our friends at the Crown Church and other local churches we operate the Olive Grove tearoom at Kingsmills.

The Minister is the Rev Peter W Nimmo BD ThM, who is a graduate of the University of Glasgow and of Princeton Theological Seminary. You can contact him at:

peternimmo[at]minister.com (replace [at] with @ sign)

Telephone 01463 250 802

At Old High St Stephen’s, you will always be welcome.