Welcome to St Mary and All Souls' Coldstream

& St Andrew's Kelso!

This page is the doorway to the website of the two Scottish Episcopal Churches that serve the Border towns of Kelso and Coldstream.

Across our website, you will discover articles, features and photographs that will give you a real taste of the lives of our two churches. We have also included key information about regular services and events that will be of use to you........

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St Andrew's and St Mary's are both Churches of the Diocese of Edinburgh within the Scottish Episcopal Church, which is itself part of the world-wide Anglican Communion - just like the Church of England and the Episcopal Church of the USA.

St Mary and All Souls' Church, Coldstream, is named after the old St Mary's Priory in Coldstream and after the slain of the Battle of Flodden, which took place at nearby Branxton in 1513. It is a delightfully light and pretty smaller church building, furnished in part with donations made by the Hirsel Estate when its own chapel closed. St Mary's is situated on Lennel Road, TD12 4EP, towards the English end of the High Street. Just take the road behind the Police Station and you will find the church building is just around the bend on the left.  On Sundays you are assured of a warm welcome by the congregation.

St Andrew's Church, Kelso, is named after the Patron Saint of Scotland, Andrew the Apostle, the brother of Simon Peter, one of the 12 initial followers of Jesus. The present building was built in the 1860s to a design by Sir Robert Rownard Anderson, who also designed the Altar, the Reredos and the Font. St Andrew's is close to the River Tweed in Belmont Place in Kelso (TD5 7JB). Belmont Place is the short cul-de-sac opposite the entrance to the ruins of Kelso Abbey. The church building is kept open during daylight hours each day and visitors are warmly invited to use the building for a few moments of quiet prayer and to join the congregation for worship on Sundays.

Together, we form what is called a 'Linked Charge'. In practice, this means that we share a Rector, the Revd Dr Chris Knights, and a Church Office in the Rectory in Kelso. Our link also commits us to exploring ways in which we can serve God together, both within our church families and in and around our local communities. At the same time, we seek to play a full part in each of our town's ecumenical 'Churches Together' groups, sharing occasional services and pieces of outreach work with the local Church of Scotland congregations, the Quakers and the Roman Catholics. 

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At all times and in all places, it is our aim to share the good news of the Christian Gospel by pursuing a wide variety of activities that are meant to support and encourage better and more fulfilling lives, not just for ourselves but for all with whom we come into contact. So we hope that you will feel inspired by what you discover about us......perhaps even inspired to join us on the voyage of discovery that is the path towards that better life - towards Christ!