The idea of the church made from rubbish came about last year. The congregation from Colston Milton parish church decided that they would combine their requirement for a new building with an attempt to make a statement about global warming and an attempt to bring the community together in the project.
It was a rather ambitious scheme, which all but the most optimistic felt had only a small chance of being seen through to completion.
Nevertheless, the people of Milton were undeterred. After a grant of £43,000 from the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge fund for the feasibility study, they now have a clear plan of action. The concept is to build a church from drinks cans, tyres, straw bails, shipping containers and other assorted rubbish.
The Reverend Christopher Rowe said, "This time last year we were just dreaming and people thought our ideas were a bit mad but we have now shown that it can be done.
"Our new building may be 'pure rubbish' but it is also beautiful, we will be taking unwanted things and using them to create something new and exciting."
Mouse says well done Rev Rowe, on coming up with such an innovative scheme. Do check out the images on the Church of Scotland's website - it really does look pretty smart.
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