The Challenge of Sportive!
Today we were happy to once again act as a Feed Station for Oban Sportive. For the fourth successive year, our volunteers handed out water and cakes to the saddle weary but impressively fit cyclists taking part. This event is a true “sportive” and not a race. Our Feed Station was the second and last […]
Singing Round the World
We had a beautiful day for our travels on Saturday, with an enthusiastic group singing their way around the world! Led as usual by Musical Director, Stephen Williams, this fun workshop coached the singers in a wide variety of songs. The tour started in the US with Blowin’ in the Wind and moved on to […]
Planting for Summer Colour
Every year in summer the cloister looks rather magical with an array of colourful hanging baskets complementing the grey beams and stonework and, of course, the beautiful moulded lead roof. Today, members of our Gardening Group planted up the baskets ready to establish and grow, now that the weather is warming up during the days. […]
The Sound of Music!
St Conan’s was filled with the Sound of Music on Sunday! Our season of Community Singing sessions got off to a truly uplifting start with a selection of songs from this much-loved musical. These workships, promoting vocal confidence and healthy voice production, are open to all members of the community near and far. Visitors are […]
US Highschool Choir
What a great way to start our Event Season! We were delighted to welcome the Orangewood Christian Highschool Choir from Orlanda, Florida. Currently touring Scotland along with a large group of their parents and teachers, they had already sung in St Giles in Edinburgh and will now move on to Ness Bank Church in the […]
A Festive Weekend!
This weekend saw the Kirk alight with colour as our 10th annual Christmas Tree Festival took place! Seventy Eight incredibly creative trees adorned the Kirk, bought in from schools, businesses and charities to be admired and start the festive season with a smile. We were also blessed with a visit from Lochnell Primary school choir […]
The CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2025!
Nearly time for this year’s Christmas Tree Festival. It’s the 10th Anniversary and it looks like we will have lots to celebrate: the biggest tree entry to date, more musical acts than ever and Santa has granted us an Elfsclusive! See the poster below and also the table with our musical acts. Decorating and planning […]
Pumpkins Galore!
Last night saw our third Pumpkin festival at St Conan’s and this was even more spectular than last year. With a new lighting scheme we were able to transform the Kirk into a wonderful spooky place to display all the amazing pumpkins. The pumpkins, donated by our good friends at the Ben Cruachan Inn and […]
Shining a Light in Scots!
For the last few years, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival has generously included St Conan’s as a venue in their “Go-Local” programme, which runs alongside the main Festival based in Edinburgh. This year the Festival title is “Lights of the North”. One of our great supporters and volunteers, Kathleen Hannigan, liaises with the Festival each […]
Heritage Open Day
Today, despite the best efforts of Storm Amy, saw us open the Kirk for our annual Heritage Day. The programme included: Displays and tours explaining the benefits the new grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will bring Our new exhibition featuring Princess Louise and her work as an artist A fun animation demo A […]
