Heritage Open Day
The Kirk was a hive of activity for its 2024 Heritage Open Day, attracting more than 200 people. The event, on Saturday September 21, showcased ongoing work and plans for future restoration and development. “While we’re working hard to raise the funds to restore the fabric of the building, our most important aim is to […]
Massacre of Glencoe
Today saw the Kirk hosting The Massacre of Glencoe community event. The event, which lasted about and hour and half and was attended by over 70 people told the story of the brutal betrayal by Glenlyon and the butchery of the men, women and children of the MacDonald clan through a combination of song, prose, […]
St Conan’s Cup 2024
This year we chose ‘Mysterious Boats’ as the competition subject. Each school was provided with an exciting introductory paragraph about a Captain, his crew and a strange boat making their way to St Conan’s Kirk. The children were asked to illustrate this and to tell what the Captain and crew found in St Conan’s. The […]
Community Sign-Along August 2024
Following on from the incredibly popular community sign-a-long back in June, Stephen Williams returned as musical director along with Miriam Harden on piano for another wonderful afternoon of uplifting songs based around the theme of Freedom. We had nearly 80 people turn up for the event and everyone loved the event. Here is some of […]
Coffee, Cake & Organ Recital
Today we welcomed back Peter Shepherd for a glorious Organ Recital! Peter was organist at Paisley Abbey and has previously played for the London Mozart Players, Oxford Baroque & Opera Dei Lemi and is currently working at Chesterfield Parish Church as organist and choirmaster. He has experience in playing classical, jazz and pop music and […]
Community Singing Event
Stephen Williams, along with Miriam Harden on piano, led our first community singing event in the Kirk. We had nearly 60 people attend the event and of course the acoustics in the Chancel made the singing all the more dramatic! The feedback from those attending was great, with many asking for a repeat performance. We […]
Drop in and Draw
Today we held our first Drop in and Draw day. With so much wonderful architecture and a surplice of amazing things to see in the Kirk, our budding artists were spoilt for choice as to what to draw. Our artists ranged in age, but all produced some amazing pictures, with some adding a splash of […]
Coffee, Cake and Guided Tour
Our regular “font of all knowledge”, Peter Hennessy gave a fascinating tour through our iconic building today. The tour, which was attended by 25 people lasted around an hour and Peter talked through all the wonderful and quirky features of the Kirk and how Walter Douglas Campbell had work so hard to construct the building […]
Spring Clean 2024
We had a great turn out and very successful day! This despite a discouraging forecast and occasional downpours! Today’s volunteers were Helen, Peter, Rosie, Emma, Anne, Karen, Takki, Tom, Kathleen, Alistair, Lorna, Kenny, Lynda, Liz. 14 in all. As ever, we were very pleased to see Tom who comes all the way from Ayrshire every […]
GRVIII Sing in Harmony
As part of their tour of Scotland, St Conan’s was delighted to host GR-VIII Singing in Harmony. GR-VIII are a group of friends who enjoy singing songs from around the world in a cappella style and their tour was in aid of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The guys put on a fabulous performance in the Kirk and loved […]
