The Campbells and The Bruce
Earlier this month, John Kirkland of Orbitalflyers visited the kirk to, with permission, make a video for YouTube telling the story of St Conan’s. Weaving together the many historical strands, John tells the story of how the kirk came to be here in Lochawe, why the Bruce is so very relevant to the area and […]
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 […]
MSP & NLHF VISIT
On Monday 6th March we hosted a VIP Visit from our Argyll & Bute MSP, Jenni Minto and also representatives from the National Lottery Heritage fund! Jenni was accompanied by her colleague Keir and from NLHF we had Laura Matheson and Catriona Melville. The main purpose of the visit was to showcase the impact of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Princess Louise Exhibition
St Conan’s has a close affinity with HRH Princess Louise, who was the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. She was great friends with Helen Douglas Campbell and took a keen interest in the work at St Conan’s. She even created the wonderful stain glass window of St Michael. To celebrate her work, we have been […]
£1M+ Funding for St Conan’s!
PRESS RELEASE St.Conan’s Kirk’s £1.5m fusion of heritage and community action backed by £1m lottery award A truly unique historic Highland church created from a son’s love for his mother and his love of architecture, has been awarded £1million to secure its future as a community hub and visitor attraction. Nestled on the banks of […]
Cruachan Exhibition
As part of the celebration of 60 years of the Cruachan Power Station and Dam, we are delighted to be hosting an exhibition that has been put together by our friends at Drax. The exhibition tells the story of the power station over the years as well how it has worked with the community over […]
