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 […]
Planters in Bloom!
In early June our wonderful volunteers from Castlewood Croft came along to plant up 4 planters which they have made for the Kirk grounds over the last two years. This year they painted them all pale grey. (see earlier news post of June 10th) The plants have had two months to grow up in very […]
Hidden Storage
So today there was a little more noise in the Kirk, for which we apologise, as the Volunteers for St Conan’s worked to create a mezzanine, hidden behind the Organ. This will give us a considerable increase in the storage area we have for all the “stuff” we need to support the community events throughout […]
Dalmally Primary Planting Projects
Today the Garden & Grounds Volunteer Group were very pleased to welcome a party of 10 young people and 3 staff members from Dalmally Primary School. At the beginning of the year we asked the School to help us with two projects. We wanted some attractive climbers to screen off the oil tank and bins […]
Planted Planters!
Today we had great fun working in the garden with our friends from Castlewood Croft. We were delighted to welcome Soldis on her first visit and to welcome back Elspeth, Robert and Dave together with Anna. This is the second year that the Castlewood team have helped to make the garden look lovely for spring […]
Pilates in the Pews!
Yesterday the Coffee & Cake Club hosted a pilates session, a first for St Conan’s and the Club’s most active activity so far! Sue Burden, who runs a series of pilates classes in the area, Pilates Near Me, had agreed to trial a seated pilates class in the pews. Around 12-14 took part. Some were […]
Songs of the Sea – Community Singing
Today saw another fun filled and joyful singing event at St Conan’s, led by the masterful and funny Stephen Williams with Miriam Harden accompanying on Piano. Over 60 enthusiastic singers turned up in the beautiful early May Argyll sunshine to give their vocal chords some exercise. The theme for today as Songs of the Sea […]
Birds at The Kirk
By Phil Ashby Earlier this month, our army of volunteers set about Spring cleaning the Kirk, both inside and out. I was tasked, along with others, with moving the millions of leaves from the pathways and flower beds. As the weather was glorious, it wasn’t a bad job to be given. The other plus was […]
Spring Clean at the Kirk
The weather was glorious today as our intrepid team of volunteers donned their rubber gloves and rolled out the Henry hoovers or grabbed a rake or trowel and headed out to the gardens. Our list of achievements included a thorough clean of St Bride’s and St Conval’s Chapels. The South Aisle was swept and hoovered […]
Community Singing Day Success!
Today we had over 50 people from the local community join Stephen Williams and our wonderful pianist, Miriam Harden for another of our Community Singing Days. The theme of today’s event was “Spring” and saw the group welcome in the new season with tunes such as Here Comes the Sun, Flow Gently Sweet Afton, Don’t […]
