You might be forgiven for thinking that our saint this month is a Scottish saint because of his close connection with Scotland and the Orkney Islands, but no he is definitely a Norwegian Viking for during his life the Orkneys belonged to the Norwegians. Also at that time Christianity had only just started getting a … [Read more…]
The 62nd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) takes place between March 12th and 23rd and for the second year running Mother’s Union will be sending a delegation of members and staff to attend. The theme for this year is “facing the challenge of empowering rural women and girls”. As an organisation … [Read more…]
Services were disrupted during the week of the 26th February as a consequence of adverse snowy conditions and serious transport difficulties. The Swedes were calling the cold weather “the Snow Cannon”, The British called it “The beast from the East”, the Dutch called it “the Siberian bear”. In Scotland it was just another day! The Thursday morning Service and … [Read more…]
Last month, on Saturday 17th February four of us took Alison’s car down to Birmingham and stayed there to attend her Licensing service on the next day. There was a lot of laughter on the journey down and I think, at times, Stuart maybe thought he had made a mistake travelling with three chatty women!!! … [Read more…]
Brendan Grimley found this interesting reference to our “fine and richly carved organ case” in a recent issue of the Rhinegold Publishing Choir & Organ Magazine. The feature is titled Border Patrol by Chris Bragg of the University of St Andrews and it describes his visit to Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute to … [Read more…]