Friday 18th September Glow In The Dark is cancelled unfortunately
Saturday 19th September
The St Bride’s Great Animal Safari Trail
10:00–14:30
Especially suitable for families with children aged 5+
Look carefully and you will find carvings of different tiny animals hidden in the woodwork of the church choir stalls. In this trail, you will go on safari and see how many creatures you can find and identify. Beware: some animals might scratch or bite!
Saturday 19th September Workshop A Sense of the Sacred 11:00–11:45 and 13:00–13:45
Especially suitable for families with children aged 8+
St Bride’s is known for its rich worship and ceremonial. In this workshop, you will discover some of the objects used in these ceremonies and how they make worship at St Bride’s a rich sensory experience. Adults will also have the chance to ring the church bell.
Saturday 19th September: lluminating the Divine – a short tour of St Bride’s stained glass 10:00-10:45 and 11:30–12:15
St Bride’s has a small but very fine collection of important stained-glass windows dating from the first half of the twentieth century. In this tour, you will hear about the design of the windows, their makers, some of the stories they illustrate, and the symbols they contain.
Saturday 19th September Workshop Come Make Collage 12:00–15:00
Crafting cards and pictures from cut paper can be therapeutic and community-building. St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Hyndland Road, will be offering a three-hour workshop led by author and illustrator Benjamin Morse, whose Bible Beautiful series won multiple awards (biblebeautiful.com).
While the collage tradition has roots in Picasso and the post-war Dada artists, its simple techniques make it accessible to people of all ages, colours and creeds. The results may express something transcendent, or simply be fun. Feel free to bring miscellany, from scraps of gift wrap and magazines to old matchbooks, postcards and used cereal boxes. Or just bring yourself. Supplies will be provided.
Suitable for all; Children aged 8+
Saturday 19th September
Come and Sing Mediaeval Pilgrim Songs Workshop: 13:00–15:00
All are welcome to take part in this relaxed, informal singing workshop presented by Cappella Nova Outreach. Alan Tavener will guide you through mediaeval music associated with pilgrimage and Scottish saints, and give singing tips along the way.
You will then have the option of taking part in an informal public performance with the Schola Cantorum of St Bride later on in the afternoon at 16:00. See below
Informal Performance 16.00
Saturday 19th Workshop: St Francis in Art (and Cookery) 14:00–15:00
In this interactive workshop, led by the Priest-in-Charge, Father Peter Bradley, we will look at mediaeval and modern artworks inspired by Saint Francis. We will experiment with some techniques used in mediaeval Italian art, and even taste Saint Francis’s favourite biscuits, made to the original recipes.
Sunday 20th September
Knitting whilst Nattering 12:00–13:30
Fancy trying your hand at knitting or crochet? Come along and meet some of the St Bride’s Knit and Natter group over a cuppa. Everyone from complete beginners to the more experienced can contribute to our group blanket. You are also welcome to bring along your own project. No experience is required, and all materials will be provided.
Sunday 20th September West End Sculptures 13.30 til 15.00
Glasgow sculpture historian (and newcomer to our congregation) Gary Nisbet presents an illustrated talk on the sculptures carved on St Bride’s and other churches and buildings in Glasgow’s West End. St Bride’s is handsomely decorated, and its ornament is rich in symbolism and craftsmanship. In this talk, he will explore the meaning behind the symbols and the stories of some of the people who carved them, and investigate some of their work elsewhere.
St Bride’s is a landmark among the West End’s finest buildings, and its sculpture is a perfect introduction to the sculpture that also adorns them. We hope you enjoy this visual tour of the neighbourhood’s sculptural gems, with St Bride’s as its starting point.
