Every September you can explore hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland for free. Some open up once a year, some just once in a lifetime. As it is such a diverse region, the Highlands is split into three areas across three weekends. buildings in Inverness, the Black Isle, and Easter Ross are open this Weekend (20th and 21st September) 

This year’s shared European Heritage Days theme is Architectural Heritage: Windows to the Past, Doors to the Future. This theme celebrates the rich diversity of buildings that surround us, exploring buildings and infrastructure of all styles and scales. In that context, St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Tain will be open on both days as follows:

• Saturday 20th September – 10am until 4pm for visitors

• Sunday 21st September – 10:30am until 12:30pm for worship and fellowship (visitors most welcome) and again 1pm – 4pm for visitors.

On both days, we will offer refreshments and the opportunity to look round the building either using a specially prepared guide booklet or by being shown highlights by a member of the congregation.

There is some very fine Stained Glass by Ballantine and Gardiner, A. L. Ward, W. Wilson and E. B. Souden

Mousey Thompson Furnishings

Our lovely unaltered 1914 C & F Hamilton (Edinburgh) organ

and much more.

All are very welcome to visit on either day.

Our entry on the Doors Open Day web site.

Our Study Group for the Season of Creation (the month of September) this year will be based around material adapted from the Season of Creation Project.

There will be four sessions each lasting a little over an hour, at Anna and James’ house at 11 Ferry Road, Golspie on Wednesday afternoons at 2pm on the following dates:

• 10^th Sept – Ocean Depths and Delights (Job 38:1-18; Luke 5:1-11)

• 17^th Sept – Wisdom in the Creatures of the Earth (Job 39:1-8, 26-30; Luke 12:22-31)

• 24^th Sept – Good News from the Sky (Jeremiah 4:23-28; Psalm 19:1-6; Mark 15.33-39)

• 1^st Oct – The Wisdom Behind the World (Proverbs 8:22-31; Colossians 1:15-20)

The sessions revolve around a study of a two or three Bible passages on each occasion from the Wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible and from the Gospels and will be semi-independent, so all are welcome even if you can’t manage all of them.  If you wish any more information, speak to or contact Canon James.

For those who could not make it, or those who would like to hear the music again, this is a repeat of the concert that was held at the Tin Tabernacle in July!

Calling all Singers!

_{GOLSPIE GALA WEEK – SONGS OF PRAISE}

Sunday 27th July – 7pm
in the Gala Week Marquee

Rev James will be leading the traditional Songs of Praise on the first weekend of Golspie Gala Week.a week on Sunday (27th July) at 7pm in the Gala Week Marquee.

It would be great if you could come and support Golspie Gala week by raising your beautiful voices in song! We will be singing a variety of good old favourites and all the tunes will be familiar to you!

How wonderful it would be to let Golspie see Christians from all denominations proclaiming that the message of the gospel is very much alive in our area!

We believe that Queen Ella and attendants Bailey and Grace have already booked their seats in the front row:-)