St Bride's is offering a range of activities over the course of the weekend with some a couple of events linking with the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.

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Workshop: Come Make Collage - Saturday 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.

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The St Bride’s Great Animal Safari Trail - Saturday 10:00–14:30 & Sunday 11:30-15:30

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!

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Tour: Illuminating the Divine - Saturday 10:00–10:45, 11:30-12:15 & Sunday 11:45-12:30, 13:30-14:15

A short tour of St Bride’s stained glass 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.

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Workshop: A Sense of the Sacred - Saturday 11:00-11:45, 13:00-13:45

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.

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Singing Workshop: Come and Sing Medieval Pilgrim Songs - Saturday 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 medieval 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 performance with the Schola Cantorum of St Bride later in the afternoon, at 16:00.

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St Francis in Art (and Cookery) - Saturday 14:00-15:00

In this interactive workshop, led by the Priest-in-Charge, Father Peter Bradley, we will look at medieval and modern artworks inspired by Saint Francis. We will experiment with some techniques used in medieval Italian art, and even taste Saint Francis’s favourite biscuits, made to the original recipes.

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Informal Performance: Ad mortem festinamus! - Saturday 16:00-17:00

We are all heading one way – so why not make it a pilgrimage? Medieval songs of pilgrimage: from the Llibre Vermell and the Camino de Santiago de Compostela; the Cantigas de Santa Maria from the melting-pot court of Alfonso X ‘El Sabio’; the Laudesi praise bands of Florence; and the sacred sites of Scotland and Ireland.The Schola Cantorum of St Bride, Gillean McDougall (reader), Director: Rebecca Tavener, Community Choir directed by Alan Tavener (chamber organ).

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Service: Morning Prayer - Sunday 8:00-8:30

A short, quiet and reflective service of prayers, readings and psalms from the 1929 Scottish Prayer Book.

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Rehearsal: St Bride’s Choir in Rehearsal - Sunday 9:15-10:15

Enjoy listening to the final preparations for the music to be sung at the Choral Eucharist at 10:30.

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The Choral Eucharist - Sunday 10:30-11:30

You are welcome to watch or take part in St Bride’s main act of Sunday worship, which includes plainsong, choral music, great hymns for all, and organ music. A feast for all the senses is guaranteed.

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How to Read a Church - Sunday 12:30-13:15

St Bride’s is full of hidden symbols of the Christian faith. On this tour, we will search for symbols and learn how to decode them. One example: we will look for linen sheets carved in wood.

These are found only in Episcopal churches such as St Bride’s. Where are these carvings? Why are they there? What do they mean?

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Knitting whilst Nattering - Sunday 12:00-13:15

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.

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St Bride’s and West End Sculpture - Sunday 13:30-15:00

Glasgow sculpture historian 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, we 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.

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Rehearsal: St Bride’s Choir in Rehearsal - Sunday 14:00-15:15

Enjoy the final preparations for the music to be sung at Choral Evensong and Benediction at 15:30.

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Service: Choral Evensong and Benediction Sunday 15:30-16:30

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the traditional service of evening prayer, with plainsong, choral music and organ music.