Events

Service from Iona Abbey ahead of COP26 on Wednesday 27 October at 21.00 GMT

Event Date: Jan 01, 1970

On Wednesday 27th October we will be live-streaming the evening service from Iona Abbey at 21:00 GMT. You are invited to join guests and staff for a special service ahead of COP26 which is taking place during a week led by John Bell of the Wild Goose Resource Group. Please register in advance using this […]

New College Winter Tales Book Festival

Event Date: Jan 01, 1970

The first ‘Winter Tales Book Festival’ will be at New College, Edinburgh from 3rd – 5th December. It marks the 175th year of ground-breaking research into religion, spirituality and the arts, and will include input from Iona Community member Jan Sutch Pickard on 3rd December.

Advent Gatherings: spirituality and conflict

Event Date: Jan 01, 1970

We’re delighted to support the Corrymeela Advent Gatherings this year, at 17:30 on the four Sundays of Advent, beginning on Sunday 28th November. Each event will explore excerpts from a new book, ‘what were you arguing about along the way’, edited by IC Member Pat Bennett, and drawing on the material published at www.spiritualityofconflict.com Weekly contributors will be Alex Wimberly, […]

Students in Glasgow – weekly Iona Worship

Event Date: Sep 23, 2021

Join us for worship every Thursday from 12-1pm in the University Chapel at Glasgow University. We are delighted to be working in partnership with the University of Glasgow to offer a weekly student group for those who are committed to working for justice and peace and are inspired by their faith.   The Iona Community is […]

Designing and Leading Christian Worship

Event Date: Sep 30, 2021

30th September – 2nd December. A practical introduction to designing and leading Christian worship services with Trinity College Glasgow and Theology & Religious Studies, University of Glasgow. Designing and Leading Worship | Trinity College Glasgow | Scotland Thursday evenings, 7pm – 9pm plus a Saturday workshop on 20th Nov, taught over 10 weeks in a […]

Online author event – TONIGHT 11TH OCT – 7PM

Event Date: Oct 11, 2021

Celebrating Creationtide mindfully in an age of environmental emergency – an evening with Kathy Galloway & Katharine M Preston, authors of Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation, and with the Iona Community’s Common Concern Network on the Environment. Online author event – Monday 11th Oct, 7pm Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88322032394pwd=Q1BRcXF2eVV3aVg1SElGMGUvWGhDUT09 Meeting ID: 883 2203 2394 Passcode: 116747

Join us for an online author event – Monday 11th October, 7pm – with Kathy Galloway, Katharine M Preston and the Iona Community’s Common Concern Network on the Environment.

Event Date: Oct 11, 2021

Celebrating Creationtide mindfully in an age of environmental emergency – an evening with Kathy Galloway & Katharine M Preston, authors of Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation, and with the Iona Community’s Common Concern Network on the Environment. Online author event – Monday 11th Oct, 7pm Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88322032394pwd=Q1BRcXF2eVV3aVg1SElGMGUvWGhDUT09 Meeting ID: 883 2203 2394 […]

You are invited to watch the much-acclaimed documentary film ‘2040’ at Cairns Church, Milngavie on Thursday evening 21 October at 7pm

Event Date: Oct 21, 2021

Greyfriars Kirk: Festival of Science, Wisdom & Faith 22-24 October

Event Date: Oct 22, 2021

Festival of Science, Wisdom & Faith, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 22-24 October 2021 There are those who say that science supersedes religion, rendering faith redundant. But reverence for the natural world, finding the answers to help humanity flourish and sustain the earth community, in all its diversity, are spiritual pursuits too and many scientists attest urgent questions […]

Big Sing for COP26: Saturday 6th November, at 2pm (UK time).

Event Date: Nov 06, 2021

Big Sing for COP26: Saturday 6th November, at 2pm (UK time).  Meet outside the Scottish Parliament (front entrance, on Horse Wynd) Thanks to all those who’ve already helped to spread the word about this event and are working behind the scenes. Banners are being made, a song list is being compiled and messages of support […]

In Solidarity with Outsiders

Event Date: Dec 09, 2021

A lecture by John Bell, sponsored by the Sexuality, Gender and Faith Group in Brighton & Hove, and open to all. 7.30pm at St Nicholas Church, Dyke Road, Brighton.

The Forgotten Stories

Event Date: Dec 10, 2021

10th – 12th December, Ammerdown Centre, Somerset. The notion that ‘Christmas is a time for the kids’ has helped to turn the Advent and Christmas seasons into a babyfest. It also eclipses the significance of incarnation, the importance of adults and even the connection to a woman who murdered a man in a campsite. This […]