Glasgow & Galloway

Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway

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GLASGOW & GALLOWAY

Is the largest diocese and has long been associated with shipbuilding and heavy industry, much of which has now been replaced with high-tech and service industries. The main conurbation of the Glasgow City gives way to the south and west to rural towns and scattered villages.

Glasgow, the largest city of Scotland, was the European city of culture in 1990 and hosted the National Garden Festival in 1988 and the 20th Commonwealth Games in 2014.

Members across the diocese worship in their local Scottish Episcopal Churches and come together to meet annually for Worship and Fellowship at Mothers’ Union Spring Council/ Lady Day, Festival Service, Mary Sumner Day and Autumn Council. Throughout the year members sensitively spread the news of a God who loves and cares for us all by supporting families and nurturing faith in the context they find themselves.

Mission includes:-

Support for prisoners and families
Support for families affected by domestic abuse and human trafficking
Knitting items for stillborn and babies born early
Support for residents in Nursing Homes

Members worship at churches throughout the diocese with branches at:

Holy Trinity, Ayr
St James the Less, Bishopbriggs
St Ninian’s, Castle Douglas
The Church of the Holy Name, Cumbernauld
St John’s, Dumfries
St Mary’s, Hamilton
St Michael and All Angels, Helensburgh
Holy Trinity, Kilmarnock
St Cyprian’s, Lenzie
Holy Trinity, Motherwell (branch closed April 2020, but historic info available)
St Ninian’s, Pollokshields

Members in Glasgow & Galloway also engage with our Overseas Links who from 2015 are members in:

Malakal in South Sudan (South Sudan & Sudan)
All Saints Cathedral in Kenya (Kenya)
Kontagora (Nigeria)
Osun North East (Nigeria)
Pune in India (North India)

Our previous UK and Overseas Links were with members in Byumba (Rwanda), The N.E. Caribbean and Aruba, Upper Shire (Malawi), The Rift Valley (Tanzania), Lagos Mainland (Nigeria), Chester (Province of York) and St Asaph (Province of Wales). Some information about our former links is available here.

United by God’s love members in all areas pray daily for God’s guidance -

All this day, O Lord, let me touch as many lives as possible for thee, and every life I touch, do thou by thy spirit quicken, whether through the word I speak, the prayer I breathe, or the life I live. Amen

Mary Sumner’s Personal Prayer

For the 2022 to 2024 triennium, the diocese will be led by a leadership team formed of Maxine Gow, Elaine McAlpine and Ann Wren. They can be contacted via the SEC Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway Centre or the email address below.

Contact:

Mothers' Union Leadership Team

Glasgow & Galloway Diocesan Centre

49 Cochrane Street

GLASGOW

G1 1HL

Email: dp@muingg.org.uk