Lismore Parish Church

also known as
The Cathedral Church of Saint Moluag
(click any of the photos to enlarge)

 

Minister
Rev. Dr.
Roderick D. M. Campbell

The Manse
Appin
PA38 4DD

Tel 01631 730143
Click here to e-mail

Session Clerk
Mrs Barbara McDougall
 

Tel. 01631 760274

Click here to e-mail

An Interview with the Rev Dr Roderick Campbell

All are Welcome.    Please Join us at a service or simply enjoy the peace and quiet and sit for a while
 

Weekly Service every Sunday at 12.30 pm The children of the Sunday school - 'the young church' - meet for the first part of the Church Service, then leave for their own time in the 'Wee Manse'.   They also take part in the Family Service on the last Sunday of the month, a treat for all of us.

Points of Interest :

The Communion Token 

Two hundred years ago, in 1806, our Communion Tokens were cast.  In the 19^th century, of course, to receive a token meant being examined by the Kirk Session as to one’s worthiness to receive the sacrament. As these people of old revered the token and the Communion it gave them access to so do we in Lismore today, though without the interview.  One is given to each person as they enter Church and all the tokens are collected in just before Communion is served, the hush in Church while this is being done providing a quiet time for thought and prayer.

Made of lead, octagonal and about 0.8 of an inch wide, the token has the date, 1806, the initials J.S. for the minister of the Parish, Rev. John Stewart, and L.& A. for Lismore and Appin.  Just think of all the unknown hands which have held these tokens and their place in the two hundred years of history which have affected our Church and island.

The Pulpit Fall  

Our beautiful and unusual Pulpit Fall was commissioned by the Woman’s Guild to mark the Centenary of the Guild in 1987.  The designer, and embroiderer, was the late Elizabeth Odling, a much loved lady artist who had formerly lectured at the Glasgow School of Art and who retired to Lismore with her husband Ted. The fabric is mostly silk in shades of blues and purples for the sky, and greens for the island, silver material for the sea and gold for the sun with sequins to add sparkle. It is unique in design and is as stunning today as it was when Elizabeth made it.

The Sedilia :
alcoves on the south wall in which there would have been wooden seats for three priests. 
At that time the floor was about three feet lower.

The Piscina : where the Communion vessels were washed, and situated next to the sedilia.

The Church Windows