Whiting Bay

Part of the Isle of Arran Parish, Whiting Bay St Donans serves the villages of Whiting Bay and Kildonan. Our principal focus is Sunday worship which takes place at ten o’clock, preceded by a short prayer time. 

Summer is busy – welcoming not only holidaymakers but also campers from the Scripture Union site at Kings Cross, a Boys Brigade contingent at the Glasgow Fair weekend and team members from the fortnight’s Summer Mission (which includes members of the congregation). 

In winter we run Warm Room, an initiative that welcomes people from the community for snacks and a cosy place to meet. 

Messy Church meets monthly for Primary children. Outreach Messy has begun in Kilmory and is planned for Lamlash. Our hall is used by outside organisations, including a Parent and Toddler Group, a Book Group and the Friendship café. We have links with the local Primary and a Puppet ministry, developed for Messy Church, but now extending to other venues, is proving popular. 

A prayer group meets midweek, and a Bible study has recently been revived. Ours is an older congregation: visiting members who are in residential care, hospital or housebound is an ongoing and important ministry.