Scotland – Godly Play Scotland

Discovery Day – St Andrews – 31 May

Discovery Days are a great way to find out about Godly Play and to experience it for yourself. This Discovery Day will be held at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in St Andrews. The day starts at 10am and will finish by 4pm. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided, but please bring your own lunch. The cost of the day is £15 and you can book here ......

The Story of Saint Kentigern, who was also known as Mungo

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The city of Glasgow is celebrating it's 850th birthday this year. But Glasgow's roots go back even farther than it becoming a Burgh in 1175. In the late 6th Century, a Christian community began to gather around the monastic cell build for St Mungo by King Rhiderch Hael. Mungo called them his 'dear family' - clas-gu - and so the city of Glasgow, with Mungo and his mother as patron saints, was born. To help us celebrate, we have a story in the style of Godly Play for Saint Mungo, who is also know as Saint Kentigern. You can find the story here ......

Discovery Day – Aberdeen – 29th March

Discovery Days are a great way to find out a little bit about Godly Play and to experience what it's all about. We start with a full Godly Play session, and there is plenty of time afterwards for questions, to explore the materials and to wonder about how Godly Play might work for you. This Discovery Day will be held at The Mission Church, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen. The day starts at 10am and will finish by 4pm. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided, but please bring your own lunch. The cost of the day is £15, and you can book here ......

Discovery Day – Edinburgh – 22 February

Discovery Days are a great way to find out about and experience a little bit of Godly Play. We always start with a full Godly Play Session. There is plenty of time for questions, to look at the resources and to wonder about the different types of Godly Play stories. This Discovery Day will be held at the Godly Play Scotland centre, in the basement of Duddingston Kirk's Manse*, Edinburgh. The day starts at 10am and will finish by 4pm. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided, but please bring your own lunch. The cost of the day is £15 and you can book here ... *The post code covers quite a big area, and will take you to Duddingston Kirk. The Godly Play room is in the basement of the manse, which is along to road from the kirk. What Three Words - ///plates.lace.noise...

Godly Play Book Group – Children’s Spirituality

Our 2025 Book Group is reading and exploring Dr Rebecca Nye's Children’s Spirituality: What it is and Why it Matters. This Book Group is hosted by Michelle and Jessica. Each week we will read and discuss a chapter (or maybe two). Our Book Group is on Zoom. Over six weeks, starting on Wednesday 30 April. We meet between 8pm and 9pm. The dates are: 30 April - Children's Spirituality: what is it? 7 May - Children's Spirituality: how important is it? 13 May - Encountering children's spirituality 21 May - Nurturing children's spirituality 1 28 May - Nurturing children's spirituality 2 04 June - Christian thought and imagery about children and the Frequently Asked Questions If you don’t have a copy of the book, don’t let that stop you … we have some to lend out. You can book onto the Book Group here....