• We are marching in the light of God

  11/08/2013

  

  So proud of St Mary’s folk and friends yesterday. A very happy Pride parade through the streets of Glasgow giving out invitations to the Cathedral and generally having fun.

  A whole rainbow of people connected to the congregation made it onto the street including church wardens, vestry members, young church folk, readers, LGBT group members and me.

  A good time was had by all.

  Here are some of the marchers by the stall in the marketplace:
  

  The People’s Warden getting ready to mingle with the people of Glasgow
  

  Kennedy Fraser, the dioesan rep on our Vestry and Lay Reader in Bishopbriggs
  

   

  One of the Young Church members of St Mary’s teaching us how to do mission.

  

   

  The afternoon crew at the stall in between answering questions and chatting to people in the crowd:

  

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