Grace and Beloved's ChurchSearch Week 7: St Ninian's-on-the-Park, Studentsville

From last weekend, before aforementioned events all hit...

Beloved chose this church on account of the nubile young sunbathers who'd been using the expansive church grounds to revise for their uni exams. That's not entirely fair, of course. Architecturally, too, it's an almost-impossibly-old church which makes an arresting site. And I'd heard a few friends and the Ship of Fools website make generally approving noises about the place.

The service was fairly nondescript middle-to-high-Anglican. The sermon was somewhat unimpressive, but it was the preacher's last day in the church and area and I'd forgive him for sounding somewhat preoccupied by that. And yet, the prayers - usually the bit of the Anglican liturgy I find least meaningful or engaging - were delivered with such energy and passion that, for me, they brought the whole church to life.

And the coffee afterwards was excellent. And not just coffee but cake, musical entertainment from a brass band, a parish library to browse and people saying hello.

Definately worth a return visit.