Congratulations to Esther Ersfeld our organist who – with soprano Nikki Martin – has won 2nd prize in the prestigious Northern Aldborough Festival 2025 New Voices Singing Competition. Now in its third year, the nationwide search spanning concert halls and conservatoires has become a beacon for emerging talent, with a total £7,000 prize fund. Nikki as soloist and Esther as pianist went head-to-head with three other pairs for the £5k top prize in the final, and managed to secure second prize of £1,500 sponsored by The Yorkshire Music Fund.

Esther said: “The competition was held in the beautiful St. Andrew’s Church in Aldborough, a
stunning venue with a lovely acoustic – and getting the chance to perform on a £220,000 Fazioli piano, was a real highlight for me! Our programme featured a mix of English, German, and French song, as well as some traditional Scottish songs, and it was such a joy to share this music with an engaged and supportive audience.

“It’s always a joy to work with Nikki – we’ve been performing together for nearly two years now, and we’re both really looking forward to continuing our work together as a duo. The whole experience was incredibly welcoming, and it was a real honour to perform for a jury that included Sir Thomas Allen and Dame Jane Glover. It’s definitely something I’ll remember for a long time!”

A Prayer and Giving Day is being held in church on June 7th as part of the worldwide Thy Kingdom Come prayer initiative.

Thy Kingdom Come is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus.

We hope many at All Saints will wish to join in these 10 days of prayer, which coincides as last year with a special prayer and giving day we will be holding on June 7^th based on our Generous Giving, Generous Living initiative.

The church will be open from 9.30am to 4.00pm for private prayer, with short prayers each hour led from the front. At 9.30am there will be a short form of Morning Prayer and at 3.45pm the day will end with a short form of Evening Prayer. A box will be available for any financial donations to the church or for offering your own gifts and time to our work.

The timetable for the day is as follows – this may be useful for people who want to come and pray about a particular subject or theme.

There are short prayers offered hourly on the themes below; otherwise silence for private prayer and meditation is kept.

9.30am    Church open / Morning Prayer
10.00am  Opening prayers
11.00am   Prayers for the peace of the world
Noon        Prayers for our world and the environment
1.00pm    Prayers for the sick, the poor and all in need
2.00pm    Prayers for the Church
3.00pm    Remembering the departed
3.45pm    Evening Prayer
4.00pm    Church closes

Each set of hourly prayers concludes with the Lord’s Prayer
Morning And Evening Prayer use the short forms in Scottish Episcopal Church Daily Prayer
Prayer resources available at the back of church to help you

A revised version of our church prayer sheet has also been produced. You can find copies in church or you can download it here: AS Prayer Sheet 2025

We were delighted to have a newcomer in our congregation on Sunday (May 11th) – our new Bishop Nick Bundock.

Nick lives in the new Bishop’s House in Thorn Road, only a short distance from the church, and members of the congregation welcomed him warmly during his unexpected visit.

We took the opportunity to snatch a photo of him with the three church Davids – Rector the Revd David Guest, lay representative David Simmonds and alternate lay rep David Hamblen.

We hope Nick will be able to make a more formal visit to the church soon in his capacity as diocesan Bishop to lead a service and to preach.

The Rt Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock was consecreated as the new Bishop of the United DIocese of Glasgow & Galloway only the previous weekend in the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin in Glasgow.

Our striking cross of flowers outside All Saints church has once again caught the attention of shoppers and passers-by as well as serving as an Easter witness.

The plain wooden cross was placed outside the church for Good Friday then taken inside on Easter Sunday, when congregations at our services added flowers to it to demonsrate new life and Resurrection hope.

It was then placed outside again, a beautiful reminder of new life in the risen Jesus.

Put your thinking heads on and join us for a quizzical fun fundraiser on Saturday November 16th at 5.00pm in Drymen Hall, All Saints’ Church, Bearsden

We are holding a quiz followed by a hot supper of chilli or casserole. This event is raising money for Tearfund and other mission organisations we support. Bring your own drinks and most importantly yourselves and your friends!

The quiz itself has been prepared by Tearfund and includes questions on capital cities, colours and sport.

Please let Revd David know if you are coming by November 10th at the latest for catering purposes: tel. 0141 942 3291 or email

In addition to our 9.00am Said Communion and 10.30am Sung Communion on Sunday, November 3rd, we are holding a special Evensong to celebrate All Saints Sunday.

Joining us will be friends from New Kilpatrick and St Andrew’s, Milngavie.

The service at 6.00pm will be led by the Rector, the Revd David Guest, and the Revd Kevin Francis will be preaching.

During the service we will also hold a short act of memorial, in which which we will remember loved ones departed and have the opportunity to light a candle in their memory.

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page: Facebook