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This podcast will centre around the rising popularity in pilgrimage. There have been numerous TV productions following celebrities on the Camino and recently Ben Vogle on the Pilgrimage to the Scottish Isles. In the podcast we’ll ask what is it that attracts people to go on Pilgrimage. This week we are joined by Alec Shuttleworth, Ondřej Bockschneider and Linda Pollock. Follow us on Spotify &...

The Late Show this month welcomes the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Stuart Forsyth from Digital Parish. Albert Bogle, Laura Digan and Iain Jamieson explore with the Moderator his role in the church and nation. The discussion develops into the place of Digital Ministry in the Church of Scotland and need for great investment in this area of ministry. Follow us on Sp...

Laura and Linda are back with the Time of the Month podcast. This month we are looking at the Midwives of Moses which can be found in Exodus 1: 15-21. To help you get the most from the podcast we invite you to read the text first. First set aside some time when you can be quiet with God. Sit and be still and ask God to open your heart and your mind so that you can receive his blessings, his love a...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . This is the final episode of the Faith at the Fringe Podcast series for 2022. For our fourteenth and last episode of the series we have been talking to the famous author Ian Rankin all about; crime writing, finding inspiration, Edinburgh city during the Fringe and his views on Church and faith and how this has affe...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Judy and David from Searchlight Theatre Group have created a heart-rending production based on the story of Corrie ten Boom called, “Return to the Hiding Place”. Corrie was a Dutch watchmaker who helped Jewish people escape the holocaust by hiding them in her room. They share with Albert and Hannah their experience...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Fiona Stewart from Foolproof Creative Arts takes Albert and Hannah on an exuberant ride from the seedling of her theatre group to the present day — here at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First, our App and you can also find us on Spotify, Apple Music and...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . We’re delighted to welcome back Ellyn Oliver, who brings along Jon Green, Worship Arts Director at Hope City Church. They talk with Albert and Jack about providing creative and varied worship services to Festival-goers during the Fringe. Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First, our App an...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Author, Writer, Performer and Storyteller Jonathan Tipton Meyers shares with Albert and Jack his journey* of life that led him to this one-man show here in Edinburgh, “We are Traffic – An Uber Adventure” *see what we did there? Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First, our App and you can...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Founder of Origin Scotland, Colin Peckham, is our guest today, in conversation with Albert and Pete. He shares his views on church music, and introduces us to the the Metro Big Band. Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First, our App and you can also find us on Spotify, Apple Music and YouT...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . International touring sensation, the Soweto Gospel Choir, are in town for the Festival. Today we were joined by Milton Ndlakuse and Mary Mulovhedzi and they shared some very emotive and profound insights into their life and the Soweto Gospel Choir. Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First,...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Making the short stroll from Princes Street Gardens to our studio on George Street is today’s special guest, Nicola (Nikki) Anderson. As part of the 12-strong team of gardeners there, Nikki’s “canvas” is just under 30 acres — we reckon it’s the largest creative installation in Edinburgh! Listen to the Faith at the...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Get your feet a-tapping, with the The Foot Stomping Gospel Band! Albert and Hannah are joined by David Biddulph and Ellyn Oliver from Origin Ministries . Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First, our App and you can also find us on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Today we’re delighted to welcome Rev David Todd — chaplain to theatres in Edinburgh. Working out of Greenside Parish Church, alongside Edinburgh Churches Together, David shares with us something of the human story behind the velvet curtain. Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctuary First, our App...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series Find out more . Anyone who has been in Edinburgh during the Festival time can’t fail to have noticed dozens and dozens of artfully painted Giraffe statues ! We find out what it’s all about from artist Tabi Harvey, who was commissioned to create two of the tower of giraffes adorning the city. She also helps us explore the connectio...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series ( find out more here ). Today, we’re thrilled to be in conversation with Stewart D’Arrietta. In his Festival performances he shares the poetry, stories and insights of the great Leonard Cohen. Albert and Nikki delve deep with Stewart into his own story, and the influences of Leonard Cohen and how music can connect with faith. List...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series ( find out more here ). For our second episode we are speaking with Very Rev Professor Gordon Graham about the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts . The Sacred Arts Festival takes place in various venues throughout the city, and you can find a listing here of all events . Listen to the Faith at the Fringe podcasts here on Sanctu...

Welcome to Faith at the Fringe Sanctuary First’s NEW podcast series. Find out More For our first episode we are speaking to Stefan Smart about his show ‘I AM Mark’. A live performance and reading of the Gospel of Mark at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. we speak to Stefan about the ways in which bringing the bible to life through art and spoken word can bring people closer to the word of God and to...

Laura and Linda are back with the Time of the Month podcast. This Episode marks no.12 and we will be chatting all about ‘The Witch of Endor’. Listen to the full podcast here on Facebook, on Sanctuary first or via our App. You can also find us on Spotify and Apple Music. Listen to last months - Sarah & Hannah Follow us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts OR Get the App!

The Christian faith is not about a set of theological words brought together in a set logical order. It is about living every day with Jesus as our coach and mentor. This month the Late Show team of Albert Bogle and Laura Digan are delighted to have as their guest Neil Urquhart former Chaplain to the Olympics and to Kilmarnock Football Club. Neil will be joined by Robert Thomson who works along si...

Refugee Week Scotland is a festival celebrating the contributions, creativity, and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. It takes place in Glasgow at the end of June. This week the Late Show is delighted to welcome back Rev Linda Pollock. Linda has worked with a refugee families and a few years back many in our community were praying that a particular family would be allowed to stay...

This month the Late Show interviews Campbell Dye a lawyer who works in the famous London City Square Mile. Campbell is a regular contributor to the Sanctuary First daily worship. He is also a musician songwriter and has recently been involved with a Charity taking relief to the war zone on the Ukrainian border. In a honest and frank discussion Iain Jamieson Laura Digan and Albert Bogle explore wit...

Laura and Linda are back for another episode of the Time of the Month Podcast. This time they are talking about the stories of Sarah & Hannah from the Bible and how their stories impact us now in 2022. Listen to last months - Three Prophetesses Follow us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts OR Get the App!

Our special guest this month on the Sanctuary First Late Show is John Lowrie Morrison the well known Scottish painter also known as Jolomo! Morrison along with his collaborator Rev Ken MacKenzie tells the story of how their latest book of paintings and poetry came about and share their love of Iona and the beauty of the landscape that is created by the unique light of the west. They are also joine...

Albert Bogle, Laura Digan and Iain Jamieson are going to be joined in the late Show this week by the Rev Aaron Stevens of the Church of Scotland in Budapest. This congregation has been a touching place for many fleeing from the atrocities in Ukraine. This is an opportunity to hear at first hand how we can help those who are seeking to reach out and make a difference to lives escaping from a war to...

This week Albert, Laura and Iain are talking all about ‘Songs that speak to the Heart’. Songs that we love and that bring join and inspiration into our lives. ‘The Sanctuary First Late Show’ is our new series featuring an informal mix of discussion, interviews, spoken word and music. Together we will be exploring what it means to laugh, cry and wonder as followers of Jesus in the 21st century. The...