Recent History

More recent additions to the inside of the church are the Harris Tweed furnishings and stained glass window panel.

There are curtains to either side of the altar and the splendid tweed altar frontal depicting St Moluag, a Celtic cross and St Ronan, who was believed to have built a church on the site of St Moluag's. St Ronan found it difficult to live his quiet life of prayer here, so he went instead to the Island of Rona, about 35 miles north east of the Butt of Lewis, reputedly on the back of a whale.  A carved cross from Rona was once kept in the Church at Eoropie, but is now housed in the Ness Historical Society's museum.

The altar frontal was made by Ruth Black Ecclesiastical Embroidery using Harris Tweed and hand-made felt made from black-faced and Hebridean sheep from the Island of Lewis.

The stained glass window panel depicting the Grass of Parnassus, which is St Moluag's flower, was commissioned from Gail Steele of Half-a-Moon glass.

Ruth and Gail collaborated closely on this Project and the Celtic knotwork border in the window is reflected in the Cross on the frontal.

The frontal and window were blessed by Martin, Bishop of Argyll & the Isles in September 2005.

The Prayer Tree is made from an ash panel and a beech support and is proving a very popular addition to the church. If you would like a prayer put on to our tree, contact Donald