Arrochar Parish Church 'Motherhood and Loch Sloy' window
		Our 'blue' window was installed at the start of December, 2003 Designed and made by Lorraine Lamond, it is a beautiful window which reflects the reality that ours is not only an old Church but a newly restored Church for folk living in the twenty-first century. The theme of the window is Loch Sloy and motherhood and is the gift of the late John Gray. Loch Sloy, the traditional home of the Clan MacFarlane, was where John's mother lived and the window is to the Glory of God and in memory of his mother. But Loch Sloy is also the earth-mother of Clan MacFarlane to which John Gray belonged and so the window is a reminder of a shared inheritance. On the hillside above the waters can be seen the cranberries which are part of the Clan crest and the mother figure is seen with a baby in her arms and with four young children around her. For the Church this window provides a profoundly important image of our birth 'through the waters' - the baptism by which we are brought into membership of Jesus' Church and through which our journey through life is sustained. 'Motherhood and Loch Sloy' Window mother with child (detail) three children at their mother's knee in the swirl of Loch Sloy (detail) the Holy Spirit light shines down on the hills and waters around Loch Sloy (detail)