Greenwood 

Greenwood is an Abbey-like church based near Kilchoan on the wild and beautiful Ardnarmucan peninsula.

Its mission is to be a house of prayer and discipleship in Christ and to the see the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and beyond transformed in the glory of God. www.thewayofthebeloved.org

As a UK registered charity, it holds similar aims to KMT regarding the advancement of the Christian faith and spiritual awakening and through providing facilities for residential and day retreats.

Due to these shared goals and values KMT have been establishing a partnership with Greenwood to help resource them, to learn from their experiences and to find ways to collaborate on meaningful and appropriate projects.

Greenwood is run by the Rev Howard Espie and his wife, Dr Charlotte Espie. Rev Howard has paid a couple of visits to KMT, and on his last stay he was accompanied by his wife and young family.

During this visit he helped to lead a service in St Comghans chapel and received a tour of the Estate and its facilities.

Following this, Robin Stephen (KMT’s spiritual director) has twice visited Greenwood, once with his family, where they explored the estate and attended their regular chapel service and a second time with another member of the team, to help with conservation projects and again partake in their Sunday morning service.

Greenwood is located in 70 acres of Celtic woodland, and the desire is to help nurture and protect this very special environment. During the last visit members of KMT helped to clear storm damaged Oak trees in the woodland and to open up safe walking paths for Greenwoods visitors and residents to explore.

Looking to 2026, KMT and Greenwood are planning to hold joint pilgrimage retreats that will host Christian leaders seeking to explore historic and relevant spiritual themes in the west coast of Scotland, to journey where saints of old have walked before and to pray and meditate in these two spiritually significant places.

“This is what the Lord says, stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” then take it and find rest for yourselves.” Jerimiah 6v16