East Kilbride
Old Parish
Church
Noticeboard
To post church notices here: contact Christine B direct or click on 'Contact Us' in the menu and the message will go via the Church Office.Dates for your diary
27/9/18 MacMillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning: 10am - 12 noon, Glebe St Hall.
29/9/18 Doors Open Day Church and Graveyard Open from 10am - 3pm. All welcome - no charge.
Note: St Bride's will also be open from 12noon - 4pm. For more detail, please see also our 'News' section.
9/11/18 Cabaret with Jonathon McDade. Tickets £5, 7.30pm Glebe St Hall, BYOB. Organised by Kirk Life.
9/12/18 'Piggery Brae' - entertainment from local Scottish folk band (part of Commonwealth Games Experience in 2014). Tickets £5. Organised by Kirk Life.
Other Notices
Youth Group
We restart in the Lower Hall/Lounge at 7.30pm, Sunday 30th September. Please bring signed Consent forms a) and b) if you can print them off at home - see 'Our Space on the Youth Group page. (Lorraine Kerr, Youth Leader)
Also note: the Youth Group will once again be helping to organise a Big Quiz Night - in aid of the Tearfund campaign to end extreme poverty in the world. The event will take place on Saturday 17th November, 7pm, Glebe St Hall. To reserve your table (teams of 4): contact Iain, our Youth & Families Worker: at church; via this site's Contact Us button; or use his email / phone number (see the EKO magazine). More details will follow. (Iain Shaw, Youth and Families Worker)
Click-It Adult Learning
Sessions recommence on Tuesday 2nd October, with slots between 9.30am and 1pm in the Lower Hall. New volunteers are always most welcome and will be guided in how to to help our learners. Contact Beth Clark (see News section and our page for more).
Art & Crafts
Group recommences Wednesday 5th October, 10am - 12noon, Lower Hall Lounge. See our page for more details. (Ena King)
Men's Association
Recommences Monday 8th October, 7.30pm, Upper Hall, mostly every second week (check our Calendar). Programme will be available on our page soon.
Guild
Our winter programme commences on Wednesday 10th October, 1.30pm, Glebe St Hall, alternate weeks. Our new programme is now available on our page.
Kirk Life Raffles
To help with our many fundraising events, please give some thought to donating raffle prizes - not only bottles, but other new, interesting items too. Helen Stevenson will arrange uplift if needed.
Power Walk
A number of our members turned out for the Chirstian Aid Power Walk on Saturday 25th August. See 'News' for more details and a photo of the event. More will be posted in our Photo Gallery.
Website News (1) Pastoral Letter
The Minister's Pastoral Letter for September is now available towards the end of our News section, along with a couple from before the summer break in case you missed them.
Website News (2) Listen to a Service
Click on the 'Listen to a Service' button on the 'Worship with Us page to find a list of services recorded over the last few months. Happy listening!
Welcome to East Kilbride Old Parish Church!
Join us for worship on
Sunday Mornings from 11am – 12noon.
We hope you will feel a warmth and friendliness and that your experience of our worship together is enjoyable, meaningful and encouraging. Please also look out for activities you could be a part of during the week – there are lots of opportunities to meet with a friendly crowd! East Kilbride Old prides itself in being known as a welcoming church.
From the church of the past to the church of today…
“This website includes a section on the history of the church and its graveyard because we know may visitors are interested in this. The current building dates back to 1774 (though there has been a church on this site since pre-Reformation times).
When today’s church was built, it stood in the midst of a small village. Today it stands in the midst of a large new town with a population of around 75,000 people.
Beautiful as it is however, our church is not the building, but the people. Within that building, there is a warm church family. People of all ages meet together, all striving to reach out to the community we serve in the Village area and East Mains.
We have active organisations for children and adults, giving a wealth of opportunities for fellowship and sharing, and everyone is assured of a warm welcome.”
Rev. Anne Paton
