Cumbernauld Old Parish Church

Worship Times

Parish Church

Sundays at 10.15am

Forge, Balloch

Sundays at 11.45am

Any changes to these times, e.g. for special Sundays, will be intimated on our home page

Minister: Rev. Catriona Ogilvie

01236 721912

Deacon: Valerie Cuthbertson

01698 259001

Project ROCK - Restoration of Old Cumbernauld Kirk
Background	Latest News	Fundraising

Fundraising

A project as big as Project ROCK needs a lot of fund-raising - although we hope to get grants for much of the work, these will only be forthcoming if we can show our own financial commitment to the cause. Even then, grants will not cover the whole cost of the work required; the balance will have to be made up locally.

The first fund-raising event took place in September 2004: a Silent Auction that raised just over £600.

Since then a number of events have been held, for example, a concert, a dinner, a car treasure hunt, a ceilidh and various sponsored events, not forgetting the famous J-Team 'chuck-it bucket' available at the close of the first (10.15am) service. (The chuck-it bucket is a box where people can chuck-in spare coins and has proved very popular.)

On the subject of the J-Team, many congratulations are due to them for their sponsored climb up Goat Fell in Arran (see pictures). They must have chosen the worst weather possible for their ascent, but they made it (even 'though the photographs can't actually confirm they reached the top, such was the thickness of the mist at the summit!)

Ongoing fundraising includes the sale of tea-towels bearing a drawing of the kirk, and notelets showing images of the stained glass windows. We are also selling 'slates' - although we are not expecting you to place them on the roof yourself!

At the congregation's Annual Stated Meeting in March 2008 we were informed that the Project ROCK accounts (general and reserve) stood at approximately £25,600 at the end of the financial year (December 2007).

We are always on the lookout for new fundraising suggestions, so please let us know if you have an idea we could use. Or why not volunteer to raise some funds yourself to help raise our roof?

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