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

Background

The aims of Project ROCK are two-fold: to repair (or replace) the roof of the Parish Church building in Baronhill, and to completely renovate the outhouse at the manse to provide proper accommodation for the Thrift Shop and J-Team.

Put simply, the present roof was put on between 1721 and 1739 (no-one seems sure when) and time has taken its toll. Also, our Sunday School in the Village (the J-Team) has been homeless since the closure of the Village Primary School. The children have been meeting in the Session House, which is far from ideal, and so we are looking at the manse outbuildings to be extended and modernised into a Church Hall as well as provide a suitable area in which the Thrift Shop can operate.

Following a regular review by Falkirk Presbytery in 1999 Cumbernauld Old commissioned two surveys to be carried out on the Church buildings. The subsequent reports recommended, among other things, the replacement of the Church roof as well as further repairs to the structure and stonework of the church building.

Because we were in the process of appointing a new minister at that time, nothing was done immediately but two further independent surveys were commissioned in 2003 specifically, this time, concentrating on the state of the roof. Their conclusions were similar to the earlier surveys and so we decided to act.

In 2004, a project team was set up and they started co-opting people to work on what was going to be a major project for our congregation. A comprehensive Business Plan was drafted, including an inventory of all the necessary repairs and upgrades, including replacing the electrical wiring as it is over 25 years old, provision for temporary accommodation during the works (if required), etc.

As our church is “B” listed and the manse outbuilding is “C” listed by Historic Scotland we will not have a free hand to do what we want. Any work carried out has to be paid for and, because of our Historic Scotland listing, we are investigating what grants we can apply for. Grants will not cover the total cost of the project and we have also put a fund raising programme into action.

Everything we do has to have the approval of the Church of Scotland General Trustees and we are in constant discussion with them about the way forward.

The project we have embarked upon requires the support of everyone in the Church, the parish and the wider community of Cumbernauld to preserve our Church and premises for future generations in our area. For more information, check out our Latest News and Fundraising pages. Please contact the minister (phone number above) if you can help.

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