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This blog complements our main website and will provide a bit more detail on some of the events taking place in and around our church.

Christmas Worship

We invite you to join us for Morning Worship in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church on Sunday 24th December at 11.00am. This service will be led by Ivar Struthers, one of our elders who is also a Reader with Glasgow Presbytery.

Later on Sunday 24th December there will be a family Christmas Eve Service at 6.00pm in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church. This will be a joint service with our friends and partners at Kildrum and St Mungo’s and will be led by Rev James Gemmell.

On Christmas Day there will be a short service of worship at 11.00am in Cumbernauld Old and we hope you will be able to join us.

And finally…

Just a reminder that we’ll be ‘winding down’ this page as we enter the New Year.
During 2024 Cumbernauld Old Parish Church will become part of the new Cumbernauld Trinity Parish Church (although we don’t have a date for that yet) and this blog will have reached the end of its natural life. Thank-you for supporting this blog over the years.

Our website and Facebook page will continue to be updated with all our news, so keep an eye on them – and look out for Cumbernauld Trinity as it emerges and takes shape at some point during 2024.

Advent Worship

We welcome Rev David Denniston to Cumbernauld Old to lead us in worship on Sunday 10th December, the Second Sunday of Advent. Our worship in the Parish Church starts at 11.00am and everyone is welcome.

Sunday is also the date of our annual Christmas Gift Appeal and any donations of toys, clothing, toiletries, gift vouchers, etc will be passed on to our friends at Bethlehem House of Bread food bank for onward distribution.

On Sunday 17th December Cumbernauld Old Parish Church will be joining our friends and partners at Kildrum and St Mungo’s Parish Church for a joint service of worship at 11.00am in the St Mungo’s Parish Church building.
There won’t be a morning worship service in the Cumbernauld Old building on Sunday 17th, but everyone is most welcome as we worship God together this Sunday.

Festival of Light

A reminder that the annual Festival of Light carol service takes place this coming Sunday, 10th December, at 7.30pm in St Mungo’s Parish Church.
It’s always one of the highlights of the Christmas season, so please come along and sing some familiar and much-loved carols. There will be an opportunity at the service for those who wish to make a donation to Christian Aid. Hope you can join us!

Rainbow Service

For some years now, just before Christmas, Cumbernauld Old Parish Church has held a service especially for people who may be struggling because of bereavement or loss with the ‘jolly’ side of the Christmas celebrations.

This year’s Rainbow Service, as it is called, will be on Sunday 17th December at 3.00pm and is an opportunity to come together in a quieter, more reflective time where we can remember those no longer with us and realise through being together that there are others who understand.

This service is open to all, whether your loss is recent or long ago. Please bring other family or friends if they would like to come. Please note that the service is not suitable for very young children (under three).
Everyone is welcome to stay for a cuppa and the chance to chat afterwards.

Mission Partnership

Thank you so much to all those who ‘popped in a pound’ for South Africa at our recent Communion service.
We’re pleased to say that £60 is now with Sandra Duncan to help with the holiday club in their local church and this will feed local children during the long summer holiday and provide activities to keep them off the streets.
Actually, Graham Duncan led a special church service in Pretoria last Sunday for all the people who have benefited from donations from the UK. Graham reported that it was a beautiful, moving service. They are so appreciative that people from overseas care enough to extend a helping hand. Thanks again.

Christmas Eve / Day

Morning Worship on Sunday 24th December will take place in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church at 11.00am and this service will be led by Ivar Struthers, one of our elders and who is also a Reader with Glasgow Presbytery.

At 6.00pm on Sunday 24th December there will be a family Christmas Eve Service in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church. This will be a joint service with our friends and partners at Kildrum and St Mungo’s and will be led by Rev James Gemmell.

There will be a short service of worship at 11.00am on Christmas Day at Cumbernauld Old and this will be led by Ivar Struthers.

And finally…

We’ll be ‘winding down’ this page as we enter the New Year.
Posts will become less frequent and, eventually, as Cumbernauld Old Parish Church becomes part of the new Cumbernauld Trinity Parish Church (we don’t have a date for that yet) this blog will have reached the end of its natural life.

Our website and Facebook page will continue to be updated with all our news, so keep an eye on them – and look out for Cumbernauld Trinity as it emerges and takes shape at some point during 2024.

Rainbow Service 2023

For some years now, just before Christmas, Cumbernauld Old has held a service especially for people who may be struggling because of bereavement with the ‘jolly’ side of the Christmas celebrations.
This year’s Rainbow Service, as it is called, will be on Sunday 17th December at 3.00pm and is an opportunity to come together in a quieter, more reflective time where we can remember those no longer with us and realise through being together that there are others who understand.

This service is open to all, whether your loss is recent or long ago. Please bring other family or friends if they would like to come. Please note that the service is not suitable for very young children (under three).
Everyone is welcome to stay for a cuppa and the chance to chat afterwards.

Sacrament of Holy Communion

We invite you to join us for morning worship at Cumbernauld Old Parish Church on Sunday 3rd December as we celebratie the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The service will be led by Rev Tom Nelson.
As this Sunday is the first Sunday of the month, the ‘big red bucket’ will be in the Church vestibule for those who wish to ‘pop in a pound’ to support the work of our Mission Partners in South Africa.

Then at 3:00pm on Sunday we have a Christmas Songs of Praise, where we’ll sing some of your favourite Christmas carols and enter the season of Advent in style.

Both services are open to all and there will be an opportunity at the close of each to donate to Positive Action in Housing, an independent homelessness and human rights charity.

Adult Fellowship

The final meeting in 2023 of the Cumbernauld Old, Kildrum and St Mungo’s Adult Fellowship is on Wednesday 6th December at 2.00pm in the St Mungo’s meeting rooms, when we will have a chance to share our ‘Pilgrimage Experiences’ All welcome!

Christmas Gift Service

At worship at Cumbernauld Old on Sunday 10th December we will be holding our Christmas Gift Appeal in support of the food banks both in the Village and at Bethlehem House of Bread at Cornerstone Church.
If you are able, we invite you to please bring your donations of toys, clothing, toiletries and other Christmas treats along to Sunday worship at 11.00am on the 10th December.
Gifts for all ages are welcome, preferably unwrapped (to allow for easier distribution). A special request for gift vouchers for teenagers has been made, which is something I think we can all understand. Grateful thanks for all your steadfast support for the food bank throughout the years, both practical and in prayer.
Your response especially during our special appeals has been nothing short of amazing and it’s never ever taken for granted. Your compassion and generosity make a difference. Thank you.

Festival of Light

This year’s musical celebration of Christmas, our annual Festival of Light carol service, takes place on Sunday 10th December at 7.30pm in St Mungo’s Parish Church, St Mungo’s Road, Cumbernauld.
It’s always one of the highlights of the year, so please put the date in your diary! There will be an opportunity at the service for those who wish to make a donation to Christian Aid. Hope you can join us!

Used Stamps Appeal

As we have done in previous years, Cumbernauld Old Parish Church is inviting you to collect and donate your used postage stamps, such as those you will get with your Christmas cards, for the Church of Scotland World Mission Used Stamp Appeal. The proceeds from the 2023-24 Appeal will go to ‘Firmly Planted’, a tree planting initiative in Malawi (read more).

We’ll put a box for your stamps in the Church vestibule during December and January, so just pop them in when you’re at church and we’ll pass them on. Thank-you for your support!

Church Magazine, November 2023

Welcome to our latest Church newsletter, which can be downloaded from the link below.

This edition has news about the name that will be adopted by the new congregation when Cumbernauld Old unites with Kildrum and St Mungo’s next year. The magazine also has all the dates for our worship services and activities during Advent and Christmas; there’s a look back at our Harvest Gift Appeal and a look forward to our Christmas one, as well as an update from our Mission in Action team.

There is news from a number of our groups, a letter from our Mission Partners in South Africa and an update from our Mission Circle here that supports them; updates, also, about our Fair Trade and fund-raising activities and our property news, and a couple of prayers to share as we reflect on the current conflict in the Middle East.

Feel free to download your copy and read at your leisure. Enjoy!

COPC Newsletter – November 2023Download

Worship on Sunday 26th November

Please join us on Sunday 26th November for morning worship at Cumbernauld Old. Our service will start at 11.00am in the Parish Church and will be led by Rev James Gemmell.
All welcome!

As this is the last Sunday of the month, we’ll have our regular Fairtrade stall after the service, where you can buy all your Fairtrade favourites.

Car Boot and Table-top Sale

We’re holding a Car Boot and Table-top Sale on Saturday 25th November from 10.00am – 12 noon in the car park at the Old Parish Church manse. Come along and, hopefully, grab a bargain!

Christmas Fair

Kildrum and St Mungo’s Church is holding a Christmas Fair on Saturday 2nd December between 10am and 1pm. Tickets are £3 / adults or £1 / Children and includes cakes and tea / coffee. There will be a craft table, Christmas hamper, tombola, and floral table decorations available for sale. Hope to see you there!

Christmas Songs of Praise

Advent never seems to be long enough to sing all our favourite seasonal hymns and carols, so we’re having a Christmas Songs of Praise event at Cumbernauld Old Parish Church on Sunday 3rd December at 3.00pm when we can enjoy singing our favourite carols early in Advent to get us in the mood for the festive season.
As with our summer Songs of Praise event there are voting slips available, so please vote for your favourites and pop them in the box at church by Sunday 26th November.
Please get your votes in and put 3.00pm on Sunday 3rd December in your diary.

From the Old to the new

Cumbernauld Old and Kildrum and St Mungo’s Parish churches are pleased to announce that the new name of our joint church when we come together in union will be Cumbernauld Trinity Parish Church.

This decision has come after several rounds of voting by the congregations, and there was an overwhelming majority for this name from the votes on Sundays 15th and 22nd October.

The new name will not be used officially until after the Service of Union, which will take place early next year. Thank you to all who participated in this process and voted over the last few months. There is a lot of work currently being done – and much still to be done – in terms of the details and practicalities of the union itself, and we’ll keep everyone posted when there’s news to share. Meanwhile, please keep everyone involved in your prayers during this complex process.