Worship on Sunday 18th December

Please join us for worship on Sunday 18th December, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, at 11.00am in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church. The service will be led by Rev Fiona Crawford and everyone is welcome.

The service will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page for those who are unable to be with us in person.

Christmas at Cumbernauld Old

On Christmas Eve, Saturday 24th December, we’ll be having an all-age worship service in the Parish Church at 6.00pm to which everyone is warmly invited. Please wear your Christmas jumpers, baubles and antlers and let’s make this a real festive occasion!

On Christmas Day, Sunday 25th December, please join us for morning worship in the Parish Church at 11.00am and let us celebrate Jesus’ birth together.

Burns’ Supper 2023

Get your 2023 Diaries out!
Cumbernauld Old Parish Church’s Men’s Group are holding a Burns Supper on Wednesday 25 January 2023 in Cumbernauld Bowling Club at 6.45 pm.
The Burns Supper starts with Robert Burns’ Toast to The Haggis followed by a traditional Burns meal (soup then haggis, neeps & tatties). After the meal there are humorous Burns recitals and stories including the Toast to The Lasses and the reply. Further Information and Tickets at £12 each can be obtained from Duncan Whyte or any member of the Men’s Group at church.

Festival of Light 2022

The annual ecumenical Festival of Light Service will take place on Sunday 11th December at 7.30pm in St Mungo’s Parish Church. The service will include contributions from Croy Silver Band and the Cumbernauld Choir.

Donations will be support the work of Christian Aid and SCIAF. This is always a highlight of the festive season, so please put the date in your diaries.

Sacrament of Holy Communion – Sunday 4th December

On Sunday 4th December we will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion at morning worship in the Parish Church at 11am. The service will be led by Rev Fiona Crawford and everyone is welcome.

There will be a retiring offering in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee Pakistan Floods Appeal at this service with a plate for donations outside the door of the vestibule at the close of the service.

Kildrum Parish Church 60th Anniversary – Sunday 11th December

Kildrum Parish Church are celebrating their 60th Anniversary in December 2022 and have invited the congregations of St Mungo’s and Cumbernauld Old to join them for a special Anniversary Service on Sunday 11th December at 11am. As this will be a joint service for our three churches, please note there won’t be a service at Cumbernauld Old next Sunday.

Advent Reflections

Cumbernauld Churches Together are holding a series of Advent Reflections on Wednesdays 7th, 14th and 21st December all at 7.30pm in the Church of the Holy Name, Fleming Road, Seafar. Everyone is welcome and there will be refreshments at the end of each evening.

Festival of Light

The annual ecumenical Festival of Light Service will take place on Sunday 11th December at 7.30pm in St Mungo’s Parish Church. The service will include contributions from Croy Silver Band and the Cumbernauld Choir. Donations will be support the work of Christian Aid and SCIAF. This is always a highlight of the festive season, so please put the date in your diaries.

Rainbow Service – Sunday 27th November

Cumbernauld Old Parish Church will be holding our annual Rainbow Service on Sunday 27th November at 3pm.

This service aims to provide an opportunity for people who have been bereaved, recently or some time ago, to remember and reflect in a short time of worship together.
All welcome.

Please note: to respect the privacy of those attending, the Rainbow Service won’t be streamed or recorded online.

Gift Service – First Sunday in Advent

We invite you to join us for worship at Cumbernauld Old on Sunday 27th November, the First Sunday in Advent. The service will be at 11.00am in the Parish Church and will be led by Rev Fiona Crawford.

This will also be our annual Gift Service and, as in previous years, we invite those who are able to help at this time, to please bring donations of toys, toiletries, Christmas treats or gift cards to the service. All donations will be passed to our local food bank at Bethlehem House of Bread at Cornerstone House for distribution locally. The remarkable and generous response for these appeals shown by the congregation over the years has always been greatly appreciated and we are certain that this will once again be the case this year. Thank you.

Sunday’s service will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page for those who are unable to be with us in person.

Worship on Sunday 19th December

You are invited to join us for worship in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church on Sunday 19th December, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, at the usual time of 11.00am. This week’s service will take the form of a service of readings and carols and will be led by Rev Allan Loudon.

If you wish to worship at Cumbernauld Old, there’s no need to book in advance, but please be aware that the current guidelines are that everyone attending should take a Lateral Flow Test beforehand and, while at church, wear a face covering (unless exempt), leave their contact details for Test and Protect, use the hand sanitiser provided and keep a safe distance between yourself / your family group and other worshippers while in the church sanctuary.
We encourage everyone to use all areas of the sanctuary, including the east and west aisles, and follow the one-way system when arriving and leaving. Thank-you for your help and understanding!

The service will also be ‘live-streamed’ on our Facebook page and, although you don’t need to sign-up to Facebook to view these services, because they are ‘live’ you will need to watch them at 11.00am on Sunday morning.

Christmas Worship

In light of the serious and developing situation regarding Covid19, the Trustees of Cumbernauld Old Parish Church have decided to cancel our planned Christmas Eve Watchnight Service.

There wasn’t a worship service planned for Christmas Day but we still intend to have our regular worship service at 11am on Sunday 26th December in the Parish Church. We also hope to provide a link to a Christmas Eve service that you will be able to watch from home.

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Worship on Sunday 12th December

Please join us for worship at Cumbernauld Old Parish Church on Sunday 12th December, the Third Sunday of Advent. The service will take place in church at the usual time of 11.00am and will be led by Rev Allan Loudon. All welcome!

The service will also be ‘live-streamed’ on our Facebook page for those who are unable to attend. Please note that, because it will be ‘live’, you will need to watch at 11.00am as it won’t remain on Facebook after the service has ended.

Rainbow Service

Some people have been asking about our Rainbow Service, our service for those who have been bereaved, which has in the past taken place around mid-December. The Kirk Session has decided that, for various reasons, not least the ongoing Covid restrictions, to postpone our service until the Spring. We haven’t yet fixed a date, but we’ll send out invitations and post details online nearer the time.

On Sunday 12^th December at 2.00pm we will post a short reflective meditation and prayer on our Facebook page and then at 2.30pm a recorded service called ‘When Christmas Hurts’ from Milton of Campsie Parish Church. We invite you to take a little time out to reflect upon Christmas in quietness and gentleness.

Christmas Gift Service

Our annual gift service took place on Sunday 5^th December and, once again, we were bowled over by the generosity of our congregation. Our friends at the Bethlehem House of Bread Food Bank posted on social media: “Thank you to our partners in Cumbernauld Old Parish Church who donated all these toys, plus £400 in gift vouchers and £70 in cash for the Christmas Giving on the 23^rd of December. Working together to ensure every child who comes along will have a great Christmas. Praise the Lord!”

Worship at Christmas

Just to let you know that there will be a Christmas Eve Watchnight Service here in Church on Friday 24rth December at 11.30pm and, although there won’t be a service on Christmas Day this year, there will be a morning worship service on Sunday 26^th December, the day after Christmas, at the usual time of 11am. There will also be a morning worship service on Sunday 2^nd January at 11am.

Worship on Sunday 5th December

You are warmly invited to join us at Cumbernauld Old for worship on Sunday 5th December, the Second Sunday of Advent. Our service will take place in the Parish Church at the usual time of 11.00am and will be led by Ivar Struthers, one of our elders and a Reader with the Church of Scotland.

This will also be our annual Christmas Gift Service and, instead of gifts of toys, toiletries, etc. as in previous years, our friends at Cornerstone House, where our local food bank is situated, have asked that this year we donate gift vouchers or gift cards.
Donations will be distributed by our friends in Cornerstone to people in need before Christmas. Thank you, as always, for your generous support to our community.

Our weekly services in the church at 11.00am will be ‘live-streamed’ on our Facebook page for those who are unable to attend. Please note that, because they are ‘live’, you will need to watch them at 11.00am as they won’t remain on Facebook after the service has ended.

Advent Reflections from Cumbernauld Churches Together

Cumbernauld Churches Together are holding a series of Advent Reflections in The Church of The Holy Name, Fleming Road, Seafar, G67 1LJ. These take place on Wednesdays 8th and 15th December. Refreshments will be served at 7pm followed by Reflections at 7.30pm. Everyone is invited to come along to one or all of the Advent Reflections and anyone wishing to attend will be most welcome.

Church Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is now available and can be downloaded from the link below.
There’s an introduction from our new Interim Moderator and news about our Vacancy from the Session Clerk. We have updates from our Mission Team, Fundraising Team, Craft Group, and Mission Circle as well as some diary dates to look forward to over Advent and Christmas.
Feel free to download your copy and read at your leisure. Enjoy!

Cumbernauld Old Church Newsletter November 2021Download