Worship on Sunday 27th February

Please join us for worship at Cumbernauld Old this Sunday, 27th February. The service will be held 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.

As this service will take place during Fairtrade Fortnight (see below), it will have a bit of a Fairtrade ‘flavour’ to it. We hope you can join us!

We also hope to have our livestream working again and you should be able to join our service via our Facebook page at 11am on Sunday if you can’t be with us in person.

Please note that, until we are told otherwise by the Church of Scotland, we are still asking everyone to adhere to the Covid guidelines, i.e. everyone attending church 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!

Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 21 February to 6 March 2022 and we are all being invited to ‘Choose the World you Want’ with an online festival with films and talks and even tasting events, as well as being encouraged to keep on looking out for the Fairtrade mark on the things we all buy.

We are going to put a ‘Cumbernauld Old Fairtrade Shopping List’ up on our website to enable people to order a limited number of popular Fairtrade goods each month basis until we are able to reinstate our regular Fairtrade stall at Church. Watch this space for more details.

Church Newsletter

The latest edition of our Church newsletter has just been published and copies will be distributed to our members over the next week or two. You can download a copy from the Magazine page on our website. Enjoy!

Fairtrade Fortnight 2022

Fairtrade Fortnight is here!

Fairtrade Fortnight 2022 runs from 21 February to 6 March and we are all being invited to ‘Choose the World You Want’ with an online festival with films and talks and even tasting events, as well as being encouraged to keep on looking out for the Fairtrade mark on the things we all buy.

Cumbernauld Old is a Fairtrade Church and our worship service on Sunday 27th February will have a bit of a Fairtrade ‘flavour’ to it. So please join in and ‘Choose the World You Want’ this Fairtrade Fortnight.

Worship for Sunday 7th March

Cumbernauld Old Parish Church invites you to join us for worship online on Sunday 7th March, the Third Sunday of Lent. It also marks the end of Fairtrade Fortnight and there is a Fairtrade theme running throughout our worship this week. Worship is led by our minister, Rev Elspeth McKay and is available here or by clicking on the video link below.

You are welcome to join us at any time, but why not worship with us at 11am on Sunday which is our usual time of worship when we are able to meet together in the church building. Many of us still worship around that time at home and you will be among friends, even if not in the same building!

Worship from Cumbernauld Old Parish Church for Sunday 7th March

As with all our worship services, this Sunday’s service is available to all, so please feel free to share with any family or friends. Please also check out our Facebook page for all the latest news from Cumbernauld Old. We have also posted a series of Lent reflections on our Facebook page and invite you to share in a short reading and reflection each day from now until Easter.

Kirk Session Meeting

The Kirk Session will meet by Zoom and telephone on Thursday 11th March at 7.30pm.
An agenda and the minutes of our previous meeting have been sent electronically to everyone for whom we have an email address and by post to other members of the Kirk Session.

Worship for Sunday 28th February

Cumbernauld Old Parish Church invites you to worship with us online this Sunday, 28th February – the Second Sunday of Lent. Worship is led by our minister, Rev Elspeth McKay and is available here or from the video link below.

You are welcome to join in our worship at any time, but why not join us at 11.00am on Sunday which many of us keep as our usual time of worship, even though we won’t all be under the one roof for now.

Worship from Cumbernauld Old Parish Church for Sunday 21st February

As with all our worship services, this Sunday’s service is available to all, so please feel free to share with any family or friends. Please also check out our Facebook page for all the latest news from Cumbernauld Old. We have also posted a series of Lent reflections on our Facebook page and invite you to share in a short reading and reflection each day from now until Easter.

Coffee and Chat

Please join us for a Coffee and Chat via Zoom or telephone on Wednesday at 3.00pm.
The plan is to meet up online or by phone every Wednesday afternoon and we hope these informal get-togethers will allow us some kind of relaxed social contact from the comfort of our own homes. You don’t need to join us every week, feel free to drop in or out whenever it suits you.
If you would like a link to the Coffee and Chat, please let us know and we will send you the details. Everyone is very welcome and you can join either online or by telephone.

Fairtrade Fortnight

This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 22 February until 7 March and has the theme, “Choose the World You Want“.
Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 aims to highlight the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities Fairtrade works with by listening to their voices and prioritising what they need to respond to the environmental crises unfolding in already vulnerable communities..
We can all play our part in this process by supporting Fairtrade and buying Fairtrade goods where possible. As a Fairtrade Church, Cumbernauld Old will be playing our part with our worship service on Sunday 7th March having a distinctive Fairtrade theme

Kirk Session Meeting

The Kirk Session will meet by Zoom and telephone on Thursday 11th March at 7.30pm.
An agenda and the minutes of our previous meeting have been sent electronically to everyone for whom we have an email address and by post to other members of the Kirk Session.

Worship for Sunday 21st February

Cumbernauld Old Parish Church invites you to worship with us online this Sunday, 21st February – the First Sunday in Lent. Worship is led by our minister, Rev Elspeth McKay and is available here or from the video link below.

You are welcome to join in our worship at any time, but why not join us at 11.00am on Sunday when many of us will be worshipping together, even though we won’t all be in the same location or, for now, under the one roof.

Worship from Cumbernauld Old Parish Church for Sunday 21st February

As with all our worship services, this Sunday’s service is available to all, so please feel free to share with any family or friends. Please also check out our Facebook page for all the latest news from Cumbernauld Old. We have also posted a series of Lent reflections on our Facebook page and invite you to share in a short reading and reflection each day from now until Easter.

Coffee and Chat

Please join us for a Coffee and Chat via Zoom or telephone on Wednesday at 3.00pm.
The plan is to meet up online or by phone every Wednesday afternoon and we hope these informal get-togethers will allow us some kind of relaxed social contact from the comfort of our own homes. You don’t need to join us every week, feel free to drop in or out whenever it suits you.
If you would like a link to the Coffee and Chat, please let us know and we will send you the details. Everyone is very welcome and you can join either online or by telephone.

Fairtrade Fortnight

This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 22 February until 7 March and has the theme, “Choose the World You Want“.
Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 aims to highlight the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities Fairtrade works with. Fairtrade works to raise the voices of farmers and workers and prioritise what they need to respond to the environmental crises unfolding in already vulnerable communities.
This year, we are being asked to ‘Choose the World You Want’ and use our voices to tell others about the challenges that farmers face from climate change. We’ll be looking to play our part in this process – watch this space for details!

Kirk Session Meeting

The Kirk Session will meet by Zoom and telephone on Thursday 11th March at 7.30pm.
An agenda and the minutes of our previous meeting have been sent electronically to everyone for whom we have an email address and by post to other members of the Kirk Session.

Fairtrade and Fellowship

After our Fairtrade-themed service at Cumbernauld Old Parish Church on Sunday 8th March, we will be holding the first of our “Fairtrade and Fellowship” ‘warm welcome’ events. These will take place about four times throughout the year and will always co-ordinate with a Fairtrade stall. We invite those attending worship to stay in Church after our service on Sunday to enjoy Fairtrade tea / coffee / home baking and to engage in Fellowship with your Church family. Please also take the opportunity also to visit our Fairtrade stall.

Fairtrade Fortnight 2019

On Sunday 10th March Cumbernauld Old Parish Church will celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight with a service dedicated to raising awareness of the need for ethical trade. We will be welcoming a visitor from Gavin’s Mill, who will share with us the ethos that sits behind the wide-ranging role that this Fairtrade shop / café plays within the Fairtrade community.

As well as our regular Fairtrade stall we will be offering Fairtrade teas / coffees and home-baking in Church after our service. The Fairtrade group looks forward to seeing you then.

Come On In to Fairtrade

This year, Cumbernauld Old Parish Church will be supporting Fairtrade Fortnight when we will be inviting people to ‘Come On In’ and see what Fairtrade is all about.

Put simply, Fairtrade is about ensuring producers and workers in the developing world get better prices and decent working conditions; it therefore supports local sustainability and fair terms of trade.