Welcome
We hope that you enjoy visiting our web site and enjoy, even more, a visit to our church. Our church is about spreading the word of God and telling the good news about Jesus Christ. It is also about what we do, particularly what we do together. We are not, in any sense, a closed fellowship, just a bunch of people who believe that the message preached by Jesus Christ is worth trying to live out, not only on Sundays, but also Monday to Saturday.
We are part of the Church of Scotland. As such, everyone who lives in the parish has the right to call on the services of the minister.
We also recognise that we are fortunate to have such a beautiful church building. This category 'A' listed building is special in many different ways, including:
- The only Robert Adam church in the country.
- The only church in the United Kingdom where, we believe, a serving US president has attended regular Sunday morning worship.
We have a responsibility to pass on this heritage so we must be careful stewards of the building.
Upcoming Events
May 2009
- Sunday 3rd : Morning Service - Sacrament of Holy Communion, 11:15 am
- Sunday 3rd : Malin Court - Sacrament of Holy Communion, 2:30 pm
- Sunday 3rd : Maidens Church - Sacrament of Holy Communion, 7:00 pm
- Wednesday 6th : Lunch Club - Kirkoswald Hall, 12 noon
- Sunday 10th : Morning Service - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Sacrament of Baptism,11:15 am
- Wednesday 13th : Malin Court Monthly Service, 2:30 pm
- Sunday 17th : Morning Service - Sixth Sunday of Easter, 11:15 am
- Thursday 21st to Wednesday 27th : General Assembly, Edinburgh
- Sunday 24th : Morning Service - Seventh Sunday of Easter, 11:15 am
- Sunday 31st : Morning Service - Pentecost, 11:15
June 2009
- Wednesday 3rd : Lunch Club - Kirkoswald Hall, 12:00 noon
- Guild Summer Rally, Girvan South Parish Church, 7:00 pm
- Sunday 7th : Morning Service - 1st After Pentecost, 11:15 am
- Tuesday 9th : Presbytery: Induction at Ayr: St Quivox (Dalmilling), 6:45 pm
- Wednesday 10th : Malin Court Monthly Service, 2:30 pm
- Congregational Board, Kirk Session - Kirkoswald Hall, 7:00 pm
- Sunday 14th : Morning Service - 2nd After Pentecost, 11:15 am
- Sunday 21st : Morning Service - 3rd After Pentecost, 11:15 am
- Tuesday 23rd : Presbytery: Old Cumnock: Old, 6:45 pm
- Sunday 28th : Morning Service - 4th After Pentecost, 11:15 am
July 2009
- Wednesday 1st : Lunch Club - Kirkoswald Hall, 12:00 noon
- Sunday 5th : Morning Service - 5th After Pentecost, 11:15 am
- Wednesday 8th : Malin Court Monthly Service, 2:30 pm
- Sunday 12th : Morning Service - 6th After Pentecost, 11:15 am
- Sunday 19th : Morning Service - 7th After Pentecost, 11:15 am
- Saturday 25th : Church Fete - Maidens, 2:00 pm
- Sunday 26th : Morning Service- 8th After Pentecost, 11:15 am
News - March 2009
'Accompanied'
As you know, the minister's wife was the Presbyterial Council's Education Representative and is now the Project Partners Coordinator. One of her responsibilities in the Education role was to find good, interesting and informative speakers and one she invited during her term was John Sharp. John had served a period as an Ecumenical Accompanier in Israel / Palestine. He told some horrendous and moving stories, such as the Palestinian nursery demolished at 5:30 one morning; that was bad enough, but some staff and children were in the nursery at the time, and the facilities it provided were much valued in the area.
The Guild has recently announced its six new projects to be supported for 2009 - 2012 and one of them is a World Mission Council project called Interfaith Action. World Mission is the Council of the Church which looks after the relationships between the Church of Scotland and the various overseas countries. This used to involve sending missionaries out, but now is more likely to be involved in activities such as HIV/AIDS work, in poverty relief, in seeking justice for the many places that have none, or precious little, in short exercising what Liberation Theology would call the Preferential Option for the Poor throughout the world.
John Sharp is making a return to speak at the Guild Rally in Girvan South Parish Church on 4th June, and will doubtless tell us more about Interfaith Action and its two basic thrusts - to improve understanding of the Israel / Palestine situation in the Guilds throughout Scotland, and to work with organisations such as the Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAPPI) in trying to effect Reconciliation in Israel / Palestine.
The total raised for the six projects from their launch in September 2006 to May 5th 2009 is £733,965.99 split as follows:
- Borderline - Supporting homeless Scots in London, £139,678.26
- Christian Aid - Action for the Adivasi - Bangladesh, £86,963.38
- CrossReach - Beyond the Blues (post-natal depression) - the Bluebell Project,£128,961.00
- The Leprosy Mission Scotland - Walking in the light (curing blindness) - Nigeria,£124,890.11
- Lydia Project - Miriam: Changing the world together - Eastern Europe, £101,347.78
- Scottish Love in Action - Touching the Untouchable - India, £152,125.46
It is remarkable that, for all our talk about a church in decline and a Guild that has ceased to be relevant, this represents an increase of over £40,000 over the sum raised in the previous three years; and the totals are not yet at their final values.




