VACANCY BUSINESS
Locum: At its meeting on Tuesday 21st July, the Kirk Session approved the appointment of Rev Mike Gargrave as Locum for the period of vacancy. Mike is a recently retired minister with experience of parish ministry in 2 congregations in the Presbytery. Mike will lead worship each Sunday and provide pastoral care and funeral cover, initially for 1 day per week, with the possibility of increasing to 2 days per week if required.
Pastoral Co-ordinator: At the conclusion of Interim Ministry and during the vacancy, a Pastoral Co-ordinator will be in place to ensure that information about members of the church family who are ill or in hospital is gathered and shared with the Locum Minister and appropriate elder. The Kirk Session has agreed that this position will be filled by Janet Stewart. Janet’s contact details can be found alongside the contact details for the Ministry Team at the end of the order of service.
Interim Moderator: The Presbytery has appointed Rev David Slater, minister of Gartcosh linked with Glenboig as the Interim Moderator of Cambuslang Parish Church during the period of vacancy. Dave [as he is known] will be ‘de facto’ minister of the congregation and will moderate the Kirk Session, ensure that governance is functioning well and will liaise with the Session Clerk team and with our Locum Rev Mike Gargrave and Pastoral Co-ordinator, Janet Stewart, to ensure all pastoral matters, including funerals, are covered. Please note that Dave is a full-time minister of his own two congregations so will not be in Cambuslang Parish Church on a regular basis. Dave’s contact details are at the end of the order of service.
Dates for your diary
Tuesday 15th September – Coffee & Chat in the Welcome Area 11.00am with a short devotion at 11.45am
Saturday 22nd September – Tuesday service in the Welcome Area at 11.45am
Tuesday 29th September – Kirk Session meeting, 7.30pm in the Morriston Room
Church Family News
For information on any items please contact the Session Clerk Team
Our mission statement:
We are a warm and welcoming church
who seek to help all people experience and share
the love and teachings of Jesus Christ
in our worship and community involvement.
We affirm the dignity of all people
through compassion and kindness.
Church Office: The church office will be closed on Thursdays 17th September, then 1st & 8th October. Once again Alison Thomson will kindly be doing the order of service.
Count Team: The count team will soon be short of one member. It’s not an onerous task, just once every 8 weeks & takes about 1-2 hours at the church. No count experience needed, just a willingness to help this friendly team. Money has to go the Bank Hub or the Post Office. If interested, please speak to our treasurer Colin Fell or Finance Team secretary Jeanette Alexander.
The Presbytery is hosting a number of listening roadshows entitled A Season of Listening on Saturday mornings throughout September and October. The resulting discussions will help inform the Presbytery in shaping their Action Plan. It would be lovely if a few of us from CPC could manage along. Please speak to Graham Macgregor for further details.
Coffee & Chat: This Tuesday, 15th September, Coffee & Chat commences at 11am and at 11.45am there will be a short devotion led by one of the group. The first full Tuesday service will take place on Tuesday, 22nd September at 11.45am.
Boys Brigade: 220th Glasgow Boy’s Brigade will start back on Thursday 17th September. Anchors and Juniors will start at 6.30pm and Company at 7.30pm. If anyone would like to join us, both boys and girls, then just come along on the 17th to see what we are all about.
The funeral of Margaret Davidson will take place in the church at 10am on Wednesday 23rd September and thereafter at Westburn Cemetery. We remember Margaret’s family, especially the Lindsay family, in our prayers.
Kirk Session: Elders please note that the next Kirk Session meeting will be held on Tuesday 29th September at 7.30 in the Morriston Room.
CAMBUSLANG & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY CARE CLUB:
SATURDAY, 10TH OCTOBER 2026, 10.00am till 12 noon. COFFEE MORNING: WITH STALLS SELLING SECONDHAND BOOKS, CAKE & CANDY WITH HOME BAKING, MISCELLANEOUS GOODS, PLUS A SILENT AUCTION. If you are able to contribute any of the aforementioned items for the stalls or unwanted treasures in need of a new home for sale in the Silent Auction, we would be delighted to take them from you on the weeks leading up to the event i.e. after church services, or on Wednesday evenings between 6.30pm and 8.30pm or leave them in the box marked ITEMS FOR C&DVCC situated on top of the cupboards in passageway adjacent to the large hall. Items of baking can be brought to the hall on the evening before the event between 7.00pm and 9.00pm or on the morning of 10th October. TICKETS PRICED £3 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE WELCOME AREA EVERY SUNDAY TILL 4TH OCTOBER. The Voluntary Care Club would be grateful for your support! SO, PLEASE JOIN US AND MAKE A HAPPY MORNING EVEN HAPPIER.
Church Facebook …. have a look:
The ‘Church Facebook Page’ address is:
https://www.facebook.com/CambuslangParishChurch
Will McArthur from the Comms Team is asking our Church Groups to make use of the Church Facebook by getting their news to him. The Facebook Page is ideal for advertising events for Guild, Girls Brigade, Boys Brigade, Coffee mornings, Church events, Concerts, Funerals, Outings, Walking Group, Pipe Band etc. etc. (Will can be contacted via email wmca53@gmail.com)
Foodbank: A big thank you to everyone who supports the Foodbank by donating. The items most needed this month are: Macaroni Cheese (Tinned), Beans & Sausage (Tinned), Tinned Fruit, Tinned Tomatoes, Tinned Soup, Biscuits, Sugar, Shampoo, Deodorant, Household Cleaning Sprays, Cereal, Pasta Sauce (Jar), Rice Pudding (Tinned), Custard (Tinned), Spaghetti Hoops, UHT Milk, Diluting Juice.
Prayer Tree: The congregational Prayer Tree is available in the Welcome area, along with tags on which names can be written of any for whom prayers are sought. Names on the Prayer Tree will normally be included by the Ministry Team in prayers offered in worship at the Sunday Service and Tuesday Service. It is the normal practice of the Ministry Team to include first names only to help preserve appropriate anonymity. If you place a prayer request on the Prayer Tree can you also please remove that tag when prayer is no longer required. Thank you.
Halls Convenor: please send any enquiries about hall bookings etc to our Halls Convenor: derekburnscpc@gmail.com
Ohna Robertson will be delighted to receive your announcements for inclusion in the Order of Service by Wednesday at 12 noon: ohna.robertson@ntlworld.com
Worship at Cambuslang Parish Church
Sunday 20th September: 10.30am Sunday Service led by Rev Mike Gargrave
Welcome Team: Jim Forsyth, Jim Nixon, Jim Ferguson
Tea Team: Jan Ritchie, Anne Boyd, Catriona Robb, Isobel Rattray
CONTACT THE MINISTRY TEAM
Interim Moderator
Rev David Slater
DSlater@churchofscotland.org.uk 07722 876616
Locum minister from 13th September
Mike Gargrave
Mike.gargrave@btinternet.com 07927 476915
Pastoral Co-ordinator
Janet Stewart
jy@pennyfarthingcottage.co.uk 07850 376703