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 for 1 day per week.
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
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.
Our offerings help support the mission and work of our church and we are grateful to all those who give financially Sunday by Sunday. Many people give by standing order but there is also the option to give via the offering plate in the vestibule area of the church, immediately before entering or leaving the sanctuary. You can pop your offering in the plate either before or after the service. Thank you!
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.
Church Office: The church office will be closed on Thursdays 1st and 8th October. Once again Alison Thomson will kindly be doing the order of service.
Margaret Hislop’s funeral will take place on Monday 5th October 2026 at 11:00 am at South Lanarkshire Crematorium.
The Guild commences on Monday, 5th October at 2pm in the Large Hall. Our afternoon includes a Beetle Drive and anyone wishing to join us will be made most welcome. On Monday, 19th October we are heading to the Cumnock Factory Shop for afternoon tea. The bus leaves from the church at 11.30am and returns around 4pm. The cost is £22.50 and anyone wishing to join us should speak to Helen Nisbet or May McGown.
The Guild commences on Monday, 5th October at 2pm in the Large Hall. Our afternoon includes a Beetle Drive and anyone wishing to join us will be made most welcome. On Monday, 19th October we are heading to the Cumnock Factory Shop for afternoon tea. The bus leaves from the church at 11.30am and returns around 4pm. The cost is £22.50 and anyone wishing to join us should speak to Helen Nisbet or May McGown.
Bible Blethers: We commence our study of Hilary Brand’s “The Mystery of Everything” on Wednesday, 7th October. We meet at 10am in the Morriston Room and anyone wishing to join us will be made most welcome.
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.
Harvest Festival Service is on 11th October. Anyone willing to contribute fruits, vegetables, flowers, jams, pickles etc. bring them to the Church Welcome Area at 10:30am on Saturday and they will be used later in the day to decorate the Communion Table and front of the Church. Donations of tinned/packaged foods for Lodging House Mission should be brought to Church on Sunday 11th October to the service at 10:30am. Click here to see items need for Lodging House Mission
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)
Choir Rehearsals: Choir rehearsals are now being held after morning worship on a Sunday in the Morriston Room. We gather roughly 10-15 minutes after worship ends, to allow time for tea and coffee. Rehearsals run for approximately 45 mins – 1 hour. All are warmly welcome to come along — no experience necessary, just a willingness to join in and sing!
Foodbank: A big thank you to everyone who supports the Foodbank by donating. The items most needed this month are: Tinned Tomatoes, Tinned Fruit, Tinned Custard, Tinned Macaroni Cheese, Tinned Beans & Sausage, Sugar, Cereal, Tinned Meat, Tinned Fish, Biscuits, Dried Rice, Diluting Juice, Jam, Toilet Rolls, Razors.
Dates for your diary
Monday 5th October – The Guild meets at 2pm in the Large Hall
Wednesday 7th October – Bible Blethers at 10.00am in the Morriston Room
Saturday 10th October – The ‘Churches Group’ Mens breakfast, at Wetherspoons on at 8.30/45.
Saturday 10th October – Cambuslang & District Voluntary Care Club Coffee Morning 10.00am till 12 noon
Sunday 11th October – Harvest Festival Service at 10.30am
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 11th October: 10.30am Harvest Festival Service led by Rev Mike Gargrave
Welcome Team: Linda Neeson, Myra Paterson, Tony Neeson
Tea Team: Anna Inglis, Isobel Allison, Eleanor and Jim Ferguson
CONTACT THE MINISTRY TEAM
Interim Moderator
Rev David Slater
DSlater@churchofscotland.org.uk 07722 876616
Locum Minister
Rev Mike Gargrave
Mike.gargrave@btinternet.com 07927 476915
Pastoral Co-ordinator
Janet Stewart
jy@pennyfarthingcottage.co.uk 07850 376703