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This is necessary due to large amount of parking around the front door, including on church ground. Several members of St John's and other town churches complete a listening course, run by Acorn in Scotland.
This will allow them to offer a sympathetic listening ear to people's problems. Smart Water is applied to the lead on roof. This allows the lead to be uniquely labelled and identified as "ours".
A new printer, for the use of the Parish Grouping churches, replaces the previous one which is worn out. It is bought outright by St John's with Kirkton church re-paying their share over a five-year period, and St Andrew's paying a copy charge as they use it. As before, the printer is based in Kirkton office. In response to concerns about potential for accidents with stacking tables, storage cradles are purchased.
A fortnightly "Time for Prayer" is instituted by the Parish Grouping. Prayers, spoken or silent, will be offered for the Mission Priorities, the three Church of Scotland congregations and the Parish Grouping. A second Christmas Day lunch is held. The expectation is that this will become an annual event. A new small-scale printer is obtained for the office to allow short runs to be printed without having to use jointly-owned printer at Kirkton Church.
Lanark Presbytery withdraws provision of IT equipment to ministers. A rebate of fees paid by the congregation for this is received. Pastor Roy Cowieson celebrates his 70 th birthday in May and retires in June, with the intention to return to Canada. In response to an identified slippage risk on stairs to gallery, non-slip paint is applied to treads. The doors are removed from the back pews. This is to facilitate exit from all pews in case of emergency as, when open, the doors block the aisle.
Also, to provide more space for wheelchair users, the back right pew is removed. It is reputed to be the church referred to by Blind Harry as the place where William Wallace was declared Guardian of Scotland in That small building was replaced by the church in Carluke Churchyard probably in the 14th or 15th century, definitely before the Reformation in the 16th century. By Carluke Kirk was known to be very old and almost in ruins. It continued in use till The bell tower built in still stands in the old churchyard at the foot of the town.
Built in this church replaced the church in Carluke Churchyard Carnwath Road and is one of the oldest buildings still in use in the town.
There is a separate record of deaths January —March and of burials January —September The record is blank March — Ben Bloxham, pub. British Book K23b. The Kirk session was the court of the parish.
The session was made up of the minister and the land owners and business men of the parish, chosen to serve on the session. The Kirk session dealt with moral issues, minor criminal cases, matters of the poor and education, matters of discipline, and the general concerns of the parish.
Kirk session records may also mention births, marriages, and deaths. A nonconformist church is any church that is not the Established church. Regular services were provided from July The charge was sanctioned in May The church was erected in and a manse some years later.
A new church was built in and a new manse in The population of the district increased but new congregations formed at Crossford and Law affected the growth of membership. Membership: , — , Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, —, ed.
William Ewing, D. Family History Library Film More details may be given in the source including a list of ministers. History— Due to a concern for the rigid political beliefs of the parish minister of Carluke in the early s, certain members of the Established Church congregation withdrew and applied to the Relief Presbytery of Hamilton to be taken under their inspection as a forming congregation, which was granted.
The congregation was organized in April The church was built that year.
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