A great new drone picture
(Page banner and above) of
the Kirk by local Droneography expert Liam Bullerwell who has
kindly agreed that it can be reproduced here
If you click the picture above
you can see Liam's Video
Drone Fly Past of the Church lasting 38 seconds. Please note
it takes a little while to load or it will buffer so its best to let
it load fully first before playing!
We are without a
minister at present, our new Interim Moderator from 1st March 2024
is the Rev Gordon Jamieson who is already very familiar
to the congregation through the minimum of two services a month
he has been doing for quite some time. He is very familiar with
the procedure to call a minister as we now go through that
final phase.
Our grateful thanks go to
Rev. Nanda Groenewald (The minister of Polbeth Harwood and
West Kirk of Calder) who has undertaken the Interim Moderator
role for us more than two years and guided us through to this
final stage.
Next Session Meeting 19:30
24 April in the Glenalmond Hall
The draft Parish
Profile is now on the Church of Scotland's website in order
to attempt to attract a minister and can be viewed
here
The Kirk's Highlights Community Choir are looking for new Voices!
View
West Lothian Council Memorial Service 16th September 2022 Slideshow Pics
38 seconds long click here https://fb.watch/fBTtaeYJ3O/
View West Lothian
Council Memorial Service for the Queen on 16th September 2022 (click link) 48
minutes long https://fb.watch/fBUtCjJK8O/
Kirk of Calder service
for Sunday 18th September 2022
- Gordon Pennykid can be viewed at the link below.
https://fb.watch/fPeiaQrUDx/
Previous weekly services
during the pandemic and the recovery can be accessed
here
(If anyone can't access this
the sermons are also available on DVD's- contact Eleanor Blair 01506
881302) Please Note -services are no longer routinely recorded
Updated Presbytery Info
Calling a Minister - 1st March 2024 Update
The Presbytery
appointed
three of its
members to form the Vacancy Advisory Committee, to assist our
Kirk Session with the process of calling a minister, and all
three attended the Session Meetings on 24th January and
28th February 2024
At the same meeting Session appointed a team to prepare a Parish
Profile to go on the Church of Scotland Website as the means to
receive applications from Ministers for our vacant charge. We
will soon elect a Nomination team of five elders and 5 members
of the Congregation to select a minister.
Synopsis of BASIS OF REVIEWABLE CHARGE July 2023
By
decision of the Presbytery of Edinburgh and West Lothian,
permission is granted to the congregation of
Kirk of Calder Parish Church of Scotland, Mid Calder, Livingston,
to call a minister on a Basis of Reviewable Charge. The review
in five years will include various matters in respect of
achieving certain criteria in respect of the Mission,
Co-operation with other churches in the Parish Grouping,
reaching out to new housing developments, addressing poverty and
social injustice
SYNOPSIS OF PARISH GROUPING July 23
The congregation of
Livingston Old Parish Church ,
the congregation of Livingston United Parish Church and
the congregation of Kirk of Calder Parish Church shall form a Parish Grouping called the
Livingston Parishes
Grouping.
Each church shall continue with the
Parish boundaries, ministries , session all remaining as ay
present, and continue to maintain their own buildings.
Areas
of Co-operation:
Deliver weekly
church services, joint pastoral care initiatives and community
involvement projects. Actively develop the mission skills of the
church elders and congregations to employ more of the untapped
and underutilised inherent talents within the congregations of
these three churches to encourage the young to participate and
lapsed members to reengage in the life of the church. Seek to
transform unjust structures of society, challenge violence of
every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation through
joint pastoral care initiatives and community care and youth
engagement projects. Actively develop further the
community support
initiatives, thrift
shops, community cafes and community events, to bring young and
old together in fellowship and fuller participation in the life
of the church.
Sustain and renew the life of the earth through shared
church, community and other local and world environment
protection projects. Actively develop further the eco church
activities already within the three churches and their links to
communities in other areas in Scotland and beyond.
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