Next Service Sunday
10th December  10:30 Rev Gordon Jamieson
 

Teas and Coffee in the Glenalmond Hall after the morning service -all welcome.
 

Calling a Minister - Session Clerk update  6th December 2023 Update

On 5^th December, the Presbytery considered and approved the report from the Deployment Committee. This report stated that Kirk of Calder’s Basis of Reviewable Charge is accepted.

The Deployment Committee’s report noted that they had been advised by the Principal Clerk that there was no reason to delay Kirk of Calder calling a minister until the Basis of Parish Grouping was agreed. It was decided that a call could proceed in parallel with the Basis of Parish Grouping being agreed. This removed the need for both documents to be agreed beforehand.

This improvement in our ability to call a minister was intimated in the November magazine and we expressed our gratitude to the Presbytery.

In early January, the Presbytery will appoint three of its members to form the Vacancy Advisory Committee, to assist our Kirk Session with the process of calling a minister. 

Kenneth Wilson, Session Clerk

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 Interim Moderator is Rev. Nanda Groenewald  (The present minister of Polbeth Harwood and West Kirk of Calder)  She can be contacted by telephone  07846 539 841 or by e-mail at jonandagroenewald@gmail.com

The Kirk's Highlights Choir 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

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.