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Welcome
to the kirkofcalder Website
(Click any photo to go to the Kirk of Calder
Photo Album.)
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The Present Church |
The Church's History and
Heritage |
Current
Church News
Last updated 28th June
2022 |
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The Kirk of Calder is the Church of
Scotland Parish Church serving the communities of Mid Calder and
Pumpherston and is located on Main St., Mid Calder, West Lothian,
EH53 0AN, Scotland. UK |
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Services are held every Sunday morning at
10.30am |
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We are without a
minister at present , our Interim Moderator is
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 |
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Visitors will of course always be made
most welcome to any Sunday morning service! |
|  ***Visit Scotland attraction and is open to the public on Sunday Afternoons (from
April to
September) between 2 and 4pm. Admission is FREE!
The church won the
West Lothian Award for Conservation in 1992. Previous visitors include John
Knox, James Paraffin Young, David Livingstone and Frederick Chopin - and we
look forward to meeting you too! |
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make a 'special' appointment to visit at other times by
contacting the Church Officer Jim
and Eleanor Blair 01506
881302 email
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Photos
- lots of new
photos and slideshows of the Church interior and exterior
here
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Planning a Wedding, Christening
or Funeral? - See
Services Page for more
info. The church can accommodate approx. 400 people. |
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We are looking for photos past
and present of weddings or other events in the Church for our
photo album
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Link
to Kirk of Calder's Facebook Page
Oldeani Biscuits!
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Collect funds
for the church while spending online though Easyfundraising who collect
a small proportion
Click
here to join.
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kirkofcalder/
The retailers donate part of your online spend can help raise funds
for the church. |
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As at 9th May 2022
We have raised from Easy Fundraising
£4,529.24
(since starting
in September 2014)
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Amazon do not
participate in the Easyfundraising scheme, but they have their own
fundraising scheme where Amazon donates part of your online spend
to Kirk of Calder
On the Web - Shop
AmazonSmile at
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/SC013461, and Amazon donates to Kirk
of Calder Parish Church at no cost to you.
On the
Amazon app, Simply follow the instructions below to select Kirk
of Calder Parish (Church of Scotland) as your charity and activate
AmazonSmile in the app. Amazon will donate a portion of your
eligible mobile app purchases to the Kirk of Calder..
1. Open the Amazon app on your phone
2. Select the main menu (=) & tap on Gifting and Charity >
AmazonSmile
3. Type in Kirk of Calder Parish (Church of Scotland) as your
charity
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in
the mobile app
5. Selection needs to be re-confirmed every 6 months
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Sunday Stars,
Sunday School + Mini Kirks - start at the Church then adjourn
to the halls. (except for baptism services which is the other way
round - ask at the gate).
Still cancelled until further
notice
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Tea and Coffee
are served in the Glenalmond hall after every morning service
all
are welcome.
Still cancelled
until further notice
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| Fortnightly Mid Week
Morning Services
are held September to May on Wednesdays at 10:15
in Pumpherston and Uphall Station Community Primary School.
Sill
cancelled
till further notice
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| We are currently
forging closer links with the congregation of Kirknewton and East Calder Parish Church and their minister
Alistair Cowper - visit their website
here
www.knec4jesus.org.uk
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Discover the
history
of the church and learn how an earlier minister
of Kirk of Calder once crowned a King! |
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Our Church is an Historic Scotland Grade A Listed
building |
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Nr
14144 |
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The Kirk's
Stained
Glass windows were restored in 1995 and have a special feature
page, as do
The
Calder Witches. |
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We also have a full list of all Kirk
of Calder
ministers
since 1526 |
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There is an
Old
Maps page showing some historical maps of Mid Calder in 1580, 1757
and in 1853 |
| The organ is by
James Conacher, 1888. |
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There
are a number of Publications on the history of the church and
village that are now available (perhaps for a gift?)
through the website-
click for Publications . We can even sent these
overseas.
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James
Hendrie ,one of our Elders, also is a professional writer and
he has recently penned an article for Scottish
Home & Country Magazine titled "WITCHES,
COMPOSERS AND PREACHERS - THE STORY OF KIRK OF CALDER" It is a
balanced and interesting article on the Kirk and
now
you can read it here or click "The Kirk Story" on the
left. |
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The Kirk
of Calder is a Fair Trade Church. |
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Read the online article on
the church in
Undiscovered
Scotland |
Over 200 more photos of the
Church are available in the
Kirk Photo Album
Link
to Kirk of Calder's Facebook Page
To make a donation to Kirk of
Calder
please complete standing order form below or
make a one off BACS payment to Kirk of Calder
A/C 10047047 Sort Code: 82-66-22
Standing
Order Form (editable Word doc)
Standing order form (printable
pdf)
If
UK taxpayer please also complete
Gift
Aid Form (printable pdf)
...and we
can reclaim the tax
e-mail forms to
treasurer@kirkofcalder.com
Pay
Pal one off donation coming soon!
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The Oldeani project was featured
in an article in "The Daily Record" on 31st December 2016. It is
reproduced in full on the Oldeani Page
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| TARGET REACHED -
5 Months early!
The Kirk
of Calder have a project to link up with a
community in Oldeani, Tanzania. This involves funding
the building of a children’s home at the cost of £85,000. Since the launch of
the project in September 2014, the fund reached its £85,000 target (see graph) Well
done everyone!
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| See the dedicated
Oldeani Project webpage
for more details
www.vinetrust.org/fundraise/kirk-of-calder-project
(now called
Kazunzu)
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| Bankers
Order form to pay your weekly offering
here . Collect a card at
the main door to show that you have paid your offering online!
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| More
members wanted for Easyfundraising - a small proportion of
your online spending can go to the church.
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| Download and print
GDPR Data Protection Documents
*Data Subject Access Request Policy
here
*Employer Privacy Notice
here
*Subject Access Consent Form (Word - editable)
here
*Subject Access Consent Form (PDF - print and
complete) here
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| Jute shopping bags depicting the Kirk of Calder are available price £5
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| The Guild meet on
the 2nd and 4th Thursdays (Feb to April & Sept to Nov) in the Glenalmond
Hall at 14;00 now open again |
Church
lighting upgrade September 2018
| "The Friends of Kirk of
Calder" have been unable to open the Church to Visitors in 2020
or 2021 (normally 2-4pm on Sundays between May and September),
however John Jamieson Co-ordinator of the "Friends" has
prepared a 14minute long Virtual Tour you can view
here or
click the image.
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| Price list for the hire of the Church for
weddings, funerals etc.
here |
Kirk of Calder Giving
Please consider that the Kirk of Calder
relies on regular giving and if you have not already set up a
direct
debit or standing order please do so now. Most banks allow you to
set up a single payment online then convert it into a regular
monthly payment. Alternatively you can download a form
here
Very Important if you are a UK taxpayer
(even many pensioners pay tax!) the Kirk gets 25% extra on top of
your payment from the Government as “Gift Aid” - provided you
complete the form for this
here
Bank details - Account Name: “KIRK OF
CALDER GENERAL ACCOUNT” Account No.: 10047047 Sort Code: 82-66-22
(Virgin Money, Livingston) |
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Service every Sunday at 10:30am
Distancing restrictions
have been removed and the church is now fully open, masks no longer
required.
Kirk of Calder service
for Sunday 12th June 2022
can be viewed at the link below.
https://fb.watch/dDtfbnAQbh/
Older online services available here
(not all services are recorded)
Next Service Sunday 3rd
July 2022 at 10:30am Rev Ken Brown.
Teas and Coffees are is available in the Glenalmond Hall following the service
(Pulpit Rota V3 2022 Here)
The amount raised at the Ukraine Concert held on10th June 2022 was
£949.44.
Elders Duty Rota v3 to May 2023
here
A great new drone picture of
the Kirk in the snow by local Photographer Liam Bullerwell who has
kindly agreed that it can be reproduced here
The Kirk is open every Sunday afternoon
till the end of October
from 2pm to 4pm. This hosted by The Friends of the Kirk of Calder who provide guided tours.
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The
recording of previous weekly services can be accessed
here
(If anyone can't access this
the sermons are also available on DVD's- contact Eleanor Blair 01506
881302)
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The
Fair Trade cafe - Tuesday
mornings 10am-12 noon in the Glenalmond Hall
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| The Guild have recommenced
meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays - now in the afternoon
at 2pm in the Glenalmond Hall
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| The Choral Highlights Choir
meet on Wednesday evenings in the Church at
7:30pm
New members welcome. Contact John Rankine 01506 880029
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| At the main door of the church
there is now a "Dignity Box", from a West Lothian Charity
that you can donate toiletries for distribution free to those
that need them. Dignity Boxes
The West Lothian Foodbank collections
are also now also back
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| John Rankine has created a song
and video slideshow of some of the Choir's repertoire. The first one "Dona Nobis Pacem" is available
here (or click image
below)
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The Choir sing a selection of Traditional Scottish Songs Pop-up Sing
along
including Street Songs lasting 16 minutes. Click
here
or on image below
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Until we can appoint a new Minister (The Church of Scotland is
having a moratorium on appointing new ministers until the end of
2022) but have appointed, from 1st September 2021, Nanda Groenewald
(The present minister of Polbeth Harwood and West Kirk of Calder) to
act as our as
our Interim Moderator. She can be contacted by telephone 07846
539 841 or by e-mail at jonandagroenewald@gmail.com
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Special Stewardship Deficit
Reduction Appeal -
Thank you all for your extra contributions, the predicted £5,000
deficit didn't happen and we only now have a £1,000 deficit at the
end of the year.
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General Message on
"Giving" from Kirk of Calder
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Like every other charity
our income dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we still
had almost all our overheads.
*If you could spare something to support us further - THANK YOU
*If you would like to donate - THANK YOU
*If you want to know more about setting up regular giving or a
one-off donation -
Standing
Order Form (editable Word doc)
Standing order form (printable
pdf)
*If you would like to
send us a donation
Please make
your cheque payable to Kirk of Calder and send to
Kirk of Calder, Main St., Mid Calder, West Lothian, EH53
0AN
| The impact of
the global pandemic Coronavirus forced us to stop many of our usual activities, but the vital work
of the Church goes on. As a result The Church of
Scotland have a new initiative to make one off or regular payments
online by PayPal either to their General Fund or to individual
churches.
https://churchofscotland.org.uk/donate and select Kirk of Calder |
THANK YOU, KIRK OF
CALDER - Scottish Charity SC013461 |
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 St
Andrew Press ...The
Church of Scotland Bookshop.
Click
on the door to visit |
Publications
include books on all aspects of worship: there are prayer
books, hymn books, other worship materials, books for worship leaders, for
prayer groups and for individuals;
books of spiritual poetry; children’s books; and some books on
other things you may be interested in, such as music, biography and
Scottish history |
There are special offers, extracts and
reviews. You will find information on authors and on book-related
events, and the site will continuously grow and develop to meet your
needs.
The
online shop can be found by clicking on the shop door or this link
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