Williamwood Parish Church

Williamwood Parish Church
55°47′24″N 4°17′15″W / 55.789894°N 4.287372°W / 55.789894; -4.287372Coordinates: 55°47′24″N 4°17′15″W / 55.789894°N 4.287372°W / 55.789894; -4.287372
Location Vardar Avenue, Clarkston
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of Scotland
Website williamwoodparishchurch.org.uk
History
Status Church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Administration
Presbytery Glasgow Presbytery
Clergy
Minister(s) Rev Jan Mathieson

Williamwood Parish Church is a Parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving the Williamwood area of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow.

The Building

Designed by Wilson & Son and Honeyman (now Honeyman, Jack and Robertson); Williamwood was dedicated 28 June 1937. Built in 1937 as a church extension charge, the church is a fine example of mid-1930s church architecture. Built in red brick with a short belltower, the original and somewhat austere interior has been upgraded and enriched.

Williamwood Parish Church houses an early Allen Digital Organ. The two manual and pedal organ (Model MOS-600) was installed in 1971. It was one of the first Digital Organs installed by the Allen Organ Company.

Ministry

Williamwood has only been served by 6 ministers.

The current minister is Rev Jan Mathieson who took the charge after moving from Cawdor & Croy Parish.

Previous minister - Rev Iain Reid, (2007 - 2014). He had formerly been Chaplain to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He was assisted from September 2011 to May 2012 by Ann McCormick (Ordained Local Ministry Student).

Other ministers-

  • Daniel Patterson 1937 - 1941 (who died whilst minister of Williamwood)
  • John Stanley Pritchard 1942 - 1949 (who retired in 1970 from BBC Religious Broadcasting)
  • Colin Campbell 1949 - 1989
  • Rev G Hutton B Steel 1990 - 2006, is now minister of Aberdeen: High Hilton

See also

List of Church of Scotland parishes
Glasgow Presbytery

References

1. ^ http://presbyteryofglasgow.org.uk/images/resources/HistoricalDirectoryForGlasgowPresbytery.doc See page 330 (entry number 682)
2. ^ Church of Scotland Yearbook, 2008-9, ISBN 978-0-86153-387-9


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