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Parish Profile
Grange
Parish Church serves the Bonnyton area of Kilmarnock which is to the north
and west of the town. It is a mixture of privately owned properties and
Council housing. The Kilmarnock to Glasgow railway line forms the northern
boundary of the parish and the B7081 Irvine Road to the south. Annanhill
Primary School and Grange Academy take the children from the Parish and
within the bounds lies Woodstock School for children with special needs. We
have 40 elders and 7 deacons who visit our members in their districts.
Communion Services are held on the first Sunday in February and November and
also the last Sunday of April. Special Services are held from time to time.
Enquiries about joining the Church are welcomed at all times.
The church is a member of the Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
which is a mixture of 29 town and village charges.
Crosshouse Hospital and H. M. Prison , Kilmarnock also fall within the
Presbytery bounds and are served by Church of Scotland Chaplains.
Grange Congregation is an active member of the
Fellowship of Kilmarnock Churches.
We are developing an association with the
Haven Christian Fellowship who use our premises on Fridays and Sundays.
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Directions to find us
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We can be reached by road, rail, sea and air.
The Railway Station and the
Bus Stations are within easy walking distance of the Church. Prestwick
Airport is only about eight miles south and Seacats from N. Ireland serve
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Congregational Project
Grange congregation has always made a
generous and speedy response to charity appeals in the past. However, every
post seemed to bring more and more requests for help from a bewildering
range of organisations. The result was that there was a danger of spreading
ourselves too thin. The Deacons Court took the step a few years back to
nominate a charity, which would be the recipient of our efforts for a
particular year. The congregation is encouraged to put forward suggestions
and charities such as Rachel House, Blythswood Care, Malawi appeal and the
Church of Scotland HIV/Aids Appeal have been recent beneficiaries. Local
needs have also been recognised by gifts of equipment to Crosshouse Hospital
and the Hearing Impaired Department.
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Eco - Congregation
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Eco-Congregation is an imaginative and stimulating programme which identifies
simple ways in which churches can care for the environment. It has
been developed to help churches and congregations express their concern for
creation in both practical and spiritual ways. We in Grange Church are
working towards applying for the prestigious Eco - Congregation Award
given in recognition of achieving high environmental standards.
Our first effort is to recycle used ink jet cartridges, mobile phones and
toner cartridges from photocopiers. Members of the congregation bring in
these items from their homes and their places of work and put them in the
recycling box which is located in the Church Hall. Any money raised by the
recycling goes directly to Traidcraft.
NEWS UPDATE: So far we have raised £50 for Traidcraft through our recycling efforts. Please remember to keep saving
those ink / toner cartridges and especially your old mobile phones which
generate the most cash.
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Rev. Colin G. F.
Brockie, B.Sc (Eng), B.D. 1978 - 2007
Colin Brockie was born in Westcliff - on
- Sea in Essex and moved to Musselburgh when a small boy. There he
attended school before moving to Aberdeen. He completed his schooling at
Aberdeen Grammar School and went to the University to read
engineering. He was called to the ministry during this time and entered
the Divinity Faculty from where he graduated in 1967. During his student
days he was student assistant at St. Machar's Cathedral and after
graduating he spent a year as assistant at Mastrick in Aberdeen. He was
called in 1968 to St. Martin's Church in Portobello and then Grange
Church called him to Kilmarnock in 1978. Colin is married with
three grown up children. He is chaplain to Annanhill Primary School and
Woodstock School for special needs children. He has been connected with
the Air Training Corps since 1969 serving as Chaplain to 1143 Squadron
in Portobello and currently is Chaplain to 237 Squadron and also
Chaplain to Glasgow and the West of Scotland Wing. He has been Presbytery
Clerk since 1992.
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Rev. George L. Marr,
M.A., B.D. 1967 - 1977
George Marr was born in Aberdeen where he
attended school and then went on to the University where he graduated
M.A. in 1957. and again in 1960 with a B.D. He served as assistant at
St. Columba's Church, Largs before being called to St. Aidan's Chuch,
Anstruther in October 1961. In August 1967 he was called to Grange where
in 1977 the Centenary of the congregation was celebrated. New buildings
were erected in Mr Marr's time to cope with the large numbers of
children attending Sunday School and youth organisations. He left Grange
Church in October 1977 in answer to a call from Riverside United Church,
Ottawa and remained there until he retired three years ago. He and
Margaret now enjoy having more time to spend with their six
grandchildren.
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Rev. Ian
M. P. Davidson, M.A., B.D. 1961 -1967
Ian Davidson was born near Kirriemure and
attended Montrose Academy and then the University of St Andrew's from
which he graduated in 1949. After National Service he returned to St
Andrew's where he graduated B.D. in 1954 and was then assistant at
Holburn Central Parish Church, Aberdeen and later, in 1955, was inducted to St.
Andrew's Church in Crieff. In 1961 he was called to Grange where he
served until 1967. From there he went to Cambuslang Old and this was
followed in 1985 by a call to Stirling: Allan Park South with Church of the Holy
Rude. He retired in 1994.
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| The Rev. Thomas
Girdwood, M.P.S. 1955 - 1961
Mr. Girdwood was a native of Wishaw
who felt the call to the ministry during World War II. After the war
he trained at Glasgow University and Trinity College and served his
main assistantship in Cambuslang Old Parish. In 1949 he was inducted
to the charge of Chalmers Church, Larkhall from where he was called
to Grange. In 1961 he went as Assistant and Successor at Shawlands
Cross Parish and subsequently in 1976 was translated to the Parish
of Kirn. In 1981 he went to Prestwick South and retired from
there in 1988.
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Rev Robert
Duncan, M.A. 1930 - 1954
Mr Duncan was a native of Glasgow
who studied at the University and also at the United Free Church
College in Glasgow. On completion of his studies he became
assistant at St James's Church in Paisley and later was inducted
to Law Parish. In 1925 he was called to Wellwynd Church in
Aidrie and ministered there until 1930 when he was inducted to
Grange. He died in 1954.
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Rev. Andrew Aitken
1902 - 1929
(Colleague and Successor
1902 - 1911)Mr Aitken
was born in Newton St. Boswells and he studied at Edinburgh
University. On completion of his education he became assistant at
Bellhaven Church in Glasgow. He moved from there to a mission
station in England and this was followed by a ministry in
Shapinsay in Orkney. In 1902 he was called as Colleague and
Successor to Mr McCulloch whose health had failed. He died in 1929.
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Rev James M.
McCulloch 1877 - 1911
(Senior Minister 1902 - 1911)
Little is known about the origins of Mr McCulloch.
We know he served in his first charge in Newton Stewart from
1864. From there he was called to be the first minister in
Grange in 1877. He worked for 25years consolidating the new,
young congregation. After his wife died in 1890 his health began
to fail and in 1902 he lost the power of speech. A colleague and
successor was appointed who served along side until his death in
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