St John’s Church in Carluke celebrated its 175th anniversary on Sunday August 26.
The church was one of those formed in the disruption of 1843, when several elders walked out of the Parish Kirk to form a small congregation of Free Church worshippers. The first meeting-place was a hall in a local inn!
For the anniversary service, which marked 175 years almost to the day since the new congregation held its first Communion Service, the congregation welcomed the Moderator of the General Assembly, the Rt Rev Susan Brown. Mrs Brown preached to an extended congregation, including visitors and their families from Crawforddyke Primary School choir who performed during the service, the 1st Carluke Scout Group and 3rd Carluke Boys’ Brigade. Grace Notes, St John’s youth choir, provided additional items of praise.