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Stevenston High Kirk
Stevenston
North Ayrshire
KA20 3DL
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Who we are
We are part of the national Church of Scotland located in North Ayrshire on the south west coast of Scotland. Our church is made up of people like you and me; people with dreams, hopes, fears and frustrations; folks who have made mistakes in life, and who have experienced real life problems.
We are also a people who have come to experience deep love, joy, peace, goodness, forgiveness, and acceptance. Jesus promised life in all its fullness, a newness of life, a life in the extreme, a life worth living, a life with meaning and purpose. We are a church with passion and purpose.
Here at the High Kirk you are not judged on how you speak, what you wear or what you have. You come as you are! We don’t have to get ourselves right before coming to church; it is when we come as we are that the Spirit of God can then change us and give us meaning and purpose to our lives.
We are a church built upon “relationships” and not “religious duties”. We do not come to church to merely ease our consciences; we come because we want to grow in a relationship with God the Father, who created us, and with his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who loved us, and with God the Holy Spirit who can profoundly change us. As we seek to grow in a relationship with God, we also grow in our relationship with others, which is what makes the High Kirk such a warm and welcoming home for so many.
We are also a people who have come to experience deep love, joy, peace, goodness, forgiveness, and acceptance. Jesus promised life in all its fullness, a newness of life, a life in the extreme, a life worth living, a life with meaning and purpose. We are a church with passion and purpose.
Here at the High Kirk you are not judged on how you speak, what you wear or what you have. You come as you are! We don’t have to get ourselves right before coming to church; it is when we come as we are that the Spirit of God can then change us and give us meaning and purpose to our lives.
We are a church built upon “relationships” and not “religious duties”. We do not come to church to merely ease our consciences; we come because we want to grow in a relationship with God the Father, who created us, and with his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who loved us, and with God the Holy Spirit who can profoundly change us. As we seek to grow in a relationship with God, we also grow in our relationship with others, which is what makes the High Kirk such a warm and welcoming home for so many.
Location of worship / Church Address
Glencairn Street
Stevenston,
North Ayrshire
KA20 3DL
United Kingdom
Phone: 01294 463356
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Church Pastor
Rev Scott Cameron
Minister
Glencairn Street
Stevenston,
North Ayrshire
KA20 3DL
United Kingdom
Phone: 01294 463356
Download Minister Rev Scott Cameron vCard
Quote of the Day
Acts 18:9
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
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Church of Scotland
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19 Schoolwell Street
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Sunday Worship
10:30am Morning Service
Each Sunday morning we meet in the main Church building at 10.30am. We are led by members of our church through singing, prayer, and Bible Readings. Our Minister will share from the Bible each Sunday to help us live as Christians. We seek to be sincere and relevant in our music and singing whether our songs are traditional or modern. Our singing each Sunday is led by organist and Praise Group.
The preaching is sincere and passionate, as we believe the gospel message to be radical and life-changing. We believe the Bible to be the Word of God and teach it as being relevant and foundational to daily life.
7:15pm Evening Fellowship (monthly)
On the first Sundays of the month (September - June), we meet in the High Kirk Halls on the High Road at 7.15pm for informal nights of Praise, Prayer & Share.
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper during our Morning Worship on the 2nd Sunday of March, June, September & December.
Service Times last updated on the 18th of June, 2019
10:30am Morning Service
Each Sunday morning we meet in the main Church building at 10.30am. We are led by members of our church through singing, prayer, and Bible Readings. Our Minister will share from the Bible each Sunday to help us live as Christians. We seek to be sincere and relevant in our music and singing whether our songs are traditional or modern. Our singing each Sunday is led by organist and Praise Group.
The preaching is sincere and passionate, as we believe the gospel message to be radical and life-changing. We believe the Bible to be the Word of God and teach it as being relevant and foundational to daily life.
7:15pm Evening Fellowship (monthly)
On the first Sundays of the month (September - June), we meet in the High Kirk Halls on the High Road at 7.15pm for informal nights of Praise, Prayer & Share.
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper during our Morning Worship on the 2nd Sunday of March, June, September & December.
Service Times last updated on the 18th of June, 2019
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Rainbow Club
Our Baby & Toddler group...
10am to 11:30am every Wednesday during term time - £1.00
Our lively Baby and Toddler group runs during school term time and is a mixed group with children from 0-4 years. The session begins at 10am with freeplay - a large hall, filled with toys, rockers and ride-ons, and a climbing frame for the more adventurous. Later we have a drink and a biccie, plus a cuppa for the adults, and finally, it’s Bible Story & Song time.
Girls Brigade
3rd Stevenston Company
At the 3rd Stevenston Girls’ Brigade, the girls tell us that they come to Girls’ Brigade for fun, friendship and opportunity. We always look forward to welcoming new girls and young women into the Girls Brigade company so that they too may enjoy the GB experience :-)
Venue: High Kirk Halls, High Road
Time: 6pm
Summer Mission
Summer Mission Week
Saturday 20th July - Sunday 28th July 2019
Please make a note in your diary of the dates for the Summer Mission Week this year. The three Church of Scotland congregations, Livingstone, Ardeer and High Kirk, will be running different events throughout the week.
We will begin on Saturday 20th July at 2pm with the 'Family Fun Day' in the High Kirk Gardens. This is a day when we invite the community to join us for a fun filled afternoon of games and activities for children. There will be a barbecue and teas & coffee with lots of time to catch up with friends and neighbours.
The 'Wastewatchers' Kid's Club (P2 – P7) will run from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th July in the High Kirk Church Hall. The Youth Nights for P6 - S6 are on Tuesday 23rd and Thursday 25th July.
We will have a Messy Church in Livingstone on Saturday 27th July at 12 noon and we are also planning to have an Afternoon Praise Service on Sunday 28th July at 3pm in the High Kirk.
Our Baby & Toddler group...
10am to 11:30am every Wednesday during term time - £1.00
Our lively Baby and Toddler group runs during school term time and is a mixed group with children from 0-4 years. The session begins at 10am with freeplay - a large hall, filled with toys, rockers and ride-ons, and a climbing frame for the more adventurous. Later we have a drink and a biccie, plus a cuppa for the adults, and finally, it’s Bible Story & Song time.
Girls Brigade
3rd Stevenston Company
At the 3rd Stevenston Girls’ Brigade, the girls tell us that they come to Girls’ Brigade for fun, friendship and opportunity. We always look forward to welcoming new girls and young women into the Girls Brigade company so that they too may enjoy the GB experience :-)
Venue: High Kirk Halls, High Road
Time: 6pm
Summer Mission
Summer Mission Week
Saturday 20th July - Sunday 28th July 2019
Please make a note in your diary of the dates for the Summer Mission Week this year. The three Church of Scotland congregations, Livingstone, Ardeer and High Kirk, will be running different events throughout the week.
We will begin on Saturday 20th July at 2pm with the 'Family Fun Day' in the High Kirk Gardens. This is a day when we invite the community to join us for a fun filled afternoon of games and activities for children. There will be a barbecue and teas & coffee with lots of time to catch up with friends and neighbours.
The 'Wastewatchers' Kid's Club (P2 – P7) will run from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th July in the High Kirk Church Hall. The Youth Nights for P6 - S6 are on Tuesday 23rd and Thursday 25th July.
We will have a Messy Church in Livingstone on Saturday 27th July at 12 noon and we are also planning to have an Afternoon Praise Service on Sunday 28th July at 3pm in the High Kirk.
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Stevenston High Kirk History
The Church in Scotland
We are part of the national Church of Scotland which is the largest of the Presbyterian denominations in Scotland. The High Kirk would therefore be an evangelical church in the Reformed and Presbyterian traditions.
The Church of Scotland has been described as Reformed and Presbyterian, national but free - that in a nutshell is the modern Church of Scotland. How it grew into its present shape is a story over 1500 years old...
The Early Years
As long ago as about 400AD St Ninian began the first large-scale Christian mission to Scotland from Whithorn in the far south-west, converting many Pictish people to the new faith, long before Scotland was a single country.
The great heroic figure of the early story is St Columba, the Irish prince-in-exile who crossed to the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland later in the sixth century. He established a community of monks who spread the Gospel far and wide through Scotland and the north of England.
The Middle Ages
In the centuries that followed, as Scotland began to find its identity as a nation, and hundreds of years of tension with her English neighbours to the South unfolded, the Church adopted the Roman - not Celtic - practices of work and worship. Saintly figures like Queen Margaret encouraged and supported its work and influence, and the papacy allowed Scotland to be independent of England for church purposes.
Reformation
The Reformation in Scotland came to its head in the 1560s, and was modelled on John Calvin's Geneva. His pupil John Knox is famous for head-to-head debates with Mary, Queen of Scots, the Catholic Queen who returned from France and tried to remain loyal to the Roman system.
By the end of the 16th century, the Protestant Church of Scotland had developed into a Presbyterian Church, with a system of courts (today General Assembly, presbytery and Kirk session), and a strong tradition of preaching and Scriptural emphasis.
Anyone reading Scottish history comes to realise what a key player the Church of Scotland has been since it was reformed in the 16th century.
It was not all plain sailing from then on, however, especially after the crowns of Scotland and England were united in 1603.
Attempts by Charles I and Charles II to control the Kirk (to use the Scots term) met with protest, including the signing of the National Covenant at
Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh in 1638.
The story of the Covenanters is the story of a bitter struggle for civil and religious freedom in Scotland. They were willing to sacrifice their property, their careers, and even their lives for the sake of the gospel in Scotland. These Covenanters continued to proclaim the faith, even holding open-air services.
National Church
The succession of William and Mary to the throne in 1688 changed the situation, and the Revolution Settlement of 1690 finally established the reformed, presbyterian Church as the national Church of Scotland. The monarch even today has a special relationship with the Church of Scotland and renews that every year with a representative of the monarch attending the General Assembly.
Disruption and Reunion
Controversy and division were common in the Church between 1750 and 1850, when there was considerable concern about the Church's relations with the State, particularly over intervention in the appointment of ministers. The largest division was the Disruption of 1843 - a major split which saw about one third of the Kirk break away to form what came to be the Free Kirk.
The next 90 years were spent removing the causes of division, and reuniting several churches, all of them Presbyterian, so that today the Church of Scotland is the largest Protestant church in the country, with a number of small churches alongside it, representing those who chose not to find their way into the union process.
The Church of Scotland Today!!
That process of reunion gave the Church of Scotland an opportunity to resolve once and for all how it wanted to govern itself and how it wanted to relate to the state.
Little remains of the Church's previous establishment, but she retains a strong sense of a national responsibility to bring Christ's Gospel to the whole of Scotland.
She is free, therefore, from civil interference in spiritual matters. In a millennium and a half, the Church has been at different times a tiny, radical outside force, a revolutionary movement, a strand of government and a partner in civil society. It has been supportive and critical, protective and destructive, peacemaker and warrior.
Today the Church of Scotland lives in the creative tension of serving a nation, offering the ordinances of religion and also providing a prophetic Gospel voice through parish ministry and national engagement of many kinds.
We are part of the national Church of Scotland which is the largest of the Presbyterian denominations in Scotland. The High Kirk would therefore be an evangelical church in the Reformed and Presbyterian traditions.
The Church of Scotland has been described as Reformed and Presbyterian, national but free - that in a nutshell is the modern Church of Scotland. How it grew into its present shape is a story over 1500 years old...
The Early Years
As long ago as about 400AD St Ninian began the first large-scale Christian mission to Scotland from Whithorn in the far south-west, converting many Pictish people to the new faith, long before Scotland was a single country.
The great heroic figure of the early story is St Columba, the Irish prince-in-exile who crossed to the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland later in the sixth century. He established a community of monks who spread the Gospel far and wide through Scotland and the north of England.
The Middle Ages
In the centuries that followed, as Scotland began to find its identity as a nation, and hundreds of years of tension with her English neighbours to the South unfolded, the Church adopted the Roman - not Celtic - practices of work and worship. Saintly figures like Queen Margaret encouraged and supported its work and influence, and the papacy allowed Scotland to be independent of England for church purposes.
Reformation
The Reformation in Scotland came to its head in the 1560s, and was modelled on John Calvin's Geneva. His pupil John Knox is famous for head-to-head debates with Mary, Queen of Scots, the Catholic Queen who returned from France and tried to remain loyal to the Roman system.
By the end of the 16th century, the Protestant Church of Scotland had developed into a Presbyterian Church, with a system of courts (today General Assembly, presbytery and Kirk session), and a strong tradition of preaching and Scriptural emphasis.
Anyone reading Scottish history comes to realise what a key player the Church of Scotland has been since it was reformed in the 16th century.
It was not all plain sailing from then on, however, especially after the crowns of Scotland and England were united in 1603.
Attempts by Charles I and Charles II to control the Kirk (to use the Scots term) met with protest, including the signing of the National Covenant at
Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh in 1638.
The story of the Covenanters is the story of a bitter struggle for civil and religious freedom in Scotland. They were willing to sacrifice their property, their careers, and even their lives for the sake of the gospel in Scotland. These Covenanters continued to proclaim the faith, even holding open-air services.
National Church
The succession of William and Mary to the throne in 1688 changed the situation, and the Revolution Settlement of 1690 finally established the reformed, presbyterian Church as the national Church of Scotland. The monarch even today has a special relationship with the Church of Scotland and renews that every year with a representative of the monarch attending the General Assembly.
Disruption and Reunion
Controversy and division were common in the Church between 1750 and 1850, when there was considerable concern about the Church's relations with the State, particularly over intervention in the appointment of ministers. The largest division was the Disruption of 1843 - a major split which saw about one third of the Kirk break away to form what came to be the Free Kirk.
The next 90 years were spent removing the causes of division, and reuniting several churches, all of them Presbyterian, so that today the Church of Scotland is the largest Protestant church in the country, with a number of small churches alongside it, representing those who chose not to find their way into the union process.
The Church of Scotland Today!!
That process of reunion gave the Church of Scotland an opportunity to resolve once and for all how it wanted to govern itself and how it wanted to relate to the state.
Little remains of the Church's previous establishment, but she retains a strong sense of a national responsibility to bring Christ's Gospel to the whole of Scotland.
She is free, therefore, from civil interference in spiritual matters. In a millennium and a half, the Church has been at different times a tiny, radical outside force, a revolutionary movement, a strand of government and a partner in civil society. It has been supportive and critical, protective and destructive, peacemaker and warrior.
Today the Church of Scotland lives in the creative tension of serving a nation, offering the ordinances of religion and also providing a prophetic Gospel voice through parish ministry and national engagement of many kinds.
Stevenston High Kirk Historical Photos
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