A Quinquennial Visitation is made in January by a team from the Presbytery.

Alan Gibson leaves to take up his first charge as minister of Strathaven: Avendale Old and Drumclog.

Radical changes are needed to the kitchen to make it conform to recent health and safety legislation. An ad hoc group is created to organise a year of fund-raising projects to help with the costs. It is also agreed that the Urn be put back On once a month during the fund-raising period.

An Alpha course is held, in the Autumn, for the first time.

Partnerships are made with Gandaki Boarding School, Nepal, where St John's is to sponsor a pupil during his time at the school, and the Nazareth Hospital.

A Youth Choir is set up.

Monthly Healing Services are started.

St John's becomes an "eco-congregation".

A second Alpha course is held in the Autumn.

The JAFFA club (Jesus - A Friend For All) for children in P4-7 is set up.

In June, the Board is re-structured, with the aim of reducing the number of full meetings each year and empowering Board teams to carry out their remits more effectively. A Management Team is created to oversee the day to day affairs of the church.

A third Alpha course is held in the Autumn.

In September, our Minister, Rev Mike Frew, takes a few weeks off on study leave. He spends his time at Nazareth Hospital, researching the subject of Christian witness at the hospital. While he is away, he sends back extracts from his diaries (see Nazareth Diaries). In his absence, Rev Susan Cowell is appointed as locum and interim moderator.

Mike celebrates 25 years in the ministry, having been ordained on 30 October 1978. A congregational party is held on his return from his study leave.

Jim Allan takes over as Child Protection Officer.

In December, the first Christmas Shindig is held.

The Carluke Churches Peace and Justice Group ceases to exist. It is reported that, since its inception in 1988, the annual Jar of Grace Appeal organised by the group has raised over £5000 for UNICEF.

A fourth Alpha course is held in the Autumn.

An Eco-congregation week is held in October, starting with Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday, to highlight the Eco-Congregation project.

The Junior departments of the Youth Church begin using new material, and they change their names to reflect these materials.

A joint steering group - along with Kirkton and St Andrew's churches - is planned to consider proposals for Church Grouping. This means that the congregations would make a commitment to work together in agreed ways.

A second Christmas Shindig is held.

The church website is re-launched.

Rev William Storrar, minister of St John's between 1985 and 1991, is appointed as Director of an advanced theological research centre at Princeton University in New Jersey, USA.

Scott and Nok Murray in Thailand report that they and their family are unscathed by the Tsunami which caused such loss of life and damage on Boxing Day. A Bread and Cheese lunch is held to raise funds towards the Asian Tsunami Disaster Appeal.

St John's now uses fairly traded products as far as possible and applies for, and is granted, status as a "Fair Trade" congregation.

The minister and three other members of the congregation attend the Large Church conference.

The Rev David EP Currie, Senior Adviser in Mission and Evangelism for the Church of Scotland, is invited to "journey" with the congregation for about a year as an external "observer/facilitator" with a view to helping us review our mission. He reports on his findings to Session at their conference in November.

A short, 5-minute video written, produced, edited and acted by members of St John's, entitled Living the Dream, won two awards, for acting and editing, at the Church Without Walls event on 28 May.

Session agrees to support the concept of a Christian Counselling Service in Carluke, and the Parish grouping gets under way.

Copies of the new version of the Church Hymnary ("CH4") are bought and dedicated at a special service in August.

Rev Margaret Muir is appointed as Interim Moderator and Rev Susan Cowell is appointed to be Locum as Mike Frew leaves to become minister in Edinburgh Slateford-Longstone church. To assist in Pastoral Care of the congregation, Elders, Dr Ann Jackson, Sandra Peat and Iris Nelson make themselves available to visit members who are ill or in hospital.

Liz Barthram is appointed as Depute Session Clerk.

A third Christmas Shindig is held. The low turn out is blamed, partly on the vacancy.

Session are advised that they can call a new minister "without restriction". A Nominating Committee is elected.

The church bell, silenced for some months, is now being rung by a team of young folk from LInK.

Rev David Easton takes over as both Locum and Interim Moderator.

A service to inaugurate the Parish Grouping is held in Kirkton Church on 7 May.

The five-day Carluke Gospel Tent Mission in July sees the highest attendance for any tent mission organised by Perth-based People With A Mission Ministries and Carluke's own Revival Ministry, which includes some of St John's own members.

Session Clerk, Graham Jackson announces his intention to resign.

Following his announcement of intent to resign, Session Clerk Graham Jackson is prevailed upon to reconsider and stays in office as a second Depute Clerk, Janice Webster is appointed to share the workload.

In February, Rev Roy Cowieson is elected as minister, ending an 18 month vacancy. He is inducted on 3 May and is "preached in" by his long time friend, Rev Alastair Cherry of Penilee in Glasgow. Roy takes his first Sunday morning service on 13 May.

A new feature on the church website allows visitors to download audio files of sermons and services to listen to at home.

In May, after serving as Organist and Choirmaster for almost 37 years, Philip Fox resigns his post to move to Greyfriar's Church, Lanark, to worship with his new wife, Shena. In the summer an ad hoc group is set up to find a replacement for Philip and Fiona Mackie is appointed as a supply-organist. She is offered the permanent post and accepts. She takes up her position, officially, in November.

St John's News, the congregational newsletter, includes material from the other churches in the Parish Grouping and is printed on the new equipment, co-owned by the Parish Grouping churches, for the first time.

A second successful 5-day Tent Mission is held at the beginning of July.

After over a decade as St John's Holiday Club, the Club gets a name change to the Joint Churches Holiday Club, and its first offering, Pyramid Rock, is held in August.

Recordings of Sunday morning worship services is re-commenced, using a laptop to record digitally and produce CDs of the service for housebound members, and others who are unable to attend morning worship. Two portable CD players are made available to anyone who does not have their own means of listening to the CDs.

New external signage is added to the side wall facing the supermarket.

A piano and organ recital is given by our organist Fiona Mackie, in February in aid of projects which the Guild are sponsoring. A second recital is arranged in October in aid of church funds.

As well as on CD for housebound members, Sunday morning services are now available on-line at the church's website. The AV control desk, situated in the North Transept, is renovated.

The "Elder's District" model of church visiting was abandoned in favour of directed visits to those members who were most needful by a visiting team. Other Elders were freed up to allow them to offer their talents in other areas of Church life.

Ti Barthram undertakes a sponsored bike ride from Carluke to Weymouth in aid of JAFFA Club funds.

Claire Webster, daughter of one of our members is supported, financially, to attend the World Youth Day in Sydney, while another of our young members, Jamie Newton, was sponsored to take part in a year's service with Youth For Christ.

A new security system is installed. The side door is now opened by means of a magnetic fob, which can be programmed to allow or deny access at various times of the week.

A new PC is installed in the church office. As well as for office work, it is to be used to programme and log use of entry key fobs for side door. A broadband connection is also installed.

An increased demand for hall lets is experienced due to shortage of available local authority accommodation in the town.

A Housekeeping Team is added to the Management structure of the Board with Alex and Moira Elliot being first in post. John Stratton and Joe Bradley take over as joint leaders of Property Team.

The first "Friends' Day" is held.  This was a marvellous opportunity to invite people we knew who would not normally be churchgoers to join us in Worship.  The service was well attended and over 50 friends of congregation members were present.

The heating system is replaced over the summer and is back in operation in time for the Holiday Club Service in early August.  It includes a warm air curtain over the front door to reduce draughts. Increased efficiency, coupled with better insulation is expected to reduce both our energy bill and our carbon footprint.

New audio-visual equipment is installed, consisting of 3 large screens and associated items including a second laptop on which hymn words and other material for services will be generated via PowerPoint.  An LCD projector is purchased for use in the halls.  A video camera is donated and used to enhance congregation's view of activity in the Chancel area, particularly during KidZone (Children's talk).

South Lanarkshire Council removes two trees from close to the east corner of the Large Hall wall at Park Street.  Concern had been raised over possible damage to drains and foundations by roots.

The second Joint Churches Holiday Club - Champion's Challenge - is held in Crawforddyke Primary School.

Graham Jackson retires from the post of Session Clerk, which he has held for 12 years.  He is succeeded by Glenn Walker, who had been Chair of the Management Team for the previous 6 years.

Janice Ord takes over as Youth Church Superintendent.

Session Clerk, Glenn Walker, participates in EMMS Bike Ride 2009 in November. This is a route through the Jordan Valley covering about 250 miles 5 days, finishing in Nazareth.  His initial sponsorship target of £2,500 is far exceeded with over £3,700 being raised.

George Reid takes over from Glenn Walker as Chair of the Management Team following the latter's appointment as Session Clerk.

A joint Kirk Session conference is held with the Sessions from Kirkton and St Andrew's. It is agreed to carry out a Mission Audit, to discover where we are now and where we want to be, in terms of mission, in a few years' time.  The results of the Audit are presented to the Kirk Sessions in November.

Souper Sunday 2010 is held, but later than planned due to a police incident outside the church on the original date. The General Assembly of 2009 invited congregations to hold a special service, followed by a bread and soup lunch to raise awareness of HIV and global food concerns.

Norma and Sandy Middleton are sponsored by Care in Action group in the congregation on a cruise to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary.  In August, the Middleton's presented a slide show of their trip and answered questions about it.

Joe Bradley steps down from his position of Co-convenor of the Property Team; John Stratton continues as sole Convenor.  Helen Wyper takes over as Convenor of Housekeeping, Donald Frame is appointed as Convenor of Hall Lets and David Lindsay takes on the role of our first Safety Officer.  A Health and Safety policy is drawn up.

Counting of the Offering is moved from the Small Hall to the Church Office. This avoids clashes with the Youth Church over the use of the Small Hall.

With the successful completion of a Food Hygiene course by Helen Wyper and Jean Battison, there are now (with Liz Barthram) 3 such certificate holders who can advise and oversee events involving food preparation.

Showstoppers! Holiday Club is held, in Crawforddyke Primary School to record attendance levels with over 100 local children participating.  The following week, a group of leaders visits Jedburgh to run a Holiday Club there.

A DVD player is purchased for use in church.  A CCTV system is installed following a security review.

Certificates to mark 30 years of service as Elders are awarded to Richard Allan, Alex Elliott, Alan Grant, Clara Kay, Nancy Logan, Bill Russell and Robin Urie by the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Rt Rev William Hewitt.  The recipients had all been ordained on 16 September, 1979.

Old pew cushions are removed as a potential health risk. They are also in poor condition.  Despite this, a number of members of the congregation express disappointment at their removal.  A small number of cushions in the best condition are retained.

An ALPHA course is held during the autumn.

The old all-gas cooker in the kitchen is replaced with a modern, dual-fuel cooker.