Carluke Parish Grouping

Mission Priorities

Offer Touching Places in the town centre.
Explore church presence in the East side of the town.
Engage with the needs of vulnerable people.
Develop work among young people.
Reach out to the rest of the town, taking account of new people in new areas.

The three congregations of the Church of Scotland in Carluke formed a Parish Grouping in 2006. The Parish Grouping took a significant step forward in 2010 when a mission audit conducted in the town led to the identification of 5 mission priorities listed in the panel above.

Further discussion among the three churches has resulted in a number of practical initiatives which show the love of Jesus Christ at work in the community:

A Food Bank serving the whole of Clydesdale was established in 2013, in conjunction with New Beginnings, a charity which supports homeless people as they move into a new home, and now assists around 50 households per month. The Clydesdale Food Bank is now a SCIO, with the Scottish Charity Number SC045073.
A facility offering Funeral Teas to bereaved families who may be unable to meet the costs of a gathering of family and friends has been put in place.
Major investment in training people as Listeners, in collaboration with Listen Well Scotland, has developed a resource of around 30 personnel who are available to listen to those wishing to talk about concerns, at church, weekly events/cafés or indeed anywhere.