Where we came from

St John's, Carluke, was born out of the Disruption of 1843. Starting as a small group of seceders worshipping in a local inn, the Free Church in Carluke became the United Free Church of St John's in 1900. Reunification of the church came in 1929, when St John's became, as it is now, the Church of Scotland congregation of Carluke St John's.

View the milestones of our history:

• 1843 to 1929 (Disruption to Re-Unification)
• 1929 - 1943 (Re-unification to the Centenary year)
• 1943 - 1993 (Centenary to 150th anniversary)
• 1993 - 2000 (150th anniversary to the New Millennium)
• 2000 - 2010 (The New Millennium - The First Decade)
• 2011 - present (The New Millennium - The Second Decade)

Details of St John's history up to 1993 are extracted from A History of St John's 1843 - 1993, which was produced to coincide with the 150th anniversary in 1993. Copies of this booklet are still available. For details on how to obtain one, please contact the church secretary.

Information from 1994 onwards is from the archive of St John's News, the church newsletter.

Mini-biographies of our ministers may be read by clicking here.