The ABC is an ecumenical initiative of long standing and its current members include the two Church of Scotland charges in Barrhead, Neilston Parish Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the United Reformed Church and the Salvation Army. The most recent meeting was on Tuesday 8 September and the important points and proposed events from that meeting are as follows : • Organ concert in Bourock Church on Sunday evening 4 October 2026 • Salvation Army table top sale on Saturday 17

Just to give advance notice that the Annual Remembrance Sunday morning service will be held on Sunday 8th November 2026. The service will start at the earlier time of 10:45am to allow time for the silence at 11:00am. After the service, there will be a parade along the Main Street to the Neilston War Memorial for a further act of remembrance there.

You might recall that earlier this year, one of our ancient arched stained-glass windows on the lower level of the church sustained signficant storm damage. After a period of time it was removed to be repaired by a specialist company, and then recently reinstalled looking fantastic. The majority of the cost of that work was met by an insurance claim but it was over £11,000.00. Following on from that, and as part of our regular Quinquennial Inspection and Report on our pro