Community Hall

The interior of theKilfinan Community Hall opposite the Church has just been  fully refurbished and extended with the addition of a modern and fully equipped kitchen and facilities for the disabled.

Renovation work to the Old Schoolhouse adjacent to the Hall is being carried out  by the new owners.   When thiswork is complete the outside of the building will be decorated as a whole.

The hall is available for hire for weddings, meetings  private parties, etcetera at reasonable rates.

Where Now?

As most of you know we have, in Kilfinan, one of the best collections of ancient burial stones in the West of Scotland.  We plan to have these restored and properly mounted on the lower and lighting installed so that they can be viewed from the gallery.  Display boards explaining the history of each stone and the church will be mounted on the walls of the gallery

Preliminary costings for this work indicate that it will cost around £164.000.  You will appreciate that the work completed to date has fully stretched the resources of such a small community so we will have to look for funding from outside.  If any of you know of any organisations we might approach please contact us at one of the addresses below?

To view a sketch of the new proposal click here.

We could not have got this far without the help of visitors to this web site and for that we are extremely grateful.

 Friends of Kilfinan Parish Church

Secretary: Margaret Sutherland, Drum Cottage, Kilfinan, Argyll, PA21 2ER

Telephone: 01700 821207   E-mail: suthmargt@aol.com

Webmaster: Sinclair Sutherland.

E-mail: drmcttg@aol.com.

Church of Scotland, Kilfinan Parish Church

  Services are held every Sunday at 12.15pm

  Minister:  Rev David Mitchell, West Cowal Manse, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Argyll, PA21 2AD

Telephone:  01700 811045 E-mail: revdmitchell@yahoo.co.uk

Kilfinan  Parish Church News Letter

Last updated: 18th November  2009

Country House

Coffee Morning

The Friends of Kilfinan held a very successful coffee morning at Ballimore House courtesy of Baroness Van Lynden.   

More than sixty people attended and £435 was raised.  All the proceeds will go towards the restoration of the Church and in particular the Lamont Vault.  

Remembrance Sunday

Following a well attended Service of Remembrance in the Church and the laying of a wreath at the War Memorial a soup and sandwich lunch was served in the Community Hall opposite.   

Over £100 was raised for Erskine Hospital which  provides a home for disabled veterans.

Clan Lamont

Members of the Clan Lamont outside the US may not all be aware that in February of this year the Clan Lamont Society North America (CLSNA) launched a new  interactive web site http://lamontcentral.activeboard.com/

George Young  of the CLNSA writes, This is totally free (what Scot doesn't love that!) with no obligation to join CLSNA. It is becoming increasing difficult to effectively communicate with our fellow clansmen. This bulletin board type of forum allows people to both receive & post Lamont related announcements, events and information that can be read by all Lamonts. It also allows the Clan to hear its membership concerns and needs. If you wish to post any comments you will need to register online.   There is no need to be a member of CLSNA. The only requirement is to have an interest in Clan Lamont.  If you wish to just view the information that is wonderful also.

Further links to the Clan Lamont can be found on our Clan Links page.

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