Our History

Bearsden Coat of Arms

Killermont Parish Church has grown up with the community we serve, that is Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland.

We began life in 1935 as a daughter hall-church of New Kilpatrick Parish Church, to meet the needs of incoming residents to the new housing then being built in the Killermont/Kessington area of Bearsden.

This was over a mile from Bearsden Cross, where New Kilpatrick Parish Church had been the centre of Christian worship in Bearsden for many decades, but was now too far to walk for some of the fast growing population.

In 1957, the present sanctuary was consecrated as a bold statement of Christian faith expressed in contemporary architecture and Killermont moved on to become a Parish Church in its own right.

We continue to honour the vision of Killermont’s early leaders, for instance, installing and regularly upgrading our multimedia systems, enabling us to better engage visually as well as with voice and music as we worship God.

Although we endeavour to retain continuity with what has gone before, our buildings have grown considerably over time.

More halls and the Forum were added over time, to accommodate the demands of a growing congregation made up mainly of the local folk of Killermont/Kessington.

In 2012/2013 a major Building Development Project was initiated, to update facilities and so better meet the needs of a congregation and local community increasingly using the many halls for a multitude of purposes.

Hopefully, the garden spaces around the buildings will continue to be the welcoming feature that you see below, once building work is complete.

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and a Timeline of our History

Annual Burns Supper, Friday 3rd February 2012

Second Family Weekend at Comrie Croft, 18-20th November 2011. (Room Plan here)

Comrie Croft is a self-catering hostel between Comrie and Crieff, Perth & Kinross.
It was attended by 40 people ranging in age from 1 to 50ish.
Activities included games, walking, crafts, drama, discussion and worship.

First Family Weekend at Comrie Croft, 19-21st November 2010. (Room Plan here)

Comrie Croft is a self-catering hostel between Comrie and Crieff, Perth & Kinross.
The theme for the weekend was “Walking with God”.
It was attended by 40 people ranging in age from 1 to 50ish.
Activities included games, walking, crafts, drama, discussion, worship and a lot of eating.