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Helensburgh Oratorio Choir will be joined with One World Singers from Denver Colorado who are on their 1st tour post Covid, starting in Glasgow and heading north to Oban and round Scotland ending with a concert in St Giles, Edinburgh. Friday 13th June has them spending the day around Loch Lomond. Helensburgh Oratorio had a concert planned for Balloch in May 2020, which was postponed, so when invited to host One World Singers
for a joint concert, suggested that they would come to Balloch. The aim of One World Singers is to promote our common humanity through music and hope to meet up with people after the concert. The repertoire will be varied, featuring traditional as well as living composers. There is no charge for the concert, but donations can be made to Robin House (CHAS) and there will be tea and coffee in the large hall after the concert. Places can be reserved at https.//www.trybooking.com/uk/ETDQ.

On 10th December 2024, Rev Eddie Mubengo was inducted to the charge of Lomond Parish by Rev Christine Goldie, Moderator of Clyde Presbytery.

We welcome Eddie to his first charge in the Church of Scotland and look forward to a long and fruitful ministry developing God’s mission for the church in the north Vale of Leven and Kilmaronock. We hope the family, Prestige, Wilona and Eddie Jr, get settled into the new manse in Inchcruin soon. Eddie can be contacted on 01389 542553.

The formal union of Lomond Parish and Kilmaronock Gartocharn Parish took place on Tuesday 27th February led by the moderator of Clyde Presbytery, Rev David Burt. The new Parish will be know as Lomond Parish Church of Scotland and covers the old parish boundaries of Kilmaronock, Jamestown, Alexandria North and Alexandria, the northern area of West Dunbartonshire adjacent to Loch Lomond. The cist on the vacancy is now removed and we can progress to call a minister after being vacant for nearly 5 years.