Balfron and Fintry Church: Services

Worship services in Balfron and Fintry are hour-long service of praise, prayer and the hearing of God’s word for the world.

Sunday Worship in Fintry starts at 9.30am and coffee and tea is available after the service in the Session House and we warmly invite you to join us.

Sunday Worship in Balfron starts at 11.15am and coffee and tea is available in the Church Rooms after the service and we warmly invite you to join us.

Communion is celebrated on the 1st Sunday in March, June, September and December.

Services at Balfron and Fintry both use the Church Hymnary (CH4) and Mission Praise.

Audio files

For some time now we have been recording sermons in the Balfron service and making them available to anyone who requests them (contact us).

Annual Services

Advent and Christmas
Advent is the four week period before Christmas. We often have a Watchnight service in Balfron on the night of Christmas Eve as well as a morning service on Christmas Day.

Easter
Easter is the season in which Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus. It is the most important festival in the Christian year. We hold Good Friday and Easter Sunday services.

Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival is one of the oldest known festivals. In the UK it is traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon. Our service is held on the first Sunday in October.

the Fintry Harvest Festival display

Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) – is a day to commemorate members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War and is held on the second Sunday in November.We hold special services, which include the youth organisations in the village (i.e. Scouts and Guides), which concludes with prayers and layering of wreaths at the war memorial.

Remembrance Sunday service times

9.15: in Fintry at the war memorial in the kirk - followed by the service

10:45 in Balfron at the war memorial outside the church - followed by the service