In the beginning……….

Castlemilk West Parish Church was brought into being in 1955 as a Church Extension
Charge to serve the emerging housing scheme of Castlemilk . Using in turn, a workman’s
hut on Dougrie Road (for which the watchman was paid a £1/month gratuity for setting out
the chairs), Arnprior Road Primary School, then Castleton Primary School the congregation
moved to the purpose-built church building on this site in December 1958. The new building
seated over 400 which reflected church attendance at the time. In June 1972, the church roll
stood at 1,121 people.

Early ministers were Rev. Donald MacLeod 19555-1962, Rev. James Millar 1963-1979, Rev
Robert C Wotherspoon 1980- 1990, Rev. James McNeill 1990- 1997, Rev. Dr Charles
Cameron 1998- 2001, Rev. Janice McMahon 2002-2005, Rev. Iain Goring 2008 -2011 and
Rev. Sarah Brown 2012-2021. Sarah was the minister of both Castlemilk East and
Castlemilk West churches which united to form Castlemilk Parish Church in 2012.