Westwoodhill Evangelical Church opened its doors to our community in May 1978. A small number of ‘pioneers members had been commended in September 1973 by the Church Leaders from Threshold Church, in the Village area of East Kilbride, to establish a new Church in the Westwood area of the Town.
The new Church initially met in South Park Primary School & the ‘old’ Murray Community Hall while the new church building was constructed. The members themselves carried out much of the project management and physical work.
Membership numbers grew steadily during the early years and contacts with the Westwood Community strengthened. ‘Sunshine Corner’ a children’s Monday evening club, was particularly successful with almost 200 children squeezing in to the basement area. The church catered too for all ages from Toddlers Groups, young peoples activities all the way through to a flourishing retired ladies group.
The church too was privileged over many years too to visit many while in the wards of Hairmyres Hospital and also some of our older members of the community within their sheltered homes accommodation or retirement homes.
One of many very interesting visitors to the Church was Jim Irwin, one of the American astronauts who landed, walked and in Jim’s case, drove a buggy on the surface of the Moon. The Church still displays his presentation photograph of him on the Moon with the inscription, ‘Jesus walking on the Earth is more important than man walking on the Moon’.
Westwoodhill Church has been from its inception a place where all age groups are welcome, valued and respected. We aim to maintain and develop our community connections in ways, which are relevant & appropriate to our changing culture while holding dear, our foundational Christian beliefs.
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