Langside Church to rise from the ashes

March 19, 2010

Minister David McLachlan outside Langside Church

Langside Church is getting ready to be re-built after a fire destroyed part of the building in May 2009. Work is due to commence in mid April 2010 and scheduled for completion in September 2010. Minister David McLachlan explained that the new building, designed by architects CRGP, will offer more space than the previous incarnation. He said: “There will be a new glass structure at the front which will be used as a café, it will let lots more light into the building. And we will now have two floors, which will allow us to make better use of the space. The main space, the Sanctuary, will be rebuilt, and the internal structure of the remaining part will get new walls and floors.” Although the new building will have more internal space, it will only be three bricks higher than the old building and will appear to be almost the same as before. David said: “It used to be that for some events we would run out of space and had to bring in chairs for people, the new layout will mean that we can get more people in for big events.” The church has been holding services and activities in the David Cargill centre nearby while the building is out of action. David explained that they were afraid numbers might drop off during this time. “Our great fear was that numbers would drop off, but that’s not happened at all, adversity seems to have brought people together and numbers have maintained. There’s also an element of curiosity as well, people want to know what’s going on so they come along to the services to find out the news.“ The church will also be able to offer a wider range of services once the building is complete, they have even been offering class space to the nearby Langside College whilst they are undergoing building work.

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