Dumbarton Parish Church

Dumbarton Parish Church Dumbarton Parish Church, a Church of Scotland congregation. Find out more at
http://www.dumbartonriverside.org.uk/about-riverside/

Weekly worship on Sunday mornings & extended Christian fellowship for all ages at our complex of halls. A Church of Scotland congregation located at the end of Dumbarton’s High Street, on the junction of Castle Street and Church Street, Dumbarton: Riverside Parish Church is at the centre of the town, drawing a wide variety of people, young and old, to our regular services on Sunday mornings as well as social, study and sporting activities for various groups throughout the rest of the week.

03/06/2026

02/06/2026

coffee and a chat with some scripture

31/05/2026

A Poem

Me: Hey God.
God: Hello.....
Me: I'm falling apart. Can you put me back together?
God: I would rather not.
Me: Why?
God: Because you aren't a puzzle.
Me: What about all of the pieces of my life that are falling down onto the ground?
God: Let them stay there for a while. They fell off for a reason. Take some time and decide if you need any of those pieces back.
Me: You don't understand! I'm breaking down!
God: No - you don't understand. You are breaking through. What you are feeling are just growing pains. You are shedding the things and the people in your life that are holding you back. You aren't falling apart. You are falling into place. Relax. Take some deep breaths and allow those things you don't need anymore to fall off of you. Quit holding onto the pieces that don't fit you anymore. Let them fall off. Let them go.
Me: Once I start doing that, what will be left of me?
God: Only the very best pieces of you.
Me: I'm scared of changing.
God: I keep telling you - YOU AREN'T CHANGING!! YOU ARE BECOMING!
Me: Becoming who?
God: Becoming who I created you to be! A person of light and love and charity and hope and courage and joy and mercy and grace and compassion. I made you for more than the shallow pieces you have decided to adorn yourself with that you cling to with such greed and fear. Let those things fall off of you. I love you! Don't change! ... Become! Become! Become who I made you to be. I'm going to keep telling you this until you remember it.
Me: There goes another piece.
God: Yep. Let it be.
Me: So ... I'm not broken?
God: Of course Not! - but you are breaking like the dawn. It's a new day. Become!!!

~Author John Roedel

Reminder all welcome to join us tomorrow for worship!
30/05/2026

Reminder all welcome to join us tomorrow for worship!

Dumbarton Parish ChurchClyde PresbyteryThe Church of Scotland

Address

Dumbarton Parish Church, High Street
Dumbarton
G821NB

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 12pm
Sunday 11:15am - 12:15pm

Telephone

+441389726688

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