Location:
9 Armadale Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow.

Origins:
Commenced as Porch Hall, Millerston Street, as a school and mission extension of Wellpark Free Church.
1873-1874.
Temporary (wooden) Church located in Whitehill Gardens.
1874 November.
Opening of Dennistoun Free Church.
Memorial Stone sited in North West corner of spire.
Total cost almost £10.000.
1900.
Became Rutherford United Free Church
1929.
Became Rutherford Church.
1974.
Union with Bluevale-Whitevale and Trinity Duke Street congregations as Dennistoun Central Church.

Development:
Membership grew from 480 in 1896, peaking at 1610. in the 1930s membership in 2000 stands at 300.
1903.
Installation of pipe organ by Norman & Beard, replaced by Willi's organ from Trinity Duke Street Church.
1900 Onward.
As well as regular groups such as the Sunday Schools and the Choir, congregational activities included Bible classes, Christian Endevour Society, Literary Society, Musical Association, Life Brigade, Band of Hope.
As some of these were discontinued, others developed, Womans Guild (1925) (became The Guild 1997), Girls Association, Mens Association (1939), Youth Fellowship (1946), Wednesday Fellowship (Seniors), Wives and Mothers Group, Scout Group.

2000:
Activities now functioning include, The Guild, Wives and Mothers Group, Sunshine Club, Mid-week Fellowship, Scout Troup, Boys Brigade, Girls Brigade, Beavers, Philosophy Club, After school care and Play groups, Weekly Day Care centred in the Church and many more.

Not Forgetting:
Some highlights of the Church history over the years,
The projects and efforts over the two world wars, with the installation of a War Memorial Tablet (1914-1918) and a Memorial Communion Table (1939-1945).
Opening of the Church Halls (1929).
Adoption of missonary partners.
"At the Going Down of the Sun" midweek summer services.
Association and chaplaincies with Whitehill Secondary and Alexander Parade Primary School.
Participation in "Outreach" campaigns, Week of witness (1942), Good News Campain (1945), Glasgow Churches Campain (1950), Billy Graham Campain (1955), Stewardship Campains (1961, 1965), Tom Rees Evangelistic Rallies.
Awards gained by five School Choirs at Presbytery of Glasgow Praise Festival.
Establishing of "Traidcraft" products centre for aid to the Third World Workers.
Establishing of link with Cairo as with Cairo Exchange Group.

Compiled by Stanley & Jean Whiteford.

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