Churches have been at the heart of our communities for hundreds of years, and in this gallery we look back at some big moments for these congregations.
In our ongoing series looking through our archives at churches through the churches in Aberdeen which fall under the alphabetical categories of J and M.
We can also see just how much has changed in Aberdeen with a look at the John Knox Church building in Mounthooly as it was in 1949 – but is now part of a block of rental apartments.
Mannofield Parish Church in the West End of the city still functions as a church and in this collection of pictures we can see several of the people who served their community for decades.
We can also see Langstane Kirk when it was going through the process of a facelift in the 1980s.
Do you know anyone in these pictures? What are your favourite memories of the church?
Churches J-M
1981 – Rev John Anderson discusses plans for his church’s centenary with primary Sunday school teacher, Janie Horn, left, and Woman’s Guild president Chris Boyd
1981 – Mannofield Church, pictured from Craigton Road, with a dusting of snow
1949 – Aberdeen’s historic John Knox Church at Mounthooly as it was in 1949
1990 – Young French musicians Marie Stoeckell and Andre-Pierre Griononberger play their instruments in Langstane Kirk
1981 – The interior of Mannofield Church, which was redecorated in the 1960s.
1989 – Rev Laurie Gordon with some of the members of John Knox Church at a Congregational Supper held in the church hall
1990 – Rev John Anderson, centre, of Mannofield Parish Church, pictured with those who attended a special thanksgiving service for couples wed over the past 50 years at the church
1986 – Steeplejack Frank Hughes checks the cradle which leads to the spire of the Langstane Kirk in Aberdeen.
1981 – Janie Horn, Sunday school teacher at Mannofield Church for 52 years, with children and teachers from the nursery and primary sections
1987 – Langstane Kirk
1983 – Members of Mannofield Senior Citizens Fellowship are pictured on a ramp built to allow disabled people better access to the front door of the church
1982- Chris Boyde, president of Mannofield Church Woman’s Guild, cuts the cake in celebration of their 75th anniversary at a dinner in the church hall
1989 – Senior members of Mannofield Church Fellowship before their Christmas lunch at the Amatola Hotel
1993- The elegant facade of Langstane Kirk, pictured in February 1993
1981 – Among those at work behind the scenes at Mannofield Church were church secretary Kathleen Barber, left, and Woman’s Guild tea convener, Mary Brown
1991 – A group of elders at Mannofield Church were presented with long-service certificates by Rev John Anderson
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