Dunning Church

Of plain gothic style, the church’s foundation stone was laid in 1908 and building was completed in 1911. Originally belonging to the United Free Church, the congregation became Church of Scotland in 1929 and the building, dedicated St. Paul’s, was chosen to serve Dunning Parish when the medieval St. Serf’s building ceased to be used for worship in the early 1970s.

Built under the patronage of Lady Wilson of Kippen, the church features an open timber roof and a chancel. There is fine stained glass, notable amongst which is the large window at the (liturgical) west end, depicting the Evangelists, and the window depicting the adoration of the Magi which was installed to mark the end of the second Christian millennium.

If picturesque Dunning is the largest village in the parish, Dunning Church is the largest of the Stewartry churches—in a sense the parish’s “cathedral”. At one time Dunning had five churches, a witness to the troubled ecclesiastical history of Scotland as much as to zeal for true faith and seemly worship.

Dunning’s history dates from the Iron Age and the area has had many types of visitor, from Romans to Jacobites. The patron is St. Serf, fifth century “Apostle of the Ochils”.

Worship Times
Worship takes place at Dunning every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.