Welcome to the Dowanvale website

In the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant West End in Partick, our church building is found just off Byers Rd at 35 Dowanhill Street. We warmly welcome everyone to join with us for any of our meetings with our Sunday services at 11am and 6.30pm and a weekly prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7.30pm

Our minister, the Rev. Kenny MacLeod, is supported by a team of eight elders and five deacons and a full-time youth worker/administrator. The congregation is made up of all age groups, with a strong student base drawn from Glasgow’s many colleges and universities - including the close by Glasgow University – and a good number of families with an ever-growing number of children.  Part of our congregation worships in Paisley Free Church, and they take part in our Sunday services via a live web link.

Our weekly Sunday services, meet at 11am and 6.30pm. These are available to download here. Also on

Sundays we have a Sunday School for all children up to the age of 15 (morning service), crèche facilities and a Youth Fellowship after the evening service for those from secondary school, student age and upwards.  In the weekly Wednesday Prayer Meeting we have the opportunity to learn from the bible and pray in fellowship together with opportunity for fellowship also at our monthly congregational fellowship on the first Sunday evening of the month.

Our congregation seeks to reach out to the surrounding community of Partick with the gospel of Jesus Christ and our church hall hosts various outreach activities. These include such things as informal Christianity Explored courses, and the Dowanvale Café which is open every Saturday from 12noon - 3.00pm, Dowanvale’s Monday Youth Club, and our Parent & Toddler group Top Tots. More information about this available here at the Dowanvale Youth page.

Dowanvale Free Church seeks to proclaim the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is the good news that God loved us so much he sent Jesus, his Son, to save us from our sins that we might have a living relationship with God.

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35 Dowanhill Street | Partick | Glasgow | G11 5QR email: dowanvale@gmail.com