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A new building was planned, and on 1 August 1909, the Church took possession of its new home at the corner of Matheson Road and Goathill Road in Stornoway. In 1929, the congregations of the United Free Church united with the established Church of Scotland, with the Stornoway church becoming the
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in October 1900. However, the congregation that was to form the High Church (at that time, the United Free High Church), was without a building.
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congregation in the church, the English congregation worships in the old church and the Gaelic congregation worships in the 'New Hall'.
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The congregation has acts of worship at 11am and 6:30pm every Sunday. In addition, they also meet on Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm.
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At a meeting on 18 June 2013, 250 members of the church's congregation voted to leave the
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At the close of 2022, the congregation had 82 members, served by 7 elders.
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when the denominations, on the whole, merged to form the
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