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Please note September meeting of Presbytery will be at Trinity Church.
Moderator's Reception
Summer Services at Old High Sundays at 8pm
11th July - Dr Donald Smith, Director Scottish Storytelling Centre,
the Netherbow, Edinburgh
22nd August - Rev Professor John Riches, Emeritus Professor of
Divinity and Biblical Criticism, University of Glasgow.
19th September - Rev Dr Doug Gay, hymn writer, Greenbelt speaker
and lecturer in Practical Theology, University of Glasgow
Charities Register: OSCR
New advice on submission of Congregational Accounts
has been sent to Treasureres, and it is important that the advice
is followed and understood.
School Chaplains
The Church and Society has a 'Schools' page on its
website for chaplains and others. Access is at
www.churchofscotland.org.uk/councils/churchsociety/
csschools.
Marches and Parades
Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland)
Act 2006. This new legislation requires all marches
to be approved in advance by local authorities.
Applications have to be submitted at least 28 days
in advance and are subject to a laid down
procedure. Youth leaders and congregational
office bearers should be aware of this new
legislation,
Child Protection
The Safeguarding Committee has issued
a reminder that ther is no requirement to
carry out retrospective checks on existing
volunteers, and that it is only necessary to
do so in relation to new volunteers who
have not worked with children prior to May
2003. Child Protection Co-ordinators will
be advised when the proposed extended
review procedure approved by the 2005
General Assembly is to be introduced.
Until then, Kirk Sessions should not
instruct retrospective checks, which have
been adding significantly to the workload
of staff.
'Update'
Monthly newsletter circulation of
The Scottish Churches Parliamentary office
available at www.actsparl.org
Pre 1901 Church Records
Presbytery has received a request from the Keeper
of the Records of Scotland regarding a joint project
with the Church of Scotland to record digitally all church
records prior to 1901, anyone who has knowledge of
such records is encouraged to make their exisitence
known.
Royal Regiment of Scotland Operational Welfare Fund
"You can support ther Jocks online" - welfare and benevolence
support to those wounded in action and to the families of those killed
in action. Jocks Online
