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Resources Evening
Resources Evening for Sunday School teachers
and others in Ness Bank Church Hall Tues 27th May
7-9pm
Being Church
Day conference 28th May 9.30-4pm
121 George Street, Edinburgh more
information from Presbytery Clerk
Child Protection
Child Protection Training Evening
Monday 2nd June 7-10pm Dr Black Hall, Inverness
Presbytery Adgenda - Teaching Element
Theme 'Encounters with Jesus'
October 07 - Rev Stewart Jeffrey
December 07 - Rev Dr Ian Macritchie
February 08 - Rev Fergus A Robertson
April 08 - Rev James Rettie
May 08 - Rev Richard M C Reid
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.
Charities References in Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2007
A copy of the Note issued by the Church's Solicitor
will be available at the Presbytery meeting on 4th Sept.
Letting of Church Hall Premises to non-church bodies
Updated circular now available on, and can be downloaded
from, the extratnet section of the Church of Scotland Website
Young Adult Members
Presbytery Standing Orders provide for the
appointment of four Young Adult Members between
the ages of 18-30, and those appointed serve for one
year on one of the committees of Education, Mission,
Social Responsibility, and Church and Community.
Interested ask your minister for more information!
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.
