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Presbytery Meetings

2nd Feb. 2010
2nd Mar. 2010
13th Apr. 2010
4th May 2010
22nd Jun. 2010
7th Sept 2010
5th Oct. 2010
2nd Nov. 2010
7th Dec. 2010

Presbytery Tea

Tuesday 13th April 2010
at the Palace Hotel 5.30pm.


General Assembly 2010
Thurs 20th May

Welcome!

Inverness Presbytery is in the Highlands of Scotland. It stretches from Tomatin in the south to Nairn in the east, from Drumnadrochit in the west to Beauly in the north-west. An area of vast natural beauty, of castles and lochs, mountains and forests, farms and fishing.
At its heart is the City of Inverness where the Presbytery meets in the Dr Black Halls of St Columba High Church, beside the river Ness, at 7pm on Tuesdays on the dates as specified below the left menu.

Rev Fergus A Robertson MA BD- Moderator

Rev. Alastair S Younger B.Sc(Econ), ASCC - Presbytery Clerk

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Vacancies

Dores and Boleskine

Kirkhill and Kiltarlity
parish profile
Inverness:St Columba NCD

Latest News!

Inverness Winter Care Shelter -
Rough Sleepers Project with Bethany Care to be extended by two weeks.

Leadership Forums

Bring a team of 4-6 people. 13th March Inshes Church 9.30-4pm Codt £10. Booking Essential. gcoupar@cofscotland.org.uk

Beechwood House Petition

www.ipetition/savebeechwoodhouse

Inverness Care Shelter Evaluation Conference

Sat 27th March 9.15-4.30pm in the East Church Halls.

HymnAid

Sunday 21st March 8pm in the Methodist Church

HIYFC "Annual Celebration"

Tues 9th March 7.30pm in Inshes Church

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.