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Parish News Spring 2014 CUPAR OLD PARISH CHURCH “A church where everyone matters” PARISH NEWS Spring 2014 Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit Parish Church Kirkgate, Cupar, Fife KY15 5AN www.cuparold.org.uk Interim Moderator Rev Dr James Connolly 5, Westwater Place, Newport on Tay, DD6 8NS Tel: 01382 542626 email: [email protected] Minister Rev Harry Brown 6 Hall Street, Kingskettle, KY15 7QF Tel: 01337 830088 email: [email protected] Session Clerk Mrs Jean Martin 1 Garliebank Crescent, Cupar, KY15 5JL Tel: 01334 652100 email: [email protected] Treasurer Mr David Stevenson 10 Holly Park, Cupar, KY15 5DB Tel: 01334 654262 email: [email protected] Secretary Mrs Liz Nelson Quarry Road, Cuparmuir, Cupar, KY15 5QP Tel: 01334 652077 email: [email protected] Children & Miss Trudi Newton Families Worker 51 Crawley Crescent, Springfield, KY15 5SF Tel: 01334 656124: Mobile: 0795 192 6160 email: [email protected] OPC Host Mrs Jill Brown 26 Upper Dalgairn, Cupar, KY15 4JJ Tel: 01334 657712 email: [email protected] Property Convener Mr Hamish Ferguson 33 Maitland Drive, Cupar, KY15 5EU Tel: 01334 208518 email: [email protected] Church Officer Mr George Brown 26 Upper Dalgairn, Cupar, KY15 4JJ Tel: 01334 657712 email: [email protected] DEADLINE: Articles for the Summer 2014 edition of Parish News must be in the hands of the Editorial Team by Friday, 2 May 2014 Editorial Welcome to the first Parish News of 2014, a year which will challenge us as a congregation, as we wait to begin the search for a new minister. I hope that you, like me, will find the articles in this issue prove that we go forward in good shape and spirit. I would like to extend a welcome to Rev Dr James Connolly, our Interim Moderator, who will guide us through the next few months till we are able to begin the Vacancy process. It is a vital task to keep the Congregation fully informed of the various stages we are about to go through, and I promise that I will do everything in my power to make the way ahead as clear as possible. As ever, I am grateful for the great faithfulness of the contributors to this issue of Parish News, who have taken the time to keep us abreast of the many and varied activities which are going on in the months ahead. Colin Maclean Editor, Parish News Congregational Register Members Joining 26 Nov Alex and Ina Strachan Deaths 8 Nov Margaret Peattie 11 Dec Robert Dewar 11 Dec David Wilson 13 Dec William (Bill) Hastings 21 Dec Isa Robertson 11 Jan Amelia (Amy) Cape 11 Jan Alan Doig 1 Feb R Douglas Cape Baptisms 17 Nov Erin Catherine Farmer 24 Nov Struan David Kirk 1 Dec Isla Isabel Gibson 15 Dec Frederick Alexander Donaldson-Malloch 22 Dec Olivia Sue Macdonald Hilary Webb Rollkeeper Interim Moderator I have been asked to introduce myself and to explain how I understand the way ahead. First, let me begin by saying that I am very pleased to be of help to you during this time of transition. I am encouraged that you have an excellent preaching and pastoral care team. Your locum, Rev. Harry Brown, is well known to you as are Elspeth and Brian. I am grateful to your Session Clerk and the rest of your leadership team for all the support they offer. I hope to meet with the rest of the staff soon. A little about me - I was ordained in 1982 within the Free Methodist Church working in the North West of England as a church planter. I was called to Balmerino (including the Gauldry) and Wormit in 2004 to be their Minister. I also work with NHS Fife as part of the Spiritual Care Team in St Andrews Community Hospital. I am Padre to 2345 Air Cadets at RAF Leuchars. I have served the Presbytery of St. Andrews as its Convener of Faith Matters and last year as Moderator. My main areas of interest in ministry are marriage formation and spiritual care within a palliative setting. Presbytery has yet to form a ministries plan and as a result Vacancy Process is on hold. The Kirk Session will shortly produce a Vacancy Schedule showing that you are able to sustain the appointment of a Minister to this Charge. They also have to arrange an Electoral Register of the communicants of this parish which will also include, if registered, the names those who are not members of any other church and are in good standing at the time of the vacancy. The register will be laid on the table in church for inspection once complete, in order for folk to check their name is included and finally it will be attested by the Session Clerk and myself as the register of the congregation and sent to the Presbytery Clerk. Once Presbytery allow us to make a Call, the Congregation will appoint a Nominations Committee, consisting of an odd number to a maximum of 13 elected from the Electoral Register, who will be tasked to bring one named individual before the congregation to preach and immediately followed with a ballot on whether or not to Call. This Call will be signed by communicant members - there is also the opportunity for non-members whose names are on the Electoral Role to sign a paper of concurrence. If the nominee is successful, Presbytery arrange for the induction and if needed, ordination of the new Minister. Please remember in your prayers all concerned and I trust that we will know the Lord’s richest blessing as we work together and move forward, under God, into new blessing. Your servant in Christ Jesus, Rev. Dr. James Connolly Session Clerks Ramblings By the time you read this we will be over two months into the vacancy. On Sunday 2nd February the Rev Dr James Connolly preached the charge vacant, in other words, his service marked the official start to the vacancy. Jim will be our interim moderator through the vacancy period. He will be responsible for advising the Kirk session and the congregation on what is required of us and what steps we need to take at the various stages of the vacancy. He will also provide us with valued spiritual guidance. The vacancy could last for 12 months, perhaps longer. The St Andrews Presbytery needs to draw up what is called a Presbytery Plan; all presbyteries have been required to do this by ‘Head Office’ at 121 George St Edinburgh. Until that is done and approved we will not be able to start the process of ‘calling’ a minister. One good thing is that our own Brian Porteous is convener of the committee which is drawing up the plan, so he has a vested interest in getting things done just as quickly as possible. Meantime we have appointed Rev Harry Brown as our locum minister. He and the pastoral care team of the church will together be responsible for continuing pastoral care, so we know that this part of our church mission is in good hands. We have a worship team consisting of Harry Brown, Elspeth Smith and Brian Porteous; they will share the weekly Sunday services and they are doing a great job. Looking ahead we will be continuing the Discovery Process, which we started at the end of 2013 with the Discovery suppers. Look out for more information about this in this and future issues of the Parish news as well as in other church notices. We are also looking ahead to 2015 when we will celebrate 600 years of worship here at Cupar Old. We hope to have a full year of celebration. We will be looking for volunteers to help us plan and organise our celebrations, not just members of the Kirk session but everyone who feels the desire to help us mark this great event and help us to look forward to many more hundreds of years of bringing Christ’s message to everyone in Cupar and beyond. We have big challenges ahead but great opportunities as well. Please continue to keep our Kirk, the session, our worship leaders and interim moderator in your prayers. God Bless us all. Jean Martin Session Clerk Treasurer’s Report When I sat down to write what is my first report in the Parish News, I had hoped, as your new treasurer, to bring you good news, but I am afraid I am unable to do so at this time regarding our finances. Indeed it seems that every day brings about more bad news in the form of another account to be paid. However, as treasurer, my remit is to improve the finances of our church and, with your help and support, I am sure we can overcome our present difficulties. Most of you will have received my letter regarding our serious financial position and I have to say that there is no improvement to the figures contained in that letter. For year ended 31 December 2013 we are likely to show a deficit of over £30,000. The two most significant items leading to this deficit are a gas bill for £11,000 for the period 2008 to 2011 but was only raised by Scottish Gas in 2013. The other large item causing our deficit was the non-receipt of our Go for It Grant until 2014. This amounted to £15,000 and may well turn out to be even less. We will have had further discussions with the grant authorities by the time you read this report. To say that the above items alone contributed to our deficit would be wrong.
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