Order of Proceedings

2018 ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS SATURDAY 19 – FRIDAY 25 MAY I. Roll of Commissioners ..................................... 3 II. Order of Business ........................................ 23 III. Proposed Committees and Tellers ................ 26 IV. Cases .......................................................... 27 V. Supplementary Reports ................................31 VI. Standing Orders .......................................... 63 VII. Notices and Intimations ..............................86 Free WiFi is available throughout the Assembly Hall Network: General Assembly Password: assembly2018 Tel: 0131 260 5220 Fax: 0131 260 5252 E-mail: [email protected] Scottish Charity Number: SC011353 NOTES 1. The General Assembly stand (a) When The Lord High Commissioner or the Moderator enters the Hall before the constitution of any Session; (b) When Her Majesty’s Commission to The Lord High Commissioner and Her Majesty’s Letter to the General Assembly are read; (c) When The Lord High Commissioner addresses the General Assembly, or the Moderator addresses The Lord High Commissioner; and (d) When a distinguished visitor is brought into the Hall to address the General Assembly. 2. The General Assembly do not stand when The Lord High Commissioner retires from the Hall. COMMISSIONERS’ TRAVELLING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018 These are as listed on the Expenses Claim Form Expense Claim Forms will be received in the New College Foyer on: Friday 25 May – 10.00 am to 3.00 pm or returned to the Principal Clerk’s Office as soon as possible after the General Assembly Voting Handsets and swipe cards may be returned to the Assembly Office or handed in with Expense Claim Forms as above COMMITTEES Name of Committee Place of Meeting Time of Meeting Business Committee Clerks’ Desk 19 May at close of morning session Roll and Standing Orders ROLL AND STANDING ORDERS ASSEMBLY OFFICE-BEARERS Title Name No Moderator Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning * 843 Moderator-Designate Rev Susan Brown * 844 Chaplains Rev James C Stewart * 845 Rev Mary J Stobo * 846 Principal Clerk Rev Dr George J Whyte † 847 Acting Depute Clerk Ms Christine Paterson † 848 Procurator Ms Laura Dunlop QC † 849 Law Agent Miss Mary Macleod † 850 Precentor Rev Dr Martin C Scott 787 Chief Steward Mr Alexander F Gemmill Assembly Officer Mr William Mearns † Assistant Assembly Officer Mrs Karen McKay † BUSINESS COMMITTEE Convener Nominate Ms Judith J H Pearson † 851 Vice-Convener Nominate Rev Fiona E Smith † 852 * Communications should be delivered to the Moderator’s Room, not to boxes. † Communications should be delivered to the Clerk’s Desk, not to boxes. Order of Proceedings The Church of Scotland General Assembly 2018 1 Index of Presbyteries INDEX OF PRESBYTERIES 31 Aberdeen 11 Irvine and Kilmarnock 36 Abernethy 30 Angus 6 Jedburgh 7 Annandale and Eskdale 49 Jerusalem 12 Ardrossan 19 Argyll 32 Kincardine and Deeside 10 Ayr 25 Kirkcaldy 34 Buchan 13 Lanark 44 Lewis 41 Caithness 38 Lochaber 42 Lochcarron-Skye 18 Dumbarton 3 Lothian 29 Dundee 24 Dunfermline 4 Melrose and Peebles 8 Dumfries and Kirkcudbright 35 Moray 27 Dunkeld and Meigle 5 Duns 45 Orkney 1 Edinburgh 28 Perth 47 England 22 Falkirk 26 St Andrews 46 Shetland 16 Glasgow 23 Stirling 33 Gordon 40 Sutherland 14 Greenock and Paisley 43 Uist 17 Hamilton 2 West Lothian 48 International Charges 9 Wigtown and Stranraer 37 Inverness 2 Order of Proceedings The Church of Scotland General Assembly 2018 Roll of Commissioners ROLL OF COMMISSIONERS 1. Presbytery of Edinburgh 23. Rev Marjory McPherson, Presbytery Clerk Minister 24. Rev Mary B Morrison, (Edinburgh: 1. Rev Benjamin J A Abeledo, Edinburgh: Stenhouse St Aidan’s) Blackhall St Columba’s 25. Rev William R Taylor, Chaplaincy Adviser, 2. Rev Ian W Alexander, Secretary, World Scottish Prison Service Mission Council 26. Very Rev Prof Iain R Torrance Kt TD DD, 3. Very Rev Russell Barr DD, Edinburgh: Edinburgh: Slateford Longstone Crammond 27. Rev Ian J Wells, Edinburgh: Ratho 4. Rev David C Cameron, Edinburgh: 28. Rev Jenny Williams, Edinburgh: Drylaw Dalmeny l/w Queensferry Elder 5. Rev Prof David A S Fergusson FRSE, 29. Mrs Muriel Armstrong, Edinburgh: University Lecturer, New College Fairmilehead 6. Rev Carol H M Ford, Edinburgh: St 30. Mr Philip P Barnes, Edinburgh: Greenbank Margaret’s 31. Miss Fiona E Beveridge, Edinburgh: 7. Rev Dr Margaret R Forrester, (Edinburgh: Meadowbank St Michael’s) 32. Mrs Margaret B P Bisset, Edinburgh: Ratho 8. Rev Joanne G Foster, Edinburgh: Inverleith 33. Mr James R Byers, Edinburgh: St Serf’s Corstorphine St Ninian’s 9. Rev Dr Richard E Frazer, Edinburgh: 34. Dr Arthur Chapman, Edinburgh: Greyfriars Kirk St Andrew’s & St George’s West 10. Rev James J Griggs, Edinburgh: 35. Mrs Eleanor E Davidson, Albany Deaf Corstorphine St Anne’s Church 11. Very Rev James Harkness KCVO CB OBE 36. Mrs Audrey Downie, Edinburgh: Polwarth DD, (Chaplain General) 37. Mr David Drummond, Edinburgh: 12. Rev Jack Holt, Edinburgh: Polwarth Corstorphine Old 13. Rev Stuart D Irvin, Edinburgh: 38. Mr John Endicott, Edinburgh: Broughton St Catherine’s Argyle St Mary’s 14. Rev Alistair H Keil, Edinburgh: St Andrew’s 39. Mr Grant Gordon, Edinburgh: Currie Clermiston 40. Mr Ian Graham, Edinburgh: Palmerston 15. Rev Dr Thomas M Kisitu, Edinburgh: Place St Nicholas’ Sighthill 41. Dr Hazel Hastie, Depute Presbytery Clerk 16. Rev Ian A MacDonald, Edinburgh: Holy 42. Mrs Caroline Kehoe, Edinburgh: Trinity Greenbank 17. Rev Cameron Mackenzie, Edinburgh: Tron 43. Mrs Karen Keil, Edinburgh: St Andrew’s Kirk (Gilmerton & Moredun) Clermiston 18. Rev James G Mackenzie, (Jersey: 44. Mrs Patricia V Kingston, Edinburgh: Gorgie St Columba’s) Dalry Stenhouse 19. Rev Calum I Macleod, Edinburgh: High 45. Mr Jack Macdonald, Edinburgh: (St Giles’) Fairmilehead 20. Rev Michael J Mair, Edinburgh: St David’s 46. Miss Patricia Macdonald, Edinburgh: Broomhouse Craiglockhart 21. Rev Angus R Mathieson, Acting Council 47. Mr Roger Macklin, Edinburgh: Secretary, Mission & Discipleship Council Duddingston 22. Rev Moira McDonald, Edinburgh: 48. Mr David MacLennan, Edinburgh: Corstorphine Old Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Order of Proceedings The Church of Scotland General Assembly 2018 3 Roll of Commissioners 49. Mr Michael Merriman, Edinburgh: 3. Presbytery of Lothian Juniper Green Minister 50. Mrs Norma Packham, Edinburgh: Liberton 74. Very Rev John B Cairns KCVO DD LLD, Northfield (Aberlady with Gullane) 51. Mrs Anna Robertson, Edinburgh: 75. Rev Andrew Don, OLM, Newton Corstorphine Craigsbank 76. Rev Neil J Dougall, North Berwick: 52. Lindsay Sawyer, Edinburgh: St Giles’ St Andrew Blackadder 53. Mrs Sheila Ward, Edinburgh: Slateford 77. Rev Tom J Gordon, (Chaplain, Marie Curie Longstone Hospice, Edinburgh) 54. Mrs Alexandra Watson, Edinburgh: 78. Rev Dr Robin E Hill, Gladsmuir l/w Cramond Longniddry 55. Mr Ross Wilkinson, Edinburgh: Inverleith 79. Rev Alexander G Horsburgh, Dalkeith: St Serf’s St Nicholas’ Buccleuch 56. Miss Rachel Wright, Edinburgh: 80. Rev Malcolm Lyon, Musselburgh: Canongate St Michael’s Inveresk Deacon 81. Rev Alison P McDonald, Musselburgh: 57. Mrs Margaret Gordon DCS, (Edinburgh: Northesk Currie) 82. Rev John C C Urquhart, Penicuik: St Mungo’s 58. Miss Anne Mulligan DCS, Hospital 83. Rev John Vischer, Garvald & Morham l/w Chaplain Haddington: West 84. Rev Michael D Watson, Deputy Clerk 2. Presbytery of West Lothian 85. Rev Neil H Watson, Belhaven l/w Spott Minister Elder 59. Rev Sandra Black, Interim Minister, 86. Mrs Audrey Affleck, Traprain Bathgate: High 87. Mr James F Couper, Longniddry 60. Rev Dr Jonanda Groenewald, Polbeth 88. Mrs Margaret Hood, Dalkeith: St Nicholas’ Harwood l/w West Kirk of Calder Buccleuch 61. Rev Derek R Henderson, Abercorn l/w 89. Miss Janet Johnston, Cockenzie & Port Pardovan, Kingscavil & Winchburgh Seton: Old 62. Rev W Richard Houston, Linlithgow: 90. Mr Gordon MacDonald, Penicuik: St Mungo’s St Ninian’s Craigmailen 91. Mr John D McCulloch DL, Presbytery Clerk 63. Rev Robert J Malloch, Breich Valley 92. Mrs Abigail Morrison, Longniddry 64. Rev Duncan Shaw, Presbytery Clerk 93. Mrs Helen M Napier, Athelstaneford 65. Rev Julia C Wiley, Armadale 94. Mr Duncan A Nicholson, Spott Elder 95. Mrs Margot Robertson, North Berwick: 66. Mrs Patricia A Chapman, Linlithgow: St Andrew Blackadder St Ninian’s Craigmailen 96. Mr Peter Strachan, Gladsmuir 67. Mrs Elizabeth M Dyer, West Kirk of 97. Mrs Ena Wallace, Musselburgh: Calder St Michael’s Inveresk 68. Mrs Helen W Macfarlane, Armadale Deacon 69. Mrs Lynne McEwen, Strathbrock 98. Mrs Marilynn J Steele, Cockenzie & Port 70. Mrs Mary M McKenzie, Breich Valley Seton: Old 71. Mr George Stott, West Kirk of Calder 4. Presbytery of Melrose and Peebles 72. Mr James Wilson, Bathgate: High Minister Deacon 99. Very Rev A David K Arnott, (St Andrews: 73. Mr Gordon Pennykid DCS, Livingston: Old Hope Park with Strathkinness) 4 Order of Proceedings The Church of Scotland General Assembly 2018 Roll of Commissioners 100. Rev Rae A Clark, Channelkirk & Lauder 122. Rev Dr Frances M Henderson, Hoddom, 101. Rev Janice M Faris, Innerleithen, Traquair Kirtle-Eaglesfield & Middlebie & Walkerburn 123. Rev John G Pickles, Annan: St Andrew’s 102. Rev Dr Leon Keller, Galashiels: Old & St l/w Brydekirk Paul’s l/w Galashiels: St John’s 124. Rev David G Pitkeathly, The Border Kirk 103. Very Rev Finlay A J Macdonald DD, Elder (Principal Clerk) 125. Mrs Mary Brown, Kirkpatrick Juxta 104. Rev Julie M Rennick, Earlston 126. Mrs Liz Hudson, Annan: St Andrew’s Elder 127. Mr A John Moffat, Hoddam, Kirtle- 105. Mr James Borthwick, Innerleithen, Eaglesfield & Middlebie Traquair & Walkerburn 128. Mr Daniel M Muir, Gretna Old, Gretna: 106. Dr Daryll K Green, West Linton: St Andrew’s & Kirkpatrick Fleming St Andrew’s Deacon 107. Mr John Mackay, Channelkirk & Lauder 129. Mrs Angela Brydson DCS, Applegarth, 108. Mr Peter Sandison, Galashiels: Old & Sibbaldbie & Johnstone l/w Lochmaben St Paul’s 109. Mr Mark Wands, Earlston 8. Presbytery of Dumfries and 110. Mrs Susan M White, Ettrick & Yarrow Kirkcudbright 5. Presbytery of Duns Minister 130. Rev Dr David S Bartholomew, Minister Balmaclellan & Kells l/w Carsphairn l/w 111.

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