Tuesday June 27, 2017 Order of Business, Minutes, Roll, Committees and reports submitted for the Presbytery meeting at Inverness Inshes Church from 7:00pm for Communion followed by ordinary business Please be aware that Presbytery meetings are recorded Presbytery Website http://invernesspresbytery.co.uk MODERATOR: Rev David S Scott CLERK: Rev Trevor G Hunt All rights reserved Church of Scotland Inverness Presbytery Email: [email protected] Website: http://invernesspresbytery.co.uk 1st Published June 22, 2017 2nd Edition June 26, 2017 Presbytery meets for Communion on Tuesday June 27, 2017 at Inverness Inshes Church at 7:00 pm and thereafter for ordinary business. Inverness Presbytery: Tuesday June 27, 2017 ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. CONSTITUTION 2. SEDERUNT and APOLOGIES 3. ORDER of BUSINESS (changes to this Order might be made by Presbytery) 4. MINUTES of MEETING of Tuesday 2 May 2017 (see page 251 of Minutes) 5. REPORT of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY 5.1. Report of Diligence – Clerk 5.2. Report of Youth Representative – Liam Mehigan 6. ROLL OF PRESBYTERY 2017-2018 6.1. 2017-2018 Elders Commission and Additional Elders (see page 1 of papers) 6.2. 2016-2017 Presbytery Members Retiring 6.3. Proposed Standing Committees 2017-2018 (see page 2) 7. REPORT of 2016 CONGREGATIONAL ACCOUNTS EXAMINATION (report on page 4) 8. REPORT of INSPECTION OF RECORDS 9. REPORTS of STANDING COMMITTEES 9.1. Business (report on page 5) 9.2. Congregational Support (report and LCR reports from page 8) 9.3. Finance (?) 9.4. Planning (verbal report) 9.5. Property (report on page 64) 10. ELECTION OF MODERATOR (2017-2018) 11. INTIMATIONS (an opportunity to bring special meetings to Presbytery’s attention) 12. ADJOURNMENT - Presbytery adjourns to meet in conference and then for ordinary business on September 9, 2017 from 9:30am at Inshes Church, Inverness (lunch will be provided). INVERNESS PRESBYTERY MINUTES The Inverness Presbytery met for ordinary business on Tuesday May 2, 2017 at Cawdor Church from 7:00 pm, and was constituted with prayer by the Moderator. Present were: Rev David S Scott (Moderator) Rev Trevor G Hunt (Clerk) Ministers and Deacons (18) A Barrie J Fraser I Manson FK Turner RE Brookes JW Humphrey J Mitchell H Watt FB Buell A Lyon A Murray AS Younger R Cleland ATB McGowan J Rettie F Forbes S McRoberts B Ritchie Elders (27) AJ Allan AD Cook C MacKenzie J Philip A Anderson JM Dow SM MacKenzie S Proudfoot J Anderson W Flett J McDonald V Roden H Beck I Freudenthal JK MacLennan A Stephen N Burtwell R Gleed-Gates J MacLeod A Strachan D Chisholm R Lees F McCubbin D Whillis L Clark RA MacIntyre L Monaghan Corresponding Members (2) PH Hunt N Lindon Apologies were received from: JBD Alexander K Donaldson TD McRoberts M Robertson M Archer SL MacKenzie K Matheson M Strange AT Black HD MacLennan A Mehigan I Todd P Donald D MacPherson PW Nimmo 3. ORDER OF BUSINESS The circulated Order of Business was agreed as published, except that there would be no Planning Committee report. 4. MINUTES OF MEETINGS ON MARCH 7, 2017 Having been previously circulated, the Minutes for the meetings on Tuesday March 7, 2017 were taken as read and were approved. 251 INVERNESS PRESBYTERY – May 2, 2017 5. VOCATIONS AND MINISTRY APPRENTICESHIP Rev Jonathan Fraser interviewed Hilton Ministerial Apprentice, Fiona Waite, to demonstrate and inform about the value of the apprenticeship scheme. 6. DELIVERANCES OF THE PRESBYTERY STANDING COMMITTEES BUSINESS COMMITTEE The Presbytery: 1. Receive the report. 2. Resolve to re-structure the Presbytery meetings to meet 4 times per year: twice meeting first in conference and then for formal business on two Saturdays per year and twice to meet for formal business on a Tuesday evening from September 2017 for a trial period of 2 years. 3. Resolve to move the Superintendence remit from the Business committee to the Congregational Support Committee where a separate sub-committee with its own convener will deal with matters of Superintendence. 4. Resolve to move the Vacancy Procedure Committee and Pastoral care of Ministers and manse families to the Ministry committee. 5. Instructs the Presbytery Clerk and Business Convener to make all necessary consequential amendments to standing orders. 6. Agree to the closing service for Bona Church to take place towards the end of October 2017. 7. Agree to remove the sist on the vacancy of Dalneigh & Bona and for the nominating committee to be reinstated on the basis that the Parish Profile and all related vacancy documentation is amended to reflect the closure of Bona Church. 8. Agree to extend the appointment of two Assessor Elders to Kinmylies for another six months. 9. Thank Mr Len Cazaly and Mr Alex Stephens for their service to the Presbytery as Assessor elders for Kinmylies and give powers to the Moderator, the Presbytery Clerk and the Business Convener to find a replacement for Mr. Len Cazaly. 10. Give powers to the Moderator, the Presbytery Clerk and the Business Convener to appoint an Interim Moderator for The Barn to cover Rev Mike Robertson’s absence on sick leave and Presbytery resolve to uphold Rev Mike Robertson, his family and the congregation of The Barn in their prayers. 11. Instruct all ministers to send their car log books to the Presbytery Clerk for inspection by 26 May at the latest. 12. Note that Elders’ commissions for 2017/18 along with proposed names to act as additional elders must be with Miss Christine Mackenzie by 31 May. CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT COMMITTEE The Presbytery: 1. Receive the report. 2. Note the revised schedule and appoints the Local Church Reviews for 2017, namely Inverness: Dalneigh & Bona, Ardersier l/w Petty, Daviot & Dunlichity l/w Moy Dalarossie & Tomatin and Dores & Boleskine, commencing with the LCR Training Conference on Saturday 13th May 2017. 252 INVERNESS PRESBYTERY – May 2, 2017 3. Appoint the Local Church Reviews for 2018, namely Inverness: Old High St Stephens, Nairn St Ninian's l/w Auldearn & Dalmore, Kilmorack & Erchless and Nairn Old, commencing with the LCR Training conference in May 2018, with the option to also attend the May 2017 training day. 4. Note that a 2-year follow-up visit to Inverness Hilton has been made. Note the Congregational Support Committee’s serious concern regarding the position Hilton finds itself in regarding its Ministry & Mission Allocation payment and is reassured that the Business Committee is urgently seeking a resolution to the matter and attending to the pastoral implications. 5. Notes that in future Safeguarding Training will be offered on an “as needed” basis, rather than schedule courses which then get cancelled because of lack of numbers. 6. Instruct that all congregations are required to hold up to date and accurate Congregation and Adherent Rolls, to avoid being in breach of Principle 4 of the Act. 7. Instruct all congregations to ensure appropriate levels of security are taken when taking church records to Inshes Church on the 14th March for the annual Attestation of Congregational Records. DOCTRINE, WORSHIP & ECUMENICAL MATTERS COMMITTEE The Presbytery: Invited Rev Dr J Humphreys to address them on the “Thy Kingdom Come” project. PROPERTY COMMITTEE The Presbytery: 1. Receive the report. 2. Approve alteration to the Barn Church Manse kitchen area, etc., to be upgraded to form a study and thereby comply with the new Manse schedule at a cost of £18,558.20 (including VAT). 7. INTIMATIONS An opportunity was given to bring special meetings to the attention of the Presbytery. 8. ADJOURNMENT Presbytery adjourned at 8:40pm to meet for ordinary business on Tuesday June 27, 2017, at 7:00pm for Communion followed by ordinary business at Inverness Inshes Church. ………………………………………………………………………. Moderator ………………………………………………………………………. Clerk 253 INVERNESS PRESBYTERY – June 27, 2017 papers ROLL OF PRESBYTERY ELDERS 2017-2018 Ardersier Laura Clark Auldearn & Dalmore Neil Gibson Cawdor Joan Philip Croy & Dalcross Agnes Strachan Barn Culloden Issy Freudenthal Daviot & Dunlichity Russell Lees Dores & Boleskine Roger Gleed-Gates Inverness Crown Heather Beck Inverness Dalneigh & Bona Arnett Cook Inverness East Bill Flett Inverness Hilton David Whillis Inverness Inshes John MacLeod Inverness Kinmylies David Thompson Inverness Ness Bank Geoff Thomson Inverness Old High St Stephen’s Christine MacKenzie Inverness St Columba Duncan Chisholm Inverness Trinity Michael A Ronaldson Kilmorack & Erchless Alice Allan Kiltarlity Hamish MacLennan Kirkhill Louise Monaghan Moy, Dalarossie & Tomatin Vivian Roden Nairn Old Nan Burtwell Nairn St Ninian’s Grigor McKay Petty Urquhart & Glenmoriston Alan Lemon ADDITIONAL ELDERS Jim Alexander Susan MacKenzie Jim Anderson Sheila Proudfoot James Dow Hendry Robertson Frank McCubbin Alex Stephen 1 INVERNESS PRESBYTERY – June 27, 2017 papers PRESBYTERY STANDING COMMITTEES 2017-2018 The Moderator, Presbytery Clerk and Business Committee Convener are members of all Standing Committees (M = Minister, E = Elder, C = Corresponding Member, D = Deacon) (1) BUSINESS COMMITTEE Fiona Smith Convener Conveners of Standing Committees, Moderator, Presbytery Clerk, Treasurer E A Allan, I Freudenthal, C MacKenzie (Committee Clerk), S Proudfoot (2) CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT COMMITTEE David Scott, Convener M D Brown, J Fraser, A Mehigan, A Murray, D MacQuarrie, TD McRoberts, B Ritchie, H Watt E J Anderson (Data Protection), N Burtwell, D Chisholm (Committee Clerk), L Clark, J Dow (Safeguarding), R Gleed-Gates, Dr R Lees, H MacLennan, C I Davidson (3) DOCTRINE, WORSHIP & ECUMENICAL MATTERS Scott McRoberts Convener M R Cleland,