Yearbook 2021 www.freechurch.org 15 North Bank Street The Mound Edinburgh EH1 2LS Tel: 0131 226 5286 Email: [email protected] Office Opening Hours Monday to Thursday: 8.45am – 4.45pm Friday: 8.45am – 4.00pm Registered Scottish Charity: SC012925 General Information Office Staff Chief Executive Officer – Mr Andrew Giffen | Finance Manager - Ms. Jayne Coleman | Admin Assistant - Mrs Kirsten Speirs | Cashier - Mrs Kerry Cameron | Finance Administrator - Mrs Judy Read | PA to CEO - Mrs Sharon Fraser | Property Officer - Mr Byron Goodwin | Compliance & Risk Management Officer - Mrs Muriel Macleod | Mission Coordinators – Mrs Sarah Johnson and Mrs Màiri MacPherson | Camps Coordinator – Miss Kirsten Macdonald | Communications and Engagement Officer – Mr Simon Kennedy Board of Trustees Chairman Mr Donald Forsyth, Old Ferintosh Manse, Alcaig, Conon Bridge, Dingwall, IV7 8HU. Secretary Mr Andrew Giffen Trustees Mr Neil Longwe | Mr Callum Macdonald | Mr Donald Macleod | Rev Dr Malcolm M. Maclean | Rev Alasdair M Macleod | Rev Calum Iain Macleod | Mr Gordon Macleod | Rev Malcolm Macleod | Rev Neil MacMillan | Rev David C. Meredith | Mr Alastair Oliver | Mr Mark Robinson Law Agents Balfour + Manson LLP, Edinburgh Auditors Scott-Moncrieff, CA, Edinburgh Church Magazine The Record (Official Magazine) Editor: Mr John Macdonald, Beltone, Moray Street, Blackford, PH4 1QF Email: [email protected] Free Church Youth Camps Camps Supervisor Mr Donald Alexander Macleod, Ramadale, Goathill Crescent, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2TA. Tel: 07713 013651. Email: [email protected] Camps Coordinator Miss Kirsten Macdonald, Free Church Offices, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 2LS Tel: 0131 226 5286. Email: [email protected] Mission Board Mission Director Rev David C. Meredith, Free Church Offices, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 2LS Tel: 0131 226 5286. Email: [email protected] Church Planting Director Rev Neil MacMillan, Free Church Offices, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 2LS Tel: 0131 226 5286. Email: [email protected] Safeguarding All of our congregations comply with Safeguarding guidelines for children and vulnerable adults. Please contact the Free Church Offices for contact details of Safeguarding Co-ordinators. Pastoral Care Support Worker Rev Alex MacDonald. Tel: 0131 621 1221. Mob: 07504 989189. Email: [email protected] Finance Cheques for the Church should be made payable to Free Church of Scotland and should be addressed to The Chief Executive Officer. Legacies A form of words which could be incorporated into a Will when a person wishes to leave money to the Church is as follows: “I give................................. to the Free Church of Scotland, Charity No SC012925, for its general charitable purposes and I declare that the receipt of the Chief Executive Officer or other proper officer of the Free Church of Scotland, for the time being shall be a full and sufficient discharge for my executors.” Church Courts The Free Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in Church government and is ruled by presbyteries (ministers and elders) meeting in Kirk Session, Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly. General Assembly This is the highest court of the Church and it meets annually in May. It consists of one third of the ministers of the Church, with a corresponding number of elders, appointed as commissioners to the Assembly by their local Presbyteries. Presbytery The minister and one representative elder from each congregation in a designated area form the local Presbytery. Kirk Session This is the body consisting of the minister and the elders that has the oversight of the local congregation. The Free Church of Scotland has six Presbyteries in Scotland and one in Northern America. Each Presbytery has a Clerk who is responsible for the maintenance of records and correspondence. The General Assembly has a Principal Clerk and an Assistant Clerk. Clerks to Boards and Committees of Assembly Principal Clerk of Assembly Rev Malcolm Macleod, Free Church Manse, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9BD Tel: 01851 710216. Email: [email protected] Assistant Clerk of Assembly Rev Nigel Anderson, 7 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder, Livingston, EH53 0RU Tel: 01506 881846. Email: [email protected] Assistant Clerk of Assembly Rev Stephen Allison, Free Church Manse, Aldercroft, Loaneckheim, Kiltarlity, Beauly, IV4 7JQ. Tel: 07706 823527. Email: [email protected] Board of Ministry Mr Charles Anderson, Seana Bhraigh, Tower Brae, South Westhill, Inverness, IV2 5BW. Tel: 07940 859260. Email: [email protected] Seminary Board Mrs Heather Watson, Edinburgh Theological Seminary, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 2LS Tel: 0131 2265286. Email: [email protected] Mission Board Mrs Màiri MacPherson, Free Church Offices, The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 2LS Tel: 0131 2265286. Email: [email protected] Psalmody & Praise Committee Mr Angus T Macleod, Flat 4/3, 337 Glasgow Harbour Terraces, Glasgow, G11 6BH Tel: 07917 363418. Email: [email protected] Presbytery of Edinburgh & Perth Presbytery Clerk Mr Charles Douglas, 28 Learmonth Crescent, Edinburgh, EH4 1DE. Tel: 0131 3432099. Email: [email protected] Presbytery Treasurer Mrs Mairead Morrison, 1 Hill of St Margaret, Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 0GB Tel: 01383 622566. Mobile: 07870126740. Email: [email protected] Presbytery Communications Representative Rev Alastair Sewell, 33 Meadowpark, Haddington, EH41 4DS. Email: [email protected] Main Place of Meeting St Columba’s Free Church, Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2PW The church is at the top of the Royal Mile, at the mini-roundabout situated there. Dates Last Tuesday of the month except May, July and December where there is no meeting. Membership Members of the Seminary Senate have seats in Presbytery: Rev Bob Akroyd, 275 Guardwell Crescent, Edinburgh, EH17 7SL. Tel: 0131 6646306. Email: [email protected] | Rev John A MacLeod, MA BD MPhil, 6 Langfauld Gardens, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2DX. Email: [email protected] | Rev Iver Martin, 37 Jenks Loan, Newtongrange, Dalkeith, EH22 4DD. Email: [email protected] | Rev John R McIntosh BA BD MLitt PhD, 9 Galachlawside, Edinburgh, EH10 7JG. Tel: 0131 4457744. Email: [email protected] | Rev Daniel Sladek, 5 Shorthope Street, Musselburgh, EH21 7DB. Email: [email protected] | Rev Dr Alistair I. Wilson BA BD Dip.Th. PhD, Free Church Manse, Ruthven Road, Kingussie, PH21 1EN. Tel: 07434 756443. Email: [email protected] In addition to ministers in settled charges and members of the Seminary Senate, the following have seats in Presbytery: Rev W D Graham, 48 Corbiehill Crescent, Edinburgh, EH4 5BD. Tel: 0131 336 4071. Email: [email protected] | Prof Emeritus Donald M MacDonald, 39/32 Blackford Avenue, Edinburgh, EH9 3HN. Tel: 0131 2811061. Email: [email protected] | Rev Dr Fergus A J Macdonald, 113 St Albans Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2PQ. Tel: 0131 667 1546. Email: [email protected] | Rev William M Mackay, 53 Lauderdale Street, Edinburgh, EH9 1DE. Tel: 0131 447 5937. Email: [email protected] | Rev John M MacPherson, 39/22 Blackford Avenue, EH9 3HN. Tel: 0131 667 3861. Email: [email protected] | Rev David C. Meredith, Free Church Offices, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 2LS. Tel: 0131 226 5286. Email: [email protected] Charleston Church Plant Location 29 Craigowan Road, Dundee, DD2 4NN Church Planter Mr Andrew Robertson, 30 Portmore Place, Dundee, DD2 4UW. Email: [email protected] Bible Study Sundays, 4 pm Esk Valley Church https://www.eskvalleychurch.org/ Location Edinburgh College, Midlothian Campus, 46 Dalhousie Road, Dalkeith, EH22 3FR Church Planter Rev Tom Muir, 69 Muir Park, Eskbank, Dalkeith, EH22 3JD. Tel: 07947 240486. Email: [email protected] Service 10.30 am Grace Church, Montrose https://gracechurchmontrose.com/ Location Grace Church, Scott Jubilee Hall, Panmure Place, Montrose, DD10 8EU Interim Moderator Rev Alberto de Paula, 85a High Street, Monifieth, DD5 4AA Tel: 01382 784679. Email: [email protected] Session Clerk Mr Alex Ogilvie, 21 Renny Crescent, Montrose, Angus, DD10 9BW. Email: [email protected] Treasurer Mr Ed Annandale, 13 Renny Crescent, Montrose, Angus, DD10 9BW. Clerk to the Finance Committee Dr Jim Calder, 28 Dorward Road, Montrose, Angus, DD10 8SB. Tel: 01674 673626. Mob: 07768 176126. Email: [email protected] Congregational Communications Rep Mr Donald Gillies, Muirhead Cottage, St Cyrus, Montrose, DD10 0DR. Tel: 01674 850607. Email: [email protected] Service 11 am Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 pm Haddington Community Church https://www.haddingtoncommunitychurch.org/ Location Town House, 57 High Street, Haddington, EH41 3ED Church Planter Rev Alastair Sewell, 33 Meadowpark, Haddington, EH41 4DS. Email: [email protected] Service 10.30 am Aberdeen - Bon Accord SC038916 / 101 www.bafreechurch.org.uk Location Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1SN. Interim Moderator Rev Iver Martin, 37 Jenks Loan, Newtongrange, Dalkeith, EH22 4DD. Email: [email protected] Minister Vacant Session Clerk Mr Michael Bowman, 4 Hillview Terrace, Cults, Aberdeen, AB15 9HJ. Tel: 01224 869721. Email: [email protected] Clerk to Deacons’ Court Mr Iain Smith, 25D Fraser Road, Aberdeen, AB25 3UE. Tel: 07825 220358. Email: [email protected] Congregational Treasurers • Mr Alastair Mather • Ms Christine Couper, 415 Clifton Road, Aberdeen, AB24 4EB. Email: [email protected] Youth Worker Mrs Anne MacDonald. Tel: 07866 444285. Email: [email protected] Administrative