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Kirk Session and Its Teams
Carronside Church operates the Church of Scotland's Unitary Constitution. This means that the Kirk Session is responsible for all matters, both spiritual and temporal, that affect Carronside Church.
The Kirk Session consists of Ruling Elders who have been nominated by the Congregation and Ordained to the post for life. The Minister is the Moderator of the Kirk Session meetings and ensures that the proper procedures of the Church are carried out.
The Kirk Session is the lowest Court of the Church of Scotland, the next higher court is the local Presbytery (the Presbytery of the North East and the Northern Isles) and the highest Court is the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
The Kirk Session appoints a Session Clerk and a Treasurer to assist it in managing its affairs. The Clerk and Treasurer need not be members of the Kirk Session under the Unitary Constitution.
The Clerk is responsible for preparing the Minutes of Kirk Session meetings, dealing with correspondence and other matters as instructed by the Kirk Session and presenting all the Church Records for Annual Inspection by the Presbytery – the Attestation. The Treasurer is appointed to take care of financial matters and present the Annual Accounts to the Session.
Carronside Church is a Registered Charity (SCO 13165). The Kirk Session members are Trustees of the charity in accordance with the rules of the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator (OSCR).
The one benefit of the Unitary Constitution is the ability to appoint non-Elders to help the various teams with their work. For some areas of expertise, people need not be members of the Church, so if we have a short term requirement for a particular skill, we can seek out this help quickly and efficiently.
The Kirk Session appoints the following Teams to manage the various aspects of its work and we welcome any volunteers with particular interests in:
Worship
Finance
Communications
Property and Resources
Safeguarding (Preventing Abuse) is managed by a Panel whose members are appointed by the Kirk Session. HR issues are managed by the Kirk Session itself. Meetings of the Kirk Session are open to all members of the Congregation to witness.
Property
The Property Convener is responsible to the Kirk Session for the maintenance and improvement of all Church buildings and is supported by the Property Committee. Committee members take on responsibilities to support the Convener which include property inspection, seeking quotations, working with contractors and carrying out minor repairs. Full details of our facilities can be seen under Our Buildings.
Church Membership
The Roll keeper is responsible for maintaining the Communion Roll. The Roll Keeper is supported by Elders and members who advise changes of status and information on members who leave the area or pass away or when they move house.
Communications
The Communications lead for the Session is supported by an editorial team of volunteer members of the church which produces Carronside Church's magazine, connecTions.
Each month they assemble the content including the Pastoral Letter from our Minister, news from each organisation's contributors, selected special feature articles and competitions.
The group meets to compile the magazine for printing then distribution on the last Sunday of the month. The magazine is distributed by hand to every household in the Congregation.
The team provides facilities and skills to produce posters, handouts, flyers and tickets for events if asked to do so and produces special event publications.
Another responsibility is production of the rota of members’ duties for Sunday services which is seen as a first point of contact with worshippers.
They are responsible for the Church website which presents public information to locals and visitors alike and where the latest editions of connecTions magazine can be found.
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