Church of Scotland Yearbook 2012-13

The Right Reverend Albert O. Bogle BD MTh

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 2013

The General Assembly of 2013 will convene on

Saturday, 18 May 2013

CONTENTS

Prefaces

1 Assembly Councils, Committees, Departments and Agencies

Alphabetical listing of Councils (1–6) and of Committees, Departments and Agencies (7–32); the Church of Scotland and the Gaelic language

2 General Information

(1) Other Churches in the United Kingdom

(2) Overseas Churches

(3) Scottish Divinity Faculties

(4) Societies and Associations

(5) Trusts and Funds

(6) Recent Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly

(7) Recent Moderators of the General Assembly

(8) Her Majesty’s Household in Scotland Ecclesiastical

(9) Long Service Certificates

(10) Libraries of the Church

(11) Records of the Church of Scotland

3 Church Procedure

(1) The Minister and Baptism

(2) The Minister and Marriage

(3) Conduct of Marriage Services (Code of Good Practice)

(4) Conduct of Funeral Services: Fees

(5) The Minister and Wills

(6) Procedure in a Vacancy

4 The General Assembly of 2012

(1) The General Assembly

(2) The Moderator

(3) Digest of Assembly Decisions

5 Presbytery Lists

Introduction and explanation

Key to abbreviations

Numerical listing, 1–49, of Presbyteries

6 Additional Lists of Personnel

A Auxiliary Ministers

Auxiliary Ministers (Retired)

Ordained Local Ministers

B Chaplains to HM Forces

C Chaplains, Hospital

D Chaplains, Full-time Workplace

E Chaplains, Prison

F Chaplains, University

G The Diaconate

The Diaconate (Retired List)

The Diaconate (Supplementary List)

H Ministers having Resigned Membership of Presbytery

I Ministers holding Practising Certificates

J Presbytery/Parish Workers

K Overseas Locations

L Overseas Resigned and Retired Mission Partners

M Parish Assistants and Project Workers

N Readers

O Representatives on Council Education Committees

P Retired Lay Agents

Q Ministers Ordained for Sixty Years and Upwards

R Deceased Ministers

7 Legal Names and Scottish Charity Numbers for Individual Congregations

8 Church Buildings: Ordnance Survey National Grid References

9 Discontinued Parish and Congregational Names

10 Congregational Statistics – 2011

Index of ADVERTISERS

Index of MINISTERS

Index of PARISHES AND PLACES

Index of SUBJECTS

FROM THE MODERATOR

We are all familiar with the old adage ‘you can’t tell a book by its cover’. I think this would be true of the present Church of Scotland Year Book. It’s too easy to dismiss this book as the same every year – simply a book of statistics and telephone numbers.

The truth is: it’s much more. It’s a book that contains the names and addresses of ministers and church leaders, congregations and trust funds. They are listed because of the potential we all have to be connected to each other and to work together as a community to serve the cause of Christ in the world.

It’s a book that invites us to contextualise the text beyond statistics, to see behind every figure and every name a person or an organisation that is seeking to serve the Kingdom of God.

So, why not use the Year Book a little differently this year? Make it a prayer book! Why not pray for two or three ministers and administrators, congregations and trusts from this book on a daily basis?

This year sees the appointment of a new editor, Rev. Dr Douglas Galbraith, with Ivor Normand continuing in a new role as production editor. I’m sure we all wish to extend our gratitude to the new team for the work that has gone into making the Year Book such a useful tool for mission and prayer and practical day-to-day ministry.

I am happy to commend this Year Book for 2012/13 to you.

Rev. Albert Bogle

ON MHODERATOR

Tha sinn uile eòlach air an t-seann ràdh, ‘Chan urrainn dhuinn leabhar a mheas o chòmhdach an leth a-muigh’. Saoilidh mi gum faodadh sin a bhith fìor mun Leabhar Bliadhnail seo. Tha e furasta dìmeas a dhèanamh air an leabhar seo le bhith ag ràdh nach eil ann ach an t-aon rud a h-uile bliadhna – dìreach leabhar anns a bheil àireamhan agus fiosan-fòn.

Ma dh’innsear an fhìrinn tha cus a bharrachd air sin ann. ’S e a tha ann leabhar anns a bheil ainmean agus seòlaidhean mhinistearan agus cheannardan-eaglais, choitheanalan agus urrasan. Tha iad air an clàradh mar chomharadh air mar a tha e comasach dhuinn uile a bhith air ar ceangal ri chèile agus a bhith ag obrachadh còmhla mar choimhearsnachd airson seirbheis a dhèanamh do dh’adhbhar Chrìosd anns an t-saoghal.

’S e a tha ann leabhar a tha ag iarraidh oirnn a bhith a’ gabhail beachd air dè as ciall do na h-àireamhan, a bhith a’ faicinn air cùl gach àireamh agus gach ainm neach no buidheann a tha a’ miannachadh a bhith a’ dèanamh seirbheis do Rìoghachd Dhè.

Mar sin, carson nach cleachd sibh an Leabhar ann an dòigh beagan eadar-dhealaichte am bliadhna? Dèan leabhar-ùrnaigh dheth! Carson nach dèan sibh ùrnaigh gach latha airson a dhà no trì de na ministearan agus na rianadairean, na coitheanalan agus na h-urrasan a gheibhear anns an leabhar seo?

Am bliadhna chaidh fear-deasachaidh ùr a stèidheachadh, an t-Oll. Urr. Dùbhghlas Mac a’ Bhreatnaich, agus Iamhair Normand ga chuideachadh mar dheasaiche dealbhachaidh. Tha mi cinnteach gum bi sinn uile airson taing a thoirt don sgiobaidh ùir airson na rinn iad de dh’obair ann a bhith a’ dèanamh an leabhair seo ’na ghoireas cho feumail a thaobh misein agus ùrnaigh agus ministrealachd o latha gu latha.

Tha mi toilichte Leabhar Bliadhnail 2012/13 a mholadh dhuibh.

An t-Urr. Albert Bogle

FROM THE EDITOR

Prefaces are generally avoided by readers, except perhaps by friends of the author who may wish to see if they are listed among the author’s inspirations. Those, however, who have postponed the temptations of congregational statistics and the remits of Assembly committees, and who have turned first to this preface, will realise with dismay that with the departing Editor have departed also the acerbic wit and pointed observations about developments in the Church and in society which have made the Year Book prefaces of the last twelve years so entertaining.

Ronald Blakey’s knowledge of the Church of Scotland is deep and thorough, arising from his distinguished tenure of key posts in Assembly committees and councils. In his hands, the Year Book developed into the useful and comprehensive resource it is today. However, if he has done great service to the Church, he has not so well served Editors who have to succeed him, particularly in the penning of prefaces. I rather fear it is not within the capacity of the new Editor to keep up the chorus of chortles in church vestries, the sniggers in the studies of the nation’s manses, the slipped masks quickly regained behind the desks of 121 George Street. I did think, following the example of heroes of the Premier League, of re-employing my predecessor as ghostwriter. Happily, he is far from being a ghost, except that he would rightly deserve a fee that would make a Stewardship Director blush.

Each Year Book offers a snapshot of its times, not simply through its lists and figures but also in what is implied by the articles and features included. The earliest Year Book on my shelves is dated 1918 – already the thirty-third of the title. Full and detailed explanations of the old-age pension provision and of ‘Income-tax – its incidence and abatement’ suggest that, where now one might apply to Google, in earlier days it would be to the manse door that one might go for such information and support. An interesting feature is a list of publications of ministers in the previous year, the two who head the list being composers of secular songs, A Litany of the Sea (Kirkcaldy: St James’s) and A Mother’s Goodbye (Hamilton: Old). The list also reveals that no fewer than seventeen ministers were editors of religious papers and magazines, reminding us of the important role of printed material in the life of the Church of the time. And then there are the ‘Fiars Prices’, the average price for grain and meal for each county – a matter of existential interest to ministers.

The present volume similarly acts as a lens for picking out current movements and developments in the Church. At such a time in the Church’s history, every year has become a year of change. Perhaps the phrase used in the 2012 Ministries Council report to the General Assembly, echoed by that of the Ecumenical Relations Committee, is right – that we are living through not an age of change but a change of age. There is plenty of evidence in these pages that what was called for particularly in the 1960s and 1970s – more flexible patterns of ministry, church life and witness, with financial and governance structures to enable these – is now beginning to become a reality. New titles for ministerial posts, new groupings of congregations, new ecclesial entities, new kinds of central funds to be channelled into local situations, offer to refresh the Church’s engagement with today’s society.

Perhaps the most far-reaching of changes, however, one whose implications may not yet be fully appreciated, is that sketched in the short Joint Report of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations and the Ministries Council on Article III, given to the same Assembly. Following earlier work, the Assembly had asked that an exploration be made into how the ideal of a territorial ministry, as expressed in that Declaratory Article, might, in these straitened times, be worked out in partnership with other denominations. The instruction that an audit of ecumenical activity in Presbyteries be initiated, and the invitation to other denominations to undertake a similar task, could be the precursor of a new and more effective presence in every parish when other denominations share the role of the ‘parish church’.

The volume of the Year Book I quoted from earlier was pre-Union. The Union edition of 1930 carried a message from the Moderator, Dr John White, in which he expressed the hope that the volume would ‘serve to introduce us to each other’. This continues to be one of the functions of the publication – indeed, the current Moderator has underlined this in his call for it to be a prayer book as well as a book of information. The few changes that have been made in the present edition are intended to facilitate its use and to help people find their way through both book and Church.

The Editor is glad to thank the many who have contributed to the book’s compilation. Dr Roddy MacLeod, as always, has provided the important Gaelic component of the book. Roy Pinkerton has made available his wide knowledge of the history of Scotland and its Church. Sandy Gemmill, formerly of the Stewardship and Finance Department, has undertaken the laborious business of bringing congregational statistics up to date. The Rev. Douglas Aitken, formerly of the BBC, has willingly made available the digest of events of the General Assembly that he prepared for the Church’s website. Thanks are due also for the ready and willing response of Presbytery Clerks, secretaries and administrators at the Church Offices, and the many others who provided material. Thanks go too to Grant Hutchison, the Church’s Head of Communications, whose department is now responsible for the Church’s part in the publication – as well as to our publisher, Ann Crawford, for her continuing guidance, and to Lawrie Law for managing the typesetting, print and scheduling of the publication. Finally, particular thanks are due to our meticulous production editor, Ivor Normand, who asks questions, makes connections and gets the detail right.

In these days, the question is inevitably raised as to the balance of print and electronic media. Discussions are taking place about the form in which the information currently stored in this volume may best be circulated – and it is possible that the Year Book, first published in 1886, will soon appear in a different format, or in more than one format.

It is unlikely, however, that any new format will have the capability expressed in this anecdote from our Gaelic adviser, who heard about a minister in Argyll many years ago who did not have a degree. The minister above him in the list had a long name, so his MA had to be carried over to the next line. When that minister died, the MA was added to the other minister’s name, and he had it for the rest of his life.

Douglas Galbraith

July 2012

SECTION 1

Assembly Councils, Committees, Departments and Agencies

Councils

1. The Council of Assembly

2. The Church and Society Council

3. The Ministries Council

4. The Mission and Discipleship Council

5. The Social Care Council

6. The World Mission Council

Committees, Departments and Agencies

7. Assembly Arrangements Committee

8. Central Properties Department

9. Central Services Committee

10. Chaplains to HM Forces

11. The Church of Scotland Guild

12. The Church of Scotland Housing and Loan Fund

13. Church of Scotland Investors Trust

14. The Church of Scotland Pension Trustees

15. The Church of Scotland Trust

16. Committee on Church Art and Architecture

17. Communications Unit

18. The Department of the General Assembly

19. Design Services

20. Ecumenical Relations Committee

21. Facilities Management Department

22. General Treasurer’s Department

23. General Trustees

24. Go For It Fund

25. Human Resources Department

26. Information Technology Department

27. Law Department

28. Legal Questions Committee

29. Nomination Committee

30. Panel on Review and Reform

31. Stewardship and Finance Department

32. The Church of Scotland Safeguarding Office

33. Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office

The Church of Scotland and the Gaelic Language

[Note: Years, where given, indicate the year of appointment]

1. THE COUNCIL OF ASSEMBLY

The voting members of the Council of Assembly act as the Charity Trustees for the Unincorporated Councils and Committees of the General Assembly: Scottish Charity No. SC011353.

Remit (as amended May 2011)

The Council of Assembly shall be a standing Committee of the General Assembly, to which it shall be directly accountable and to which it shall report through its Convener. The General Assembly has conferred on the Council the powers as described in the following remit and in particular the powers of supervision of its Agencies (said Agencies being as defined in the Appendix) in the matters as detailed therein.

Membership

The Council shall comprise the following:

1. Convener, Vice-Convener and ten members appointed by the General Assembly on the Report of the Nomination Committee.

2. The Conveners of the Councils, namely Church and Society, Ministries, Mission and Discipleship, Social Care and World Mission together with the Convener of the Panel on Review and Reform.

3. The Secretaries of the following Councils, namely Church and Society, Ministries, Mission and Discipleship, Social Care and World Mission, all with a right to speak on matters affecting the interest of their Council, but not to vote or make a motion.

4. The Principal Clerk, the General Treasurer and the Solicitor of the Church without a right to vote or make a motion.

5. The Secretary to the Council of Assembly without a right to vote or make a motion.

6. The Ecumenical Officer, the Head of Communications and the Head of Human Resources and Information Technology to be in attendance without a right to vote or make a motion.

Remit and Powers

1. To advise the General Assembly on matters of reorganisation and structural change, including adjustments to the membership and remits of relevant Agencies of the General Assembly.

2. To keep under review the central administration of the Church, with particular regard to resolving issues of duplication of resources.

3. To monitor, evaluate and co-ordinate the work of the Agencies of the General Assembly, within the context of policy determined by the Assembly.

4. To advise the General Assembly on the relative importance of work being undertaken by its various Agencies.

5. To receive reports from, offer guidance to and issue instructions to Agencies of the General Assembly as required from time to time on matters of management, organisation and administration.

6. To oversee the implementation and development of the Co-ordinated Communication Strategy across the Church.

7. To determine policy in relation to:

(a) the teaching and promotion of Christian stewardship throughout the Church;

(b) Ministries and Mission Contributions from congregations, subject to the approval of Regulations by the General Assembly.

8. To determine annually the stipend rate, having regard to the recommendation thereanent of the Ministries Council, said determination to be made by the voting members of the Council of Assembly with the exception of those members in receipt of either a salary or stipend from the Parish Ministries Fund.

9. To bring recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the total amount of the Church’s Co-ordinated Budget for the Parish Ministries Fund and the Mission and Renewal Fund for the following financial year, and to determine the allocation of the budget for the Mission and Renewal Fund among the relevant Agencies of the General Assembly and Ecumenical Bodies.

10. To prepare and present to the General Assembly an indicative Rolling Budget for the following five financial years.

11. To receive and distribute unrestricted legacies and donations among the Agencies of the General Assembly with power to specify the use to which the same are to be applied.

12. To approve and submit annually to the General Assembly the audited Report and Financial Statements of the Unincorporated Councils and Committees of the General Assembly.

13. To determine the types and rates of expenses which may be claimed by members serving on Councils, Committees and Statutory Corporations.

14. Through its oversight of the Stewardship and Finance Department, to be responsible for:

(a) providing support to Presbyteries and congregations in the teaching and promotion of Christian stewardship;

(b) determining with Presbyteries the Ministries and Mission Contributions required annually from congregations;

(c) providing assistance to Presbyteries and congregations in adhering to financial standards required by charity law and by Regulations of the General Assembly;

(d) setting standards of financial management and providing financial services for the Councils and Committees, Statutory Corporations and other Agencies of the General Assembly.

15. To consider and decide on proposals from Agencies of the General Assembly to purchase heritable property or any other asset (except investments) valued in excess of £50,000 or lease any heritable property where the annual rental exceeds £25,000 per annum, declaring that no Agency save those referred to in section 24 hereof shall proceed to purchase or lease such property without prior approval from the Council.

16. To consider and decide on proposals from Agencies of the General Assembly, save those referred to in section 24 hereof, to sell or lease for a period in excess of five years or otherwise dispose of any heritable property, or sell or otherwise dispose of any asset (except investments) valued in excess of £50,000, held by or on behalf of that Agency, with power to allocate all or part of the sale or lease proceeds to another Agency or Agencies in terms of section 18 hereof.

17. To consider and decide on proposals from Agencies of the General Assembly to enter into an agreement or contract (with the exception of contracts of employment or those relating to property transactions) with a total actual or potential financial commitment in excess of £50,000, declaring that no Agency shall proceed to enter into such an agreement or contract without prior approval from the Council.

18. To reallocate, following upon consultation with the Agency or Agencies affected, unrestricted funds held by or on behalf of any of the Agencies of the General Assembly to another Agency or Agencies with power to specify the use to which the same are to be applied.

19. To determine staffing and resourcing requirements of Agencies of the General Assembly, including inter-Departmental sharing or transfer of staff, in accordance with policies drawn up by the Council of Assembly in line with priorities approved by the General Assembly, it being declared that the term ‘staffing’ shall not include those appointed or employed to serve in particular Parishes or overseas or by the Social Care Council in service-provision facilities around the country.

20. To consult with the relative Councils and Agencies in their appointment of Council Secretaries to the Church and Society, Ministries, Mission and Discipleship, Social Care and World Mission Councils, to appoint the Ecumenical Officer, the Head of Stewardship, the Head of Communications and the Head of Human Resources and Information Technology and to nominate individuals to the General Assembly for appointment to the offices of Principal Clerk of the General Assembly, Depute Clerk of the General Assembly, Secretary to the Council of Assembly, General Treasurer of the Church and Solicitor of the Church.

21. To attend to the general interests of the Church in matters which are not covered by the remit of any other Agency.

22. To deal with urgent issues arising between meetings of the General Assembly, provided that (a) these do not fall within the jurisdiction of the Commission of Assembly or of any Presbytery or Kirk Session, (b) they are not of a legislative or judicial nature and (c) any action taken in terms of this clause shall be reported to the next General Assembly.

23. To encourage all Agencies of the General Assembly to work ecumenically wherever possible and to have regard to the international, evangelical and catholic nature of the Church.

24. For the avoidance of doubt, sections 15 and 16 shall not apply to the Church of Scotland General Trustees, the Church of Scotland Housing and Loan Fund for Retired Ministers and Widows and Widowers of Ministers and the Ministries Council Emerging Ministries Task Group, all of which may deal with heritable property and other assets without the approval of the Council.

Appendix to Remit

For the purposes only of this remit, the term ‘Agencies’ shall mean the following bodies being Standing Committees of the General Assembly, namely:

•  The following Councils: Church and Society, Ministries, Mission and Discipleship, Social Care, World Mission.

•  The following Committees: Assembly Arrangements, Central Services, Chaplains to Her Majesty’s Forces, Ecumenical Relations, Legal Questions, Panel on Review and Reform, Parish Development Fund, Safeguarding.

2. THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY COUNCIL

Remit

The remit of the Church and Society Council is to facilitate the Church of Scotland’s engagement with, and comment upon, national, political and social issues through:

•  the development of theological, ethical and spiritual perspectives in the formulation of policy on such issues;

•  the effective representation of the Church of Scotland in offering on its behalf appropriate