The Church of Scotland Kincardine Coastal Church RECEIIYS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS 2024 Congregation No: 311916 Charity No: SC 005679 Reference and Adrninistrative Information Charity Name.. Kincardine Coastal Church of Scotland Charity Registration Number.. SC 005679 Congregation Reference No.. 311916 Contsci Address: Tru.IteeA Principal Officeabearers Minister.. Session Clerk Church Treasurer.. Reference and Administrative Information Independent Examiner Bankers Bank of Scotland Upperkirkgate Ab¢rd¢¢n Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 Structure, Governance and Management Governing Document The Church is administered in accordamce with the ternis of the Deed of Constitution (Unitary Forni). Recruitment aDd AppointmeDI of Trustees Members of the Kirk Session are the charity trustees. as listed on page l. The Kirk Session members are the elders of the church and are choscn from those memkrs of the church who ￿e con5id¢r¢d to have the appropriate gifts and skills. The minister. who is a member of thc Kirk S¢ssion, is elected by the ¢ongr¢8ation and inducted by Presbytery. Orgallisational Structure The Kirk Session which meets six times a year is responsibl¢ for spiritual affairs within th¢ ch￿￿h. and is also responsible for Finance. Property and Stewardship matters. Objeclives and Activities The Church of Scotland is Trinitarihn in doctrine, Refornied in tradition and Presb￿eriaTr in polity. It exists to glorify God and to work for the advancement of Christ's Kingdom throughout the world. As a national Church, it acknowledges a distinctive call and duty io bring the ordinances of religion to the penple in every parish of Scotland ihrough a territorial ministry. It ¢o-operatcs with other Churches in various ecumenical bodies in Scotland and beyond. As a r¢sult of the Mission PlanTJing proc¢ss within the Church ot. Scotland, and folloiving the svcccssful Coinpletion of the fornialities, the Congregations of Portlethen and Newtonhill Parish Churches merged on I st Janiiary 2024 to fonn ihe congregation of Kincardinc Coaslal Church of Scotland. We continue to wotEhip in botli church buildings each Sunday with a joined service on the last Sunday of ea¢h month. At this point the FK)Sition of Minister was i JL'lI)l ¢lll(l Kii)I"kjiiiJ through the forn)alilies, we commenced our search for a n¢w ministcr. preached as sole nominee on 8th September and was duly appointed. On I", ill I Ictnber IILld an Induction S¢rvi¢¢ for hitn in Portlethen Church which was led by n behalf of North Eic St & Northerii 151¢5 Presb)Qery. Following th¢ servicc w¢ had an exccllcnt social event to welcome We are very grateful 10 vacancy and llo wa5 our Interim Mi)deTator during the pcriod of ¥i'ho looked after us well hs Locum Minister. Truslees, Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 Objectives and Activities (cont) We have enjoyed a number of fundraising and social events throughout the year. The car-wash fundraising ran monthly from April to November, Soupa Tuesday ran monthly outwith the summer munihs, the Craft group & tlic Lunch Club meet every second wcck and ive ar¢ grat¢ful to the volunteers for providing these friendship and fellowship opportunities as well as the fundraising. The church hosted the Tea & Coffee area at the local Skaleraw Fayre. We hosted a Spring, Craft and Christinas Fayres. Wc h¢ld a brilliant Qiiiz Night and a Wreath Making ¢Yening. We also raised funds for others with collections for Brain Tumour Trust from Carol Singing in Newtonhill and from collections at our Christmas Services. CrossReach, Christian Aid, Ab¢rdeen Cyrenians and Fairtrade Foundation as well as an ongoing food collection for Th¢ Lardcr, Portlcthen. Our fjir15' Brigade Company, 1st Newtonhill, meets on a Monday evening bctwccn 6..30 and 8:30pm and currently ha5 around 35 girls and 5 leaders. They had a busy year with competitions in Fcbruary. At their p&rents evening in March all the girls were presented with the badges they had earned and Ihey had a great eveiiiiig showing off all they had achievcd. In April th¢y held a Bcc themed fiindraising evening to support company fiinds and had an amazing time. The Juniors {girls in primary 4 to 7) then joined with other girls in the Aberdeen area to Camperdown Park in Dundee. We started back in August and 5tart¢d to work on our new badgcwork in th¢me Be a Boss Bcc, all akniit helping the girl8 to be the best versions of themselves. In August they look part in the C¢l¢brate Aberdeen Parade and then in October took part in the turn up Divisional cOm￿lIti0nS having great fun. In December they did their own infornial nativity pl&y and then finished the year with a great Christmas Party- A branch of the Church of Scotland Guild met on Seven occasions this session and currently has 12 members. They support the education of Sary in Indonesia, the national Ciiiild Pi'ii ccts & the church. 'I'li¢ li