Urray & Kilchrist Church ofscotland Receipts & Payments sl Foryear ended 31 December 2024 Congregalion Ref No 392220 Charity Regislration No. SC009902 A Regislered Scottish Charity Trusiees, Annual Report Ye4ir ended 31 DeLember 2024 Structure, Governance and Management Charity Nanie.. Urray & Kilchrist Church ot. Scotland Charity Registrdtion Number: SC009902 ConbryebFation Reference No.. 392220 Contact Address Dunnydeer Ord Road MUIT of Ord Ross-shire LV6 7XL i Ti'ustees ai¢ tli¥ IllLIIIII¥I b Ill Liiu kii k S'ibsiuii clll(i UILViLU 1151-1 IILILI S 1)1 iIIL Ciiiirch Treasurer.. Sessiun Clerk. Minister.. Banker5.' Royal Bank of Scotland, 3 High Street, Alness IV17 OSH IThdepen¢ient Examiner.. Govenling Document The Church ts administered in accordance with the ternls of the Model Deea of Constilution. RepwuitmeDt 2nd .4ppointment of Truqte Members of the Kirk Session and the Congregational Board are the charitv trustees. The Kirk Session members are the Elders of the Church and are chosen from those members of the Church ￿h0 are considered to ha￿'e the ¢ippropriate g)ifts, skills dnd spiritual L¢illin¥. The CongregFational Board is appointed from within the congrcgalion and Inemb¢rs of the congregation are invitcd to nominatc indivtduals who are believed to haN'e the skills and comrnitment t() coniribuie io the n)anagyement a1141115 vf ihe Church, to IKcome meint)e15 01 tlie Board. Bourd Members al'e then appoint¢d at thc Stated Annual MeetingF and Serve for a period of three years after which thej must seek re-election at the next Slated Annual Meeting. Organisational Strueture The Congregational Board 15 chaired by an elder or elected communicant member (elected ai the Stated Annual Meeting). A clerk is appointed to ensure that regular minutes are prepared. A treasurer Is also appointed at the Stated Annual Meeting. It meets according to intimation from the pulpit, or by en￿11 whenever sufficient business is generated, or every other month in alternation with the Kirk Session Certain aspects of the Congregational Board's work are passed to sub-committees as follows-. Fabric Committee: Congregational Board responsibility. Mis$ion and Charities: Mission Committee comprising the Minister and I member Health and Safetv: CongregJalional Board responsibility Freewill Offerings: Two members of the CongryegJational Board Deeds Oi Covenant: I rea>liier of the vOllb?rebatlOiiai Board Halls Convener: Member of the Congregational Board and team Annual Buildings Inspection and reporting including MaDse Condition Scbedule and Property Registers submission to Presbytery: 'fhree members ot the Congregational Board Cleaning: Local cleaning company The Kirk Session meet5 accordtng to intimation trom the pulpit or email, on an alternating monthly basis with the Congregational Board. The average number of meetings per annum is six. The Kirk Session 15 responsible for the spiritual affairs of the church. It is moderated by the Minister. There is a Session Clerk who acts as principal clerk and there is a Minute .ko Is responsible 40-, -.ecording th= minutes of rne.,,YL:. The Kirk, S-ssi- -n gil'es responsibility to certain individuals to take care of aspects of its remit as follows.. Church Officer {East and Urray West Churches), Stewardship Promoter (Minister) Safeguarding Coordinator (responsible for the prot¢ction of Children and vulnerable persons), Brunch Chureh Team CrossReaeh i'epresentative (Minister) Property Convenor (undertaken jointly by three elders} The Kirk Session also appoints a Presbytery Elder each year lo r¢pr¢s¢nl it at Presbyi¢ry alon&J with the Minister. Upon occasioo the Kirk Session mav meet in conference session: or undertake a spiritual Retreat. Objectives alld Actis'ities The Church of Scolland is Trinitsrian in doctrine, Refornied in traditton and Presbyterian in polity (church govemment). It exists to glorify God and to ivork for th¢ advanc¢m¢nt of Cluist's Liii¥dviii LIIioubnvui Ll1¢ wvild. Ils d ildtlolldl Cliui"Lli, it &vkti0￿.I￿agUs a distiiiLtive ¢all and duty lo bring the OTdinancLs of religion to IhL pbople in Lvbry parish of Scoiland through a terriloiial ministry. It cooperates Mqth other Churches in various ecumenical bodies in Scotland and beyond. Urray and Kilchn'st Church of Scotland activities are as follows- Please note: With the closure of Urray for worship at the end of 2023, the separate Brunch Church Initiative that had been trialed at the East Church, is now moving to become the start ot'worship on the first and third Sunday of the inonth as we move into 2024. Services of Worship: First and Third Sundays, l 0.00 am, Worship begins in the Hall, breaks for Brunch and th¢n contiriUCS ir. th= Sanctuars. Second and Fourth Sundays (and any Fifthl Sundays I 1.00 am Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for the bereaved- penultimate Sunday afternoon of the year Every second year the minister conducts the Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial Elders continue to assist in leadlng worship elements, and occasEonally work together to take whole s¢rvi¢¢s as needed. l-outh Acttvities We operate an inlerg¢ii¢rational worship inodel Prayer and Bible Study Groups Prayer and Bible Study in the East Church Hall, Wednesdays at 10.15 am A new Men's Fellowship Group (with s￿aker) has started on a Thursday evening once a monlh. Bible Course / Explorin¥ FaitK Fridays at 9ish in the East Chuich Hall Churches fogether Sadly, the Free Church continued to withdraw from this on the grounds of differences in biblical interpreLqtion Churcb Social EveJJts We continue to ineet for fellowship after morning Miorship, aiid as opportunities aris¢. The monthly Soup Lunch has been reinstated Mixed Church and Community Activities (onsite) Warn] Space, Mondays Scrabble Club, Moniiays Scottish Country. Dancingl Class. Monda} evenings Wonder Women for ladie5 over 60, weekly Fiifellas exercises for malure men, weekly Local Brownies/Rainbows'. Wednesday eveningys Local Girl Guides.. W¢dnesdav evenings Baby Sensory.. Thursday mornings Mixed Church and Community Activities {off.8lte) Regvular involvement in 2 Prkmary Schools Bible Alive schools programme Senwiees in T Trr&}' House Care Home Servi¢¢s in Fairburn Care Home Community Council Gala Planning- Prayer T¢nt Several coffee mornings for charitable causes Church Organisations An average of 50 p#isons regularly worshfftpped at th¢ I lam time slot, while some 27 others attend Brunch Church. Three adherents became members by profession of faith, and two more ￿'¢re baptized and became Tnembers. The service is live-str￿Med to facebook, and we have several who worship that way, and others who keep up with our themes even when on holiday. Numbers attendiT]g groupslmeetingslclubs wer¢: Wednesday Morning, Bible Study- I I Frida}, Morning Group- 6 Kirk Session - 14 Elders (and also the Minister) with one new elder ordained part way through the year {Irene). and one elder Lqking a sabbatical CoiigJiLgJlwa dvwii