About Dalgety Parish Church
Structure
Kirk Session
Leadership Team
Community Development Gp
Congregational Development Gp
Support Services Group
Dalgety Parish Church - Structure
Session Clerk: Isobel Macfarlane
Dalgety Parish Church operates under a unitary constitution. The Kirk Session has oversight of the whole life and service of the church within the parish of Dalgety; responsibility for the spiritual and temporal oversight of the congregation’s affairs. The Kirk Session normally meets 4 times a year.
There are 36 Elders and 3 Kirk Session groups which deal with congregational matters (including pastoral care), community affairs and support services.
Convenor: Interim Moderator
The Leadership Team consists of the Minister, Parish Assistant, Session Clerk and the Convenors of the 3 Kirk Session groups.
The Leadership Team meet prior to a Kirk Session Meeting to review the work of each of the groups, consider any issues and finalise the agenda for the Kirk Session meeting.
Convenor: Robin Arnott
Responsible for:
All Dalgety Parish Church activities outwith the boundaries of the congregation.
- Ecology and Environmental issues
- Issues relating to Peace and Justice
- Fairtrade and Traidcraft
- World Mission
- Malawi Partnership with Engcongolweni
- Links with Inchbrayock Parish Church
- Café Connect
- Harvest Thanksgiving Appeal
- Gala Day
- Christmas card delivery service
- The Connexion liaison
- Social Committee
Congregational Development Group
Convenor: Winifred Wood
Responsible for:
All congregational activities:
- Worship team
- Music groups
- Welcome Teams
- Congregational Roll
- Crèche
- Junior Church
- Discoverers
- Bible Study and Prayer Groups
- AV system in Church
- Digital hymnary
- Congregational lunches e.g. Souper Sunday
- Summer Holiday Club
- Pastoral Care and Visitation teams
- ‘Thinking Aloud’
Convenor: Bruce Marshall
Responsible for:
- Finance
- Weekly Freewill Offerings
- Reclaiming Gift Aid
- Budgeting
- Stewardship
- Fundraising e.g. Christmas fair
- Employing and remunerating paid staff
- Managing Church Office and technology
- Hall letting
- Communications e.g. DPConnect; web site
- Property matters – Church, manse, car-park
- Maintenance and repairs