Minister’s Message 27 April
Dear Friends
At the congregational meeting on Wednesday evening the following people from across the united parish were elected to form the Nominating Committee
David Aird, Cara Chalmers (Clerk), Fiona Eastop, Brenda Fraser, Brenda Frier, Alan Harper, Sarah Kendrick, Rob Packham, Shona Sutherland, Linda Thomson, Rosemary Tolson, Douglas Walker (Convenor) and Luke Wilson.
Their task will be to look for the right person to be the second full-time minister for Kinross-shire who will work from the Manse in Crook of Devon (with primary responsibility for the worshipping congregation at Fossoway) but will also exercise ministry in the wider community across Kinross-shire.
The Committee will first meet with the Presbytery Advisory Committee to discuss the process of searching for a minister. They will decide whether to advertise and/or to seek recommendations for suitable candidates. In due course they may set a closing date for applications and then may decide to hold interviews and/or to go and hear ministers preach in their own church or in a neutral venue. We should not expect the process to be a hurried one and their deliberations must remain absolutely confidential, so we should not expect anything more than the most general of updates in the coming months.
In due course, when the Nominating Committee is satisfied that they have been led to the right person they will invite them to be Sole Nominee. The Nominee will then conduct worship at one or more services in Kinross-shire and you as a congregation will vote on whether or not to elect them. A Call will then be made available for signing and the Presbytery will be asked to sustain the Call and induct the new minister.
Please be patient but above all be prayerful in the months ahead. Please also continue to remember in your prayers the shaping of the appointment of a pioneer Youth Minister to work across Kinross-shire in conjunction with KYTHE.
Finally, as we celebrate the baptism of Edie at this Sunday's service, Hazel and Alex have asked me to extend an invitation to the whole congregation to stay for coffee and cake after the service.
With all prayerful good wishes,
Alan
Rev. A.D. Reid