The Kirk Session

Treasurer

Kerr McLaren

The treasurer manages church finances alongside our finance assistant. This includes regular financial updates to the Kirk Session and ensures funds are spent as per church regulations.

Property Convener

Bill Wallace

The property officer ensures proper upkeep of the building, including aspects such as heating and maintenance.

Rollkeeper

Anne Wallace

The rollkeeper keeps the three rolls of the church. These are

• The Church Roll - which includes members of the Church
• The Adherence Roll - which includes those that attend the church, but are not registered as members
• The Supplementary Roll - which includes those within the Parish, but are not registered as members.

Anne also acts as the Chair of the Halls Letting committee.

Pastoral Convener

Liz McLaren

The pastoral convener looks after the church members in pastoral terms - such as in times of illness or bereavement.

Data Protection Co-ordinator & Joint HR Convener

Carolyn Thurston-Smith

The Data Protection Co-ordinator is responsible for ensuring that the congregation’s handling of personal data complies with data-protection legislation and best practice.

This includes maintaining secure records, overseeing any data-sharing or consent processes (e.g. membership lists, mailing lists, pastoral care records), and acting as the point of contact for data-protection issues.

The Co-ordinator reports to the Kirk Session and works closely with other office-bearers to ensure data principles are upheld across all church activities.

Joint HR Convener

Be Morris

The HR Convener supports the Session in overseeing any staff or volunteer roles within the congregation, ensuring fair and appropriate processes for recruitment, role allocation, review and support.

The Convener helps to ensure that the church’s human-resource practices are consistent with relevant legislation and good practice (e.g. recruitment, safeguarding checks, training, role descriptions, volunteer support).

In a joint arrangement, the Convener works with their counterpart to share responsibility, and liaises with the Kirk Session to ensure staffing needs are met and personnel matters handled responsibly.

Be is also the chair of the Music Hub committee

Presbytery Elder

Judith Walker

The Presbytery Elder represents the congregation at the regional level (the Presbytery).

As a member of the Kirk Session, the Presbytery Elder acts as a link between the local congregation and the wider church structure, attending Presbytery meetings as the congregation’s representative.

They ensure that decisions and guidance from the Presbytery (and, where relevant, the national Church) are brought back to the congregation, and conversely that the voice and concerns of the congregation are conveyed.

Communications Convener

Ben Bond

The Communications Convener oversees aspects of communications and marketing, such as social media, printed works, and the website.

He chairs and organises the communications group, which consists of himself, church members, and the administrator.