MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
Robert Alderdice, Maynard Bickerstaff, Robert Campbell (Treasurer), Leslie Cassells, Jim Cochrane, Esme Ferris, Margaret Gibson, Robert Graham, Arthur Hanna, John Humphreys (Secretary), Joey McPolin, David Martin, Francis Martin, Maxwell Nicholl, Margaret Patterson, Noel Patterson, Alan Poots, Ann Poots, Trevor Poots, Fraser Shannon.
Members of Kirk Session are ex-officio members of committee.
THE CONGREGATIONAL COMMITTEE
(1) The duties of the Congregational Committee shall be to take care of the poor and administer the temporal affairs of the congregation.
(2) The Committee shall also-
(a) administer all funds belonging to the congregation, or held by trustees for its use and apply these funds for the purposes for which they have been created or contributed;
(b) administer all other property of the congregation, take care to maintain and insure it and take steps to gather funds needed for these purposes;
(c) have charge of the letting or allocating of seating accommodation in the Church building;
(d) regulate conditions under which the Church premises. Halls or rooms are used, subject to decisions of the Session;
(e) promote the interests of the Central Funds and Missions of the Church;
(f) be responsible for appointing or dismissing the sexton;
(g) manage the graveyard; and
(h) carry out such other functions as may be prescribed.
The Congregational Committee shall consist of members of the Kirk Session together with such number of persons elected to the committee by the congregation as the Session may fix.
The committee has appointed four subcommittees to look after various aspects of committee business:-
- Property and Maintenance Action Team
- Finance Action team
- Social Action team
- Graveyard Action Team.
There is also a Standing Committee made up of the Minister, Clerk of Session, Treasurer, Secretary, and convenors of the four Actions Teams, to consider any matters which may require urgent attention between stated committee meetings.
