Committees

Business

Convener: Rev Lorna Hood

Remit: The Business Committee is responsible for seeking to ensure that business brought before the Presbytery is competent; and proposing an Order of Business which will ensure that all business will be dealt with efficiently. It has three sub-committees, Presbytery Finance, Nominations and Disciplinary Matters.

Presbytery Finance

Treasurer: Rev Alistair Cook

Remit: The Presbytery Finance Committee deals only with the Presbytery's finances including proposing an annual budget and the rate of Presbytery dues.

Nominations

Convener: Rev Ritchie Gillon

Remit: The Nominations Committee brings to the Presbytery the names of persons whom it nominates to serve on Presbytery committees and any other bodies on which the Presbytery is represented.

Disciplinary Matters

Convener: Rev Ritchie Gillon
Clerk: Rev Alastair Cherry

Remit: The Disciplinary Matters Committee is an ad hoc committee which will only be formed when required to deal with any matter of discipline or a formal complaint against a minister. The Business Committee also deals with any other matter remitted to it by the Presbytery and, on occasions, matters which do not fall within the remit of any other committee of the Presbytery.


Standing Committees

Ministry

Convener: Rev David Stewart

Ministers:    Mrs Bell, Miss Dunleavy (vice convener), Gardner, Gillon,  McDonald, McFarlane, Mill, Mrs Murdoch,
Elders:        (Miss Boag), Dick, Miss Ferguson, Mrs Gillan, Alan Grant, Keith, Lawrie, Martin, Melrose, (Orry), Turner, Mrs Wishart       
Deacons:     Ms Gray, Mrs Nicol

Remit: Ministry deals with all matters relating to recruitment, selection, training and oversight of the various ministies of the Church: full-time ministry of word and sacrament, auxililary ministry, diaconate, readership and parish asistance.  It also deals with matters relating to stipend, and with any matter referred to the Presbytery by the General Assembly's Ministries Council.  The committee is responsible for matters relating to the appointment and oversight of hospital, prison and industrial chaplains.

Stewardship and Finance

Convener: Rev Dr Ken Forrest

Ministers:    Bell, Cameron, Cook, Cranston, Miss McMahon, Johnson                                                                                                                   
Elders:  Anderson, R Brown, Cochrane, Dunn, Farr, Ferguson, Miss Graham, Mrs C Maxwell, McHugh, Mrs S Smith, D Smith

Remit: Stewardship and Finance deals with all matters relating to congregational stewardship, from encouraging stewardship in congregations to examining and attesting congregational accounts to ensure that they comply with the General Assembly's and OSCR regulations, and in setting the Ministry and Mission contributions for each congregation in accordance with teh formula set by the General Assembly's Board of Stewardship and Finance.  It  also deals with matters referred to the Presbytery by that Committee.

Property

Convener: Mr Robert Nicol

Ministers:    Bell, Campbell, Mrs Easton, McIntyreSherratt,  Simpson, Steell, Thom
Elders:        Bain, Boyd, R Brown, Mrs Cameron, Gardner, Houstoun, Miss Lockhart, Mrs Macleod, A McIntyre, P Marshall, McEwan, McKnight, Renwick,                   Wallace, Wilkinson

Remit: Property deals with matters concerning church buildings and manses, from making recommendations to the Presbytery concerning applications to carry out work on these buildings to advising congregations on property matters.

Mission and Discipleship

Convener: Rev Ann McCool

Ministers:    Armstrong, Birss, Chestnutt (vice convener), Cowan, Jones, Mrs Manson, Murphy, Mrs Ross, Young
Elders:        J Bell, Clapperton, Cowe, Davey, Mrs Dye, Andrew Grant, Hawthorn, Mrs Hood, Junner, Macdougall, (Miss McFarlan), Miss McKay,
                  (Ms Moran), Paton, Mrs J Taylor, Wadsworth
Deacon:      Miss Cameron

Remit: Mission and Discipleship brings together the former National Mission and Congregational Development Committees. It deals with areas intended to aid the development of congregations, covering all aspects of Christian education including Sunday School, youth, adult and elder training. In addition, it may also deal with matters relating to religious education in schools. It deals with matters referred to the Presbytery by the General Assembly’s Mission and Discipleship Council. This committee also oversees the implementation of the church’s policies and practice concerning safeguarding (child protection) and arranges training courses for people working with young people to enable them to obtain the certification which is necessary for development of worship in congregations and, on occasion, Presbytery services. In addition, it deals with the Church’s outreach in various forms locally and nationally, dealing with local initiatives in outreach, and keeping the Presbytery informed of national initiatives which may be relevant to the Presbytery.


Community Interests

Convener: Rev Robin Allison

Ministers:    Black, D Campbell, Gill, McIntyre, Munro, Speirs                                                                            
Elders:        Mrs Barr, Bennett, Mrs Berekis, Clark, Miss Crawford, Hannah, Mrs Hunter, Kelly, McCallum, McGregor, Mrs McKenzie(vice convener), Mrs                   McMillan, Martin,  Nathan, Mrs Noonan, Miss Orr, Miss Ross, Mrs Sommerville, Miss H Smith
Deacon:      Ross

Remit: Community Interests deals with those areas in which the church engages with the community both locally and nationally.  As well as bringing forward issues on which it feels the Presbytery should be proactive, it also deals with matters referred from the General Assembly’s Board of Social Responsibility and Committee on Church and Nation.  In addition the Committee is available to give support to two special projects within the Presbytery – the Inverclyde Family Contact Centre and the Paisley Christian Social Action Centre – as well as to give advice and support to any congregation(s) running or seeking to set up a centre.


Vacancy Procedure

Convener: Rev Alan Sorensen

Ministers:    Coull, Mrs McCool, Nash                                                                           
Elders:        Bain, McBeath, L Marshall, Paton, Vallance

Remit: Vacancy Procedure meets as and when necessary to deal with matters brought about by a change in ministry in a congregation usually because of the translation, demission or death of its minister.


World Mission and Ecumenical Relations

Convener: Rev David McCarthy

Ministers:    Dutch, Miss Kelly, Macfarlane, McCarthy, McEnhill, McKaig(vice convener)
Elders:        (T Campbell), Carmichael, Dougan, Mrs Gardner,  Miss Mennie, Robb, Mrs Shanks, A Smith, Mrs E Taylor


Remit: World Mission & Ecumenical Relations keeps the Presbytery informed of developments overseas and encourages congregational support for that work, as well as seeking to foster relations with other denominations.  

Presbytery Plan Review

Convener: Rev Ritchie Gillon

Ministers:    Mrs Bell, Gray, Johnson, Mrs Low, MacLean       
Elders:         Mrs Farr, Alan Grant, Kerr, Mrs Robertson, Vallance                                                                                           

Remit: Presbytery Plan Review is charged with conducting the annual review of the Presbytery Plan and deals with matters of parish re-appraisal.


Other Commitees

Presbytery Visits and Inspection of Records

Convener: Rev Ken Mayne

Ministers:  Campbell, Gray, Johnson, Steell
Elders:      Mrs Geddes, Glenny

Zimbabwe Committee

Convener: Rev David Stewart

Ministers: R McFarlane
Elders: Mrs Foggie, Macdougall, (Mrs Maxwell)
Deacon: Mr Wishart

Staffing Committee

Convener:
Ministers:   A Cherry
Elders:       Mrs Dye, Mrs Leishman

Boundaries Commission

Convener: Mr Douglas Vallance


Appointments

Child protection Co-ordinator: Mrs Anne Thompson

Youth Advisor: Vacant at present

Chaplains:  Rev Maureen Leitch, Rev Robin Allison

Elder Trainers: Mr K Paton, Mrs J Taylor

Contacts in Case of Civil Emergency: Rev Jim Cowan and Rev Francis Murphy

Radio Clyde: Rev Alan Sorensen

Press and Publicity Officer: Rev Alan Sorensen

Representatives on General Assembly Committees

Committee to Nominate Moderator: 

Presbytery Panel: Rev Alan Ward and Mrs A Robertson

Representatives on other bodies

Renfrewshire Educational Trust: Rev Alan Sorensen 

Inverclyde Council Education Committee: Rev Andew MacLean

East Renfrewshire Education Committee: Rev Maureen Leitch

Renfrewshire Council Education Committee: Mr George Hamilton