Financial Year end
As the Financial year ends on 31st December 1976, Congregational Treasurers and Deacons’ Courts are reminded that all Funds in respect of 1976 should be in the General Treasurer’s hands by Saturday, 8th January, 1977, God willing. Funds received after that date will be credited to 1977.
Congregational Financial Statements
By appointment of Synod a copy of all Congregational Financial Statements should be sent to the Finance Committee. Statements in respect of 1976 should be sent to the General Treasurer by 31st March 1977, God willing.
List of Communions
The list of Communions on the inside front page of the Magazine has been corrected for 1977. Would ministers kindly let the Editor know of any additional changes that may be required.
Presbytery Meetings (D.V.)
- Outer Isles: At Stornoway on 11th January 1977 at 11 a.m.
- Northern: At Dingwall on 25th January 1977 at 2.30 p.m.
- Southern: At Glasgow on 22nd February 1977 at 6 p.m.
- Skye: At Portree on 1st February 1977 at 11 a.m.
- Western: At Laide on 8th March 1977 at 12 noon.
Acknowledgment of Donations
The General Treasurer, Mr Wm. D. Fraser, FCMA, 20 Daleview Avenue, Glasgow G12 0HE, acknowledges with sincere thanks the following donations:—
China Mission Fund:
Anon., Inverness postmark, £50; Anon., Inverness postmark, £10.
Dominions & Overseas Fund:
Friend, Staffin, per Rev. J. MacD., £5; Anon., Inverness postmark, £50; I Cor. 15:57-58, £1.45; Anon., Inverness postmark, £10; An old Friend, Harris postmark, £10; Dingwall Friend, £20; all for Reformation Study Centre in Italy.
Home of Rest Fund:
Glasgow Friend of resident, £5; Anon., North Uist, £20; Resident, £5; Resident, £5; Resident, £2; Friend, £5; Friend, Inverness, £10; Friend, Gairloch, £5; Estate of late Miss Dolina MacPherson, Portree, £100; Anon., North Uist, £20; Mrs C. Hopkins, £10; Resident, £5; Resident, £5; Resident, £6.
Jewish and Foreign Mission Fund:
Waternish Friend, £5.60.
The Publications Treasurer acknowledges with sincere thanks:
Welfare of Youth Fund:
Gisborne Congregation, £28; Anon., Dingwall postmark, £3.
Publications Fund:
London Congregation, £10; Anon., Dingwall postmark, £3.
Free Distribution Fund:
London Congregation, £10; Anon., Dingwall postmark, £4.
Free Presbyterian Bookroom:
J. N. M., Finsbay, £5.
The Treasurers of the following congregations acknowledge with sincere thanks the following donations:—
Applecross:
Anon., in memory of a loved one, £10; Anon., envelope in church plate, £5; Mr J. G., Kyle, per Rev. A. Murray, £20, all for Sustentation Fund; Friend, Kirkhill, per Rev. A. Murray, £15 for congregational purposes; Miss Mack. (Fernabeg), Home of Rest, £1 for Applecross Communion.
Beauly:
Executors of the late Mr W. Cameron-MacKintosh, £100; Envelope in plate, £10 for Blythswood Tract Society; Envelope in plate, £2 for Pulpit supply; Donation for Church Lighting, £1 per Mrs Fraser (We regret delay in this insertion).
Dumbarton:
Anon., £5 for Communion Expenses, per G. Blackadder; Glasgow Friends, £20, per W. D. Fraser; W. & M. B., Greenock, £5; N. & C., Inverness, £5; D. & A., Oban, £5; C. McP., Glasgow, £5; B. & C., Dumbarton, £100; J. McD., Glasgow, £5; Anon., £5; A Friend, £7, per T. MacRae; A Friend, Edinburgh, £5 per T. MacRae; Anon., Inverness postmark, £50 per W. D. F.; An interested Friend, £5, all for Manse Fund.
Fort William:
Mrs N., Ballachulish, £10; Friend, Fort William, £5 for Manse Fund, both per Rev. J. A. MacDonald; Envelope in plate, £10 for Sustentation Fund.
Glasgow:
Anon., £10 for Congregational Fund; Psalm 143:10-11, £20 for Pulpit supply; J. C., £1 for Bus Fund; Anon., £10; Anon., £2; In memory of Andrew P. Walker, £10 for Jewish & Foreign Mission Fund; Anon., £5 for Jewish & Foreign Mission Fund; Anon., £5 for China Mission; Anon., £6; Anon., £6, both for Italian Reformation Study Centre; Friend, £10, per W. D. F. for Sustentation Fund; Anon., £5 for Trinitarian Bible Society; Anon., £5 for Bus Fund.
Glendale:
In memory of my dearly beloved husband, Alex. Colquhoun, £100 for Glendale Church and Manse Maintenance, per Wm. Maclean.
Greenock:
A Friend (two donations of) £10 for Communion expenses, per Rev. L. MacLeod; D. R. M., Glasgow, £10 (envelope in church plate) for Communion expenses; Harris postmark, £10, per Rev. L. MacLeod; Mr R. H. C., Bangor, N.I., £5, both for Congregational purposes.
Kyle/Plockton:
Fernbank, £5 for Congregational expenses and £2 for Building Fund; In loving memory of the Gillanders family, £50, per A. A. MacKenzie, Inverness for Manse Building Fund; Mrs MacL., Kyle, £5 for Manse Building Fund, £5 for Sustentation Fund, £2 for Home Missions, £2 for Foreign Missions, £1 for Trinitarian Bible Society.
Portree:
Anon., £2 (Church plate) for Church Door Collection; Borreraig Friends, £10 for Congregational purposes, per F. M.
Raasay:
Friend, Raasay £10 for Aged and Infirm Ministers, etc.; Friend, Raasay, £10 for Trinitarian Bible Society, both per Rev. D. Nicolson; Psalm 104:16, Dingwall postmark, £3; Friends, Raasay, £3, both for Sustentation Fund; Friends, Raasay, £3 for Congregational purposes, last three per J. M. Macleod (Correction in September Magazine — ‘Friend for Communion Expenses, £3 should read £5’).
Staffin:
From the Estate of the late Miss Margaret MacDonald, 12 Stenscholl, Staffin, £700, per Rev. J. MacDonald; A Friend, £5 for Congregational purposes; A Friend, £5 for Church Door Collection, both per Rev. J. McD.; A Friend, £2 for Sustentation Fund; A Friend, £2 for Dominions and Overseas Fund; Friend, £3 for Foreign Missions, and £2 for Home Mission, last four per M. M. I.
Stirling, Perth and Dundee:
Friend, Stirling, £16; Anon., Broadford (Church plate), £10; T. H., Aberdeen, £10; Anon., Lochbroom, Friends, £10; Anon., Inverness, £10; Anstruther Friends, £5; Friend, Fort William, £10; Anon., Inverness postmark, per W. D. F., £20; I. MacA., £5; Envelope in plate, £10; D. MacC., per I. R. T., £10; Two Edinburgh Friends, £4; Mrs H. R., Laig, £20; London Friend, £25; Edinburgh Friend, £20; Broadford Friends, £10; Broadford Church plate, £5; Beauly Friend, £5; Portree Congregation, £146.68, all for Perth Manse, last six per Rev. I. R. T.; Anon., Canada, 200 Canadian dollars, per Rev. D. MacL.; Kishorn Friend, £20; Interested, Aviemore, £1 p.o., all for Church Extension work, per Rev. I. R. T.
Stornoway:
Two Friends, Inverness, £30 for Congregational Funds; Friend, Coulregrein, £40 (Perth Manse Fund £10, Sustentation Fund £20, Mini-bus Fund £10), per Rev. J. MacLeod.
Strathy:
Anon., £5 (envelope in plate); Anon., £2 (envelope in plate); Friend of the Cause, £5, per D. MacKay, for Perth Manse Fund.
Tain:
Anon., £5 for Manse and Church Renovation; Anon., £5 for Church Repairs; Anon., £5 for Manse Fund; Anon., £160; Anon., £10; Anon., £2, all for Manse and Church Renovation.
Waternish:
Anon., £5 for Jewish & Foreign Mission Fund.