Meetings of Presbytery (D.V.)
NORTHERN: At Dingwall on Tuesday, 18th February 1997, at 2.00 pm.
SOUTHERN: At Glasgow on Tuesday, 12th November, at 6.00 pm.
WESTERN: At Laide on Tuesday, 17th December, at 6.00 pm.
SKYE: At Portree on Tuesday, 5th November, at 11.00 am.
OUTER ISLES: At Stornoway on Tuesday, 10th December, at 1.00 pm.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: At Auckland on Friday, 24th January, 1997, at 2.30 pm.
THE THEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
will be held in Inverness Free Presbyterian Church as follows, D.V.
Tuesday, 3rd December
2.30 pm: Alexander Henderson, Rev. K. D. Macleod, Leverburgh
7.00 pm: The Church of Rome at the Bar of History, Rev J MacLeod, Stornoway.
Wednesday, 4th December
10.00 am: The Toronto Blessing, Rev. K. M. Watkins, London
2.30 pm: Personal Piety, Rev. Alex. McPherson, Perth
7.00 pm: The Need for Creeds and Confessions, Rev. D. MacLean, Glasgow
Both evening meetings will be held in public.
(Rev) D. J. MacDonald
Mbuma Mission, Zimbabwe
THERE is an urgent and immediate need for qualified nurses at Mbuma Mission Hospital. The staff have been under considerable pressure for a year. The situation has been made acute as one of our nurses on furlough is not now able to return long-term. Anyone qualified and willing to help should get in touch in the first instance with: The Clerk of the Foreign Mission Committee, the Rev. J. R. Tallach, F. P. Manse, Raasay, Kyle, Ross-shire, IV40 8PB. Telephone and fax no: 01478 660216.
Eastern Europe Mission
REV. Neil M. Ross and Mr Edward Ross will depart, God willing, for a visit to Eastern Europe on Monday, 21st October, and return on Friday, 8th November. It is intended that they travel by Ramsgate to Oostende. It is anticipated that the usual work will be engaged in: preaching, and distribution of the Scriptures, Christian literature and material aid. The prayers of the Lord’s people for their safe travel and the Lord’s blessing on the work, especially of preaching and teaching the Word of God, would be deeply appreciated. DAR
Secretarial / Administrative Assistant
APPLICATIONS are invited for the full-time position of Secretary / Administrative Assistant to the Church’s General Treasurer, to be based in Glasgow. In order to fulfil the wide-ranging duties envisaged for this role, the applicant should be:
- an accomplished typist, preferably with audio typing skills
- computer literate, especially in word processing
- proficient to a high standard in written English
- polite and helpful, with a good telephone manner
- motivated, disciplined, reliable and of undoubted integrity
- in full sympathy with the principles of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
Remuneration, which can include membership of a non-contributory pension scheme, will be dependent on qualification and experience. For an application form, please write to or telephone Mr R. A. Campbell, 133 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6LE (Tel: 0141 332 9283). Closing date for applications: 31 December, 1996.
(Rev.) K. M. Watkins, Convener, Finance Committee
Teacher for Missionaries’ children, Kenya
AT the Sengera Mission, Kenya, there is urgent need for a teacher to teach the missionaries’ children in both primary and secondary subjects. There are several children to be taught at present, and the course for children at all stages will be based on a curriculum, yet to be decided upon by the Committee and the parents, which covers all necessary subjects.
The new teacher will also have the opportunity to give religious instruction, under the guidance of the Mission minister, to the African children in the large Mission-sponsored primary school there.
For further information please contact the Clerk of the Foreign Mission Committee, the Rev. J. R. Tallach, F. P. Manse, Raasay, Kyle, IV40 8PB. Telephone and fax no: 01478 660216.
Larne Communion
THE Larne Kirk Session, having taken into account the supply situation throughout the Church, especially within the Southern Presbytery, has reluctantly taken the decision to reduce the number of Communions from two to one each year for the time being. The annual communion will be held on the second Sabbath of September, D.V.
(Rev.) Keith Watkins, Interim Moderator