The General Assembly, recognising that Presbyteries and Congregations may wish to employ suitable persons to supplement the Church’s gospel ministry at a local level, and seeking to regulate such ministry in the Church, enact and ordain as follows: The following definitions apply for the purpose of this Act: 1.Ministry …
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The General Assembly, recognising the need for greater flexibility in the appointing of a Camps Supervisor, authorise the Mission Board to make an appointment to the post when required. …
The General Assembly instruct the Youth Committee to provide an annual programme of optional memory work in Scripture and Catechism for use in Sunday Schools and inaugurate an annual non-competitive scheme to acknowledge each of our Sunday School children within the Free Church of Scotland. …
The General Assembly, noting the recommendation of the Mission Board, declare that the Lyle Orr award system, and the associated exploration project, be discontinued, effective from the rising of this General Assembly. …
The General Assembly note the production of the new Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines. They instruct the Board of Trustees to circulate the document to Presbyteries and Kirk Sessions. The General Assembly instruct all Kirk Sessions to adopt and implement the Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines issued by the Board of …
The General Assembly endorse the position taken by the Board of Trustees in relation to the transportation of children. They instruct the Home Missions Board (and any other Committees and Boards as may be required) to follow the best practice guidance on transportation of children as outlined in the …
1 All Sunday Schools are under the supervision of the Kirk Session which shall take a particular interest in them and use every possible means to improve their efficiency. 2 The formal appointment of Sunday school teachers shall be made by the Kirk Session and be duly recorded in …
The General Assembly note their finding of 1995 that appointments to the editorship of The Instructor and of the teenage magazine are from that date to be made in the following terms: 1. The editor must be a communicant member of the Free Church of Scotland, but not necessarily …
The General Assembly approve the change of name from “The Welfare of Youth Committee” to “The Youth Committee.” …
The Commission of Assembly receive and adopt the Report of the Welfare of Youth Committee: they direct that Presbyteries form committees of liaison with the regional authorities: such committees to comprise two members from each Presbytery – preferably the Moderator and Clerk, and the Presbytery whose bounds include the …