Area Group News

There was a meeting held in Howe Trinity Church of the local link people from each of the congregations of the Area Group apart from Upper Donside on Monday 16th March 2009. There is to be two such meetings a year as we move forward to working out what it means to work as an area group. Cluny is represented by the minister, Agnes Gray and Sylvia Henry on the link group. Some progress was made as plans were discussed about a possible special servcie in 2010, a prayer link established and a further exchange of ministers in the pulpits. A minute was taken of the meeting and is available by clicking the link and feel free to make comments about the Area Group to any of the link people. http://www.box.net/shared/dchyykrsnj . The next meeting takes place in Cluny Church in September.

Area Groups

The Church of Scotland decided that each Presbytery should allocate resources to cover the work of the national church throughout the land. Each Presbytery had to prepare a plan which would indicate where the Presbytery would be in ten years time.  Our Presbytery approved a plan in December 2006 which stated that the congregation of Cluny and Monymusk would, by the end of the plan or due to the demission of the minister be one united congregation. As part of that plan we are also to be part of an "Area Group" of congregations which shall try to work together and share respurces for the good of the Church.  Our area group comprises the congregations of

Cushnie & Tough

Howe Trinity    Website www.howetrinity.org.uk

Kemnay  Website www.kemnaychurch.org.uk

Monymusk website www.monymuskchurch.org.uk

Upper Donside

and of course Cluny

Structure of Church of Scotland

Cluny Church is part of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.  The Church structure is a series of Courts starting with at the local level the congregation which is controlled by a Kirk Session.

At the regional level the congregation belongs to the Presbytery of Gordon.  This is a  group of 29 congregations centred around Inverurie and stretching to Huntly, Newburgh, Methlick, Strathdon, Westhill and all points within.

At the national level the highest court is the General Assembly.

These pages will be used to post information about the work of Presbytery as it effects Cluny and of the wider church through the General Assembly and its committees

We shall also hope from time to time to post information about our brothers and sisters in other denominations.

Church of Scotland link www.churchofscotland.org.uk

Presbytyery of Gordon link www.presbyteryofgordon.or.uk