Area Group News

The Area Group has decided to hold a joint service in Strathdon on Sunday 5th September starting at 11.00am. This will be an outdoor servcie followed by a fmaily picnic. Each congregation is asked to give approximate numbers of people attending and to share transport as much as possible. There will be two praise bands, childre and teenagers activities together with adult teaching. Members attending are asked to bring their own picnic lunch.

The Congregation of Cusnie & Tough is still vacant and we are asked to continue to pray for them as they seek to call a minister.  Remember Brian Dingwall their Interim Moderator and Matthew Roger their locum.

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