Date May 31^st, 1999

Name of Church: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gairloch, N. S.

Address: RR #2 Westville, Nova Scotia, B0K 2A0 Our Church Web Page

Year Congregation Organized 1822 Telephone 902 396-4206

Presbytery: Pictou Presbytery

CHURCH INFORMATION

AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE at Sunday Worship_8-12__ Church School 0

Other Services (describe) We occasionally have an evening service of hymns which is very well attended since we have the largest church in Pictou County.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Financial Statement for last year (Give Date) 1998

Approved Budget for the current year: We do not have a budget

Presbyterians Sharing... Allocation for the current year $1250.00

Accepted $500.00

Convener of the Search Committee: Rev. Mitch McVeigh

Address: RR #5 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, B2H 5C8 Telephone: 902-922-2238

Fax:902-922-2777

CONGREGATION AND COMMUNITY

Type of Congregation: Rural Self Supporting

Type of Community: Farming

Congregation Community

Size	Now	5 yeas ago	Now	5 Years ago
Active Members	20	30
Total Population			50	60
Radius of area in Kilometers			5	5
Total Number of Churches			1	1
Presbyterian Churches in this area			1

Living Patterns

Housing Patterns Now 5 Years ago

Occupations Within the Congregation Now 5 Years Ago

All skills listed below are used in pastoral and Diaconal ministries, but each person has special gifts and particular interests. Rank in order of priority from 1 - 18 -- 1 to 6 being the areas you most wish to exercise. In cases where two categories are of equal value you may designate them so. Leave blank any that do not interest you at all.

Administration (Managing the affairs of the congregation and other organizations)

Christian Education (Writing or selecting appropriate curricula for the educational ministry, and planning activities for groups of all ages.)

Community Leadership(In areas like drug problems, schools, community organizations)

Counseling (On a regular basis)

1 Crisis Visiting (Serving people at times of illness, death, trauma, family crisis, job loss)

Denominational Service (Sharing in the work of all the courts of the church)

3 Equipping Church Members (For integrating Christian faith with life)

5 Evangelism (Relating the gospel to people outside the church and helping the congregation to do the same)

2 Home Visiting (On a regular basis)

5 Inter-Church Co-operation (Working in inter-denominational programs and activities)

Leadership Development (Planning for and sharing in the training of leaders for the church's programs)

1 Leading Worship and Preaching (Planning and conducting worship services)

6 Mission Outreach (Evangelism and social justice in the community, the country, and the world)

Personal and Spiritual Development (Providing resources and guidance for people's devotional life, and for prayer groups, retreats and other small group experiences)

Program Development (Establishing goals, and organizing programs in church and community)

Stewardship (Faithful use of our time, gifts and money in response to the generosity of God in Christ)

5 Work with Seniors

4 Work with Youth

Position Description

TITLE: Minister of Word and Sacrament

PURPOSE/RESPONSIBILITIES/WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The normal ministerial duties including Nursing home visitation.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

What additional qualifications, if any, are essential in this position such as education, experience, certification

the minister we select will be committed to visiting both at home and in nursing home.

OTHER FULL AND PART-TIME STAFF

How long has the position been open? 2 years

By whom was the position last filled Rev. Wayne Smith

Current Address and Telephone CFB Borden (Barrie Presbytery) e-mail [email protected]

Minister Date served

List the 3 previous ministers Rev. Wayne Smith 1991-1997

Rev. Charles MacPherson 1988-1990

Rev. Hugh Jack 1986-1988

COMPENSATION

Stipend or Salary

$ 18% of minimum stipend for increment level Annual cash stipend or salary (inclusive travel allowance)

$ 1,440 including utilities or use of the manse Manse Allowance (our portion)

$ in manse allowance Utilities allowance

if living in the manse Or utilities paid

$ 90.00 (Our portion) Continuing Education Allowance

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Length of Vacation: 5 Weeks

CONGREGATIONAL NARRATIVE PROFILE

Name of the Church: St. Andrew's Gairloch, Nova Scotia

Community: Gairloch, is a farming community 10 minutes outside of Westville and 25 minutes outside of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. We are nestled among the hills of Nova Scotia with breathtaking views just seconds away from the church. We are about 30 minutes from Nova's Scotia's best beach, an hour outside of historic Antigonish which harbours Xavier University. We are also about an hour and a half from Halifax. If you are looking for a charge that is out of the mass time constraints of a large city, yet is accessible to shopping conveniences we are the perfect setting. We are a very friendly community, and help out whenever a neighbour is in trouble. When you are out visiting, you needn't worry about eating dinner! Those you visit will fill you with more than enough great food and a warm cup of tea.

Goals and Objectives:

Our goals include finding a minister who will lead us into the millennium. We enjoy good Biblical preaching in various styles, and even appreciate new hymns! We really love to worship God whether in our homes or in our church. Since a great deal of our members are unable to get out to worship visitation is a priority for us. Our membership has the best stories tellers of anyone in the charge, and maybe in the County! We still need to be a relevant ministry for our God, which we try to do in our limited scope because of mobility issues. If the minster were to go out and do some old fashioned leg work, there are people in the area who do not attend church anywhere.

Organizations:

Atlantic Mission Society meets once a month.

Denominational Involvement:

When ever we can we attend the various special services throughout the Presbytery. As one of the points in this charge, we always support the other two in whatever events are planned.

Administration and Stewardship of Financial Resources:

The Board of Managers administrates our financial resources.

Property:

Our church is a well maintained building. Our church hall has a good size kitchen, and we worship inside the hall during the winter months. Our church has the old high pulpit and seats 1200 people, although it is in need of some repair work. Since our roof is over 25 years old, we anticipate the costs of a new roof in the future. Last year, we had the steeple repaired. The manse which is located in Hopewell, needs to have work done within it, if you are to live in it. At the present we have it rented out, and the people living there are stripping the hard wood floors and revarnishing them. It is a beautiful manse, which needs to be updated, with beautiful original wainscoting throughout. We have a manse fund to refurbish the necessary repairs.

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