Date May 17, 1999

Name of Church: Middle River, Rocklin

Address: RR2 Web Page: Middle River

Westville Nova Scotia B0K 2A0 City Province Postal Code Year Congregation Organized Telephone Area Code

Presbytery Pictou Presbytery

CHURCH INFORMATION

AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE at Sunday Worship___28______Church School________5____

Other Services (describe) The whole charge joins together for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and Christmas Eve services. We also celebrate communion together. We have at various times had evening hymn sings, and we have our Anniversary service.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION All our children have Sunday School together during church.

Financial Statement for last year (Give Date)_____1998__________

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

Presbyterians Sharing... Allocation for the current year $_____2,400___________

Accepted $_____2,400___________

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 Community

Congregation Community

Size	Now	5 yeas ago	Now	5 Years ago
Active Members	28	36
Total Population			50	55
Radius of area in kilometers			5k	5k
Total number of churches in the area			1	1
Presbyterian Churches in the area			1	1

Living Patterns Now Now

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)

5 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)

4 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)

Equipping Church Members (For integrating Christian faith with life)

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

3 Home Visiting (On a regular basis)

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)

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

5 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)

6 Work with Seniors

2 Work with Youth

TITLE: Minister of Word and Sacrament

PURPOSE/RESPONSIBILITIES/WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The regular ministerial duties of a 3 point charge including visitation.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

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

The selected candidate will be an excellent visitor, preacher, and be able to work with youth. Our Sunday School has gone through the vacancy which has left it with very few children who attend. There are more children that could be involved, if our minister were to visit and be part of the children within the community. It will mean an emphasis on church growth both numerical and spiritual, and the ideal candidate will excel in this area.

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

$ 33% of minimum stipend for increment level Annual cash stipend or salary (inclusive travel allowance)

$ 2,640 including utilities or use of the manse Manse Allowance (our portion)

$ in manse allowance Utilities allowance

if living in the manse Or utilities paid

$ 165.00 (Our portion) Continuing Education Allowance

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Length of Vacation: 5 Weeks

CONGREGATIONAL NARRATIVE PROFILE

Name of the Church: Middle River, Rocklin, Nova Scotia

Community: Rocklin, is a farming community 10 minutes outside of Westville and 20 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 which is beside the Middle River. 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. And if you want the best pot-lucks in the county, this is the place!

Goals and Objectives:

Our goals include finding a minister who will lead us into the millennium. We enjoy good Biblical preaching in various styles. We want to be a relevant ministry for our God, and need someone with vision. Our youth are being neglected, and we want to be part of the solution.

Organizations:

Atlantic Mission Society meets once a month. Some of our members belong to the Hopewell Community Choral Group, which meets in First Church, Hopewell. In the past few years we have had VBS with very good attendance.

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. We usually meet our Presbyterians Sharing... allocation.

Mission:

This is a part of our worship that we are very proud of. Our Sunday School children sponsor 7 children from World Vision, and we have given very generous donations to the flood victims in Manitoba, the Ice Storm victims in Quebec, and are now looking for ways in which we can help the Refugees from Kosovo. We may be small in numbers but Mission is one of our focal points.

Administration and Stewardship of Financial Resources:

The Board of Managers administrates our financial resources.

Property:

Our church is a well maintained building with wheelchair accessibility. Our church hall has a good size kitchen and can be divided into two rooms with a sliding wall. When ever there is a need within the congregation we have always been able to raise the funds needed within the community. 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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