At the Presbytery meeting on Tuesday 3 September certificates were presented to the most recent participants to complete the Word and Worship training.

This brings the total number people trained in this Presbytery to 49.

From left to right Robert Cook (Hamilton: Trinity), Stewart Grady (Uddingston: Burnhead), Sabah Moran (Wishaw:
South Wishaw) and Gordon Wood (Wishaw: South Wishaw)

There were a further two participants in this group, the first from Glasgow Presbytery to go through the training, and they will receive their certificates there in due course.

At the Presbytery meeting on Tuesday last the Rev. Maxine Buck, an Auxiliary Minister, took up office as Moderator of the Presbytery for the 2019-2020 session.

Maxine has been a Minister since 2007, and has served the Presbytery in a number of support roles over the years. She brings with her many gifts, including a gracious but firm chairmanship of meetings evident during her services as Interim Moderator in some parts of the Presbytery.

On behalf of the Presbytery, she thanked the outgoing Moderator, the Rev. Kevin Mackenzie for “his wisdom, dignity and calm spirit in leading the Presbytery during his term of office.”