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Arrangements for 1892
1. MINISTERIAL WORK.
Sabbath.
- Public Worship.—Forenoon at 11 o'clock; evening at 6.30.
- Bible Class.—On Sabbath morning in class-room, at 10 o'clock.
- Baptisms will be administered on any Sabbath, due notice being given.
Week Days.
- Prayer Meeting in the evening of every Thursday at 7.30 o'clock, in the class-room of the Old Church.
- Persons wishing to join the Church for the first time can see the Ministers on the evenings of the Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays of the six weeks preceding each Communion.
2. KIRK SESSION.
- Communion.—On the third Sabbath of March, June, September, and December.
- The Elders deliver Communion Cards to the Members in their respective Districts at least twice a year.
- Members on changing their residence are requested to intimate their new address to their Elder.
- Members leaving the Congregation are requested to apply to the Minister for Certificates of Church Membership.
- The Kirk Session meets on the evening of the first Tuesday of every month at 7 o'clock.
3. DEACONS' COURT.
- The Deacons' Court meets on the evening of the first Tuesday of every month at 8 o'clock.
Seat Letting.
Attendance is given in the Church to receive Seat Rents on first Tuesdays and Wednesdays of March and September, from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sittings not then re-taken will be considered at the disposal of the Committee.
Church-door Collections.
The ordinary Collections on all Sabbaths of the year go—along with the Seat Rents, &c.—to defray the Congregational expenses, including Minister's Supplement, Salaries of Church Officials, and other charges.
Special Collections are made for Church Extension, Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund, Relief of Church Poor, Sunday Schools, and Patients' and Prisoners' Aid Society.
Standing Committees, 1892.
Seat-Letting.—Messrs. Hislop, Moodie, and E. Smith.
Supervision of Buildings.—Messrs. Dutch, Mann, McQueen (convener), Morrison, and Pryde.
Library.—Messrs. McCarter, Stout, J. C. Thomson, Torrance, and White (convener).
Organ and Psalmody.—Messrs. Bartleman, Morrison, Pryde, Roberts (convener), and G. M. Thomson.
