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committee to buy flowers and decorate the church. No previous experience isrequired and full artistic licence is given!It's a great way to learn a new skill and be part of a team. For more informationplease contact Rachael Forsyth via 01721 724693 or rachael.forsyth@virgin.net.Christian Aid Week 2020 Plant SaleThe sale of plants donated by local gardeners regularly raises important fundsduring Christian Aid Week and we would like to remind gardeners who would like tohelp us that while it’s not exactly gardening weather just now, preparations canbegin by thinking about which plants could be divided when spring comes or seedssown or cuttings taken. All contributions will be most welcome. The plant sale willbe on Saturday, May 16. For more information please contact John Hutchinson01721720885/07914724552Diary DateA Festival of Flowers and Music is being planned for Saturday 18 th & Sunday 19 thApril in Eddleston & Stobo Churches. The Theme is ‘New Beginnings’. Please look atthe church facebook page for further information. A full list of events will bepublished in next month’s Magazine.Duke of Edinburgh VolunteerAs part of her Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, Jennifer Brown will be servingcoffee before morning worship every Sunday for the next six months. The KirkSession of Eddleston Parish Church is delighted to welcome Jennifer who is aformer member of the Junior Choir.Meet & Make Update 2020 from Mandy DurkinWe had a fantastic year of crafting last year and finished with sparkleby making Decopage Christmas Bottles. This involved huge amounts of winebottles (empty!) napkins, baubles, foliage, ribbons, glue and each roomlooked like a Christmas Hurricane had passed through by the time we hadfinished. Needless to say everyone had a lot of fun!We are now starting to a new year of creativity. We have 4 groups areeager crafters starting again and we have also 6 fantastic volunteers,who are such an important of the project and we would like to say bigthank you to them for giving their time. Everyone involved is soenthusiastic and eager to doing something new. And everyone is improvingtheir crafting skills all the time. This year we are also hoping tocreate a display in the MacFarlane Hall, so everyone can see the craftswe make.We would also like to say a big thank you to Castle Warehouse who havevery kindly chosen us to receive their carrier bag fund, which is themoney collected from carrier bags sold over 6 months. This will start inJan 17th until July 17th.
Kirk Session Report19th February 20201.Annual Accounts 2019 - The draft Annual Accounts were presented.Total Income was as per the budget. Offerings were below budget by £1,252,which was worrying, but this was balanced by £1200 received from ScottishBorders Council for the use of the Hall during the recent High School crisis. Otheritems were broadly in line with the budget.Expenditure exceeded the budget by £1,611. There was a reduction of £3,000 inMinistry & Mission, but the main divergence from the budget was in respect Fabricrepairs and maintenance which was £5,153 over the budget, due to unanticipatedessential repairs. Otherwise the other items taken together were more or less inline.It was noted that figures include Meet and Mend which have to be included forOSCR. Allowing for that the overall result was a deficit of £14,069 which was £1749more than budgeted. This was clearly not sustainable.Turning to the Balance Sheet, this showed a reduction in Total Funds of £19,741but that also included Outreach Meet and Make spending, so that the General Fundposition was a reduction of £14,993 which was a reflection of the deficit. InvestedFunds remained virtually same as at 31 December 2018.The Draft Accounts were approved for submission to the Presbytery and OSCR indue course.Special thanks were due to Derrick Redfern for his continuing and valuable role inpreparing regular trial balances and monitoring the accounts. Thanks were also dueto Charles Gray and his team for completing the Annual Accounts in time for themeeting and for their work throughout the past year.2.Budget 2020 - This largely followed the previous year, with income remainingat the same level, but it should be noted that it included a wind fall of £4,000 fromthe letting of the hall to Scottish Borders Council.Expenditure was expected to increase by £3,202 compared to the previous year.Once again the Interim Treasurer would be asking Presbytery for a reduction inMinistry & Mission (last year £3,0000). There was also the question of whatreduction if any, will come about as result in the proposed new linkage. For themoment the existing figures should be maintained, so that the end result was onceagain a very large deficit of over £15,000, which was not sustainable and wouldhave to be seriously addressed.3.Legacy - We had been recently advised of a legacy from the Estate of the LateMrs Jean Johnston. The final figure had not yet been advised, but would not be lessthan £20,000. It was anticipated that this would be received in April or May.4.Actions - With regard to the legacy, the Finance Committee had looked at thisand proposed that £10,000 be used as a part of a new Fabric Fund invested withthe Church of Scotland Investment Trust Income Fund and the balance held in thecurrent account to offset the 2019 deficit. This was agreed.
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