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The upside is that your patience is sure So I would like to extend my gratitude
to increase as it is in for a full testing to the many who have been so
and workout. I need to mention all who generous and sacrificial in your giving.
serve on the committee for your efforts I am personally delighted that High Kirk
and especially to the convenors who congregation has stepped up to this
have a lot of extra work to do. So, I challenge so boldly and you have
particularly thank Marie Hamilton, honoured God here. Please continue.
Uel Marcus, Brian Adams, Gordon
Montgomery, John Jenkins, So then to finish. Our focus surely
Richard Marshall, Jim Millar and must be to follow the greatest
Philip McCartney for your help this past commandment as spoken by Jesus.
year in writing up minutes and “You shall love the Lord your God with
passing them to me in such good time. all your heart and with all your soul
I do want to share my appreciation and with all your mind. This is the great
of James Hamill our Treasurer for the and first commandment. And a second
amount of extra work he has had to is like it: You shall love your neighbour
complete this past year. You have done as yourself.” God is not only interested
an amazing job, James. All of these in what we think but how we feel, the
roles I’ve talked about can be as difficult position of our souls and the love we
and challenging as they are rewarding. show. He is interested in all of us. Our
However, I want to hearten you in your challenge then is to take that example
perseverance in service, and I believe to have that same compassion, mercy
all your efforts are appreciated by the and loving attitude towards each other
congregation and your commitment is and the community this church sits in.
never overlooked by God. How will we do this? Norman preached
one of his best sermons ever this time
Lastly, I want to mention the new last year. It had two points, not the
buildings and the incredible level of normal three and took about 5
work put in by so many to get us to seconds to deliver. I admit Norman
where we are today. I haven’t space that’s my kind of sermon. He said,
here to name everyone but each “celebrate what we do and look out for
of you knows that your selfless someone new”. I have a suggestion to
efforts are clearly on show in the sit alongside this Norman and I hope
magnificent spaces we now have. you don’t mind. The challenge to
The congregation is very appreciative. myself and possibly you as well as we
Importantly many will be blessed in the journey into this new season for High
future by the facilities we have and the Kirk fellowship and these new buildings.
ministries that God has planned which How will you serve here? What will
we have yet to see flourish. As the you do differently? You will be relieved
works began, I felt strongly that God this also only takes about 5 seconds to
wanted us to show faith by collectively deliver. It’s this. “Look thoughtfully at
raising funds in giving and gifting what you do and search your gifts for
and making available the facility of something new!” My prayers and hope
interest-free loans so we could rely as is that you are courageous in using your
little as possible on a bank loan. God-given gift to serve each other and
Incredibly it looks like we will only need this community and use the vast
to borrow around 20% of the total cost. potential the spirit has placed
This means we only need to borrow amongst us.
the VAT content of the total overall
buildings cost. The net cost is presently God Bless you in your service,
covered. This is an astonishing
achievement and something which David Kirk.
we should be amazed at and humbled
by. Danske Bank was very helpful by
offering us a loan of a million pounds
but now it looks like we will only need
around £200,000* of that. Unfortunate-
ly, their potential profits on the loan will
have decreased dramatically but I think
we can live with that.
*projected figure at the time of the
AGM on 7th March 2019
