Pastoral Care
As a church we want to ensure that all those who regard Inshes East as their church family are cared for. In line with our mission statement to bring in, build up and send out followers of Jesus Christ to the glory of God, we want to help all such maintain and strengthen, or even begin a relationship with Jesus Christ.
With that in mind, the Kirk Session has set up Pastoral Care Teams comprising elders and members of the congregation, each covering a distinct and allocated geographical area (see below for details) and each entrusted with the responsibility of seeking to care for all who regard themselves as part of Inshes East (not only members) within that area. The way in which such care is expressed will vary from person to person and circumstance to circumstance: for example, it might involve visiting at home, meeting up for coffee or catching up with someone at a Sunday gathering – but in one way or another the Teams will try to keep in touch with everyone in their areas. In all of this, the Team members are simply seeking to express, personally and practically, something of Jesus’ care for people.
If you are a member of the congregation you will already have been allocated to a Pastoral Care Area. If you’re not a member but would like to be under the care of a Team, then, please fill in one of the Connect cards which you can pick up from the church building.
Pastoral Care Areas and the Teams covering them:
CENTRAL: Crown, Haugh, Raigmore, Black Isle
George Campbell & Donnie Maclean
Alan Lemon, Pamela Lemon, Margaret Macleod
DRAKIES: Drakies, Culcabock
Bill Flett & Norman MacKay
Christine Dunnett, Kate Nelson, Kathleen Sutherland
EAST: Inshes Wood, Cradlehall, Westhill, Resaurie, Smithton, Culloden, Balloch, Croy, Tornagrain, Nairn
Jonathan Appleby & Donald MacVicar
Aileen Fordyce, Catherine Maciver, Norman Maciver, Ruth MacPherson, Morag Morrison
HILTON: Hilton, Milton, Castle Heather, Slackbuie, Culduthel, Essich, Inverarnie, Farr
Bob Matheson & Peter Shaw
Anne Campbell, Angy MacDiarmid, Iain MacDiarmid, Linda Sim
INSHES: Wester Inshes, Milton of Leys
Alan Buist & Iain MacDonald
Jan Bell, Marilyn Davidson, Chris Dixon, Alison Grigor, Matthew Lang, Ruth Lang
LOCHARDIL: Drummond, Lochardil, Holm Mains
Angus Macleod & Alex Stephen
Agnes Chisholm, Susan MacKenzie, Kathleen Mackinnon
WEST: Ballifeary, Dalneigh, Merkinch, South Kessock, Craig Dunain, Leachkin, Kinmylies, Scorguie, Blackpark, Lentran, Kirkhill
John Bruce & Harry Chambers
Tina Bruce, Gavin Sutherland, Anne Sutherland
