The Committee has the following responsibilities

1. To provide advice and guidance to Presbytery on all financial issues

2. To provide financial advice and guidance to congregations who so request. Members of Presbytery’s Stewardship and Finance are also members of the Presbytery Financial Advisory Team (General Assembly Remit 1998). If the Committee and an individual congregation consider it appropriate the Committee will nominate and send representatives to work with the congregation's office bearers.

3. To nominate annually an Accounts Inspection Committee and to seek the approval of Presbytery, at its October meeting, of the membership thereof

4. To manage all Presbytery Mission and Renewal issues. This includes:

• recommending congregational Ministry and Mission combined allocations to Presbytery;

• informing Presbytery, as required by the General Assembly, of any shortfalls incurred by congregations; and

• meeting and consulting with the office bearers of congregations who experience shortfalls. In the latter case representatives from Presbytery’s Ministry Committee are to be invited to attend such meetings.

5. To support and assist Presbytery’s Ministry Committee in the compilation of all vacancy and revision schedules. To attend meetings with congregations where schedules are to be discussed.

6. To promote awareness within Presbytery of the benefits of and need for Christian Stewardship and to promulgate the various ways in which the Board of Stewardship and Finance can provide advice, literature, and assistance.

7. To support congregations considering or undertaking Stewardship reviews and /or campaigns

Joint -Convenor: Mrs Faye Buchan (2008) Rev Bob Boyle 2007