The Presbytery of the North East and Northern Isles is one of the fourteen presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, being the local presbytery for the city of Aberdeen. The current moderator is the Rev Hutton Steel who is minister of High Hilton Parish Church. The presbytery represents and supervises thirty six Church of Scotland congregations within the city. The office is at Mastrick Parish Church.
The role of Presbytery Clerk is held by the Rev Dr John A Ferguson. On 1 June 2020 the presbytery merged with Shetland Presbytery becoming the Presbytery of Aberdeen and Shetland with Shetland reducing its parishes to one, covering all the islands. There is currently a consultation process with a view to further mergers in the North East of Scotland. This forms part of the Church of Scotland's wider aim of reducing the number of presbyteries to around 12.This has now taken place and the presbytery is now called the Presbytery of the North East and Northern Isles.
Parishes
Location Dedication Minister DetailsBridge of Don: Oldmachar Rev Darren Jalland Sunday 10.30am Bridge of Don: St Columba's St Columba Rev Louis Kinsey Sunday 10.00am Sunday 6.00pm Craigiebuckler Rev Kenneth L. Petrie Sunday 11am (September to June) Sunday 10am (July to August)Ferryhill Rev Peter Johnston Sunday 10.00am (July to August) Sunday 11.00am (September to June)
Sunday 6.00pm (third Sunday in January to May and September to October)
Tuesday 12.10pm (15 minutes) (third Tuesday of month) High Hilton Rev Hutton Steel Sunday 11.00am High Kirk of St Machar (St Machar's Cathedral) St Machar Rev Sarah Brown Sunday 11.00am Sunday 6.00pm Holburn West Rev Duncan C. Eddie Sunday 11.00am Mannofield Rev Keith T. Blackwood Sunday 9.30am Sunday 11.00am
Sunday 6.30pm
Wednesday 8.00pm Mastrick Vacant Sunday 11.00am Middlefield Under the care of Presbytery Sunday 11.00am Midstocket (Union of the former St Ninian's and Beechgrove Churches) Vacant Sunday 10.30am Stockethill Rev Ian M. Aitken Woodhill Court: Sunday 10.00am (first Sunday of the month only) Cairncry Community Centre: Sunday 10.30am Northfield Rev Scott C. Guy Sunday 10.30am Queen's Cross Rev Scott Rennie Sunday 10.30am
Wednesday 1.15pm (September to June only) Rubislaw Rev Robert Smith Sunday 9.30am (March to May and September to November) Sunday 11am (March to May and September to November)
Sunday 10.00am (June to August)
Sunday 11am (December to February) Ruthrieston West'' | | Rev Benjamin D.W. Byun | Sunday 10.00am |- | South Holburn(merger of Holburn Central and Ruthrieston South) | | Rev David Stewart | Sunday 10.30am |- | St George's Tillydrone| St George | Vacant | 11.15am |- | St John's for Deaf People| St John |Rev Mary Whittaker | Sunday 11.00am (first, third and fifth Sunday of the month only) |- | St Mark's| St Mark | | Sunday 10am (July and August) Sunday 11am (September to June) |- | St Mary's| St Mary | Rev Elsie J. Fortune | Sunday 11.00am |- | St Nicholas' Uniting Kirk| St Nicholas | Rev Stephen Taylor | Sunday 9.30am (June to September) Sunday 11.00am |- | St Nicholas' Kincorth South| St Nicholas | Rev Edward C. McKenna | Sunday 10.00am Sunday 6.30pm |- | St Stephen's| St Stephen | Rev Maggie Whyte | Sunday 11.00a Sunday 7.30pm (September to June only) |- | Summerhill| | Rev Michael Shewen | Sunday 11.00am |- | Torry St Fittick's| St Fittick | Rev Dr Edmond Gatima | Sunday 9.30am (June to August only) Sunday 11.00am |- | Woodside''' Rev Markus Aufferman Sunday 11.00am
Outlying parishes Location Dedication Minister Details Brimmond Parish Church Rev Jonny Clipston Sunday 11.00am Cults Rev Shuna Dicks Sunday 10.30am Dyce In Vacancy - Rev Joan Thorne - OLM Sunday 10.30am (Every Sunday apart from 2nd Sunday of the Month - the service is at Newmachar Church) Peterculter Rev John A. Ferguson Sunday 10.30am
See also
List of Church of Scotland parishes List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries Presbytery of Europe Presbytery of Glasgow
References
External links Presbytery Website Church of Scotland