Meet The Team
Ewan Oliver
Interim Moderator
The Interim Moderator is essentially the minister on a temporary basis, acting with all the powers of a minister to ensure that regular worship and basic pastoral care are delivered. Also, it is part of Ewan's role to provide guidance and leadership to the nominating committee throughout the process of calling a new minister.
Liz Slattery
Property
Liz has had an interest in Church Property for many years and was Presbytery Property Convener for five years until June 2024. It seemed an appropriate team for Liz to lead in Fife: Eden Tay.
Gary Tarver
Communication & Technology
Gary's role, working with the Communication and Technology team, is to facilitate internal and external communication and the use of technology across the Parish. Initially the team has been focussed on setting up the Parish website and Facebook groups.
Kay McCall
Pastoral Care
Kay is the facilitator of the Pastoral Group. Locally throughout the parish, they keep in contact and visit people in person. Anybody who wishes a visit from the pastoral team please contact the session clerk through email:-edentaysessionclerk1@gmail.com, phone:-07719 724730 or the contact form.
Liz Slattery
Session Clerk
As Session Clerk, Liz has responsibility for ensuring that statutory practices are followed and for oversight of the various teams working within the Kirk Session. Encouraging fellowship and teamwork in the Kirk Session is very important in serving the church and its members.
Ian Macaulay
Mission and Outreach
Ian's team has identified 3 key themes; growing family engagement through the new pattern of worship to be adopted across the parish; exploring approaches to working with the 10 parish schools in supporting the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of children and young people; sustaining different expressions of church e.g. choir and drama.
Elspeth Smith
Worship
Elspeth Smith is a Reader and as such her role is to lead worship when and where needed within the Parish and the wider church. Elspeth is also willing to run informal sessions to encourage anyone willing to be involved in worship leadership
Paul Duncan
Safeguarding Coordinator
Paul has been appointed on behalf of the Kirk Session to help ensure that the Safeguarding Act is implemented
Valerie Walker
Pioneer Ecumenical Community Chaplain
​​As a Pioneer Ecumenical Community Chaplain (a first for Scotland!), my role is to develop outreach and mission. The ethos of our working group is to connect discipleship values with local community aspirations and to expand a collective vision of hope, joy and justice.
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As an ordained priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church, ecumenical relationships with other denominations are an essential part of our mission to reveal the unlimited love of our Creator. We regularly share worship and social events with our URC, SEC and RC neighbours, with whom we are producing the Fife Nativity Play at Lindores Abbey Distillery this December
Barbara Acheson
Treasurer
Barbara is our treasurer. Along with her team she ensures that Fife:- Eden Tay Church complies with accounting requirements to ensure that the finances are transparent and that the Church is accountable. Creating the right environment of openness, transparency, controls and accountability is important in order to protect:
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Those handling finances in the church
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The reputation of the church