Mission and Discipleship Council
DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES
A range of information and resources specifically written
for staff, office bearers and those in the ministries. Resources
on this page are available to download in Word [.doc], rich
text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.
On this page you can download resources about:
Art and architecture information pamphlets
Art 4 God Project
Communion vessels
Copyright law and the Church
Office of Session Clerk booklet
Royal School of Church Music (RSCM)
Relations with other faiths
Salary scales for organists
Scottish Churches Organist Training Scheme
Scottish Stained Glass Symposium
Worship resources CD
Art and architecture: information
pamphlets
A series of information pamphlets available to download below
from the Mission and Discipleship Council's Committee on Art
and Architecture. These can also be ordered in hard copy. Visit
our contact details page for
more information about how to get in touch.
Briefing the artist:
Commissioning a new stained glass window
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Working with an architect:
Getting the most from a partnership
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Church windows:
Maintenance, protection, repair and replacement and commissioning
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Church organs:
Leading the music of the local church |
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Gifts and memorials:
20 commemorative ideas
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Open church:
Making access better
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Re-ordering church interiors:
Space for a living church |
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Sacramental vessels:
Heritage, value, care and disposal |
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Art 4 God Project
| Art 4 God is a partnership project
between the Mission and Discipleship Council and artist
Fiona Campbell, which looks at the use of images in the
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Visit our dedicated Art 4 God pages in our community ideas and
information exchange section online
here to download a range of resources and take part in our
questionnaire to help shape worship resources for the future.
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Communion vessels
A project is underway to record the sacramental vessels held
by local churches.You can download the introduction to this
project below.
Download the introduction to the project:
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Copyright law and the Church
The following download gives information for congregations seeking
advice on copyright and answers some frequently asked questions
about how the law might affect them. This information does not
exhaust the law, or the possibilities.
Download
the guide to copyright law:
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Office of
Session Clerk booklet
An invaluable and comprehensive guide to the role of session
clerk is provided by respected church law lecturer the Rev A.
Gordon McGillivray, who has also written the essential An
introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland
(available on our Church
Law pages here). Chapters in include: appointment, main
duties, preparing for and chairing meeting, correspondence and
extracts, and custodier of records.
Download
the Office of Session Clerk booklet:
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The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM)
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The RSCM is an ecumenical Christian charity
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both the good use of music in worship and the development of
our church musicians. You can download the introduction guide
to the RSCM here or click
here to visit their website. Please note that this link
will take you out of the Church of Scotland extranet and open
a new browser window.
Download the introduction to the RSCM:
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Relations with other faiths
Monthly newsletters are available in Word, Rich Text and text
only formats to download, produced by Iain Stewart, the Mission
and Discipleship Council's Inter-faith Support Worker.
RWOF newsletters of 2008
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Salary scales for organist
The revised form of contract for the employment of an organist
now available from the Law Department leaves the figures for
the salary scale blank. To download a copy of the contract please
visit the Law Department resources page
here. From time to time, the Scottish Federation of Organists
offers a recommended salary scale which the committee is pleased
to endorse.
Download the salary
scales for organists:
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The Scottish Churches Organist
Training Scheme (SCOTS)
This successful scheme aims to help develop the skills to accompany
and lead worship in church with confidence.
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For more information about SCOTS visit
www.scotsorgan.org.
Please note this link will take you out of the Church
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Scottish Stained Glass Symposium
A Scottish Stained Glass Symposium
has been set up attracting membership from stained glass
artists, conservators and historians from all over Scotland.
Information about their work and useful contact details
area available below.
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Download the introduction to the Scottish Stained Glass Symposium:
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Worship resources CD
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A CD of worship resources is also available containing
Common Order and seven
other service books published by the Panel on Worship
and its predecessors between 1935 and 2005.
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Available from the Office for Worship priced £25, or
as a companion to your copy of Common
Order for £5. To order a copy please email wordoc@cofscotland.org.uk
Other books of hymns, services and resources for public
worship published by the Mission and Discipleship Council
are on our books for worship page. Click
here to go to our dedicated books for worship page on
the main Church of Scotland website.
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