Session Clerk
Ken was born in Glasgow, but left at 15 months, so no damage was done. Since then, he has lived in Dundee, apart from 4 years in Bradford when first married.
He first attended St Luke’s and Queen Street Church aged 4 and, shortly after returning from Bradford, was ordained an Elder in 1976. He was appointed Session Clerk in 1999, and remained in post until the union, before being asked to take on that role with Broughty Ferry Parish Church.
Ken felt called to train as an Interim Moderator and has filled that role in Dundee for five years and is also an accredited worship leader.
Ken’s working life was mainly spent in industry, mostly in sales and marketing and general management and outside of church, his main interests are sport, particularly rugby, and music, especially choral singing.
He is married to Sheilah, also an Elder, and has a son, a daughter, an Elder in Edinburgh, and two grandchildren.
Ken can be contacted at sessionclerk@bfpc.scot
Pastoral Assistant
After spending the first 5 years of married life in Aberdeen Beth and her family moved back to Dundee and Beth joined Barnhill St Margaret’s in 1986. In 1992 Beth started to help with the Sunday School, then in 1994 she was involved in setting up a bible class group called Seekers. Several years later Beth began helping with the Chi Rho group who met on a Sunday evening, and became an Elder at the Church in 1997. In 2004 Beth was involved in a small group who met with the Church of Scotland Impact Group to organise a summer holiday club and this has been going ever since. Beth has been actively involved in Messy Church since it started in 2011 .
Beth was appointed by the Kirk Session as Pastoral Assistant in February 2010 and it is a position that she says she feels privileged to hold.
Beth is married to Ken and has 4 children and 3 grandchildren. In her spare time Beth enjoys reading, knitting, gardening and walking.
Beth can be contacted at pastoralcare@bfpc.scot
Youth Worker
Evelyn has enjoyed working as a youth worker at Barnhill St Margaret’s since January 2017 and has loved getting to know the young people who attend our Chi Rho and Youth Club group. She has found it a pleasure getting to know the rest of the congregation and volunteers at Messy Church, Holiday Club and the Gala Day. Evelyn has been impressed with the warm welcome at Barnhill St Margaret’s as well as the wonderful facilities.
In the past year Evelyn has helped at our Thursday morning Tots & Toddlers and had forgotten how lovely it is to play with little ones again.
Evelyn has lots of experience working with young people running a Friday Night Project in the area she lives for the last 10 years. She enjoys the energy, enthusiasm and challenges that young people bring and finds it particularly satisfying watching them change from boisterous pre-teen to mature young adult.
Churches have experienced a decline in the number of young people attending and Evelyn is interested in finding ways and ideas to encourage their involvement in worship and church life. Young people are the future of our Church and Evelyn is delighted to be a part of a project to engage with them.
Evelyn can be contacted at youth@bfpc.scot
Office Secretary
Alison has been our Church Secretary for over 20 years and is the first point of contact for all our enquiries either face to face, telephone or e-mail. Alison is responsible for all administration requirements and provides support to our minister and various Church boards and committees.
Alison can be contacted at office@bfpc.scot
