As we move to the next millennium the changing social pressures associated with Sundays that have characterised the eighties and nineties are likely to continue and we must recognise and meet them.

Parishes grow larger; congregations proportionately smaller; we need to balance the increasing demand of parish work against work being done on behalf of the congregation.

Kirk Sessions and Congregational boards may well remain in place but there may well be new ways of serving communities and congregations.

A developing trend towards a more relaxed approach to worship is being cultivated now and both Session and Board need to foster this.

More available avenues within the church might have to be made to have more appeal to the youth; perhaps a separate meeting to allow them to focus on issues common to them, with format that reflects their personality.

Our future is in our young people, the fact that our church is celebrating 400 years bears witness to all the "Young People" who have gone before us and worked for "their Kirk".

Ninian Moore - the first baby baptised in 1596 would be mesmerised at the legacy he helped leave us. As we look towards the next century what legacy can we leave our children and our children's children?

It's an exciting and wonderful challenge........