At one time, the parish church or the kirk session was responsible for the appointment of the teacher and the control of the school.
They might be asked by an elder of the kirk or some other individual.
He was both a special constable and an elder of the kirk.
In this building we have the kirk downstairs.
There are now more than 100 such ministers and not a single thunderbolt has hit any kirk in those 25 years.
All were summoned before the kirk session to give account of their sins.
The kirk's south transept is reserved for royal use.
They were frequently located outside churches or kirks for the use of parishioners attending services, etc.
