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The location of the parish or other post during the moderator's year in office is listed in brackets. Since 1714 the General Assembly has normally been held annually every May. Moderators-designate are nominated in the October of the previous year; a formal vote is taken at start of the General Assembly in May, then the new moderator takes the ...
During a vacancy the presbytery appoints an interim moderator, usually the minister of a neighbouring parish or a retired minister.In addition to chairing the Session, the interim moderator conducts public worship or organizes a rota of locums to do so, attends to the most urgent pastoral and administrative needs, and guides the congregation through the process of appointing a new minister.
The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week in Edinburgh every year. After chairing the Assembly, the Moderator then spends the following year representing the Church of Scotland at civic events ...
The Assembly elects a Moderator to preside (see also the list of previous Moderators). The King is personally represented by a Lord High Commissioner, who has no vote. The Assembly also has "members" separate from the Commissioners - mainly officials who sit at the clerks' table: The Principal Clerk who advises on church law and procedure;
The first female Moderator of the General Assembly was Dr Alison Elliot in 2004, who was also the first elder to hold the post since the 16th century. [8] In May 2007 the Revd Sheilagh M. Kesting became the first female minister to be elected as Moderator of the General Assembly.
The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, painting by John Henry Lorimer, 1891 Alexander Webster, minister of the Tolbooth Kirk in St. Giles, Edinburgh and moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1753, was responsible for providing the first reliable estimate of Scotland's population in modern times. Based on returns from parish ministers ...
He was minister of North Morningside Parish Church. He also served as Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland from 1952–1966, [1] later as extra chaplain, and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1963. [1] He authored many books, including Heralds of God, The Strong Name, and A Man in Christ.
George Hamilton (1699 moderator) George Hamilton (1805 moderator) Gilbert Hamilton (minister) John Hamilton (moderator) Robert Hamilton (moderator, died 1581) Robert Hamilton (moderator, died 1787) William Hamilton (university principal) Thomas Hardy (minister) James Harkness (minister) Andrew Hay (moderator) George Hay (minister) John Hay ...