Walk Launches Moderator's Visit to Dunfermline Presbytery

The Rt Rev Dr Angus Morrison (centre) and Mrs Morrison (left) are welcomed to Dunfermline by the city's historic Mercat Cross at the start of a Heritage walk on Saturday.                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                      Monday October 26 2015

THE Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland kicked off a visit to the presbytery of Dunfermline on Saturday with a walk led by tour guides providing hidden insights into the history of the city.

The city was bathed in sunshine as the Rt Rev Dr Angus Morrison and his wife Marion were joined by Dunfermline Heritage guides and around a dozen people to learn more about the history at the heart of his second presbytery visit. The walk was led by Lesley Henderson, a presbytery elder and Heritage guide.

The walk included visits to Pittencrieff Park (‘the Glen), Dunfermline Abbey and Andrew Carnegie’s Cottage. A reception to welcome the Moderator and Mrs Morrison took place at Dunfermline: St Leonard’s on Saturday evening before a visit to Tulliallan and Kincardine Church yesterday (Sunday) to rededicate the 1^st Tulliallan Boys’ Brigade, which is celebrating its 75^th anniversary this year.

Speaking ahead of visits today to the Scottish Police HQ and Training College at Tulliallan and Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, Dr Morrison said: “I can't believe that two days of the visit are already over. We have been having a truly uplifting time in Dunfermline Presbytery and have already been privileged to see some of the ways in which witness to the gospel is being carried forward in lovely west Fife.”

He added: “I'm beginning to see why Fife is sometimes described as a 'Scotland in miniature'. Sunday was a joyful day of celebration and thanksgiving in two congregations in which significant milestones were being marked.  Everyone had been most kind and welcoming.  We feel so much at home and greatly look forward to the rest of the visit.”

Visits to Rosyth Dockyard, Amazon (which has a major distribution outlet on the outskirts of the city) and Dunfermline High School are also planned as well as visits to many congregations within the presbytery.

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