Parish News Round-up

Thursday May 5

Our regular round-up of news received from churches

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Dalmuir Parish Church welcomed nine new members on Easter Sunday.

Left to right: Kim Smith, Sarah McDade, Rosemary Richardson, the Rev Dr Ruth Morrison, Scott Beattie, Norman Hart, Nicola Fraser, Susan Beattie, William Rossborough, Lyndsey Rossborough.

Three Elders of Upper Donside Parish Church received long service certificates on May 1. From left: John Alexander, Rosemary Grimly, the Rev Bob Jones, Edith Petrie.

The Rev Neil Dougall - a third generation Church of Scotland minister - has been elected Moderator of the Presbytery of Lothian for 2016-17.

Minister of St Andrew Blackadder church, North Berwick since moving to East Lothian with his wife Helen and their two daughters in 2003, Neil was born in Kenya where both his parents were missionaries and Church of Scotland ministers, as was his grandfather.   He trained for the ministry at Aberdeen and Glasgow universities, was ordained by Edinburgh Presbytery in January 1991 and was minister of St David’s Broomhouse Church there.

He was convener of the Church of Scotland’s Ministries Council (2011- 2015) after being vice convener from 2008.

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