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Michty Moderator! Oor Wullie mock-up for Kirk figurehead

CRIES of "jings, crivvens, help ma boab!" are unlikely to be heard any time soon from a Church of Scotland pulpit, but it appears the Moderator has found a new seat of learning.

As part of his visit to Dundee Presbytery, Right Reverend Bill Hewitt, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was meeting workers from DC Thomson at their Kingsway East site. And following a tour of the building, staff presented him with a special caricature to mark the occasion - depicting the Moderator sitting on Oor Wullie's bucket, with his home church in Greenock (Westburn) in the background.

The Moderator with Andrew Thomson, chairman and joint managing director of DC Thomson.

Mr Hewitt said: "In Mark's Gospel Jesus says unless we become more child-like in our faith we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, but I don't think this is what he had in mind.

"I will be hanging the sketch in my office and perhaps the Moderator's new seat of learning will prove inspirational when it comes to writing Sunday's sermon."

Tonight the Moderator will meet staff at the Hot Chocolate project at the city's Steeple Church, and on Friday he will visit Ninewells Hospital.

On Sunday he will preach at Fowlis Kirk and Balgay Church.

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Wednesday 20, January 2010

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