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Nominations for Moderator Designate

The names of nominees for the Office of Moderator of the 2009 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, announced today, are -

The Reverend John P Chalmers, Pastoral Adviser and Associate Secretary for Ministries Support and Development

The Reverend William C Hewitt, Minister, Westburn Church of Scotland, Greenock

Professor Herbert A Kerrigan, Q.C., Elder and Reader, Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirk, Edinburgh

When they meet on October 28, members of the Committee to Nominate the Moderator will hear proposers and seconders speak to their nominations before voting to nominate the person who will be presented as Moderator Designate to the General Assembly on 21 May 2009.

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Note to News Desks:

• Meetings of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland are chaired by the Moderator who leads daily worship, keeps order, rules on points of order and signs documents on behalf of the Assembly.
• The role is an honorary one, held for 12 months. After the Assembly, the Moderator generally travels as a Church representative in Scotland, other parts of the UK, Ireland and overseas in an 'ambassadorial' capacity.
• Every Moderator carries out a series of visits to several Church of Scotland Presbyteries as well as undertaking a number of international tours.
• The Committee to Nominate the Moderator consists of a representative from each Presbytery, the 3 immediate past Moderators of the General Assembly and 3 members nominated by the General Assembly, giving a total of 54.
• A Reader is a trained preacher, who is not a minister, and who is utilised locally by a Presbytery.

ALL ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MEDIA RELATIONS UNIT AND NOT TO THE NOMINEES.

Media Relations Unit direct lines:

0131 240 2243 Pat Holdgate

0131 240 2204 Gordon Bell

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Tuesday 14, October 2008

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