REGISTERS

MINISTRIES

Compiled by the Ministries Council

DEATHS

Rev George M Philip , formerly of Glasgow: Sandyford Henderson Memorial, on February 16

Rev Norman MacLeod , formerly of Hamilton: St Andrew’s, on February 17

Rev William R Johnston , formerly of Ochiltree and Stair, on March 4

Rev Ronald G Lawson , formerly of Greenock: Wellpark Mid Kirk, on March 6

Rev Ronald J M Stitt , formerly of Hamilton: Gilmour and Whitehill, on April 4

RETIRED

Rev Alasdair G Graham , from Arbroath: West, on April 30

TRANSLATIONS

Rev Richard Moffat , from Girvan North (Old and St Andrew’s) to Dyke and Edinkillie, on March 28

Rev Mark E Johnstone , from Kirkintilloch: St Mary’s to Glasgow: Cathedral (St Mungo’s or High), on April 4

INDUCTIONS

Rev Scott J Brown , to Buchlyvie linked with Gartmore, on March 21

Rev David G Coulter , to Guernsey: St Andrew’s in the Grange, on April 4

Rev Laurene Lafontaine , to Aberdeen: Kingswells, on April 25

READERS ADMITTED TO OFFICE – PRESBYTERY OF BUCHAN

Rev Amy C Pierce , to Birse & Feughside, March 28

MINISTRIES DEVELOPMENT STAFF – NEW APPOINTMENTS

Aileen D Macdonald-Haak , Development Worker: Older People, Carntyne Parish Church, on April 8

Susan H Thorburn , Mission Development Worker, Eden Tay Cluster, on April 15

DEACONS – DEATHS

Miss Elspeth Webster; DCS., formerly of Rosyth, on April 1

ELDERSHIP

Aberdeen: Woodside: Ordained - Jane Ewen Closeburn: Ordained - Annette Gibson, Georgina McKinley

Coupar Angus: Abbey: Ordained - Betty Crighton, Peter Godfrey, Rachel Ewins, David Chinn, Esther Jack

Dunfermline: Abbey: Ordained – Neil Jack, Ewan Kellichan, Linda Pringle, Roy Soulsby, Elizabeth Wilson

Kirkoswald: Ordained – Donna Beckett, Isabel Crawford, Joy Rankin, Linda Stroud.

Larbert West: Ordained – Sandy Harvie, Anne Matthew, Alan Schofield

Stewarton John Knox: Ordained – Jim Bingham, Ken Browne, Sheena Erskine, Sarah Kelly, Thomson McKenzie, Christine Monks, Susan Quinn, Jenny Stockwell

LONG SERVICE

The following have received long service certificates

Airdrie Cairnlea: Elders – John Dickson (54), John Elliott (52), Frederick Hall (47), Wilson Meechan (43), Malcolm Ross (43), John Shanly Watson (36), Margaret Paton (33), Alexander Fraser (33), William Thomson (33)

Bilston: Guild – Christine King (60)

Kilwinning Old: Elders - Andrew Campbell (51), Gabriel Haddow (46), James Muir (46), John Calder (43), Elizabeth Gillies (41), Gordon McConnell (41), Fiona Silver (41), Nina Craig (40), Robert Meechan (37), David Wilson (34), Nan Muir (31), Nan Stevenson (31)

OBITUARY

A long-serving minister, writer and broadcaster, and chaplain to Motherwell Football Club, the Rev Dr James Martin died in April, aged 98.

Described on the Church of Scotland website in 2016 (when he celebrated the 70th anniversary of his ordination) as ‘a true son of Motherwell’, Dr Martin grew up in the town and attended Dalziel Primary and High Schools. He studied at Glasgow University and ministered as Locum Tenens at Newarthill Parish Church, before being ordained and inducted at Newmilns West Church in Ayrshire.

In 1954 he accepted the call to High Carntyne Parish Church in Glasgow, where he would stay for over 30 years. Following retirement in 1987, he returned to Motherwell and continued to actively minister to several congregations over the next decade.

During his career he wrote 30 books and numerous columns for Life and Work. His services were regularly broadcast on BBC’s Sunday Service Programme. He was a friend of the theologian Professor William Barclay, whose Daily Bible Study he helped update. His interest in publishing and communications led him to serve on (and convene) committees on Saint Andrew Press, Publications and the Board of Communication.

Among his many interests was sport, and training with Motherwell Football Club led, initially informally, to his role as club chaplain.

Dr Martin was married to Marion from 1947 until her death in 2014, and is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.