University Chapel preachers 2009-2010
We are pleased to welcome guest preachers from various denominations and backgrounds to our Sunday services (11.00am) in St Salvator's Chapel.
Following the services a number of sermons will be available online with the kind permission of the preacher. This year's preachers are as follows:
Martinmas Semester
| Date | Preacher | Sermon |
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| 20 September | The Rev Dr James B Walker University Chaplain |
Into the Unknown |
| 27 September | The Rev Dr James B Walker University Chaplain |
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| 4 October | Dr Denis Alexander Director of the faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmunds College Cambridge |
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| 11 October | The Rev Dr Teresa Morgan Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History ot Oriel College, Oxford & NSM priest in the parish of Littlemore |
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| 18 October One World Week |
Archimandrite Raphael Pavouris The Orthodox community of St Andrew, Edinburgh |
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| 25 October | The Rev Wilfred Orr Newtonbreda Presbyterian Church (St John's), Belfast |
God in Community |
| 1 November |
The Rev Canon Professor John Richardson Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Edinburgh |
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| 8 November Remembrance Sunday |
The Rev Angus MacLeod Chaplain to the Forces |
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| 15 November | The Rev Phyllis Thompson Education Director, New Testament Church of God |
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| 22 November Christ the King |
Dr R David Muir Executive Director: Public Policy, Evangelical Alliance |
Where art Thou? |
| 29 November St Andrew's & Advent |
The Rev Neil Gardner Minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh |
The wild restless sea |
| 6 December | Keith Cardinal O'Brien Catholic Archbishop of St Andrew's and Edinburgh |
Proclaiming Christ |
| 13 December | The Rev John Bell Iona Community |
The Fiscal and Military Impact of Advent |
| C h r i s t m a s V a c a t i o n | ||
| 10 January | The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
Into 2010 |
| 17 January | Professor Wilson Sibbett Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Natural Philosophy |
In light do we see light |
| 24 January | Dr Grant Macaskill Lecturer in New Testament |
The joy of the Lord is in your strength |
| 31 January | Professor Philip Esler Professor of Biblical Criticism |
Believing...and Belonging |
Candlemas Semester
| Date | Preacher | Sermon |
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| 7 February |
The Rev Gareth J M Saunders Assistant Information Architect / Web Manager |
By the Grace of God
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| 14 February | The Rev Ailsa Maclean Chaplain at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh |
Trust |
| 21 February First Sunday of Lent |
The Rt Rev Joseph Toal Catholic Bishop of Argyll & the Isles |
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| 28 February Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors |
The Rt Rev Bill Hewitt Moderator of the 2009 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
Where do we belong? |
| 7 March | The Rt Rev Robert Gillies Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney |
Pressing on to where we have to go
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| 14 March |
Rev Dr Stephen Holmes
Lecturer in Divinity |
Which brother are you? |
| 21 March |
The Rev Dr Michael Ward Chaplain of St Peter's Oxford |
The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God |
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| 11 April | The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
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| 18 April |
Canon Clare Edwards |
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| 25 April | The Rt Rev Derek Webley District Bishop, New Testament Church of God, Birmingham and Solihul |
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| 2 May |
The Very Rev Professor Gordon McPhate Dean of Chester and Professor of Theology and Medicine, University of Chester |
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| 9 May |
The Rev Lezley J Kennedy Minister of Currie Kirk, Edinburgh |
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| 16 May Ascension |
The Rev Lily P Twist Chair of the Methodist Synod in Scotland |
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| 23 May Pentecost |
The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
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