Guest Preachers 2006-2007
St Salvator's Chapel is pleased to welcome guest preachers from all over the world and with diverse credentials throught the academic year.
We are delighted to be able to make a number of sermons available online.
Martinmas Semester
| Date | Preacher | Sermon |
|---|---|---|
| 24th September | The Rev Dr James B Walker
University Chaplain |
Exploding Boundaries |
| 1st October | Professor Jeremy Begbie
Associate Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge and Honorary Professor in Theology at University of St Andrews |
Words that Break & Words that Make |
| 8th October | The Rev Arlington Trotman
Director of Churches Commission for Racial Justice, Moderator of Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe |
To do Justice |
| 15th October | The Rev Dr Marjory A MacLean
Member of Court, Depute Clerk of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Royal Naval Reserve Chaplain at HMS SCOTIA |
The Eye of the Needle |
| 22nd October One World Week |
The Rev Matthew Ross Church of Scotland Minister, Executive Secretary of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches, Brussels |
"You do not know what you are asking" |
| 29th October | Father Hugh Gilbert
Abbot of Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin, Moray |
Christ the Light |
| 5th November | Dr Charles Warren
Senior Lecturer in Geography |
The God who Speaks |
| 12th November Remembrance Sunday Reading Week |
The Rev Roger R J Hall
Assistant Chaplain General, 2nd Army Division and Chaplain to the Queen |
"Help me, O God, when death is near, to mock the haggard face of fear, that when I fall, if fall I must, my soul may triumph in the dust" |
| 12th November Commemoration of St Leonard |
The Rev Giles Dove
Director of Development at the National Library of Scotland and non-stipendiary Curate at St Mary's Episcopal Church, Dunblane, and Alumnus of the University |
A Cloud of Witnesses |
| 19th November | The Rev David Pitkeathly
Minister of St Andrew's Parish Church, Peterhead |
Finding in Past Traditions a future hope |
| 26th November St Andrewstide St Andrew's Celebration |
Professor Mario Aguilar
Professor of Religion and Politics |
St Andrew: The dreamer of Worlds |
| 3rd December Advent Sunday |
The Rev Rosemary Lain-Priestley
Dean of Women's Ministry, Central London |
Sea of Changes |
| 10th December University Carol Service |
The Rev Dr James B Walker
University Chaplain |
At the Right Time |
| 7th January | The Rev Dr James B Walker
University Chaplain |
Into 2007 |
| 14th January | The Rev Steve Holmes
Lecturer in Theology, Managing Editor of International Systematic Theology |
An Ideal Wedding Guest? |
| 21st January | The Rev Gareth J M Saunders
Assistant Information Architect/Web Manager |
One Body |
| 28th January | Professor Michael Bentley
Professor of Modern History |
Confirming & Affirming |
Candlemas Semester
| Date | Preacher | Sermon |
|---|---|---|
| 4th February | The Rt Rev Philip Tartaglia
Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley |
"Put out into deep water" The challenge of Christian living today |
| 11th February | The Rt Rev Martin Shaw
Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Argyll and The Isles |
The Face of Christ |
| 18th February | The Rev Linda Dunbar
Minister of Polwarth Parish Church, Edinburgh |
To linger or to follow? |
| 25th February Commemoration of Founders & Benefactors |
The Rt Rev Alan Macdonald Moderator of the 2006 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
A way through the wilderness |
| 4th March | The Rev Peter Sinclair
Anglican Priest, Learning and Change Facilitator, Director of the After Sunday Project, Minor Canon of Durham Cathedral |
After Sunday: Divine Convergence |
| 11th March | The Rev Joanne C Hood
Minister of Edinburgh Parish Church: Broughton St Mary's |
An open invitation for some R & R |
| 18th March | The Very Rev Canon Hugh White
Our Lady of St Matthew and Margaret in Bonnyrigg, Rosewell & Gorebridge |
Reconciliation |
| 8th April Easter Day |
The Rev Dr James B Walker
University Chaplain |
Jesus Alive |
| 15th April | The Rev Delroy Hall
Minister of Duke Street Christian Centre, Church of God of Prophecy, Sheffield |
Lord, help my unbelief |
| 22nd April | The Rev Dr Angus Morrison
Minister of St Columba's Old Parish Church, Stornoway and Chaplain to the Queen |
Peter's Easter |
| 29th April | The Rev Dr Rodney Holder
Course Director, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmund's College, Cambridge |
The Universe: Accident or Design? |
| 6th May | The Rev Dr Nicola Slee
Research Fellow at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham. Poet and Theologian |
How does the story end? |
| 13th May | Dr Elaine Storkey
President of Tearfund and Senior Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and occasional Broadcaster |
At the heart of God is a heart of peace |
| 20th May | The Rev Dr James B Walker
University Chaplain |
The Journey Home |