University Chapel Preachers 2008-2009
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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| 21st September | The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
Transfiguration |
| 28th September | The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
A New Dawn |
| 5th October | The Rev Dr Joel Edwards General Director of Evangelical Alliance |
Q & As in the garden |
| 12th October | The Rt Rev Dom. Aldhelm Cameron-Brown Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire |
Christ the door |
19th October One World Week |
The Rev Dr John Drane Theologian, Mission Consultant & Author |
Sound bites can damage your spiritual health |
| 26th October | The Rev Neil Gardner Minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh |
The still, small voice of calm |
| 2nd November | Professor John Wyatt Professor of Ethics and Perinatology, University College, London |
Can we still believe in the sanctity of human life? |
9th November Remembrance Sunday |
The Rev Dr David Coulter Principal of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, Amport House |
A time for remembrance |
| 16th November | Fiona Barnard Honorary Lay Chaplain to the University |
When it comes to the crunch |
23rd November Christ the King |
The Rev Marjory Mackay Former Minister of Cumbrae Parish Church |
Too good to be true? |
30th November St Andrews Celebration & Advent Sunday |
The Rt Rev David Chillingworth Episcopal Bishop of St Andrews, Dunblane and Dunkeld |
Awake 24/7 |
| 7th December | The Rev Margot Hodson Chaplain of Jesus College, Oxford |
Advent and Ecology: Isaiah's vision of a sustainable future |
| 14th December | The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
The supreme time for singing! |
| 11th January | The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
Into 2009 |
| 18th January | Professor Karla Pollmann Professor of Classics |
The Call |
| 25th January | Professor Eric Priest James Gregory Professor of Mathematics |
Trusting in science or in God? |
| 1st February | The Rev Dr Ian Bradley Reader in Church History & Practical Theology and Honorary Chaplain |
Mamma Mia - the message |
Candlemas Semester
| Date | Preacher | Sermon |
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8th February |
Dr Mark Elliott Lecturer in Church History |
Poor little talkative Christianity? |
| 15th February | The Rt Rev Ian Murray Catholic Bishop of Argyll & the Isles |
The need to be cured |
| 22nd February | The Rt Rev Tim Stevens Anglican Bishop of Leicester |
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1st March Commemoration of Founders & Benefactors Celebration of Chaplaincy Jubilee |
The Rt Rev David Lunan Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
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| 8th March | Bishop Eric Brown Administrative Bishop of the New Testament Church of God, Northampton |
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| 15th March | The Rev Valerie Watson Associate Minister of Beith High Church linked with Beith Trinity Church |
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| 22nd March | Professor John Bryant Professor Emeritus of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Exeter, and former Chair of Christians in Science |
Between the cross and a high place |
12th April Easter Sunday |
The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |
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| 19th April | The Rev Professor Trevor Hart Professor of Divinity |
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| 26th April | The Most Rev Dr Idris Jones Episcopal Bishop to the United Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway |
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| 3rd May | The Rev Giles Dove Chaplain, Glenalmond College, Perthshire |
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| 10th May | The Rt Rev Dr Alastair Redfern Anglican Bishop of Derby |
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| 17th May | The Rev Christine Goldie Minister of Colston Wellpark Church, Glasgow |
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24th May Ascension |
The Rev Dr Jamie Walker University Chaplain |