{"id":536,"date":"2009-10-27T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2009-10-27T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T02:45:00","slug":"church-of-scotland-general-assembly-2010-moderator-designate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=536","title":{"rendered":"Church of Scotland General Assembly 2010 Moderator Designate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/news\/nr711009.htm\">nominating committee announced<\/a> the Moderator Designate for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/generalassembly\/index.htm\">2010 General Assembly<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\">Church of Scotland<\/a>.&nbsp; I would like to congratulate the Rev. John Cairns Christie on receiving this honor.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Christie is a native of Glasgow and is a second career minister having a first career as a teacher with training in biology.&nbsp; He holds the highest professional certification of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.societyofbiology.org\/development\/chartered-status\">Chartered Biologist<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.societyofbiology.org\">Society of Biology<\/a>.&nbsp; After nearly two decades in education he was ordained to the ministry in 1990 and his early service included work as a school chaplain.&nbsp; He has also served as convener of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/presbyteryofglasgow.org.uk\/\">Glasgow Presbytery<\/a> Education Committee, among others.&nbsp; Since 2004 he has been serving in Interim Ministry and currently serves at St Andrew\u2019s Parish Church, West Kilbride and some times at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotskirklausanne.ch\/\">Scots Kirk, Lausanne<\/a>, Switzerland.&nbsp; (And I thought I had an interesting commute. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gajunkie.com\/emoticons\/smile.png?w=625&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\"> )&nbsp; The Rev. Christie appears to have plenty of activity in his life having served on several GA committees, recreational activity that includes 5-a-side football, and his wife Annette is on the international team for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowls-siba.co.uk\/\">Scottish Indoor Bowling Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Church of Scotland has an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/news\/nr711009.htm\">official press release<\/a> of the announcement and so far the media appears to be using the info in the press release.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll update here when more detailed stories or interviews have been published.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: I was glad that we still have an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kirkmuirhillrev.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/27\/moderator-designate-2\/\">insider view<\/a> of the process thanks to the Rev. Ian Watson at Kirkmuirhill.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: An interesting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/leading_article\/article6893086.ece\">editorial in The Times<\/a> about The Kirk needing to have a Moderator for longer than one year so they can &#8220;make a mark.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the nominating committee announced the Moderator Designate for the 2010 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.&nbsp; I would like to congratulate the Rev. 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