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The Moderator of Presbytery for the year 2008-2009 is Rev John M Watson St Mark's Church
John was born in Glasgow, and was educated at Bellahouston
Academy in Ibrox, close to the hallowed grounds. He has been the Parish
minister of St Mark’s since his induction there on 16th June, 1989. Prior to
that and before his University training John was a police officer in the
Strathclyde area for more than 23 years. |
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Given for the Glory of
God When Alastair was Moderator of the Presbytery of Aberdeen (1992-1993) he acquired and wore this silver cross whose elegant simplicity and starkness convey the message of Him who died that all might live. Throughout his life Alastair displayed a passion for Christ and his Church, for Scotland and Old Aberdeen (an ancient city under the patronage of the Virgin Mary) with the Cathedral of St Machar's at its heart. For those reasons the ribbon of the cross has been decorated on one side with a shield bearing the Burning Bush under a St Andrew's Cross. On the other side there is the heraldic shield of Old Aberdeen bearing a vase of three Madonna Lilies. One is in bud, one in full bloom and the third is beginning to wilt. They represent the past, the present and the future - or the Eternal God. the vase is decorated with three intertwined fish - simultaneously reminding one of IXTHUS (Jesus Christ, God's Son, Saviour) and also of the Trinity. On Alastair's death on 21 July 1998 his family presented this gift to the Presbytery of Aberdeen to be used as a badge of office by its successive Moderators. |
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