wiktionary moderatorModerator often refers to the chairman of a meeting. Specifically, it may refer to Government Moderator town official , elected official who presides over the Town Meeting form of government Internet Forum moderator , a person given special powers to enforce the rules on an Internet forum, newsgroup or blog Religion Moderator of the General Assembly , the chairperson of the highest court of a Presbyterian church Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The elected leader of a state synod of the Uniting Church of Australia The presiding bishop of the Church of North India Governance Church of North India The presiding bishop of the Church of South India Synod Church of South India Moderator of the Curia , in the Catholic Church Priest moderator, a post Vatican II priest that leads a Team of priests in solidum Other uses Moderator variable , in statistics, a qualitative or quantitative variable that affects the direction and or strength of the relation between dependent and independent variables Neutron moderator , a medium that reduces the velocity of fast neutrons Sound moderator, a suppressor attached to a firearm Another name for a Presenter or television host See also Terminology Moderator Internet Moderator Nuclear Reactor Related Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA disambig cs Moder tor de Moderator es Moderador fr Mod rateur nl Moderator nds Moderater pl Moderator pt Moderador ru sk Moder tor sl Moderator uk ... more details
Other uses Moderator disambiguation On the Internet, moderator may refer to Internet forum Moderator Forum moderators IRC moderators Game moderator s Moderators of Usenet Usenet newsgroup Newsgroups See also Google Moderator dab ... more details
Google Moderator is a Google service that uses crowdsourcing to rank user submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. It was launched on September 25, 2008. ref http techcrunch.com 2008 09 25 use google moderator to crowdsource group questions Use Google Moderator To Crowdsource Group Questions by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch on September 25, 2008 small retrieved on January 20, 2011 small ref The service allows the management of feedback from a large number of people, who can vote for the top questions that they think should be posed and ask their own. The service aims to ensure that every question is considered, lets the audience see others questions, and helps the moderator of a team or event address the questions that the audience most cares about. ref cite web last Lai first Sarah url http blog.wired.com 27bstroke6 2008 09 google launches.html title Google Launches Google Moderator For Presidential Debates & 124 Threat Level from Wired.com publisher Blog.wired.com date 2008 09 28 accessdate 2009 04 20 ref Google Moderator was developed by Google engineers Dave S. Young , Taliver Heath , ref name techcrunch http www.techcrunch.com 2008 09 25 use google moderator to crowdsource group questions ref ref http images.businessweek.com ss 09 10 1001 google apps 12.htm Google s 20 Hottest Tools Google Moderator BusinessWeek ref and Colby Ranger ref name techcrunch in their Google Innovation Time Off 20 time , led by project manager Katie Jacobs Stanton . ref cite web url http www.federalnewsradio.com ?sid 1588917&nid 19 title Federal News Radio 1500 AM What is Google Moderator? publisher Federalnewsradio.com date accessdate 2009 04 20 ref ref cite web last Battelle first John url http battellemedia.com archives 002437.php title News Google.Portal.Finance Launches John Battelle ... 2008, Google Moderator was used by the President Elect Barack Obama s transition team in a public series ... 20081211 openforquestions Open For Questions Round 1 Change.gov Category Google services Moderator ... more details
s with moderatorModerator Reactors Design Country graphite 30 Advanced gas cooled reactor AGR , Magnox ... , a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutron s, thereby turning them ... kinetic energy takes place by transfer of energy to a material known as a moderator. It is also ... scattering cross section . The first couple of collisions with the moderator may be of sufficiently high energy to excite the nucleus of the moderator. Such a collision is inelastic collision inelastic ... scattered by a hypothetical moderator of free hydrogen nuclei blue , undergoing thermally ... types would be well described by a single Maxwell Boltzmann distribution . Choice of moderator materials ... the flux . Therefore, a further criterion for an efficient moderator is one for which this parameter ... For a compound moderator composed of more than one element, such as light or heavy water, it is necessary ... Weston The ideal moderator is of low mass, high scattering cross section, and low absorption cross ... moderator due to the speed energy dependence of the absorption cross section of most materials, so .... This explains why most reactors fueled with sup 235 sup U need a moderator to sustain a chain reaction and why removing a moderator can shut down a reactor. The probability of further fission events ... 50 , making it technically a fast neutron reactor . A fast reactor uses no moderator, but relies on fission ... of the moderator can greatly influence the cost and safety of a reactor. Classically, moderators were ..., including graphite , the impact of the neutrons with the moderator can cause the moderator ... amounts of Wigner energy . In CANDU and pressurized water reactor PWR reactors, the moderator is liquid ... in a PWR, the moderator is also lost and the reaction will stop. This negative void coefficient is an important safety feature of these reactors. In CANDU the moderator is located in a separate heavy ... a Limited Review , Proceedings of the CNS Annual Conference, June 2009 ref Moderator impurities ... more details
A moderator of the Curia Roman Catholic Church curia , under the authority of the Bishop Catholic Church bishop of a diocese in the Catholic Church , coordinates the exercise of the administrative duties and oversees those who hold offices and minister in diocesan administration. The office has been variously described by whom date November 2010 as equivalent to a chief executive officer CEO or chief operating officer COO . Although the office was first included in the 1983 Code of Canon Law , the concept is much older. The bishop is not required to appoint a moderator of the curia and may exercise the office himself or delegate its functions to others. Usually, the vicar general , or one of them, is appointed to this office. ref name c. 473 cite web url http www.vatican.va archive ENG1104 P1N.HTM title Canon 473 work Code of Canon Law date 1983 publisher The Holy See accessdate 2010 01 19 ref The moderator of the curia is bound with the bishop to the general principle that diocesan structures should always be at the service of the good of souls and that administrative demands should not take precedence over the care of persons. Therefore, he should see that the operation is smooth and efficient, avoiding all unnecessary complexity or bureaucracy, and always directed towards its proper supernatural end. ref name no. 177 cite web url http www.vatican.va roman curia congregations cbishops documents rc con cbishops doc 20040222 apostolorum successores en.html title 177.The Coordination of Different Offices work DIRECTORY FOR THE PASTORAL MINISTRY OF BISHOPS date 2004 publisher The Holy See accessdate 2010 01 19 ref See also Diocesan chancery Catholic Church hierarchy Positions within a diocese at diocesan level References reflist DEFAULTSORT Moderator Of The Curia Category Roman Catholic Church offices Category Canon law Category Ecclesiastical titles ... more details
Image Stephen Orchard Moderator United Reformed Church General Assembly 2007.jpg thumb right Stephen Orchard , Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church , 2007. The Moderator of the General Assembly is the Chair official chairperson of a General Assembly presbyterian church General Assembly , the highest court of a presbyterian or Reformed churches reformed church. Kirk Session s and Presbytery church polity Presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. Presbyterian churches are ordered by a presbyterian polity , including a hierarchy of councils or courts of elders, from the local church kirk Session through presbyteries and perhaps synods to a General Assembly. The moderator presides over the meeting of the court, much as a convener presides over the meeting of a church committee. The moderator is thus the chairperson, and is understood to be a member of the court acting primus inter pares . The moderator calls and constitutes meetings, presides at them, and closes them in prayer. The moderator has a casting, but not a deliberative vote. During a meeting, the title moderator is used by all other members of the court as a form of address, but this may not be continued outside the meetings. Thus this convention expresses deference to the authority of the court rather than an honour for the moderator as an individual. Many moderators act as ambassadors for their general assembly when it is not sitting, and visit many of the local churches in their denomination. See also Lists of Moderators of the General Assembly List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA Presbyterian Church USA 1983 present List of Moderators ... States Presbyterian Church in the United States 1861 1983 Other Articles Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the United Church of Canada Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Presbyterian polity External ... more details
A moderator is an official of an incorporated town who presides over the town meeting , and in some cases, other municipal meetings. In the United States, the area of the country best known for the town meeting form of government is New England . The office of moderator exists in at least Connecticut Mandell c. 2007 , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island Advisory Opinion No. 2009 5 2009 and Vermont . Maine The moderator serves for the duration of the meeting at which he or she is elected. The election of the moderator is presided over by the town clerk. Maine Moderators Manual 1989 Massachusetts Massachusetts moderators serve a term of one or three years, depending on the choice of each town. Vacancies in the office of moderator are filled by the voters. If the moderator is absent from a meeting, the voters elect a temporary moderator. Moderators election tenure vacancies assistant moderators n.d. New Hampshire Moderators serve for two years, beginning at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected or when they qualify, if later . Government of town meeting moderator 1996 In addition to presiding at town meeting, moderators are the chief election officials ... to be the moderator of Bennington s first meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern according ... the first day, and is presided over by the moderator. The Australian ballot generally occurs the next ... meeting per year this is the annual meeting. The moderator of a meeting will have been elected at the previous ... may appeal a ruling by the moderator and vote to overrule the moderator. Colbert 2008 References ... townmeeting moderator townmeeting.htm A Handbook for Vermont Moderators. Montpelier Office of the Vermont ... 40 1.htm Government of town meeting moderator. 1996 . Revised statutes 40 1. New Hampshire General ..., J. c. 2007 . http www.town.simsbury.ct.us Public Documents SimsburyCT BComm moderator Town Moderator ... Sec. 14. State of Massachusetts. Retrieved August 10, 2009. DEFAULTSORT Moderator Town Official Category ... more details
The Moderator of the United Church of Canada is the presiding leader of the United Church of Canada , Canada s largest Protestant denomination. The church is highly decentralized and non dogma tic and the moderator has only limited power. The Moderator of the General Assembly moderator presides over the meeting of the court, thus the moderator is the chairperson, and is understood to be a member of the court acting primus inter pares . Sitting moderators are styled the Right Reverend if they are ordained clergy since the election of Robert McClure, a medical doctor, in 1968, moderators have not necessarily been clergy and the Very Reverend after their retirement, in keeping with the practice of the pre Church Union Presbyterian Church in Canada. Moderators are elected at the church s triannual General Councils. The current moderator is Mardi Tindal . List of United Church Moderators 1925 1926 George C. Pidgeon 1926 1928 James Endicott 1865 1954 James Endicott 1928 1930 William T. Gunn 1930 1932 Edmund H. Oliver 1932 1934 T. Albert Moore 1934 1936 Richard Roberts reverend Richard Roberts 1936 1938 Peter Bryce 1938 1940 John W. Woodside 1940 1942 Aubrey S. Tuttle 1942 1944 John R. P. Sclater 1944 1946 Jesse H. Arnup 1946 1948 Thomas W. Jones reverend Thomas W. Jones 1948 1950 Willard E. Brewing 1950 1952 Clarence M. Nicholson 1952 1954 Alexander A. Scott 1954 1956 George Dorey 1956 1958 James S. Thomson 1958 1960 Angus J. MacQueen 1960 1962 Hugh A. McLeod 1962 1964 James R. Mutchmor 1964 1968 Ernest M. Howse 1966 1968 Wilfred Lockhart Wilfred C. Lockhart 1968 1971 Robert Baird McClure 1971 1972 Arthur B. B. Moore 1972 1974 Bruce McLeod 1974 1977 Wilbur K. Howard 1977 1980 George M. Tuttle 1980 1982 Lois M. Wilson 1982 1984 W. Clarke MacDonald 1984 1986 Robert F. Smith church leader Robert F. Smith 1986 1988 Anne M. Squire 1988 1990 Sang Chul Lee 1990 1992 Walter H. Farquharson ... Moderator Of The United Church Of Canada Category Christianity in Canada Category Canadian ... more details
now live in Peebles . ref name churchofscotland.org.uk Nomination as Moderator In October 2010, David ... was formally nominated by the Committee to Nominate the Moderator. As Moderator designate, he needs ... for the General Assembly to decline to elect the Moderator designate in practice the Moderator designate is invariably elected by acclaim. Upon election as Moderator, his formal title will be the Right ... box before John Christie moderator John Christie title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 2011 2012 ... more details
John H. McIndoe is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland . He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1996. Background and career John McIndoe was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Sunderland in 1934. ref http www.heraldscotland.com sport spl aberdeen church nominates london minister as new moderator 1.656029 The Herald, 15 October 1995 ref His parents were Scottish the family moved back to Scotland in 1944 living in Kilcreggan, Dunbartonshire when his father took up an appointment with the Inland Revenue . He was educated at Greenock Academy and the University of Glasgow , where he graduated Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity. He also took postgraduate studies at Hartford University , USA. He was ordained in 1960 by the Church of Scotland s Presbytery of Paisley he was Assistant Minister at Paisley Abbey 1960 1963. Thereafter he was minister at Park Church, Dundee 1963 1972 , followed by St Nicholas Parish Church, Lanark 1972 1988 . He was convener of the Church and Nation Committee from 1980 until 1984. He was Vice Convener of the Business Committee of the General Assembly from 1988 until 1990. His final charge 1988 2000 was as minister at St Columba s Church, London linked with St Andrew s Church, Newcastle upon Tyne . ref Fasti Ecclesi Scotican , Volume XI pages 115 and 394 , T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0 567 08750 6 ref He was the second successive Moderator to come from the Church of Scotland s Presbytery of England. His predecessor as Moderator was the Very Reverend James Harkness, former Chaplain General to HM Forces. He and his wife Evelyn have three grown up daughters. His title following the end of his Moderatorial ... James Harkness Moderator James Harkness title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 1996&ndash 1997 after Alexander McDonald Moderator Alexander McDonald end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata ... more details
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John Cairns Christie born 9 July 1947 is a minister of the Church of Scotland . He is Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2010 2011. Christie was born in Glasgow on 9 July 1947 and lived in Helensburgh as a child. He was educated at Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh 1959 1966 , the University of Strathclyde , Paisley College and the University of Glasgow . ref Fasti Ecclesi Scotican the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation volume 11 , page 147, published for the Church of Scotland by T & T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0 567 08750 6 ref His early career was as a scientific assistant at ROF Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory Bishopton in the late 1960s, ref name Times http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news uk scotland article6893105.ece The Rev John Cairns Christie nominated as Moderator of the Kirk , The Times , 28 October 2009. Retrieved on 4 November 2009. ref then as a school teacher at Albert Secondary School, Springburn , Glasgow in Biology and Chemistry in the mid 1970s, eventually becoming principal teacher of science at Tiree ... of nominees for the role of Moderator were made public in early October 2009. Alongside Christie ... becoming Moderator his full title became the Right Reverend John Cairns Christie BSc BD. See also ... is next Moderator , The Scotsman , 28 October 2009. http www.eveningtimes.co.uk news display.var.2533365.0.top ... for a Church of Scotland moderator to make a mark , 28 October 2009. http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi scotland glasgow and west 8328439.stm Kirk announces its new moderator , BBC Scotland , 27 October 2009. http www.bbc.co.uk news uk scotland glasgow west 12074419 Moderator s ring of office is stolen , BBC Scotland , 24 December 2010. start box s rel succession box before William Hewitt moderator William Hewitt title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 2010&ndash 2011 after David Arnott Moderator A. David ... more details
in Dundee . ref name Bew Bew, Geoffrey. May 22, 2002 . Press and Journal Scotland . Moderator Designate ... . Kirk sticks to years of tradition with male moderator. ref At age 16, Macdonald began his life .... http ikpresbytery.i12.com deliverance.html A Church Without Walls. ref Moderator of the General Assembly In September 2001, four ministers were shortlisted as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland moderator Macdonald, Peter Neilson of St Cuthbert s Church in Edinburgh, Sheila .... Moreover, the outgoing moderator John D. Miller John Miller was from Glasgow. ref name ETimes2001Sept ... Moderator. Macdonald had become well known and widely respected in the Church of Scotland. Noted commentator ... respected Finlay Macdonald would be proposed at some time. As secretary to each Moderator, he knows ... quartet of names, my tip as next Moderator. ref blockquote There was a 75 chance that the 2002 Moderator would have a Glasgow connection. ref name ETimes2001Oct30 Evening Times . Oct. 30, 2001 . Kirk to name new leader. ref Macdonald was announced the Moderator Designate on October 20, 2001, ending speculation that Church of Scotland The Kirk was ready to appoint its first female moderator. ref name ETimes2006Oct31 Evening Times . Oct. 31, 2006 . Former city minister to be moderator. ref ... and understanding of the importance of gender and the Moderator position saying, Clearly I don ... be delighted to see a woman as moderator and hope that will happen. ref name Robertson In December .... ref name ETimes2002May21 Evening Times . May 21, 2002 . Challenge for new leader. ref Moderator May ... Assembly and, as expected, Macdonald succeeded the John D. Miller John Miller as Moderator of the General ... Macdonald as the Moderator, but only observed the ceremony. ref name Bew At the time Macdonald took up the office of Moderator, the total population of the Church had fallen steadily from 5.21 million in 1971 to 5.11 million in 2002. ref name Denholm As the new Moderator, Macdonald saw the primary ... more details
Alan Douglas McDonald is a parish minister of religion minister and was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , from the Assembly of May 2006 until May 2007. McDonald was born in Glasgow and trained initially as a lawyer gaining an LLB from the University of Strathclyde . He studied for the ministry at New College, Edinburgh BD, MTh . He served as assistant minister in Greenside Parish Church, Edinburgh , and was subsequently a community minister in West Pilton , Edinburgh. He served for 15 years in Holburn Central Church, Aberdeen , before being called, in 1998, to the Fife parishes of Cameron and St Leonards St Andrews . ref Fasti Ecclesi Scotican , Volume XI pages 252, 259, 302 and 405 , T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0 567 08750 6 ref He was convener of the General Assembly s Church and Nation committee for four years until May 2004. He is married and has two children. His formal title following the end of his Moderatorial year is the Very Reverend Dr Alan McDonald. See also List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland External links http stleonardskirk.mysite.wanadoo members.co.uk index.html St Leonard s Parish Church website http www.churchofscotland.org.uk index.htm Church of Scotland References reflist start box s rel succession box before David Lacy title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 2006&ndash 2007 after Sheilagh M. Kesting end box DEFAULTSORT Macdonald, Alan Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category People from Glasgow Category Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Category Alumni of the University of Strathclyde ... more details
The Very Reverend Professor Alan Main is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland . He was born in Aberdeen in 1936. He was ordained in 1963 and served as minister at Chapel of Garioch Parish Church, Aberdeenshire, 1963 1970 and was then appointed as Chaplain to the University of Aberdeen. ref Fasti Ecclesi Scotican , Volume XI page 422 , T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0 567 08750 6 ref He was Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen , 1980 2001, and was also Master of Christ s College, Aberdeen , 1992 2001. He has served as minister in Colombo , Sri Lanka . ref cite news title Scottish police help quake effort url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi uk news scotland 4153409.stm accessdate 17 November 2010 newspaper BBC News date 7 January 2005 ref He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1999. ref name worship brochure cite web url http www.abdn.ac.uk documents chapel brochure.pdf title Sunday Morning Worship at King s accessdate 2010 11 07 ref His formal title following the end of his Moderatorial year is the Very Reverend Professor Alan Main. He was President of the Boys Brigade 2006 2007. See also List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland References Reflist start box s rel succession box before Alexander McDonald Moderator Alexander McDonald title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 1998&ndash 1999 after John B. Cairns end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Main, Alan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Main, Alan Category Church of Scotland Category Scottish clergy Category Living people Category 1936 births UK Christian clergy stub ... more details
William B. R. Macmillan 1927 2002 was a minister of the Church of Scotland . He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1991. ref http www.heraldscotland.com sport spl aberdeen william macmillan former moderator of the general assembly of the church of scotland 1.136235 ref Background and career William Boyd Robertson Macmillan better known as Bill was born in Keith, Moray in 1927. He was a graduate of the University of Aberdeen in arts and divinity he also did National Service in the Royal Navy . His first charge was at St Andrew s Church, Bo ness 1955 1960 , followed by Fyvie Parish Church, Aberdeenshire 1960 1967 , then Bearsden South Parish Church 1967 1978 . He was minister of Dundee Parish Church St Mary s from 1978 until his retirement in 1993. During this time he came to national prominence in the Church of Scotland, as Convener of the Business Committee of the General Assembly and Convener of the Church of Scotland s Board of Practice and Procedure. He was appointed a Chaplain to the Queen 1988 , received an honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Dundee 1990 , an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Aberdeen 1991 and served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1991. Following his Moderatorial year, his title was the Very Reverend Dr William B. R. Macmillan LLD DD. See also List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland References Reflist Category Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Category 1927 births Category 2002 deaths ... more details
James A. Simpson is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland . He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1994 5 the first from a Highland parish since the Very Reverend Dr James Mathieson from Portree Parish Church on the Isle of Skye in 1975. Background and career In 1976 he moved from St. John s Renfield Church, Glasgow to Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch , Sutherland . In 1997 he demitted his charge at Dornoch to become an Interim Minister for several years helping congregations to working through periods of transition . His first post as an Interim Minister was Almondbank Tibbermore Church in Perthshire. ref Fasti Ecclesi Scotican , Volume XI page 364 , T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0 567 08750 6 ref He is also well known for his humorous books and regular column in the Church of Scotland s Life and Work magazine. His title following the end of his Moderatorial year is the Very Reverend Dr James Alexander Simpson Bachelor of Science BSc Bachelor of Divinity BD Master of Sacred Theology STM Doctor of Divinity DD . See also List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland References Reflist start box s rel succession box before James Weatherhead James L. Weatherhead title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 1994&ndash 1995 after James Harkness Moderator James Harkness end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Simpson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Simpson, James Category Living people Category Ministers of the Church of Scotland Category Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ... more details
Infobox Person name The Very Rev. Dr. Alexander McDonald image caption birth date 1937 birth place death date Death date and age df yes YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD death place other names Sandy known for occupation nationality children Blair McDonald, Karen McDonald, David McDonald aka David Tennant Dr. Alexander Sandy McDonald born 1937 is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland . Dr. McDonald was born in Bishopbriggs , Scotland in 1937. He worked in the timber industry in the 1950s, prior to National Service in the Royal Air Force . Following theological studies in the 1960s, he served as minister at St David s Parish Church, Bathgate 1968 1974 , then at St Mark s Parish Church, Ralston 1974 1988 and then as General Secretary of the Church of Scotland s Board of Ministry until he retired in 2002. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1997 1998. His formal title following the end of his Moderatorial year is The Very Reverend Dr. Alexander McDonald. Television career In the early 1980s, he co presented the Scottish Television Religious magazine programme That s The Spirit . Personal life He survives his wife Helen, ref name death cite news title Deaths publisher Glasgow Evening Times url http daol.newsquest.co.uk glasgow eveningtimes step2 2.asp?cat 551306&g 553&offset 100 date 2007 07 19 ref who died on 15 July 2007. ref name death He has a daughter, Karen, and two sons, Blair, and actor David Tennant of Doctor Who fame. In May 2008 he made a silent cameo appearance in the Doctor Who episode The Unicorn and the Wasp , playing the part of a footman alongside his son. References reflist start box s rel succession box before John McIndoe Moderator John H. McIndoe title List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland years 1997&ndash 1998 after Very Rev Professor Alan Main Prof. Alan Main end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macdonald, Ale ... more details
Refimprove date October 2009 No footnotes date October 2009 The Regulator Moderator War was a nineteenth century feud in East Texas during the Republic of Texas years. It was called the Regulator Moderator war, for the two sides the Regulators wanted to regulate the activities of rivals and the Moderators wanted to moderate being regulated. Background Both the United States and Spain ignored a strip of land between Spanish Texas and the Louisiana Purchase in what is now the U.S. state of Louisiana , because they were unable to agree on the boundary and did not want to go to war over it. The area, known as the Sabine Free State or the Neutral Ground, developed into a lawless patch that neither country controlled. The lawlessness spilled over into the adjacent portion of East Texas, still under Spanish control. Even after Spain and the United States signed the Adams On s Treaty 1819 and Mexico gained its independence 1821 , little changed in regards to the region. After Texas won its independence from Mexico, the land remained wild and lawless. East Texas War The Regulator Moderator War was a land feud in Harrison County, Texas Harrison and Shelby County, Texas Shelby counties in East Texas from 1839 to 1844. The feud eventually involved Nacogdoches County, Texas Nacogdoches , San Augustine County, Texas San Augustine , and other East Texas counties. The main leaders were Charles W. Jackson and Charles W. Moorman for the Regulators and Edward Merchant, John M. Bradley, and James J. Cravens for the Moderators. Their differences date back to land frauds, cattle rustling, barn burners, and revenge killings. Dozens had been killed over the years. Harrison County Sheriff John J. Kennedy Republic of Texas politician John J. Kennedy and county judge Joseph U. Fields helped end the conflict siding with the law and order party. Feud begins Republic of Texas president Mirabeau Lamar ... Stone authorlink coauthors title The Regulator Moderator War An East Texas Feud publisher Panola ... more details
Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Presbyterian church in ireland logo.png right 200px The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the most senior office bearer within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which is Northern Ireland s largest Protestant denomination. The Moderator is elected by the General Assembly and serves for one year as the public representative of the denomination. In theory, the moderator may be a minister or an elder from among the laity but as yet, no lay elder has ever been appointed moderator. The appointee s formal role involves acting as the Moderator of the General Assembly . During the rest of the year, the moderator acts as an ambassador for the General Assembly and for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland as a whole. The government of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has a form known as Presbyterian polity , and is much like that of other Presbyterian churches around the world. Individual churches are represented at both the Presbytery local level and General Assembly Ireland All Ireland level. The serving moderator is given the honorific Style manner of address style , Right Reverend Rt. Rev. ref Example assembly record addressing the serving moderator as Rt. Rev. is http presbyterianireland.org assembly media Eighth Session 06.doc Session 8, 2006 doc format . Retrieved on September 2, 2006. ref Former moderators are known as Very Reverend Very Rev. . Citation needed date February 2007 The moderator is eleventh Contradict inline article Order of precedence in Northern Ireland in the order of precedence in Northern Ireland along with the two Church of Ireland and two Roman Catholic archbishops. The moderator is normally an ordained minister. The current moderator is the Reverend Dr Norman Hamilton . Past Moderators 2010 Rev. Dr. Norman Hamilton OBE BA, BD. Ballysillan 2009 Rev. Stafford Carson ... DD, LLD May Street, Belfast 1840 Rev. Samuel Hanna DD Rosemary Street, Belfast See also Moderator of the General ... more details
Robert Bruce 1554 27 July 1631 was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland which was called on 6 February 1588 to prepare defences against a possible invasion by the Spanish Armada . He was born in 1554, the second son of Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth . His mother Janet was the great, grand daughter of James I of Scotland King James I of Scotland . In 1572, he graduated Master of Arts Scotland M.A. from St Andrews University , where he had been a student at St Leonard s College University of St Andrews St Leonard s College . He then went to Paris where he studied law , returning to Edinburgh to practice. However, during the night of 31 August 1581 he had a remarkable religious experience, which made him decide to study for the Church. He was licensed by the Presbyterian polity The Presbytery Presbytery of St Andrews in 1587 and immediately took up the post of Presbyterian polity Offices The Minister Minister of St. Giles Cathedral St Giles, Edinburgh . In October 1589, in very disturbed times, King James I of England King James VI appointed him as Privy Council of Scotland Privy Councillor . He so helped keep the peace while the King was away in Norway where he had gone to bring home bride Anne of Denmark that he got a personal letter of thanks on his return. He crowned the Anne of Denmark Queen 17 March 1590, and was again elected Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland Moderator of the Presbytery Moderator in May 1592. In 1596, he was banished from Edinburgh for opposing the King s religious policy. He was allowed to return after a time, and in May 1598 was appointed Presbyterian polity Offices The Minister Minister to the Little Kirk , a division of St. Giles Cathedral St Giles , though he quibbled a bit about the admission ceremony. In August 1600 the Gowrie Conspiracy took place. Bruce was one of those who doubted there was a real threat, so he did not offer prayers of thanksgiving for the King s safe delivery. For this, he was banished ... more details
otherpersons John White Refimprove date February 2010 John White 1867 1951 was a minister of the Church of Scotland . He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1925 and again at the reunion Assembly of 1929. White was one of the most influential figures in the Church of Scotland during the early decades of the 20th Century, though his influence waned later in his life and he appeared increasingly isolated and anachronstic. Background and career He was born in Kilwinning , Ayrshire, the son of a flour miller. After studies at the University of Glasgow , he was inducted as minister at Shettleston , Glasgow in 1893. In 1904 he moved to South Leith Parish Church. In 1911 he moved back to Glasgow , becoming minister of the Barony Church, where he remained until his retirement in 1934. He also served as a chaplain in the British Army during World War I . The high point of his ministry was his nomination to be Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in October 1929. This special Assembly took place in the Industrial Halls now a bus garage , Annandale Street, Edinburgh to mark the reunion of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland the Industrial Halls was the only suitable venue in the city large enough to accommodate the special Assembly. Influence White was highly influential in three areas. The first of these was the move to unite the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland . Following protracted discussions which started in 1909, the reunion eventually took place on 2 October 1929. The second was his role as Convener of the Church and Nation Committee of the Church of Scotland during the 1920s he was instrumental in drawing up a controversial report entitled The Menace of the Irish Race to our Scottish Nationality , which was received by the General Assembly in 1923 see below . The third was his promotion of the Church Extension Scheme which from 1932 onwards aimed to build new ... more details
The Moderator of the General Assembly of Church of Scotland is a Minister, Elder or Deacon of the Church of Scotland chosen to moderate i.e. chair the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , which is held for a week in Edinburgh every May. Office The Moderator is normally a minister of considerable experience and held in high esteem in the Church of Scotland. The Moderator is nominated by the Committee to Nominate the Moderator , which consists of one representative from each of the Church of Scotland s 40 presbyteries. The Moderator must, however, also be formally elected at the Commissioners i.e. all representatives at start of the General Assembly this is in practice a formality. The office is held for one year only. Following the week of the General Assembly, the Moderator effectively acts as an ambassador for Church of Scotland, frequently being invited to represent the Church at official events or at special services for congregations. In 2004 Dr Alison Elliot became the first woman and first Elder for approximately 400 years to be elected Moderator. Three years later the Very Rev Dr Sheilagh M. Kesting became the first woman minister to be elected to the office. If the Moderator is a minister, he she is styled Right Reverend during his her term of office and Very Reverend thereafter. Coronations The Moderator takes part in the Coronation of British monarchs. At the Coronation in 1953, the Moderator presented a Bible to the Queen, saying, Here is wisdom, this is the royal law, these are the lively Oracles of God. Coat of arms The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has an official coat of arms awarded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms . It includes a shield showing the burning bush, plus the Quigrich the crozier of St Fillan behind the shield with the curved head of the Quigrich visible above the shield . The shield is surmounted by a black ... The Moderator s coat of arms see top image, entry dated 11 Feb 2009 Category Church of Scotland ... more details
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