Presidential Address to the Church Service Society, May 2014 by Dr Iain B Galbraith The title came from a poem by the 11th century musical theoretician, Guido d’Arrezzo, who foreshadowed by 8 centuries the pioneering work of the 19th century developers of tonic-solfa notation. In the address, the author charts his journey as a church… Read More
Address given to the Aberdeenshire Theological Club by Hugh Gilbert OSB, RC Bishop of Aberdeen, 20th January 2014 The feast is the earliest outside the Easter cycle, and predates the Nativitiy, prob originating in Egypt. It has come to have a heightened significance in the Roman Liturgy. The interpretations of the meaning of the Baptism… Read More
This is a description, by the Revd Scott Rennie of Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen, of an evening hosted by the Wild Goose Resource Group of the Iona Community in that church, which took this theme. The medium was song. It led, the next day, a Saturday, to a day of workshops on worship: on introducing… Read More
The Editor, the Revd James C Stewart, gives an account of the second half century of the Church Service Society’s 150 years, to be marked next year. It included the launch of the Society’s journal (still in print), a proposal that the Society be now wound up at the establishment of the Committee on Aids… Read More
The Editor celebrates the ministry of the Revd Edward M H Lewis and his generous benefaction to the Society.
The Revd Marion Dodd reviews A useable past? belief, worship and song in Reformation context ed. James C Stewart, published by the Church Service Society. This contained the three Chalmers Lectures of 2010, given by Prof Ian Hazlett, the Revd Dr Doug Gay, and the Revd Dr Douglas Galbraith.
The Revd Dr Henry Sefton reviews Race shall thy works praise unto race: the development of metrical psalmody in Scotland, Graham Deans (The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland).
Douglas Galbraith, Secretary to the Society, notes these recent publications: Celebrating Holy Communion (Saint Andrew Press) from a working party set up by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, edited by Peter Donald; Echoing the Word: the Bible in the Eucharist, Paula Gooder and Michael Perham (SPCK); The Serious Business of Worship: Essays… Read More
The Secretary apologises for confusing the Earls of Moray in the previous issue, reports on plans for the Sesquicentenary of the Society, gives an account of the Study Day which explored the context into which the Society was founded, pays tribute to Donald McIhagga, Alastair Heron, and Graeme Longmuir – members of the Society who… Read More
The Editor, the Revd James C Stewart, discusses the Church of Scotland’s recent search for a ‘worship development officer’.
