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Fact Sheet Contributors to Time for Reflection: Session 3 10 December 2014 Parliamentary Business: Historical Series The Scottish Parliament and Scottish Parliament I nfor mation C entre l ogo Scottish Parliament Fact sheet Contributors to Time for Reflection: Session 3 10 December 2014 Parliamentary Business: Historical Series This fact sheet provides a list of contributors to Time for Reflection in the Scottish Parliament during Session 3. It is arranged by date, with the most recent date and Official Report reference appearing first. It also includes the name and religious affiliation of the contributor, and additional information about the contributor. Time for Reflection is normally the first item of business at a meeting of the Parliament each week on Wednesday. A speaker addresses the meeting for up to 4 minutes. Invitations to address the Parliament at Time for Reflection are issued by the Presiding Officer on advice from the Parliamentary Bureau. The pattern of speakers reflects the balance of beliefs in Scotland (based on the Census). In general, nominations for contributors are proposed to the Presiding Officer by MSPs or by the religions or faiths directly. There have been occasions when individuals have written to the Presiding Officer with nominations for contributors. Contributors to Time for Reflection in Session 3 Date Contributor Religion/ Faith/ Comments Belief SP OR 22 Mar 2011 Rev Neil Gardner Church of Scotland Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh SP OR 16 Mar 2011 Rev Tom Nelson Church of Scotland Netherlee Parish Church, Glasgow SP OR 9 Mar 2011 Father Willy Slavin Roman Catholic St Peter’s and St Simon’s Parishes, Glasgow SP OR 2 Mar 2011 Pastor Duncan Christian Dunblane Christian Strathdee Jr Fellowship SP OR 23 Feb 2011 Mhairi Wallace Church of Scotland Kirkcudbright Parish Church SP OR 9 Feb 2011 Keith Patrick Cardinal Roman Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews O’Brien Church and Edinburgh SP OR 2 Feb 2011 Janet Fenton No Religion Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre SP OR 26 Jan 2011 Right Rev John Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Christie Assembly of the Church of Scotland SP OR 19 Jan 2011 Mimi Evans-Agnew No Religion Hyndland Secondary and James Clements School SP OR 12 Jan 2011, Larry Blance Buddhist Kagyu Samye Dzong col 31997 - 31999 SP OR 22 Dec 2010, Rev Ross Mitchell Church of Scotland Retired Church of col 31829-31831 Scotland Minister SP OR 15 Dec 2010, Canon Ian Paton Scottish Episcopal Old St Paul's Episcopal col 31531 - 31533 Church Church, Edinburgh SP OR 8 Dec 2010, Dr Alasdair Black Baptist Church Stirling Baptist Church col 31267 - 31269 SP OR 1 Dec 2010, Marion Chatterley Christian Spiritual and Pastoral col 31001 - 31003 Care Co-ordinator, Waverley Care SP OR 24 Nov 2010, Dr Maureen Sier Baha’i Faith Baha'i Council for col 30721 - 30723 Scotland SP OR 17 Nov 2010, Rev Monsignor Denis Roman Catholic St Mary's Rectory, col 30459 - 30460 E Carlin Church Greenock SP OR 10 Nov 2010, Rev Brian More Baptist Church Newton Mearns Baptist col 30139 - 30141 Church Reference: FS4-28 2 Date Contributor Religion/ Faith/ Comments Belief SP OR 3 Nov 2010, Rev Ian Benzie Church of Scotland St Andrew’s Church, col 29853 - 29855 Irvine SP OR 27 Oct 2010, Laura Hemmati No Religion Former member, Scottish col 29549 - 29551 Interfaith Youth Committee SP OR 6 Oct 2010, May Nicholson Christian Preshal Trust col 29247 - 29249 SP OR 29 Sep 2010, Father Colin Hughes Roman Catholic Holy Trinity and All Saints col 29007 - 29009 Church, Coatbridge SP OR 22 Sep 2010, Tina McGeever No Religion Public petitioner featured col 28745 - 28747 in the Parliament's travelling exhibition SP OR 15 Sep 2010, Rev Robert Allan Church of Scotland Falkirk Old and St col 28509 - 28511 Modan's Parish Church SP OR 8 Sep 2010, Lieutenant Colonel Christian Scottish secretary of the col 28241 - 28243 Alan J Burns Salvation Army SP OR 30 Jun 2010, Rev Dr Angus Kerr Church of Scotland Clerk of the Presbytery of col 27811 - 27813 Glasgow SP OR 23 Jun 2010, Frances Hume Christian Scottish Inter Faith col 27561 - 26563 Council SP OR 16 Jun 2010, Rev Douglas Presbyterian Maryburgh and Killearnan col 27307 - 27309 Mackeddie Free Church of Scotland SP OR 9 Jun 2010, Bob Holman Christian Family Action in col 27055 - 27057 Rogerfield and Easterhouse SP OR 2 Jun 2010, General Sir Richard Anglican Church Guest Speaker, National col 26801 - 26803 Dannatt Prayer Breakfast Scotland SP OR 26 May 2010, Rev James Whyte Church of Scotland Fairlie Parish Church, col 26539 - 26541 Ayrshire SP OR 19 May 2010, Pastor Ken Bleakley Baptist Church Larbert Baptist Church col 26303 - 26305 SP OR 12 May 2010, Rev Michael R Philip Church of Scotland Bainsford Parish Church, col 26037 - 26039 Falkirk SP OR 5 May 2010, Ani Rinchen Khandro Buddhist Edinburgh Tibetan col 25975 - 25977 Buddhist Meditation Centre for World Peace and Health Reference: FS4-28 3 Date Contributor Religion/ Faith/ Comments Belief SP OR 28 Apr 2010, Mrs Barbara Urquhart Church of Scotland Diaconate Council of the col 25725 -25727 DCS Church of Scotland and Scottish Churches Disability Agenda Group SP OR 21 Apr 2010, Father Chris Boles SJ Roman Catholic Lauriston Jesuit Centre, col 25473 - 25475 Edinburgh SP OR 14 Apr 2010, Rev Andrew Jolly Church of Scotland UK Oil and Gas col 25209 - 25211 Chaplaincy SP OR 24 Mar 2010, Rev Alan Gibson Church of Scotland The United Parish of col 24851 - 24853 Carstairs and Carstairs Junction SP OR 17 Mar 2010, Rabbi Shefa Gold Jewish Edinburgh International col 24609 - 24611 Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace SP OR 10 Mar 2010, Sister Isabel Smyth Roman Catholic Honorary Lecturer, Centre col 24371 - 24373 for Inter Faith Studies, Glasgow University and Secretary to the Catholic Bishops Committee for Inter Religious Dialogue SP OR 3 Mar 2010, Kamal Akil and Caley No Religion Middle East Youth col 24127 - 24129 Gallison Festival SP OR 24 Feb 2010, Rev Alex Noble Church of Scotland Saltcoats North Parish col 23887 - 23889 Church, Ayrshire SP OR 10 Feb 2010, David Duncan Muslim Community Scottish Inter Faith col 23633 - 23635 Council SP OR 3 Feb 2010, Rose Goodenough No Religion Scottish Inter Faith col 23361 - 23363 Council SP OR 27 Jan 2010, The Right Rev William Church of Scotland Moderator of the General col 23095 - 23097 Hewitt Assembly of the Church of Scotland SP OR 20 Jan 2010, The Right Rev David Christian Bishop of the Open col 22867 - 22869 Gillham Episcopal Church in Scotland SP OR 13 Jan 2010, Father Robert Hendrie Roman Catholic St Luke's Church, col 22639 - 22641 Banknock SP OR 6 Jan 2010, Rev Jim Cowan Church of Scotland Arthurlie Parish Church, col 22403 - 22405 Barrhead SP OR 16 Dec 2009, Rev Maureen Leitch Church of Scotland Bourock Parish Church, col 22183 - 22185 Barrhead Reference: FS4-28 4 Date Contributor Religion/ Faith/ Comments Belief SP OR 9 Dec 2009, Father John Campbell Roman Catholic Parish of Saint Paul the col 21955 - 21957 Apostle, Shettleston SP OR 2 Dec 2009, Rev John Forbes Church of Scotland Retired Minister, col 21713 - 21715 Banchory SP OR 25 Nov 2009, Rev Tom McWhirter Church of Scotland Old Luce and New Luce col 21467 - 21469 Parishes, Wigtownshire SP OR 18 Nov 2009, Rev Stephen Brown United Reformed Fraserburgh United col 21247 - 21249 Church Reformed Church SP OR 11 Nov 2009, Rev Air Vice-Marshall Church of Scotland Royal Air Force col 21033 - 21035 Peter W Mills SP OR 4 Nov 2009, Father Michael Hutson Roman Catholic St Andrews Church, col 20773 - 20775 Rothesay SP OR 28 Oct 2009, Father Paul Kelly Roman Catholic St Michael’s Roman col 20529 - 20531 Catholic Church, Linlithgow SP OR 7 Oct 2009, Rev Martin Thomson Church of Scotland Dalry Trinity Church, col 20293 -20295 Ayrshire SP OR 30 Sep 2009, Catherine Brown Christian Gatekeepers Global col 20069 - 20070 Ministries SP OR 16 Sep 2009, Father Jim McGarry Roman Catholic St Clare’s Church, col 19585 -19587 Easterhouse SP OR 9 Sep 2009, Elaine Duncan Christian Scottish Bible Society col 19347 -19349 SP OR 2 Sep 2009, Rev David Cameron Church of Scotland Queensferry Parish col 19017 -19019 Church, South Queensferry SP OR 24 Jun 2009, Rev Michael Lindvall Presbyterian Brick Presbyterian col 18665 -18667 Church, New York SP OR 17 Jun 2009, Amy Stirling and No Religion Selkirk High School col 1435 -18437 Samuel MacKay SP OR 10 Jun 2009, Right Reverend Brian Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh col 18145 -18147 Smith SP OR 03 Jun 2009, Venerable K Sri Buddhist Scotland's Buddhist col 18059 -18061 Rewatha Thero Vihara SP OR 27 May 2009, Andy Brookes Anglican Church National Prayer Breakfast col 17833 -17835 SP OR 20 May 2009, Rachel Connolly, Liam No Religion Hawick High School col 17573 -17575 Beattie SP OR 13 May 2009, The Very Rev Church of Scotland Minister of St Giles col 17331 -17333 Gilleasbuig Macmillan Cathedral, Edinburgh Reference: FS4-28 5 Date Contributor Religion/ Faith/ Comments Belief SP OR 06 May 2009, Haroon Ahmed Muslim Community Scottish Inter Faith col 17067 -17069 Council SP OR 29 April 2009, Father Eoin Patten Roman Catholic St Mirin’s Cathedral, col 16813 -16815 Paisley SP OR 22 Apr 2009, Rabbi Mendel Jacobs Jewish Newton Mearns, Glasgow col 16587 -16589 SP OR 01 Apr 2009, Rev Frank Campbell Church of Scotland Ale and Teviot United col 16349 -16351 Church, Roxburgh SP OR 25 Mar 2009, Rev Dr W Graham Church of Scotland Secretary to the Scottish col 16105 -16107 Monteith Churches’ Disability Agenda Group SP OR 18 Mar 2009, Professor Leonard Roman Catholic Global Dialogue Institute, col 15849 -15851 Swidler Temple University, Philadelphia SP OR 11 Mar 2009, Ibrahim Issa Other Religion Director of the Hope col 15601 -15603 Flowers School in Bethlehem SP OR 04 Mar 2009, The Right Hon the No Religion Presiding Officer of the col 15363 -15365 Lord Elis-Thomas National Assembly for Wales SP OR 25 Feb 2009, Father Noel Colford Roman Catholic Holy Cross, Brodick, Isle col 15119 -15121 of Arran SP OR 11 Feb 2009, Vinesh Hindu Scottish Interfaith Youth col 14883 -14885 Chandrasegaran Council, Sri Sathya Sai Service Organisation, Art of Living Foundation SP OR 04 Feb 2009, Professor John No Religion Director of the Centre for col 14641 -14643 Haldane Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St.
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