Ministers
The Reverend David J. Thom, called from the Church of Scotland, began his ministry at Knox Church on August 7, 2011. Reverend Thom has a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of Aberdeen and postgraduate diplomas in both Ministry and Pastoral Studies with Applied Theology. He is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, reaching the rank of Major, and was commissioned as a Reserve Forces Chaplain, working with both Cumbria Army Cadet Force and with 105th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers). In 2008, David was awarded the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria’s Certificate of Merit for work with Cumbria’s youth. Since its beginnings, Knox has had an impressive list of ministers:
- Thomas Wardrope, 1845 - 1869, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1891.
- William MacLaren, 1870 - 1873 left to be Professor and Principal (1905 - 1909 of Knox College. Moderator Presbyterian Church in Canada 1884,
- Francis W. Farries, 1875 - 1893.
- James Ballantyne, 1894 - 1896, left to become a Professor at Knox College, Moderator Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1920,
- David M. Ramsay 1897 - 1913.
- Robert B. Whyte 1916 - 1923.
- E. Lloyd Morrow 1923 - 1926 left to become a Professor at Knox College
- Robert Johnston 1927 - 1947, Moderator Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1932 while minister of Knox Church.
- Colin Miller 1948 - 1955.
- H. Douglas Stewart, 1956 - 1972, left to become minister at St. Andrew's Church (Toronto).
- Malcolm McCuaig 1972 - 1985,
- Donald F. Collier 1986 - 1992,
- Stephen A. Hayes 1993 - 2004, called to minister at St. Andrew's Church (Quebec City)
- Douglas Kendall 2005 - 2009, called to minister at St. Andrew’s Church (Stittsville)
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Knox Presbyterian church, 120 Lisgar St., Ottawa, ON
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Knox Presbyterian church, 120 Lisgar St., Ottawa, ON
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Famous quotes containing the word ministers:
“This was the Eastham famous of late years for its camp- meetings, held in a grove near by, to which thousands flock from all parts of the Bay. We conjectured that the reason for the perhaps unusual, if not unhealthful development of the religious sentiment here, was the fact that a large portion of the population are women whose husbands and sons are either abroad on the sea, or else drowned, and there is nobody but they and the ministers left behind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“... the black girls didn’t get these pills because their black ministers were up on the pulpit saying that birth control pills were black genocide. What I’m saying is that black men have exploited black women.... They didn’t want them to have any choice about their reproductive health. And if you can’t control your reproduction, you can’t control your life.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)
“One of the ministers of Truro, when I asked what the fishermen did in the winter, answered that they did nothing but go a- visiting, sit about, and tell stories, though they worked hard in summer. Yet it is not a long vacation they get. I am sorry that I have not been there in winter to hear their yarns.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)