THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND - Key Persons

Alison Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrator for the Support Team
Alison Stewart is the Senior Administrator for the Support team. She is the first point of contact if you're not sure who to talk to about receiving support, or if you have questions about any of the support services mentioned on the Ascend website. This includes Retreat Grants, Pastoral Supervision, Pulpit Supply, Ministers Illness and …

Ally Mooney

Ally is our Support Officer. Trained as a counsellor, Ally has worked with children and adults in a variety of settings since graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a Masters in Interpersonal Dialogue. Before joining the Church of Scotland, Ally was the HR Coordinator for L'Arche Edinburgh, a community-based organisation supporting adults with intellectual …

Ashley Johnston

Ashley Johnston is our Training Officer, working with ministry candidates for FTWS, Deacons, OLMs and Readers in Training. Ashley is passionate about supporting and guiding those on their training journeys, from offering advice for choosing academic courses, supporting the placement process to being involved in conferences and gatherings and meeting with individuals throughout their training. …

Calum Macleod

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer

Cameron Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications Officer

Clare Milrine

Clare Milrine is our Project Officer. Clare is Ascend's efficiency expert and believes her slightly unhealthy obsession with spreadsheets is what makes her a good fit for this role.

Corrie Douglas-Young

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer

Dave Kendall

Dr Alasdair J. Macleod

Job Titles:
  • Acting Secretary to the Theological Forum

Dr Hazel Hastie

Helen Silvis

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

IME Candidates

Job Titles:
  • Elder

Jane Bristow

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer

Kay Cathcart

Job Titles:
  • People and Training Manager for Faith Nurture
Kay is the People and Training Manager for Faith Nurture, bringing strategic oversight to all education and learning programmes within the church. Kay is passionate about equipping people for the reality of mission, discipleship and ministry on the ground.

Lezley Stewart

Lezley is the Ministries Support Manager for Faith Action, with oversight of the central Support services available to those serving in ministry. She cares about ministry and those who minister.

Lindsay O'Riordan

Lindsay is the Ascend Senior Administrator in the Training Team. Her focus is looking after the resources for Ministers, including; Study Leave, Post Graduate Fund, Alexander J MacLeod Gaelic Fund, First Five Years CMD, The ASCEND Website and monthly E-News.

Mary Macleod

Mr Donald E Macrae

Mr W Stewart Shaw

Mrs Cath Chambers

Mrs Christine Murray

Job Titles:
  • Clerk

Mrs Susan Pym

Rev Aaron Stevens

Rev Alan Kimmitt

Rev Alan Reid

Job Titles:
  • Vice Convener of Legal Questions Committee

Rev Alistair Cumming

Rev Alistair Drummond

Rev Alistair Shaw

Rev Bryan Kerr

Rev David Carruthers

Rev David Malcolm

Rev Derek G Lawson

Rev Donald McCorkindale

Rev Dougie Wolf

Rev Elspeth McKay

Rev Fraser Penny

Rev H Taylor Brown

Job Titles:
  • Depute Clerk

Rev Heather Stewart

Rev Hilary McDougall

Job Titles:
  • Vice Convener

Rev Hugh Conkey

Rev Ian M MacDonald

Rev Ian McCree

Rev James A I MacEwan

Rev John Ferguson

Rev John Macpherson

Rev Julie Rennick

Rev Mary Ellen Thomson

Rev Michael Mair

Job Titles:
  • Convener

Rev Norman Smith

Rev Robert Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Convener

Rev Sheila Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Vice Convener

Rev Stewart Goudie

Rev Trevor G Hunt

Rev. Ian W. Alexander

Job Titles:
  • Interim Head of Faith Impact

Ruth MacLeod - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Communications