David William Lacy
DL (born 26 April 1952) is a minister of the
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland.
The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...
. He was the
Moderator of the General Assembly
The moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a Presbyterian or Reformed church. Kirk sessions and presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. The Oxford Dictionary states th ...
of the Church of Scotland in 2005-6.
Background and Career
Lacy was born in
Inverness
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on 26 April 1952, attended
Aberdeen Grammar School
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It is the oldest school in the city and one of the oldest grammar school ...
from 1963 to 1965 and completed his schooling at the
Glasgow High School.
Lacy was ordained in 1976 whilst serving as Probationer at St George's West Church in
Edinburgh
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. In 1977 he was inducted to
Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church, Glasgow
Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving part of the Knightswood area of Glasgow, Scotland.
History
The church was planned by the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Dumbarton in response to ...
, his first charge. In 1989 he moved to become
minister of Henderson Church,
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
. He is a former convener of the
Assembly Board of Practice and Procedure, was Business Convener from 2001 to 2004, and served on the new Council of Assembly. His formal title (following the end of his Moderatorial year) is the Very Reverend Dr David Lacy.
Other candidates
Lacy was one of five candidates considered by the Committee to Nominate the Moderator. The others were:
*James Gibson, Minister at
Bothwell
Bothwell is a conservation village in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, east-south-east of Glasgow city centre.
Description and history
An ancie ...
Parish Church and a Chaplain to the Queen
*Peter Neilson, Mission Developments Facilitator at the
Church of Scotland Offices in Edinburgh
*Loudon Blair, Minister at
Galston Parish Church, Ayrshire
*Erik Cramb, National Industrial Mission Organiser with the Church of Scotland
See also
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References
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
21st-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
People from Inverness
People educated at the High School of Glasgow
Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Deputy Lieutenants of Ayrshire and Arran
People educated at Aberdeen Grammar School