Ministers
Dugald Cameron - Brief Biography
I arrived upon planet earth in October 1961. Since then I have grown a bit, and experienced a few things! (I am of a continuous line of Dugald Camerons stretching back to 1786, and perhaps to before Culloden)
Glasgow is my home town. I grew up in and around Scotstoun attending the local primary and secondary. On leaving school, and after going on to Clydebank Tech College, I joined Scottish Power as a junior accountancy trainee. I stuck with this for four years whilst gaining life experience and money in preparation for university. In 1984 I enrolled in the Faculty of Divinity at Edinburgh Uni. After loving every second there, and studying at Tubingen University, Germany, and at United Theological College, Bangalore, India, I graduated in 1988 with Divinity Honours and then with a Diploma in Ministry in 1989. South Leith, Edinburgh was where I served as a Probationer Minister, before becoming an Associate Minister in Inverurie in the rural North East. In 1992 I was inducted to my first sole charge at St. Martin’s Edinburgh; a housing scheme – full of brilliant folk. Whilst there, I gained a Masters in Theology.
For almost nine years I served as minister in St. John’s-Renfield situated in the West End of Glasgow. It was a privilege to preach in a wonderful sanctuary and to minister to a stimulating, busy and large congregation. Whilst in this charge we church/manse swapped for a summer with a family from Windsor, Vermont. I also found time to take study leave in Geneva, Switzerland, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
For over twenty years I played rugby, and since giving up this game I have enjoyed five-a-side football and pretending I take the field for Heart of Midlothian or Scotland. I also love Sibelius, Schubert, J S Bach, Gaelic traditional song, bagpipes and fiddle. A day on the hills walking with our kelpie collie or cycling around Oban or Lismore is perfect. Eating out and a good pint or dram; reading Scandinavian crime fiction, or European history are magic too! I am totally enthused in learning Gaelic having attended Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Skye and now weekly classes in Oban. Best of all is being a husband and a dad. Sin agad e
Since August 2007 I have been ministering in Kilmore and Oban. This is an exciting and demanding charge. There is much work to be done as a congregation as we work out what it means to be church in the 21st century. It is good to be in a ministerial partnership with an Associate, complementing each other’s strengths and talents. Since coming to Oban I have been encouraged in continuing to lead services broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland, having already done so for BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. (A recent Sunday morning BBC Radio Four live broadcast came from Corran Esplanade Church)
As a minister I value interacting with all sorts of people of all ages. My passions are for preaching which engages both heart and brain along with the family worship whether less structured or more liturgical. Faith to me is a way which enriches people spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and ethically across gender, sexuality, race and nationality.
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