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 while I saved to go to university. In 1984 I enrolled in the Faculty of Divinity at Edinburgh Uni. After loving every second there, and taking time out to study at Tubingen Uni. 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 congregation. During that time I was encouraged through leading a number of services broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 2, 3, 4.
For over twenty years I played rugby, and since giving up this game I have enjoyed the occasional football kick around with other dads. I am a passionate fan of Heart of Midlothian. I also love classical music, Bruce Springsteen, hill walking, eating out, reading, history, cinema, life in general and being a husband and dad in particular.
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.
As a minister I value interacting with all sorts of people of all ages. My passion is for preaching and the conduct of worship whether less structured or more liturgical.
Rev Catherine Knott - Brief Biography
My first impressions of the world occurred in Charlotte, NC at the end of the disco era. Appropriately I started out at the Presbyterian Hospital there, and have been proud to claim the Reformed Tradition ever since.
My mom and dad were active in the local Presbyterian congregation of Myers Park Presbyterian Church, deciding that they had a superior organist to the Methodist church next door. Some may argue it was their desire for perfection, others say it was predestination!
I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2002 with a BA in Arts, and enjoyed a breadth of subjects- West African dance to the fine poetry of Bobby Burns! While a student, I served two area churches as a youth director. Throughout college I continued serving on mission trips with my home church, and took my first trips both to Scotland and Malawi. Following my graduation, I enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary to receive a Masters of Divinity, which was granted in 2005. While in seminary I served a small congregation in New York City as an intern, and spent a summer as a student chaplain with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. I met my husband, Jason, in seminary, and we married before my graduation. Jason began doctoral work in the Chicago, IL area, so while posted there I served as a Pastor in Residence at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, and have spent the last few years as an interim associate pastor in a small town just west of Chicago.
I love poetry, reading, writing, hiking, dancing, and singing and yes, even John Calvin. I am a huge fan of Jane Austen and Flannery O'Connor, and also love the fantasy stories of George MacDonald.
I am very excited to be here in beautiful Oban, and am delighted to see mountains again after living in the prairie! As a minister I am very fond of using creativity and imagination in order to create worship experiences that embody what Christ has commissioned us to do in the world.
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