Annual May Macleod Lecture:
Each year, the Board of Education holds a public lecture in the memory of May Macleod, a lay woman dedicated to the sharing of faith and love in order to present the many ministries in which people of God serve, particularly the ministries of “the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the humble, the peacemakers”.
The primary aim of this lecture is to present issues of concern to the church and its members in a form that is accessible for ordinary people and that will encourage and support their ministry within the body of Christ including the wider community.
May Macleod
“May Macleod represented within herself the traditions of Scottish Presbyterianism in which she was nutured from childhood, leading her to set high standards, in particular, in the proclamation of the Word of God, the pastoral role of the minister, and the office of Eldership. She was well acquainted also with the administration of the mission of the Church beyond the parish, and her expectations were associated not only with dedication but also with efficiency in management. In making her judgments known to those called this to minister in holy things she “spoke the truth in love” while striving herself to be true to those ideals.
May Macleod (2.3.1913 to 24.10.1984) was the wife of the Revd Malcolm Macleod, a former Moderator of the N.S.W. Synod of the Uniting Church, who served both the Presbyterian Church of Australia, and the Uniting Church in Australia, in N.S.W. in varied areas of significant influence and responsibility. In all his ministries within and without the parish she was ardently supportive of him.”
(R.A. Macarthur)
2011 Lecture - Monday 18 July - Rev Peter Privett: Supporting Children's Spirituality
Peter trained as a teacher in the halcyon days of the late 1960's working in schools in Birmingham and the 'Black Country' where creativity and child centered education ruled the day.
Peter was ordained in 1978 as an Anglican priest,working in parishes in Birmingham, and then as a Diocesan Education Adviser in Hereford.
Now living in Rugby Peter works as a freelance Godly Play Trainer and writer, as well as being an Associate Minister in the Rugby Team ministry.
The latest book is co edited with Anne Richards, and explores some key theological themes from a child's view (Anne Richards and Peter Privett editors. Through The Eyes of a Child: CHP Press) Peter also enjoys to work on community art projects as a textile artist, especially enthusing those who have little or no experience. What time is left is spent lost in gardening, my wife often wondering why it takes so long to sort out a compost heap!
2010 Lecture - Tuesday 18 May - Dr Holly Schut
Previous May Macleod lectures
2007-2009 Lectures are recorded on DVD and are available for loan.
Ciaron O'Reilly (2009) - Faith and resistance in a time of never-ending war
Ciaron O’Reilly, Irish Australian peace activist and a member of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement (www.catholicworker.org). He is the author of Remembering Forgetting - A Journey of Nonviolent Resistance to the War on East Timor (Otford Press, Australia, 2001) and is working with the Dublin catholic worker community. He was arrested for non-violently disarming a US Navy Warplane on February 3rd, 2003 at ’civilian’ Shannon Airport in Clare County, Ireland. On February 3rd, Ciaron and four other activists known as the "PitStop Ploughshares" broke into a hangar at the airport, and damaged the US Navy war plane that was on its way to Iraq. Following their arrests the five peace activists spent over a month on remand at Limerick Prison before being released on bail. They went to trial in March 2005 on two counts of Criminal Damage €100 and $U.S. 2.5 million. Their case for the Plowshares action collapsed for the second time after two weeks in October 2005. All acquitted on all charges in their second re-trial in July 2006.
DVD now available.
Dr Val Webb (2008) - Naming God
Rev Stephanie Dowrick (2007) - Who owns you God? Questions about faith explored for a Christian perspective
Transcripts or notes from previous lectures are also available.
Dr Alan Rice (2006) - 140 years in retrospect: an update on special religious education
Dr Robert Fitzgerald (2005) - Who's killing Micah and his message?
Dr Deidre Palmer (2004) - Whose values? What values?
Rev Dr Andrew Dutney (2003) - Praying for Peace
Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue (2002) - My Father's House
Rev Tim Costello (2001) - Love and justice
Sir Ronald Wilson (2000) - The Healing of a Nation
Dr Colin Gibson (1999) - Laughter in the Presence of God?
Ms Francis Brienen (1998) - Mission in Bold Humility - sharing in God's Mission today
Rev Dr Lois Wilson (1997) - Remembered Visions
Rt Rev Richard Randerson (1996) - Will Human Community Service Economic
Rev Dr Denham Grierson (1995) - A New Path to the Waterfall
Rev Dr David Greenhaw (1994) - Disappointment and Hope at the Edge of the Promised Land
Rev Cynthia Winton- Henry with Phil Porter (1993) - Christ’s Body; our Body: The Art and Danger of Being Incarnate
Dr Ian Gilman (1992) - East from the Jordan – Christians in Asia before Vasco da Gama
Ms Shelia Rudofsky (1991) - Challenging Times
Rev Professor John Macintyre (1990) - The Shape of the Ministry
Dr Robert Banks (1989) - Bringing Theology Down to Earth
Ms Janet Wood (1988) - A Platypus Pentecost: Unity and Diversity in the Australian Churches
Professor James Torrence (1987) - The Ministry of Reconciliation, Sectaranism and Civil Religion
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