The SRTP 40th Anniversary

This was a fringe event at the General Assembly. The Society, Religion and Technology Project, of the Church of Scotland reached 40 years of operation. Since its start, this office has sought to reach an intersection between science, religion and society. Its work has been visionary in presenting an ethical approach with which to tackle difficult issues such as GM crops, in-vitro- fertilization, end of life issues and now, synthetic biology. Christians need informed and spiritually based information on these controversial subjects in order to live and make decisions within our technology rich times.

.A large audience was treated to an address by Dr. Murdo Macdonald, the Policy Officer of the project. They also heard Dr. Sinclair Scott, speak of his experience in serving in one of the groups of the project. Participants had the opportunity of picking up documentation on the history of the project and a booklet on the development of the project, written by Dr. John Francis. The 40th Anniversary cake was truly memorable. Happy Birthday

Stevenson's Prize

Rev. Ian Galloway Convener of the Church and Society Council made the presentation of the Stevenson’s Prize in religious observance to one primary school and a secondary school. The prize is in honour of John Stevenson and is awarded every year to one primary school, one secondary school and one special needs school. The prize consists of £500 per school and the children that were involved in the religious observance winning projects will have a say in the way the monies will be used within their schools. The children, teachers and parents of Dunbar Grammar School, and Baljaffray Primary School received a warm round of applause by everyone in the General Assembly. Well done!