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2007 Kirkin' o' the Tartans in Montreat & its history     In Montreat, the annual Kirkin o' the Tartans involves about a 100 tartan banners and clan representatives.  Each year, the MSS invites a distinguished minister to deliver the sermon at this worship, which attracts more than 1,000 people.     The Montreat Scottish Society Pipes & Drums band provides music both in a Pipin' on the Green (10:15 a.m.) and during the worship service (11 a.m.).    The Rev. Jim Simpson will be the guest 2007 Kirkin' preacher. He is a native of Scotland and Senior Pastor of Northminster Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Roswell, GA.     The 2006 Kirkin' o' the Tartan (click for photo album) was held on May 28, 2006, at Anderson Auditorium, Montreat, NC.

Guest Ministers at the Montreat Scottish Society Kirkin o' the Tartans

2007  The Rev. Jim Simpson, senior pastor, Northminster Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA 2006  The Rev. Samuel Moffett, professor emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ 2005   The Rev. James Wood, Wears Valley Ranch, Seviersville, TN 2004   The Rev. Dr. Albert G. "Pete" Peery, Jr.,  First Presbyterian Church, Asheville, NC 2003   The Rev. Dr. Richard T. Harbison, pastor emeritus, First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA 2002   The Rev. Dr. Sydney E. Batts, First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC 2001   The Rev. Dr. Daniel W. Massie, First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC 2000   The Rev. Dr. Theodore J. Wardlaw, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA 1999   The Rev. Robert F. Vagt, president, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 1998   The Rev. Dr. John W. Lancaster, pastor emeritus, First Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX 1997   The Rev. Dr. William S. Dunifon, president, Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, NC 1996   The Rev. Dr. J. Randolph Taylor, retired, Black Mountain, NC 1995   The Rev. Dr. John S. McCall, Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, Black Mountain, NC 1994   The Rev. Dr. W. Kirk Allen, retired, Black Mountain, NC 1993   The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham, Montreat, NC 1992   The Rev. Dr. John H. Galbreath, retired, Black Mountain, NC 1991   The Rev. John Knox Abernethy, retired, Montreat, NC 1990   The Rev. Dr. William A. Watson, Clover Presbyterian Church, Clover, SC 1989   The Rev. Richard R. Gammon, retired, Greenville, NC 1988   The Rev. Dr. John W. Kuykendall, president, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 1987   The Rev. Dr. H. William Peterson, executive director, MRA, Montreat, NC 1986   The Rev. Dr. John D. MacLeod, Jr., Synod executive, Synod of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC 1985   The Rev. Dr. John W. Craven, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Asheville, NC 1984   The Rev. William J. G. McDonald, Mayfield Church, Edinburgh, Scotland 1983   The Rev. Dr. Jerrold L. Brooks, executive director, Historical Foundation, Montreat, NC 1982   The Rev. Dr. Alf G. Taylor, chaplain, MSS, Greenville, SC