Sports Chaplaincy Scotland

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2024 Highlands & Islands Conference

Great to see chaplains from various sports across the highlands & islands gather in Elgin today to share experiences of serving our communities.

Thanks to Oasis Church for hosting us and to the chaplains who spoke.

Check out this news article from BBC Sport including a number of our Chaplains!

Wing and a prayer: The chaplains supporting sports stars A growing number of chaplains are helping our sportsman and women on and off the field of play.

We're delighted to announce our first ever Chaplain in the Lewis and Harris football league. Murdo Campbell (middle) was appointed as Chaplain to Westside FC in Barvas, welcome to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Murdo!

New Chaplain at Skye Camanachd Juniors! Please welcome George Dock to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, George was recently appointed to Skye Camanachd Juniors, joining female Chaplain Rebecca Langlands (pictured) at the club! We also give our thanks to Rebecca for helping George get started at the club. All of our blessings to your time at the club, George.

New Chaplain at Montrose Women! Please welcome Femi Labeodan to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Femi is the first ever Chaplain at Montrose Women! The players have already taken well to Femi referring to her as 'Gran'. All of our blessings to your time at Montrose Women, Gran Femi.

New Chaplain at Stirling University Women! Please welcome Jan Cross to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Jan was recently appointed to Stirling Uni Women as their new team Chaplain. We also give our thanks to Sarah Christie for all her work in the role previously. All of our blessings to your time at Stirling, Jan.

New Chaplain at Girvan FC! Please welcome Adam Oellerman to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Adam is the first ever Chaplain at Girvan! All of our blessings to your time at Girvan, Adam.

Everyone associated with Sports Chaplaincy Scotland is sad to hear of the passing of Rev Stuart MacQuarrie, who was chaplain at Rangers FC and Glasgow Warriors for many years.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

New Chaplain at Kilsyth Athletic! Please welcome Gary Gibson (centre) to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Gary is the first ever Chaplain at Kilsyth Athletic! This means we have a Chaplain at both Kilsyth WoSFL clubs. All of our blessings to your time at Kilsyth Athletic, Gary.

New Chaplain at Partick Thistle Women! Please welcome Lorne Millar to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Lorne was recently appointed to Partick Thistle Women as their new team Chaplain. We also give our thanks to Olanike Olatoke for all her work in the role previously. All of our blessings to your time at the Jags, Lorne.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A fantastic day as chaplains from all over Scotland, representing various clubs and sports, joined together for our first National Conference!

Thank you to all our chaplains for the amazing work they do, pastorally supporting thousands of people across the community of sport.

New Chaplain at Bank O' Dee! Please welcome Charles Igbelokotor to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Charles was recently appoint to Banks O' Dee FC as their new club Chaplain. We also give our thanks to Ricky Bain for all his work in the role previously. All of our blessings to your time at Banks O' Dee, Charles.

New Chaplain at Montrose FC! Please welcome Ciaran Kelleher to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Ciaran was recently appointed to Montrose FC as their new club Chaplain and is pictured here with the players and coaching staff. We also give our thanks to Ian Gray for all his work in the role previously. All of our blessings to your time at Montrose, Ciaran.

New Chaplain at Aberdeen Women! Please welcome Jess Mustoe to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Jess was recently appointed to Aberdeen Women as their new team Chaplain. All of our blessings to your time at Aberdeen, Jess.

New Chaplain at Falkirk Women! Please welcome Marianne Cunningham Miller to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Marianne was recently appointed to Falkirk Women as their new team Chaplain. All of our blessings to your time at Falkirk, Marianne.

New Chaplain at Cumnock Juniors! Please welcome David Smith to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, David is the first ever Chaplain at the club and is son of our Ayr Utd Chaplain Jim! A local lad to the club, he is pictured here with Jamie Campbell the club secretary. All of our blessings to your time at Cumnock, David.

New Chaplain at Shotts Bon Accord! Please welcome Philip Geary to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Philip is the first ever Chaplain at the club and is pictured with Willie and Jamie from the Committee. All of our blessings to your time at Shotts, Philip.

New Chaplain at Bonnyton Thistle! Please welcome Stuart McKelvie to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Stuart is pictured here with club chairman Ian Higgins. All of our blessings to your time at Bonnyton, Stuart.

New Chaplain at Arbroath FC! Please welcome Paul Gibson to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Paul was recently appointed as the new club Chaplain to Arbroath FC in the Championship. All of our blessings to your time at Arbroath, Paul.

New Chaplain at Maybole FC! Please welcome Bill Ferguson to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team, Bill was previously chaplain at Wick Academy FC before relocating to Maybole. All of our blessings to your time at Maybole, Bill.

New chaplain at Glasgow Mid Argyll Shinty Club! Donald Macleod has been appointed as the first ever Sports Chaplaincy Scotland appointment at the club. All of our blessings to your time at the club, Donald.

New chaplain at Cumbernauld Colts! Please welcome Ryan Gorman as the new chaplain at Cumbernauld Colts, he replaces Stuart Coleman as he takes on his new role of Assistant National Director for Sports Chaplaincy Scotland.

New Chaplain at Glasgow Women FC! Please welcome Elyse McKinnon as our new chaplain at Glasgow Women FC, we also give thanks for all the work of outgoing chaplain Kirsty Earley.

First ever chaplain at Troon FC! Please welcome Brian Gooding as our first ever chaplain at Troon FC in the West of Scotland Premier. All of our blessings to your time at Troon, Brain.

First ever chaplain at Gartcairn Women! Please welcome Janice Archer as our first ever chaplain at Gartcarin Women FC in SWPL2, Janice was previously with Clyde Women FC before they ceased and joins Marc Pawson who is the chaplain of the mens team at Gartcairn.

New Chaplain at Kelty Hearts FC! Please welcome David Morland as our new chaplain at Kelty Hearts FC, we also give thanks for all the work of outgoing chaplain Ross Cormack.

Please welcome Iain Cuthbertson to the Sports Chaplaincy Scotland team. Iain is our new chaplain in place at Scone Thistle FC, we also give thanks to Gordy Mackay who is the outgoing chaplain there.

Please welcome Adrian Devlin as the new chaplain at Edinburgh City FC! We also give thanks for the work of outgoing chaplain Kiki Macrae. All of our blessings to your time at the City, Adrian.

Please welcome Kirstie Nagel McEwan as the new Chaplain at Rangers Women FC. Kirsty joins a number of worshippers from Home Church, Kirkintilloch, in making the step into sports chaplaincy. We also give thanks to the outgoing chaplain, Melissa Dickinson for her time and service at the club.

New Sports Chaplaincy Scotland Ambassador
All of us in Sports Chaplaincy Scotland were deeply saddened at the passing away of our Patron, Craig Brown. Craig fulfilled this role for 10 years and was always so willing to support us in whatever way he could. To honour Craig’s memory we have decided to retire the title “Patron” and instead, we are delighted to announce the appointment of our first ever Sports Chaplaincy Scotland Ambassador – Ray Montgomerie, who is also the Club Ambassador at Kilmarnock FC.
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