User:Arossmorrison/Rosemary Frew
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Rosemary Frew is a minister of the Church of Scotland, who is nominated to serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2025-2026.
Since March 2017, she has served as the Minister for the parish of Bowden and Melrose in the Scottish Borders.[1] She was ordained in the Church of Scotland in May 1988, originally serving Largo and Newburn with Largo: St David's. After 17 years in Largo, she served in Abbotshall Parish Church in Kirkcaldy.
Within the denomination, she has also served in other roles, notably Presbytery Clerk of the former Kirkcaldy Presbytery. In 2019, Rosie became convener of the Ministries Council then the first convener of the Faith Nurture Forum.[2]
On 19 December 2022, she conducted the funeral of Doddie Weir in Melrose Parish Church.[3]
Personal Life
[edit]She was raised in Clarkston, in East Renfrewshire, before moving to Linlithgow when she was 14. She was raised within the Church of Scotland, being part of Giffnock South Church, and then St Michael’s Church in Linlithgow where she later became a Sunday School teacher and a member of the Youth Fellowship.
She is married to Dave, and has two grown-up children.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meet Our Minister". Bowden and Melrose Parish Church. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Scotland, The Church of (2024-10-31). "Rev Rosemary Frew is Moderator Designate for 2025-26". The Church of Scotland. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ "RECAP: Memorial service for rugby legend Doddie Weir held in Borders". Border Telegraph. 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2024-10-31.