Monthly Letter - November 2009
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The Rev Shaw J Paterson
Born and brought up in Lanarkshire, Shaw began training for the Ministry as a student within the Presbytery of Hamilton. On completion of his studies he was appointed as Assistant Minister at the Old Parish Church in Hamilton to undertake his Probationary Year. Thereafter, on the 29th of August 1991, he was Ordained and Inducted to the linked Charge of Strathaven Rankin and Chapelton.
In addition to parish duties, Shaw served as a Prison Chaplain at HMP Dungavel until its closure in the year 2000.
Serving on many of Hamilton Presbytery's Committees, he has been appointed as Ministry Convener on two separate occasions, with a three-year position as Vice-Convener of the general Assembly's Board of Ministry in between. In July 2003, the Presbytery appointed Shaw as Presbytery Clerk.
In terms of academic qualifications, Shaw's first degree (BSc with Honours) was awarded in 1987 and that was followed three years later by a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree - both by the University of Glasgow. In the autumn of 2001, he began studying Palliative Care on a part-time basis (again at the University of Glasgow) and three years later he was awarded an MSc (Med Sci) from the Faculty of Medicine - which had a major focus in neonatal palliative care.
