The Church of Scotland's first female minister to be elected as Moderator to the General Assembly has preached on the importance of unity in her first sermon at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh on Sunday.
The Rt Rev Sheilagh Kesting, 53, took up the post of Moderator at the opening of the General Assembly on Saturday, becoming the second woman to hold the honorary role after Church elder Dr Alison Elliot who was appointed three years.
Rev Kesting, from Stornoway on the isle of Lewis, succeeds the Rev Alan McDonald who was also at the General Assembly where they formally exchanged greetings and positions.
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