The Church of Scotland’s National Youth Assembly (NYA) has appointed Tamsin Dingwall as its Moderator and Seonaid Knox as Clerk for 2018.
Tamsin, 25, is from Aberfoyle, near Stirling, where she works in her family post office and is a volunteer youth worker both at her own church, Aberfoyle Parish Church, and a neighbouring church. She is also a member of the local high school’s chaplaincy team.
She said: “I am so honoured and still slightly shocked that I have been chosen to be the Moderator of the National Youth Assembly this year. This will be only my second year at NYA and I am overjoyed that I will have the privilege of leading the discussions on end of life issues, ecumenism and social media. These are such topical issues and I feel some of the discussions may be rather difficult and emotional; I can’t wait to see what people have to say regarding these topics. This is such a big honour and I truly hope that I can continue to take full advantage of all the amazing opportunities that the National Youth Assembly has given me. I would like to help other young people new to faith and NYA see what amazing things they can achieve with such an amazingly supportive Church.”