Here we carry an edited version of William Still's last sermon as the minister of Gilcomston South Church of Scotland. The reading was Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders from Acts 20.
Of the innumerable things I could say on reflection upon 52 years of life and work here, a certain structure needs to emerge: first to deal with practical things, then theological, and third, personal.
No greater transformation can be envisaged than that of this congregation from 1945 to 1997. And yet, there have been few categorical upheavals; just a sense of always being on the move, which has always stemmed from the initial stimulation of prayer, its first mover. The three stages I will refer to later are too profound to be characterised merely as congregational, fellowship, and family, but they cover the ground of the transition from the one sort of association to the other.
