Our Minister
Rev Alan Gibbon M.Th., M.Sc.
Alan was born in 1967 and raised in Dundee, the youngest of four to Jim and Muriel Gibbon. After attending school at Gillburn Primary and Kirkton High, Alan worked in industry and financial services before returning to full- time education in 1996, with a view to going into the ministry within the congregational tradition. Alan graduated from St. Andrews with a Master of Theology degree in 2000.
Alan’s involvement with the church goes back to joining the 26th Boys Brigade at Gilfillan Church when he was 8 years old. He was part of the 26th company for over 20 years and remains connected to members of the company to this day.
Alan joined Gilfillan Church as a teenager and was involved with the church until joining Broughty Ferry Congregational Church in his early thirties. During his training for the ministry Alan regularly took services in Broughty Ferry and Tillicoultry under his friend and mentor David Taylor.
In the year 2000 Alan accepted the call to Perth Congregational Church. Ordination took place on the 11th of August 2000, with the ‘preaching in’ by the Rev. Alistair Keddie. He subsequently served Knightswood Congregational Church from 2002 until 2011. Additionally, he acted as Area Secretary for the Congregational Federation in Scotland from 2004 to 2008.
In 2011 Alan had a change of direction, moving to Healthcare Chaplaincy, firstly with Rachel House and then NHS Tayside, where since 2019 he has been Head of Spiritual Care. Whilst with the NHS, Alan graduated from Glasgow University with a Master of Science degree in 2018.
During his time in chaplaincy Alan lectured at Glasgow University and currently holds an honorary teaching position at the University of Dundee.
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