CONFERENCE OF EDINBURGH'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS

3rd Meeting of Edinburgh’s Religious Leaders and
Religious Community Representatives

Edinburgh City Chambers – Monday 27th November 2006 10.00am

Co-Chair Rev Prof Frank Whaling, Hon Pres, Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association
Co-Chair Rev Ewan Aitken, Leader, City of Edinburgh Council

1. Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien – Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
2. Rt Rev David Gemmell – St Marys RC Cathedral
3. Ann Mulligan – Church of Scotland, Edinburgh Presbytery Moderator
4. Rt. Rev. Andrew McLellan - Church of Scotland, Edinburgh Presbytery
5. Bishop Brian Smith – Bishop of Edinburgh, Scottish Episcopal Church
6. Rev. David Cooper - Superintendent, Edinburgh & Forth Methodist Circuit
7. Rev Donald Reid – Co-Convener of Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association
8. Rev Mitchell Bunting – United Reform Church - Edinburgh Churches Together
9. Rabbi David Rose – Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation
10. Rebekah Gronowski – Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community
11. Mike Perks – Society of Friends, Quakers
12. Mr Wege Singh – Edinburgh Sikh Gurudwara
13. Imam Sajjad – Edinburgh Central Mosque
14. Mr Naren Sood – Hindu Mandir
15. Dr Ruhy Parris – Edinburgh Bahai Centre
16. Kalyanavaca – Friends of the Western Buddhist Order and Co-Convener EIFA
17. Rawdon Goodier – Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (Soto Zen)
18. Suzanne Dance – Interbeing and Edinburgh Buddhist Groups Representative
19. Sr Louisa Gupta – Brahma Kumaris
20. Rev Michael Mehl - German Congregation


Apologies:
Margery McKay – Unitarians
Jody Higgs – Theravada Buddhists
Mohammed Aslam – Annandale Street Mosque
Sheik Mohammed Yassin – Edinburgh Central Mosque



Secretariat:
Victor Spence, General Secretary, Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association
Kate Atchley, Secretary Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association


Guest Observers:
Sir Tom Farmer – Catholic Lay Person
Alistair Dinnie, Policy Officer, Equalities, The City of Edinburgh Council