Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers

The Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers is responsible for nominating Select Preachers for University Sermons in each Michaelmas Term.

The Committee also nominates the preachers of the Court Sermon, the Sermon on the Sin of Pride, the Macbride Sermon, the Sermon on the Grace of Humility, and the Ramsden Sermon.

 

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Membership as at MT 2025 will be as follows

  Name Office or Appointing Body Until
[1] The Very Revd Professor Sarah Foot FRHistS FSA, Dean of Christ Church A person appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be chair of the committee MT 2028
[2]

The Junior Proctor (Dr Grant Tapsell, LMH)

 One of the Proctors or the Assessor, as may be agreed between them ex officio
 [3] Professor Carol Harrison, Christ Church A Professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religion, elected by the professors in that faculty MT 2027
 [4] Professor Mark Harris, Harris Manchester As above MT 2028
 [5] The Revd Dr Elizabeth Macfarlane, St John's A member of Congregation, elected by Congregation MT 2028
 [6]

The Revd Dr Andrew Bowyer, Magdalen

 As above MT 2028
 [7] The Revd Canon Dr William Lamb The Vicar of St Mary's Church ex officio

Co-opted (the Committee may co-opt up to three additional members, who may be internal or external, who shall hold office for one year and shall be re-eligible)
[8]         Professor Anthony Reddie. Regent's Park                                                                                                     MT 2026
[9]         The Revd Canon Justin White, Merton                      MT 2026
Secretary: Planning and Council Secretariat (Aristea Gkontra)

The Committee usually meets once per academic year in Michaelmas term.

Date Time  
31 October 2024 10.30  

 

Michaelmas Term 2025:

•    Thursday 9 October at 8.00am. Holy Communion (Latin). At St Mary's. The Revd Dr Jane Baun, College Chaplain and Welfare Officer, Wadham
•    Tuesday 14 October at 6.00pm. Court Sermon, at the Cathedral. Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Fellow in Law and Founder's Chaplain, Magdalen
•    Sunday 19 October at 10.30am. University Sermon. At St Mary’s. The Revd Dr Harriet Harris, University Chaplain and Head of the Chaplaincy Service, University of Edinburgh
•    Sunday 2 November at 6.00pm. Ramsden Sermon. At Trinity. Dr Renie Chow Choy, Public Historian, Westminster Abbey, and Associate Lecturer in Church History, Westcott House, Cambridge
•    Sunday 16 November at 10.30am  University Sermon. At St Mary's. Professor Peter McCullough. Sohmer Fellow in English Renaissance Literature, Lincoln College 
•    Sunday 23 November at 5.45pm. University Sermon on the Sin of Pride. At University College. Dame Helen Ghosh,Master of Balliol
•    Sunday 30 November at 9.35am. University Sermon (Advent Sunday). At the Cathedral. the Right Reverend Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester
 

Regulations

For the regulations of the Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers please click here:

Regulations

Contact us

Aristea Gkontra

Senior Administrative Officer(Governance)

Planning and Council Secretariat

aristea.gkontra@admin.ox.ac.uk 

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