{"id":545,"date":"2015-10-11T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/?p=545"},"modified":"2015-10-11T14:18:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:18:40","slug":"kirkin-o-the-tartan-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/kirkin-o-the-tartan-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirkin&#8217; o&#8217; the Tartan &#8211; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kirkin-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kirkin-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kirkin 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kirkin-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kirkin-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kirkin-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.standrewssocietyalbany.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kirkin-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The annual Kirkin\u2019 o\u2019 the Tartan was held on September 13 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany. Guest Preacher was the Reverend J. Barrie Shepherd. Reverend Shepherd is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Yale Divinity School, Yale Graduate School and Hartford Theological Seminary.\u00a0 He was the Chaplain of the St. Andrew\u2019s Society of Philadelphia. He is the author of many wonderful books of holiday verse and prose.\u00a0 Clan banners were paraded in procession to the sound of pipes and drums.\u00a0 This was a wonderful event that included the Albany Pipe Band and our own Piper to the Society and Secretary Gordon Peters and our President, Patrick Foy, a member of the congregation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Kirkin\u2019 o\u2019 the Tartan was held on September 13 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany. Guest Preacher was the Reverend J. Barrie Shepherd. 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