The Hilliker Preaching Lectureship (of Chalmers United Church, Kingston, Ontario.)

The Hilliker Preaching Lectureship

This Lectureship was established by the Chalmers congregation to honour the engaging preaching ministry of the Rev. Dr. C. Wayne Hilliker. His tenure as Minister at Chalmers United Church began in 1983 and continued until his retirement in 2005 when he was named Minister Emeritus. When Queen’s University awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree in 2006, the citation read in part:

“Wayne Hilliker’s ministry has been unfaltering…particularly in lifting up the significance of preaching and by keeping matters of theology, faith, and life in the public eye. His voice became one of the most clear and most provocative in Canada’s liberal Christian community.”

In keeping with this preaching tradition, the Lectureship strives to obtain annually for the Chalmers congregation and the larger Church community, a widely respected guest preacher/speaker who demonstrates a similar openness to changing perspectives in theological and biblical studies.

Upcoming Speakers/Preachers:

2008 - Barbara Brown Taylor

Sat. Nov. 1st to Sun. Nov. 2nd, 2008
Saturday address and Sunday sermon

Barbara Brown Taylor

2007 - Christine Smith and Malcolm Sinclair

Mon. Oct. 15th to Wed. Oct. 17th, 2007
Lectureship will be sponsoring the Workshops at this Conference

Queen's Theological College Annual Conference

Previous Lecturers:

2006 – Thomas G. Long