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Forming people for ministry

The Scottish Episcopal Institute forms those preparing for a variety of authorised ministries in the Scottish Episcopal Church, lay and ordained, shaping vibrant missional ministers for today’s world.

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The Scottish Episcopal Institute supports ordinands, students for lay ministries, and those engaged in deepening their Christian faith in our churches. It does this through programmes of formation and learning that aim to encourage baptised people to respond to the call of God in their lives. No two students are…Continue reading “The Scottish Episcopal Institute welcomes you”

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The SEI offers a number of resources for students and the wider Scottish Episcopal Church. Publications The Scottish Episcopal Institute…

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SEI is a school for ministry, not a divinity school (though students are taught by excellent academic specialists in every…

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The Scottish Episcopal Institute trains candidates for ordained ministry as priests (incumbent and assistant), vocational deacons and Lay Readers. SEI…

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Bon voyage!

1 February 20231 February 2023
Cross-cultural engagement is a vital aspect of formation for ministry, and SEI is always delighted when candidates are able to take up opportunities for such travel. In February, two of…
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Donors in December-January

30 January 202330 January 2023
Sales of second-hand theological books have garnered a great deal of money for SEI’s Brazil Fund in the past two months. The Fund supports the work of our sisters and…
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New series of webinars for Lent 2023

27 January 202327 January 2023
The Lord’s Prayer, says the African theologian Tertullian (155–220), is the ‘epitome of the Gospel’. Pious Christians recite the Lord’s Prayer daily, if not thrice daily. It was given to…
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New Principal

26 January 202326 January 2023
The photograph above shows SEI students at their most recent Residential Weekend in Perth, just about to begin a class on ‘Mission and Evangelism’ with the Revd Dr Richard Tiplady,…
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New opportunity

23 January 202323 January 2023
Ever wanted to take a sabbatical or go on study leave? Now is your chance! The Bursary is awarded annually in memory of the Rt Revd Alastair Haggart, shown above…
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New preaching module

19 January 202319 January 2023
Preaching forms a vital part of the formation of all candidates at SEI. Opportunities for practising homiletical skills occur on placement and at Residential Weekends; here you see third year…
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New term

9 January 20239 January 2023
The spring term begins with a Residential Weekend, 13-15 January. Held as ever in the tranquil environs of St Mary’s Monastery Kinnoull (above), the teaching programme sees the continuation of…
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New member of Institute Council

4 January 20234 January 2023
At its next meeting in January ’23, the Institute Council, SEI’s governing body, will welcome URC minister the Revd Susan Henderson into its midst. Or rather ‘welcome back’, for Susan…
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SEI Journal Winter 2022 is published

21 December 202221 December 2022
The SEI Journal – Vol 6.4 Winter 2022 – has been published on the SEI Journals page of the website here. The Editor writes: Whilst this number has the Bible…
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‘These mountains are what my Beloved is to me’

21 December 202221 December 2022
The Revd Dr Richard Tiplady’s recently published Grove Book is well travelled, having been up to the summit of Gulvain (Gaor Bheinn) near Kinlocheil recently. But this is not the…
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Dreaming of a sabbatical?

19 December 202222 January 2023
In case you missed it on the first time of advertising, we draw your attention to the fact that applications are invited by the Alastair Haggart Bursary Fund Committee for…
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‘And a highway will be there’

16 December 202216 December 2022
Anam Cara, the Small Group responsible for worship at our recent Residential at St Mary’s Kinnoull, led the SEI community gently along the Advent pathway last weekend, weaving silence, song,…

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