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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.

The Scottish Episcopal Institute welcomes you

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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Community Life

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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Scottish Theology and Scot-Land

3 November 20253 November 2025
Dr Dafydd Mills Daniel, Lecturer in Divinity, School of Divinity, St Andrews University, offered the Tenth Annual Scottish Episcopal Institute Lecture on Thursday 30 October under the title 'Scottish Theology…
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October 2025 Residential Weekend

29 October 202529 October 2025
This past weekend around the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity (24 to 26 October) saw the Scottish Episcopal Institute’s first residential weekend of the academic year 2025–26. The weekend took place…
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Serving People for Ministry

27 October 202527 October 2025
The Rev Canon Prof Michael Hull delivered the Principal’s Charge on Monday 1 September 2025 whilst the Initial Ministerial Education students in Phase 1 (IME1) were gathered for their Orientation Week.…
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SEI with Lay Readers in Edinburgh

7 October 20257 October 2025
Lay Readers from the Diocese of Edinburgh gathered at the Prestonfield Golf Club on Monday 6 October 2025 for a Day Conference, with presentations from the Rev Canon Prof Michael…
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SEI offerings for authorised ministers

6 October 20256 October 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute offers modules for Scottish Episcopal Lay Readers and Clergypersons to audit for free or to study for credit (at a minimal cost). All modules are delivered…
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Enza’s Deaconing

1 October 20251 October 2025
The Rev Enza Gibson was deaconed on Saturday 27 September 2025 by the Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin, in St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee, where the Provost, the…
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Ember Card 2025

26 September 202526 September 2025
Ember Days are a time in which we are asked to pray for those about to be ordained or licensed to authorised ministry in the Scottish Episcopal Church. The Ember Card…
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SEI seeks a new Chaplain

24 September 202524 September 2025
The Scottish Episcopal Institute is seeking a new Chaplain. The Chaplain provides spiritual, religious and pastoral support to students, staff and to all in the SEI community. Person: The Chaplain…
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Principal’s Charge 2025

15 September 202510 October 2025
The Rev Canon Prof Michael Hull delivered the Principal’s Charge on Monday 1 September 2025 at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth, whilst the Initial Ministerial Education students in Phase 1…
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Leadership training at SEI

5 September 20255 September 2025
The SEI community, now gathered at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth, from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th September, for its 2025 Orientation Week, is delighted to welcome the Rev Cletus…
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The Tenth Annual Scottish Episcopal Lecture – Thursday 30 October 2025 at 5pm via Zoom

4 September 20254 September 2025
Dr Dafydd Mills Daniel, Lecturer in Divinity, School of Divinity, St Andrew's University, will offer the Tenth Annual Scottish Episcopal Institute Lecture on Thursday 30 October at 5pm via Zoom,…
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Orientation Week 2025 Begins

4 September 20254 September 2025
The SEI community is now gathered at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth, from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th September for its 2025 Orientation Week. Orientation Week marks the start of…

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Upcoming events

Advent Series 2025
Rev Prof Swarup Bar will present a series of four talks in Advent 2025 on ‘19th–20th-Century Indian Christian Theologies’ on Mondays 1, 8, 15 and 22 December 2025 at 5pm.

1. Monday 1 December: Context for the development of Indian Christian theologies

2. Monday 8 December: Indian Renaissance and Christian theology

3. Monday 15 December: Interfaith dialogue

4. Monday 22 December: Indian traditional Christologies

Eleventh Annual SEI Lecture

The Eleventh Annual SEI Lecture will be offered by the Rev Dr Anna-Claar Thomasson-Rosingh, Director of Contextual Formation, on Thursday 29 October 2026, at 5pm, in Glasgow.

The ten previous SEI Lectures may be found here.

More detail of previous series of short course presentations can be found here.

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