It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Revd Elizabeth Crumlish has been appointed as the IME2 Officer for the Scottish Episcopal Church, IME2 being the name now being given to years 4-6 of Initial Ministerial Education. This new job was advertised in June and interviews took place in early July.
The one-day-a-week post was created in order to ensure parity of educational experience across the Province using the SEC’s formation outcomes as standard evaluative criteria, the post-holder’s task being to develop and oversee the delivery of a provincial curriculum for those in their first three years of public ministry.
Liz, who serves as a self-supporting priest in St Oswald’s Maybole (Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway), brings to the task huge experience in offering pastoral supervision for clergy and health care staff, in offering continuing professional development for ministers across several denominations, and in mentoring.
She has supervised ordinands at various stages of ministry in the Church of Scotland and Methodist Church, drawing up learning agreements, submitting evidence-based reports and creating spaces conducive to learning through the use of reflective practice. She is adept at the delivery of online courses, and in creating collegial communities via this medium.
Liz has an infectious vision for the value of this phase of ministerial formation and training, and is keen to communicate this vision across the Church. On hearing of her appointment she said: ‘I am really pleased to have the opportunity to develop this role in the Province. Good practice, instigated early in ministry, is invaluable for sustaining ministry in later stages as is developing a sense of collegiality in which we support one another as we live out incarnational ministry in all our different contexts. I look forward to exploring that with all those involved in the process.’
Bishop Anne, Convenor of the Institute Council and chair of the interview panel, said: ‘I am delighted that Revd Liz Crumlish will serve the Scottish Episcopal Church in this post. She brings with her a wealth of experience in ministerial development that she will be able to draw on as she assists those making the transition from lay to ordained ministry. We will be blessed by her creativity and practices so deeply rooted in prayer and reflection.’
(Photograph courtesy of the Revd Liz Crumlish)
