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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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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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Study

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

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To the Journey

14 August 202314 August 2023

As the SEI community begins to prepare for its Orientation Week (Monday 28 August to Sunday 3 September), Tosh Lynch, a first-year ordinand from the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway…

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Board of Examiners 2023

7 August 202316 August 2023

SEI’s Board of Examiners met on Tuesday 1 August 2023 via Zoom to consider the progression of its students and to make recommendations for awards to the Durham University (Overarching)…

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Prayer Tent at the Tall Ship Races

31 July 202316 August 2023

During The Tall Ship Races organised by Sail Training International, Wednesday 26 through Saturday 29 July at Lerwick, third-year ordinand Helen Randall, participated in a line-up of offerings from the…

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Tearfund’s Young Theologians

24 July 202316 August 2023

Third-year ordinand Laura Symon, from the Diocese of Moray, Ross & Caithness writes: ‘On Monday 3 July, I had the absolute joy of attending the first online gathering of Tearfund’s…

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Seeing God in a Peat Fire

17 July 202316 August 2023

Camayo Hyde, a second-year candidate for Lay Readership, enjoyed a holiday with her family on the Isle of Lewis from Saturday 1 July through Saturday 8 July. Cam writes: This…

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Bishop’s House, Iona

10 July 202316 August 2023

Recently, Ross Stirling-Young, a second-year, mixed-mode ordinand, returned from a retreat on the Isle of Iona. Ross spent four days (Tuesday 20 June through Friday 23 June) at Bishop’s House…

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Address on St John the Baptist’s proclamation of the truth

4 July 202316 August 2023

On Friday 23 June, the Vigil of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, the Revd Dr Michael Hull offered an address during Evensong at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, St…

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Donors in June

29 June 202329 June 2023

At the close of this academic year SEI thanks most warmly all those who have donated to the SEI Training Fund so generously over the past twelve months: to those…

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Our common Diaconal calling

26 June 202326 June 2023

‘Look up at the snake on the staff, not at the ones crawling round your feet’. Words spoken by the Rt Revd Sally Foster-Fulton (above) to the assembled company of…

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Chat and Pat

19 June 202319 June 2023

Common Awards staff work tirelessly to resource the thinking and practice of staff and students in the partnership through regular webinars and conferences; and along with other TEIs, SEI thanks…

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Ambassadors, baton carriers and light bearers.

12 June 202312 June 2023

Two members of the core SEI staff brought General Synod members up to speed on some recent developments in the Institute’s life during last Friday’s afternoon’s Institute Council session. Both…

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Another Valedictory!

5 June 20235 June 2023

It was a delight to attend The Scottish College’s (Congregational and United Reformed) Valedictory Service 2023 at Knightswood Congregational Church, Glasgow on Friday 2 June. At this service four URC…

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