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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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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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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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Donors in May

30 May 202330 May 2023
Warm thanks this month are extended to the congregations of St Adrian, Gullane and St Baldred, North Berwick (Diocese of Edinburgh) for the generous donation to SEI’s Training Fund following…
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Fiduciary care, fellowship and fire-raising!

29 May 202329 May 2023
The Revd Dr Lesley Penny, Curate at St Cuthbert’s Colinton (Diocese of Edinburgh), reflects upon the recent Curates’ Residential Weekend at the Conforti Institute, Coatbridge, organised by the Provincial IME2…
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Creativity, innovation, and the role of the Deacon

22 May 202322 May 2023
In the revised text for the Ordination of Deacons currently under discussion in the SEC, the Bishop’s Charge reads thus: In the name of the Church, deacons are sent to…
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A truly celebratory weekend!

15 May 202315 May 2023
The final Residential Weekend of the 2022-23 academic year was full of moments of celebration as, in time-honoured ways, the continuing student and staff community bade farewell to the Leavers…
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Vocations Sunday round-up

11 May 202311 May 2023
Every year on Vocations Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, SEI ordinands and candidates for Lay Readership offer to go and preach across the Province. This year 11 of them…
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Master of Arts in Worship and Liturgical Studies at the Scottish Episcopal Institute

8 May 20238 May 2023
The Scottish Episcopal Institute (SEI) is offering an exciting new MA in Worship and Liturgical Studies from September 2023! It is aimed at those engaged in pastoral ministry who wish…
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2023 Bursary winner announced!

1 May 202330 April 2023
The winner of the 2023 Alastair Haggart Bursary is the Very Revd Sarah Murray, Provost of Inverness Cathedral, Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. The Bursary Committee unanimously selected Sarah’s…
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Donors in April

28 April 202328 April 2023
Warm thanks this month are extended to the congregation of Christ Church Morningside (Diocese of Edinburgh) for its generous donation to SEI’s Training Fund following the institution of the new…

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Upcoming events

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.

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