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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.

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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SEI Staff Training Residential

5 February 20255 February 2025

The Scottish Episcopal Institute’s teaching-staff training residential was held at the Conforti Centre, Coatbridge, Monday 3 through Tuesday 4 February 2025. This annual event allows SEI’s tutors the opportunity to…

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Congregation at Durham University

3 February 20253 February 2025

'Congregation' is the term used by Durham University for graduation and the conferral of degrees and awards. At Durham's Epiphany term Congregation, on Thursday 9 January 2025, three SEI students…

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Miriam’s Sisters, Deborah’s Daughters – a short course in Lent 2025 from the SEI

29 January 202529 January 2025

The latest in the series of online short courses provided by the Scottish Episcopal Institute will take place throughout Lent, exploring a fresh approach to church leadership in the current…

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Royal Martyr Commemoration 2025

29 January 202529 January 2025

The Rev Canon Prof Michael Hull (second from left), SEI’s Principal, was the preacher at the 2025 Commemoration of the Martyrdom of King Charles I, the Royal Martyr, at St…

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Lay Readership at SEI

21 January 202521 January 2025

The weekend around the Second Sunday after Epiphany (17 to 19 January) saw the Scottish Episcopal Institute’s third residential weekend of the academic year 2024–25. The weekend took place at…

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Miriam’s Sisters, Deborah’s Daughters:

7 January 20258 January 2025

When women lead the way by Liz Crumlish Miriam's Sisters, Deborah's Daughters explores a fresh approach to leading the church through its current times of change. Most books on church…

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Join our team: Administrator Vacancy

17 December 202417 December 2024

The Scottish Episcopal Institute seeks to appoint a highly organised, self-motivated and efficient administrator with excellent communication, interpersonal and IT skills. The role includes a range of responsibilities to support…

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December Residential Weekend

11 December 202411 December 2024

The weekend around the Second Sunday of Advent (6 to 8 December) saw the Scottish Episcopal Institute’s second residential weekend of the academic year 2025–26. The weekend took place at…

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Assisted Suicide

4 December 20244 December 2024

The Scottish Episcopal Institute elicited the perspectives of four Scottish Episcopalians on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in November 2024. Each of the ‘Piskies’ addressed the question, ‘Is…

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Bridge Builders with IME2

2 December 20242 December 2024

Newly ordained and licensed lay readers in Initial Ministerial Education, Phase 2, shared a day-long workshop with Bridge Builders on ‘Handling Conflict Constructively: An Introduction to Conflict and Peace-making’, organised…

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SEI Journal Autumn 2024 published

22 November 202422 November 2024

The SEI Journal - Vol 8.2 Autumn 2024 - has been published on the SEI Journals page of the website here. The Editor writes: “In this short autumn issue of…

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Piskie Podcasts

19 November 202419 November 2024

Today SEI launches ‘Piskie Podcasts’: a series of podcasts offering reflection on theology, ministry and mission in twenty-first century Scotland. ‘Piskie’ is a jocular reduced form of ‘Episcopalian’ in Scots,…

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