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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.

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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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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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Green Advent

12 December 202212 December 2022
Second year ordinand Helen Randall (Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney) is the SEI Student Chapter Eco Congregation Scotland rep. for 2022-23. Helen is actively involved, along with fellow Year Group…
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Copy-editor sought for SEI Journal

5 December 20221 December 2022
The Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal is seeking a new copy-editor, due to the retirement of its present copy-editor in December 2022, to begin work in Spring 2023. The Journal is…
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Advent Devotional with a difference

2 December 202230 November 2022
In October the Revd Liz Crumlish began serving as the IME2 Officer for the Scottish Episcopal Church, accompanying those in their first three years of public ministry on their journey…
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Staff in print

1 December 20221 December 2022
Hot on the heels of the Revd Dr Richard Tiplady’s Grove Book come other published offerings by SEI core staff. The Revd Dr Michael Hull, Director of Studies and Tutor…
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Donors in November

30 November 202230 November 2022
Once again the SEITraining Fund has benefitted from receiving deputising fees which would otherwise have been paid to the Revd Sally Gorton, Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. We thank Sally…
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Anniversary reflections

28 November 202225 November 2022
This Wednesday, Saint Andrew’s Day, marks the first anniversary of the signing of the Saint Andrew Declaration. It thus seems an appropriate time to reflect upon how SEI has committed…
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Greening The Church?

21 November 202217 November 2022
One outcome of SEI’s work on ‘Greening The Curriculum’ will be, we hope, that our students are helped to think about how they will be engaged in the ‘Greening of…
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Rest, refreshment and reflection

17 November 202217 November 2022
The core SEI staff – Linda Harrison, Michael Hull, Richard Tiplady and Anne Tomlinson – enjoyed an ‘Awayday’ earlier this week. Having said that, such a title might be challenged…
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The call of the hills

14 November 202214 November 2022
The Revd Canon Paul Watson offers this review of Richard Tiplady’s Denis Duncan Lecture. The delivery of Dr Tiplady’s lecture from the hillsides of the Lake District gave a sense…
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The book of the film

11 November 202230 November 2022
Last night’s superb Denis Duncan Lecture given by the Revd Dr Richard Tiplady may well have whetted your appetite to delve more deeply into the subject of mountain spirituality –…
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Art and Sacrament

8 November 20228 November 2022
You can tell much about a person from the way they conduct book signings. Some authors dash off an illegible signature and fail to interact with the person in front…
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‘Anglican’ Christianity: A four-part series in Advent 2022

4 November 202231 October 2022
SEI was encouraged by the feedback received following the Lay Learning discussion at General Synod 2022, and is using that data to help shape future programming. It continues to be…

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In February, two of the current cohort of students are taking up opportunities for cross-cultural engagement . . . read more here:sei.scot/news/bon-voyage/ ... See MoreSee Less

Bon voyage!

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Cross-cultural engagement is a vital aspect of formation for ministry, and SEI is always delighted when candidates are able to take up opportunities for such travel. In February, two of the current co...
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This series, presented by the Revd Dr Michael Hull, reads the Lord’s Prayer closely and deliberately to unpack the ways in which it glorifies God and petitions for humanity’s spiritual and physical needs . . . read more and book here:sei.scot/news/new-series-of-webinars-for-lent-2023/ ... See MoreSee Less

New series of webinars for Lent 2023

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The Lord’s Prayer, says the African theologian Tertullian (155–220), is the ‘epitome of the Gospel’. Pious Christians recite the Lord’s Prayer daily, if not thrice daily. It was given to us ...
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With the retirement of the current postholder in June, the Scottish Episcopal Church seeks to appoint a Principal to its Institute, responsible for training and formation for ministry . . . read more here:sei.scot/news/new-principal/ ... See MoreSee Less

New Principal

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The photograph above shows SEI students at their most recent Residential Weekend in Perth, just about to begin a class on ‘Mission and Evangelism’ with the Revd Dr Richard Tiplady, Director of Mix...
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