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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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Seedcorn Grant awarded!

8 June 202230 June 2022
SEI was thrilled to learn this week that it has been awarded a Common Awards Seedcorn Grant to run a year-long research project entitled ‘Greening the curriculum; steps towards formational…
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New post: Initial Ministerial Education 4-6 Officer

6 June 20227 June 2022
Interested in helping to shape the formation of those in the second phase of Initial Ministerial Education? Under this new one-day-a week post, the successful applicant will develop and oversee…
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CEA-SEI – Our common concern for creation

2 June 202230 June 2022
On Saturday 28 May, SEI students took part in a two-hour webinar on the environment with their fellow students from Centro de Estudos Anglicanos (CEA), Porto Alegre, Brazil. This was…
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Final SEI Newsletter as we have known it

1 June 20221 June 2022
This edition focuses upon ‘endings and new beginnings’. May 6-8 saw the final Residential Weekend of the year. Saturday lunchtime’s worship took the form of a Mountain Pilgrimage up Kinnoull…
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Green shoots of growth in latest SEI Newsletter

7 March 20221 June 2022
The SEI Newsletter has a definite ‘green’ flavour this month. Students from all parts of the Province describe the ‘creation care’ projects with which they are involved, while staff outline…
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SEI Newsletter: ‘Turning negatives into positives’

2 February 20221 June 2022
The next edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute newsletter has just been published, and its opening theme is ‘turning negatives into positives’. The Newsletter opens with a celebration of the…
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January 2022 edition of SEI Newsletter is out now

5 January 20221 June 2022
The value of gathering is the theme of the latest edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Newsletter, following the success of the residential weekend held last month (pictured above). Although…
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Winter edition of Journal leads on Lucy Menzies

22 December 20211 June 2022
The Winter 2021 edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal has just been published, and it is in three parts. First, Ann Loades CBE has curated several stimulating articles lending insight…
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December edition of SEI Newsletter gives thanks

2 December 20211 June 2022
The December edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Newsletter is now available. In another bumper edition, thanks is given throughout to all those who have supported the SEI in various…
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SEI lifelong learning series over Advent: ‘Reading the Bible like an Episcopalian’

9 November 20218 April 2024
Reading the Bible like an Episcopalian is a series of four talks in the Season of Advent to reflect upon ways in which Episcopalians understand Holy Scripture. Because we Episcopalians,…
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COP26: Students to hold day of prayer and fasting

28 October 20211 June 2022
SEI students have designated Monday 1 November as a day of prayer and fasting, focusing their attention on COP26 and the well-being of God’s creation. From 6am till 9pm ordinands…
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Ember Card encourages prayers at Michaelmas

23 September 20211 June 2022
It is Scottish Episcopal Institute custom, in common with most other Theological Education Institutes, to circulate Ember Cards at this time of the year, writes Canon Anne Tomlinson, Principal, Scottish…

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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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