World Health Day was the subject of Thought For The Day on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme this week. The Rev Diana Hall, Rector of St Anne’s in Dunbar, highlighted the date that is set aside to draw attention to what we need to do to keep the planet – and its people… Continue reading World Health Day marked by Rev Hall on BBC

The recent Primates’ Meeting in London saw the leaders of Anglican Churches around the world call for “an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.” The call was made by senior archbishops, bishops and moderators in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting. Among them was the Most Rev Mark… Continue reading Primus encouraged after Anglican leaders meeting

The Spring edition of the Provincial Youth Newsletter brings exciting news of this year’s Provincial Youth Week, which is now open for booking and will be held in person for the first time since the pandemic began. The Youth Week’s theme is ‘God’s Year: Out of the Ordinary’, and the headline article highlights what is… Continue reading Spring Provincial Youth Committee Newsletter highlights youth week preparation

April’s SEI Newsletter focuses on issues of equality, diversity and inclusion. Along with their sister Theological Education Institutions across the UK, SEI is being encouraged to examine where its practice might reveal injustice in relation to gender, disability, race and class, and to develop more inclusive pedagogies. This edition describes how such policies are being… Continue reading SEI Newsletter on equality, diversity and inclusion

The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church is this week attending the first in-person gathering of Anglican Primates since they met in Jordan in January 2020. The arrival of Covid a few weeks later put paid to any further in-person gatherings over the next two years, although online meetings were held in November 2020 and… Continue reading Primus at first gathering of Primates in two years

The Very Rev Dr Elizabeth Thomson, Rector & Provost of St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee, leads a Celebration of the Eucharist. You can download the order of service here: https://bit.ly/SECSundayLent4 The organist is Stuart Muir, Pastoral Musician at the Cathedral. You can join the service from 11am at: Facebook Youtube link available Sunday morning Subtitles are… Continue reading A Celebration of the Eucharist for Lent 4 (Mothering Sunday)

Ahead of the Government’s Spring Statement and energy security strategy, Scottish Episcopalians joined more than 500 UK church leaders in writing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling on them to tackle the climate emergency, address the cost of living crisis and stop all new fossil fuel developments, as the International Energy… Continue reading Scottish Episcopalians join call to tackle climate emergency

The Diocese of Edinburgh has sadly lost two members of its clergy in the past week, with the deaths of the Rev Canon Ruth Innes and the Rev Margaret Pedersen. The Rev Canon Ruth Innes Canon Ruth retired as Synod Clerk last September having served in the diocese for nearly 20 years. After her curacy… Continue reading May they rest in peace and rise in glory: the Rev Canon Ruth Innes and the Rev Margaret Pedersen

The Most Rev Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church joined leaders of the Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland in signing a statement calling for: “the Scottish and UK Governments to set aside political differences and come together in a spirit of pragmatism and compassion to seek effective solutions” to… Continue reading Primus joins Scottish Church leaders in call for action on the cost of living crisis

This summer, the Scottish Episcopal Church’s annual residential Youth Week returns to Glenalmond College in Perthshire (7-13 August 2022). It is a young-person-centred event packed with activities, discussion groups, leisure time, and worship. It aims to offer young people at high school space to be themselves, make friends, and explore faith. Disrupted the past two… Continue reading Provincial Youth Week 2022: ‘Out of the ordinary’