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’

Following the affirmation by the General Synod in 2020 that the Scottish Episcopal Church should commit to working towards Net Zero carbon emissions by 2030, the Provincial Environment Group (PEG) is pleased to announce the publication of a suite of tools to help congregations work towards this goal. Taking the 10 points of guidance produced… Continue reading Towards Net Zero 2030: Toolkit, Checklist and Energy Footprint Analyser published

The Rt Rev Dr Keith Riglin, Bishop of Argyll & The Isles, leads a Celebration of the Eucharist from St John’s Cathedral, Oban. Download the order of service here: https://bit.ly/SECSundayLent2 Bishop Keith is joined by the Very Rev Margi Campbell, Provost & Dean; the Rev Beki Cansdale, curate at the Cathedral; and the Rev Ian… Continue reading A Celebration of the Eucharist for Lent 2

The Rev Bonnie Evans-Hills has been honoured in the 2022 Lambeth Awards for her long-standing dedication to building interfaith relationships. The Rector of St Margaret of Scotland in Leven, Fife, is one of 37 recipients from across four continents. The awards, announced on Tuesday by the Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, are given… Continue reading Rev Bonnie Evans-Hills receives Lambeth Award

Following a special meeting of the UK Parliament where President Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, addressed the House of Commons, the Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church commented: “I, like all of us have been watching the coverage of the invasion of Ukraine. Today… Continue reading Primus calls for swifter action to help Ukraine refugees reach UK

The SEI Newsletter has a definite ‘green’ flavour this month. Students from all airts of the Province describe the ‘creation care’ projects with which they are involved, while staff outline other creative ways in which environmental issues are being seeded through the curriculum. There is news, too, of further new growth: of the first SEI… Continue reading Green shoots of growth in latest SEI Newsletter