The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Sunday 15 November, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles. Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and are… Continue reading Joint Call to Prayer: Good and Faithful Service

The Rt Rev Ian Paton, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane leads a Celebration of the Eucharist and an Act of Remembrance from St Margaret’s, Leven. You can download the order of service here: http://bit.ly/SECRemembrance To incorporate a 2 minute silence at 11am this service will begin at 10.55am.  It can be joined from:… Continue reading Remembrance Day Service from St Margaret’s, Leven

The Scottish Episcopal Church and 13 other denominations join together in prayer at 7pm on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those joining together in prayer, which appears in English and Gaelic below, will also light candles. Churches Together In England continue to pray each Sunday at 7pm and… Continue reading Joint Call to Prayer: Looking back, and forward

The Rev Anthony Matchwick, Deacon at St John’s Forres leads a short service of Evening Prayer. You can download the order of service here: http://bit.ly/EP5Nov The service can be joined from 6.30pm at: In addition to the online resources, there is a telephone service to allow those who do not have internet access to listen to the service… Continue reading Evening Prayer from St John’s, Forres

The Scottish Episcopal Church has again made representation to politicians over the Internal Market Bill, following last month’s  joint letter from Bishop Mark Strange and his fellow Anglican Primates in the UK and Ireland which warned the government at Westminster that the Bill would create “a disastrous precedent”. This time, the Rt Rev John Armes,… Continue reading Scottish church leaders warn UK Government of risks over Internal Market Bill

The Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church has reissued guidance for Phase 3 of the Scottish Government’s route map, in the light of the Government’s Strategic Framework announced in October and its subsequent allocation of local authority areas to the appropriate levels of the new Framework. The updated guidance is available here. Over the… Continue reading Revised Phase 3 guidance issued by Advisory Group

In her regular column in the Press & Journal newspaper, published last week, Bishop Anne Dyer considered remembrance at a time when we cannot gather together in memory of those we have lost, with our familiar rituals disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. “[We] will need to do things differently,” writes Bishop Anne. “From our homes,… Continue reading Finding ways to remember in this time of disruption

The Most Revd Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church and Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, joined with the Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Most Reverend Leo Cushley, Archbishop and Metropolitan of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Roman Catholic Church, to mark All… Continue reading Ecumenical service to mark All Saints’ Day

For the Feast of All Saints (1 November), the Primus, the Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness, leads a Celebration of the Eucharist from St Andrew’s, Fortrose in the Diocese of Moray, Ross & Caithness. You can download the liturgy here: http://bit.ly/AllSaintsSEC The service can be accessed at 11am from: Facebook… Continue reading A Celebration of the Eucharist for All Saints’ Day

The October edition of Inspires Online is now available, rounding up news and stories from across the Scottish Episcopal Church. The edition features the remarkable work of Mustard Seed in Edinburgh during the pandemic, when the Rev Rich Cornfield and his team supported those in need with a huge expansion of their existing ‘Soul Food’… Continue reading New edition of Inspires Online available