For the Feast of the Ascension, the Rt Rev Dr John Armes, Bishop of Edinburgh, celebrates the Eucharist from his home in Edinburgh. Bishop John will be joined virtually by the members of the Diocese of Edinburgh. The service will begin at 11am on Thursday May 21.  Links to the service will be available on… Continue reading Online Worship for Ascension Day

The Primus is encouraging everyone to join the College of Bishops in taking part in the ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ global prayer movement. The Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, has backed the Scottish Church Leaders Forum in calling all Christians to join the ecumenical season of prayer, which will run from… Continue reading Primus encourages support for Thy Kingdom Come

The message from the Scottish Government remains ‘stay at home’ and our church buildings remain closed to protect the vulnerable, but thinking is underway  to address how the Scottish Episcopal Church will respond to the eventual easing of restrictions on movement. The First Minister announced last week that lockdown measures to prevent the spread of… Continue reading Bishops plan for eventual easing of lockdown

For the sixth Sunday of Easter, the Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin, celebrates the Eucharist from his home in Dundee. Bishop Andrew will be joined virtually by the Very Rev Canon Fay Lamon, Dean of the Diocese of Brechin who will preach the sermon. The readings and intercessions come from different locations in… Continue reading Online Worship with Bishop Andrew Swift

A new provincial worship service will be launched this week, with the first Service of the Word broadcast going live on Thursday 14 May. The Rev Roxanne Campbell, Assistant Curate at St Ninian’s Church, Dundee, will lead a Service of the Word from her home in Dundee, joined by people from across the Province. “We… Continue reading New provincial broadcast launches on Thursday

The Scottish Episcopal Church joins again with other churches and many thousands of people in Scotland in a Call to Prayer at 7pm on Sunday [10 May], in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Thirteen Christian churches and organisations across the country will take part in the joint prayer to the Good Shepherd who watches over… Continue reading Joint Call To Prayer on Sunday at 7pm

Those churches wishing to include music, hymns or songs as part of their online worship should make themselves aware of copyright restrictions. Churches should not assume that easy public availability (e.g. online), or the existence or creation of a local recording of a piece of music, means that there is no copyright issue. It should… Continue reading Watch out for copyright issues