‘Living Stones, Living Hope’, follows the theme of the Lambeth Conference its key scripture passages. The study booklet can be downloaded as a PDF using the link below or printed copies can be ordered from USPG. More information, including videos for groups to use with the Course, available at www.uspg.org.uk/lent.
Congratulations to St Luke, Glenrothes for becoming regional winner for Scotland – earning £1,500 to support their work in the community. The award recognised work to provide computers and tablets to children for online learning during lockdown last year.
St Luke’s now joins four other churches in the UK final, hoping to win £6,000. You can support St Luke’s by going to the Good News website and clicking ‘show your support’, at www.ecclesiastical.com/church/competition/winners/scotland/
Ordination – Sunday 2nd October 2022, 3pm at the Cathedral
We currently have three ordinands from this Diocese in training for ordained ministry: Rachael Wright (Highland Perthshire), Ross Stirling-Young (Central Fife), and Stuart Thomson (Glenalmond).
Rachael will serve as curate at St Mary, Dunblane, and is due to be Ordained to the Diaconate on Sunday 2nd October, 2022, at 3.00pm in the Cathedral. All clergy and lay readers are invited to robe, and all members of the Diocese are welcome to attend. Please pray for Rachael as she prepares.
And many congratulations to Ross for being selected to attend the Ordinands’ Course at St George’s College, Jerusalem, in July, the first SEI ordinand to be chosen for this course
The RSCM truly is the heart and home of church music, providing support, resources, and guidance for congregations of any denomination.
Over recent months the RSCM has gone through a period of change in terms of the structure and operation of its voluntary areas, as well as launching a new education plan designed to support and nurture congregations, choirs, clergy, and organists/directors of music more effectively. The RSCM believes in the need to support, nurture and train all those who are involved in the world of church music.
Effective music in worship, performed to a high standard, does not simply happen spontaneously: it requires effort and input. The RSCM is uniquely placed to guide and to provide the education required to meet these standards. We work with every age and stage, from children to experienced clergy and music leaders. We celebrate and uphold the traditions of choral and organ music, but we also engage with and support music of all styles and in all settings, from cathedrals to small parish churches.
The Scotland Area Team consists of volunteers, led by Matthew Beetschen (Master of the Music at Dunfermline Abbey) and includes a provincial representative from the SEC (The Revd Christoph Wutscher, Rector of Holy Trinity Stirling in the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane). An ambitious programme of activity is planned for this year which will see the team bring the RSCM’s mission across Scotland. Please visit https://www.rscm.org.uk/areas/scotland-area-team/ for more details and to subscribe to our local newsletter.
The new RSCM Education Plan is an exciting programme developed by the RSCM which outlines their vision for the future and how they can support you specifically in your work (which includes helpful opportunities for further ministerial development). The RSCM is a Christian charity founded in 1927 on a bedrock of education who believes in the need to support, nurture and train all those who are involved in the world of church music. The RSCM is uniquely placed to guide and to provide the education required to meet these standards.
For more information about the work of the RSCM please contact the RSCM’s Scottish Regional Manager, Ian Munro, at imunro@rscm.com or on 07821 125548 or the SEC Provincial Representative Christoph Wutscher on rector@holytrinitystirling.org. They would be delighted to have a chat.
Hot off the presses! Our Doors Open Days 2021 report has just been released!Doors Open Days 2021 was another groundbreaking year – the first ever hybrid festival was delivered! Back in September, venues and volunteers across Scotland worked tirelessly to put on both in-person and online events, welcoming visitors through physical and virtual doors. |
A reminder from the provincial Buildings Committee that, as notified in April last year, as from February 2022 the Scottish Government is introducing new regulations covering smoke and heat alarms in domestic buildings, including rectories.
To summarise there should be:
All alarms should be ceiling mounted and interlinked, that means when one alarm is activated all alarms will sound.
Where there is a carbon-fuelled appliance (such as boilers, fires (including open fires) and heaters) or a flue, a carbon monoxide detector is also required which does not need to be linked to the fire alarms.
Further details can be found at https://www.gov.scot/publications/fire-and-smoke-alarms-in-scottish-homes/
Battery operated systems can be purchased for around £250. Mains systems will need to be installed by a qualified electrician.
Failure to install the system may invalidate building insurance.
Kind regards
Donald Walker
Director of Communications
Scottish Episcopal Church
07736 042 850
For various reasons some of you may not be able to attend worship in person on 26th December. However you can still join the Provincial online worship. Our own Bishop, Bishop Ian Paton, leads a Celebration of the Eucharist on Sunday 26th December.
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