News from The Scottish Episcopal Institute
Mixed Mode ordination training: Plans for the new Mixed Mode ordination
training programme are well underway. Since starting at SEI on 1 February,
our Director of Mixed Mode Training, the Revd Richard Tiplady, has been
working hard to define and develop the programme outline. We are now at
the stage of talking to ordination candidates who have expressed an interest
in the programme and to charges that have shown an interest in being a
student placement from September 2018.
The Director of Mixed Mode Training, Richard Tiplady, fourth from right,
with members of the SEC Mission Board. Richard is working with the
Board to develop ways of training and CMD to support pioneer ministry
and Fresh Expressions of church, and to convene a working group of the
Diocesan Mission Enablers to work together on common issues.
Richard writes: ‘The rationale for the programme is based on an ongoing
and iterative process of learning and formation, aiming for closer integration
between what the student learns while on placement, in the classroom, and
through private study. The primary learning context for these students is
their placement, where they will serve for 3 days each week for the duration
of their training (with some short placements elsewhere as required). Having
a Mixed Mode student is not a small undertaking – it will take a lot of
attention and energy from the incumbent and congregation. But the rewards
could be immense. The charge will receive an enthusiastic and called
individual who is being trained for ordination and who will very quickly be
able to make a significant contribution to the life and mission of the church.
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