Christine at the Diocesan Office has kept us up to date with recommended
books to read, Diocesan meetings including the Synod which will be held in
The Howard Centre, Kilmarnock on Saturday 23 February 2019.
The Dean, the Diocesan Treasurer and Surveyor on behalf of the Property
Committee and the Rev Dr Scott Robertson have all contacted the Vestry to
offer their guidance and support during this vacancy period.
Vestry meetings are arranged for the first Sunday of the month after the
service.
Date Of Next Meeting 03 February 2019 .
Morag McHaffie
Secretary
News from the SEI
Book Grant: we are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a
substantial book grant by the Rebecca Hussey Book Charity which ‘provides
religious books to institutions in the United Kingdom’, especially those that
have little or no existing funding for a library. SEI applied for the money to
enable us to populate with books one of the new courses we have initiated
this academic year, ‘Developing Ministry and Mission in Context’. This
module is a general introduction to some questions about ministry and
mission in contemporary Western society, identifying key social and cultural
trends and considering their implications for theology, mission and ministry.
‘Extra’ placement opportunities: SEI seeks to enable students to
experience as many ‘extra’ placement opportunities
as possible throughout their years of formation, in
addition to the standard annual parish attachment.
This year one student will shadow Canadian deacons
for six weeks in the summer, while the three New
College students will travel to Wittenberg and
Prague. Third year ordinand Harriet Oxley (second
right) recently spent time with the Revd Canon Dr
Sarah Hills and the Community of the Cross of Nails,
Coventry Cathedral, learning about reconciliation ministry. The Newsletter
will in future endeavour to report on these varied experiences.
The current issue and back numbers of the SEI Newsletter can be
found at https://www.scotland.anglican.org/who-we-are/vocation-and-
ministry/sei/sei-newsletter/
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