The Scottish Episcopal Church has made use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), the Church Times has discovered — even though the Primus, the Most Revd Mark Strange, has questioned whether they are appropriate, saying: “I don’t think anyone should be silenced.” In an interview for the Church Times podcast, Bishop Strange, who has been the Primus since 2017, said:…
General Synod 2024: Reports
The Scottish Episcopal Church held the 2024 meeting of its General Synod on 13-15 June at St Paul’s & St George’s Church, York Place, Edinburgh. Documents are available on the Provincial website, which also carries day-by-day reports of proceedings: Synod reaches agreement on Israel-Palestine Day 2 of Synod: Historic links to the slave trade Day 2…
Holy Week Services at All Saints
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday.
Christian charities to benefit from sale of book on how to deal with grief and trauma
Sales of a new book by Anniesland minister Rev Fiona Gardner will support the counselling service Quiet Waters and Richmond’s Hope, which helps bereaved children and young people. Titled Love Songs for Healing and Hope, the book is comprised of a collection of devotional blogs, stories from different individuals, and resources to support others in…
Commentary: Our values have to be able to stand for themselves
There is something very strange in today’s fashion for denying the concept of truth, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The idea is that since all truth is subjective, there can be no objective truth, by definition. Any view expressed has to be personal and limited by personal experience and perspective, especially that of race and social…
General Synod meets this week
After two years of being hosted online, the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will meet in person this year at St Paul’s & St George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, from Thursday 9 June to Saturday 11 June 2022. The meeting has been arranged in hybrid format, to allow a small number of members…
Report from Glasgow & Galloway’s Diocesan Synod
Liturgical gender changes: ‘Rev the Hon Sydney Maitland was uneasy at the stripping away of ‘the sense of personality’ as regards the divine, and Rev Dom Ind suggested that on any Sunday in his charge the SEC should enable people to worship God in a variety of ways: SPB, 1970, 1982.’
Diocesan Synod 2021
The Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway held its first-ever ‘virtual’ Synod by Zoom on 31 July this year. Full details of Synod business with documents can be found here. The main issues discussed and decided upon included: • The adoption of a new Constitution more appropriate to current times and Canons, with particular regard to the…
