Your first contact should be your Rector or chaplain (if you are at school, college or university). They will know you best and be able to talk with you about the range of ministries that are possible.
Lay Readership
If you think you may be called to be a Lay Reader, you should you should speak about it first with your Rector or chaplain, who may then contact your diocese’s Warden of Lay Readers:
Diocese | Name | Telephone number | |
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Aberdeen | Mrs Avril Hern | avrilhern@mac.com | 01467 642536 |
Argyll and the Isles | Mr Shell | donald.shell@google.com | 01631 562688 |
Brechin | Dr Peter Smart | smartpeterdr@btinternet.com | 01674 840789 |
Edinburgh | Mrs Janet McKinnell | janet.mckinnell@btinternet.com | 01368 850604 |
Glasgow | Revd. Shelley Marsh | revshelleymarsh@ntlworld.com | 0141 585 5845 |
Moray, Ross and Caithness | Mrs Patsy Thomson | patsy.j.thomson@gmail.com | |
St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane | Revd. Bob Harley | robert.harley@virgin.net | 01575 575515 |
Ordained Ministry
If you think you may be called to ordained ministry (deacon or priest), you should speak about it first with your Rector or chaplain, who may then contact your Diocesan Director of Ordinands:
Diocese | Name | Telephone number | |
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Aberdeen | Revd. Canon Graham Taylor | revgraham@tiscali.co.uk | 01224 584123 |
Argyll and the Isles | Revd. Canon Hugh Lee | fish4hill@yahoo.co.uk | 01369 870237 |
Brechin | Revd. Kirrilee Reid | rector@allsaintsglencarse.org | 01738 860386 |
Edinburgh | (1) Revd. Marion Chatterley | marion.chatterley@blueyonder.co.uk | 0131 667 6847 |
Edinburgh | (2) Revd. Richard Cornfield | richard@pandgchurch.org.uk | 0131 556 1335 |
Glasgow | Revd. Canon Dr Scott Robertson | revscottrobertson@btinternet.com | 0141 636 1131 |
Moray, Ross and Caithness | Rev Canon Dr Iain Macritchie | iain.macritchie@nes.scot.nhs.uk | |
St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane | Revd. Canon Dom Ind | dom.ind@btinternet.com | 01786 832368 |
Provincial Officer
The Provincial Director of Ordinands has oversight of the discernment process and is responsible to the College of Bishops.
pdo@scotland.anglican.org
Generals Synod Office, 21 Grosvenor Crescent , Edinburgh EH12 5EE
T 0131 225 6357