Praying for those committed to their care. Praying for those committed to their care. Praying for those committed to their care. Leading the Ministry of the Word or public services. Administering the Reserved Sacrament at services when requested. If authorised, conducting funerals. Presiding at worship and celebrating the sacraments. Preparation and development of liturgy. Presiding or assisting at worship and celebrating the sacraments, at the direction of the Incumbent. Providing opportunities for spiritual practice as appropriate. Assisting priests at the Eucharist. Reading the Gospel. Leading intercessions. Teaching and preaching on Sundays and during the week . Encouraging faith development, for example in study groups. Preparing candidates for baptism. Teaching and preaching on Sundays and during the week. Nurturing Christian faith Teaching and preaching on Sundays and during the week. Nurturing Christian faith Teaching the Christian faith to those who seek it. Nurturing Christian Teaching and preaching the Christian faith. Training intercessors. Drawing people to Christian faith. Preparing candidates for baptism. Encouraging and equipping God’s people in mission Leading and equipping God’s people in mission. Encouraging and equipping God’s people in mission. Being a Christian presence in the chaplaincy context Serving the Church in its tasks of building up the people of God and encouraging and equipping its mission to the world. Pastoral work, eg. visiting and distributing the Reserved Sacrament to the sick. LAY READER Pastoral care through visiting and sacramental ministry. INCUMBENT PRIEST Pastoral care through visiting and sacramental ministry. ASSISTANT PRIEST Sharing time with those in the institution; offering counselling and a listening ear. CHAPLAIN Distributing the Reserved Sacrament to the sick. VOCATIONAL DEACON Establishing relationships with secular groups, schools and civic bodies. Being an advocate for those in their care who need a voice. Serving in the community and challenging it in the name of the Kingdom.
Chairing the Vestry. Ensuring the administration of the congregation is done. Serving the diocese and Province, by taking on particular responsibilities e.g. serving on committees, chapters and Synods, or caring for and promoting a particular aspect of the wider Church’s life. Exercising oversight of local priests, such as through regular meetings, coordinating mission strategies, chairing the vestries of other charges, leading worship occasionally at their churches and reporting to the bishop. Undertaking duties associated with a congregation or chapel as requested by the incumbent. Serving the diocese and Province appropriate, and making all possible connections between the place of chaplaincy and the wider Church. Serving the bishop in diocesan tasks, such as fostering missional work in congregations. Criteria for Selection LAY READER PRIEST (with criteria for Incumbents in italics) VOCATIONAL DEACON VOCATION
to growing new disciples. Ordained ministers are committed to Christian education, promoting good practice, both inside and outside the church. They … are able to nurture others in their faith development, including those with little previous knowledge of the faith, through catechesis, teaching and preaching, including preparation for baptism and confirmation. understand the importance of the Scottish Episcopal Church’s engagement with people outwith the church. Incumbents … lead, enable and release missional vision and faithful witness in and those for whom they have responsibility. enable others to articulate the gospel and participate in its proclamation. are able to foster and lead mission-shaped churches. Deacons put into practice their enthusiasm for and understanding of mission. They … think strategically about mission and enable its implementation. nurture the prophetic element of a deacon’s ministry and the call to empower others. are experienced in interpreting the local context and communicating their understanding to the church community. LAY READER PRIEST VOCATIONAL DEACON SPIRITUALITY AND WORSHIP Lay Readers … have an appreciative and respectful awareness of the breadth of spirituality. have understanding and experience of the of authorised SEC worship are able to construct and lead services appropriate to a range of situations. Ordained ministers are sustained by disciplined personal and corporate prayer shaped by the responsibilities of public ministry and corporate worship in the tradition of the Scottish Episcopal Church. They … are able to relate different approaches to, and traditions of, personal and corporate prayer to sustain and develop own prayer life and those of others of all ages, backgrounds and in a range of life circumstances. Ordained ministers … are able to demonstrate good reflective practice in preaching and in leading – and where appropriate, presiding at – public worship, including pastoral services, using appropriate forms of liturgy in a variety of settings. Ordained ministers are growing in the love of God and in Christ-likeness as members of the body of Christ and can testify to the grace of the Holy Spirit in their lives and ministries. They..
draw on varied resources and traditions to develop their own spirituality and sustain them in the joys and strains of public ministry. can discern God’s presence and activity in their relationships and in the wider world. view and relate to others inside and outside the church in ways spring from their own relationship with God. Ordained ministers nurture the spiritual development of others. They … are able to help others discern God’s presence and activity in their relationships and in the wider world. use different approaches to develop the spirituality of people of all ages, backgrounds and in a range of life circumstances. Deacons … have developed ways of sharing the spiritual life of the community they are serving. are confident in inhabiting the deacon’s role liturgically and can communicate its meaning and significance. LAY READER PRIEST VOCATIONAL DEACON PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER Lay Readers … show evidence of a capacity to sustain the demands of their ministry and face change or pressure in balanced and effective ways. show self-awareness and are demonstrably at ease with him/herself. are able to reflect with insight on personal strength and weaknesses. Ordained ministers show insight, resilience, maturity and integrity in the pressure and change entailed in public ministry. They … are able to balance appropriate care of self with the care of others by developing sustainable patterns of life and work, and effective support networks in the context of public ministry. Ordained ministers are growing in self-knowledge and commitment to Christ within the and expectations of ordained ministry. They … are able to approach the sacrificial impact of ordained ministry on the whole of life with wisdom and discernment. are able to reflect with insight and humility on personal strengths, weaknesses, failures, gifts and vulnerability in response to a new context of public ministry. Incumbents … Deacons …