Who to contact about your vocation

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 speak about it first with your Rector or chaplain, who may then contact your diocese’s Warden of Lay Readers:

Diocese	Name	Email	Telephone number
Aberdeen	Mrs Avril Hern	avrilhern@mac.com	01467 642536
Argyll and the Isles	Mr Donald Shell	donald.shell@googlemail.com	01631 562688
Brechin	Dr Peter Smart	smartpeterdr@btinternet.com	01674 840789
Edinburgh	Mrs Janet McKinnell	janet.mckinnell@btinternet.com	01368 850604
Glasgow	Mr Kevin Boak	kevin@boak.fsworld.co.uk	01436 676852
Moray, Ross and Caithness	Rev Canon Ian Pallett	pallett3000@btinternet.com	01349 862204
St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane	Rev Bob Harley	robert.harley@gmx.co.uk	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	Email	Telephone number
Aberdeen and Orkney	Rev Vittoria Hancock	vittoriahancock@gmail.com	01339 755919
Argyll and The Isles	Contact the Bishop, the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson	bishop@argyll.anglican.org	01631 570870
Brechin	Rev Kirrilee Reid	rector@allsaintsglencarse.org	01738 860386
Edinburgh	(1) Rev Canon Marion Chatterley	marion.chatterley@blueyonder.co.uk	0131 667 6847
Edinburgh	(2) Rev Richard Cornfield	richard@psandgs.org.uk	0131 556 1335
Glasgow and Galloway	Rev Canon Tom Montgomery	tmontgomery1@hotmail.co.uk	01292 313731
Moray, Ross and Caithness	Rev Iain Macritchie	iain.macritchie@nhs.net
St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane	Rev Canon Dom Ind	ind.dominic@gmail.com	01786 832368