Old Testament, New Testament and Gospel readings for Sundays this month, with links to ‘Poirot’ actor David Suchet reading the Bible passages. We also remember those whose Year’s Mind falls this month, and those who we’re called to hold before God in the Diocesan and Anglican Cycles of Prayer.
Sunday worship for 19 September 2021, Trinity 16
We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 7, Hills of the North, rejoice …
Trinity 16: The suffering innocent
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 September 2021. ‘For Jesus, leading meant caring for the other and putting their interests ahead of His own’.
News from the Diocesan Office: September 2021
The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
Sunday worship for 12 September 2021, Trinity 15
For this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we head to Nigeria to open our worship with hymn 365, God moves in a mysterious way …
Trinity 15: Who do you say that I am?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 September 2021. ‘No being or doctrine would ever rival the kingdom of God – even if many were going to try as hard as they could.’
College of Bishops publishes the Torrance review of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney
The publication today of the Torrance Report comes after a period of difficult and lengthy consideration by the College of Bishops. In publishing the report, the College expresses its thanks to Professor Iain Torrance for his work in receiving submissions and compiling the report, which contains a number of useful findings which will help the…
Sunday worship for 5 September 2021, Trinity 14
For this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we open our worship with hymn 476, Ye servants of God, your masters proclaim …
Trinity 14: Jesus the Outsider
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 September 2021. ‘Perhaps it is the sense that Jesus Himself was also an outsider that gives us that freedom to welcome and to forgive others.’
Commentary: The unearned blessings of God received by personal faith in Jesus Christ
It was once a common response to any kind of annoyance or disturbance that ‘There should be a law against it’, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The strange thing is that these days, there probably is. Any perceived insult, any critical comment, any expression of dissent outside the norms of progressive opinion, and there is a…
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for September 2021
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Somaliland, Nigeria and Luhansk. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith.
Sunday worship for 29 August 2021, Trinity 13
For this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we open our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …
Trinity 13: Godly living found in personal holiness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 August 2021. ‘Are there areas where our lives need amendment? Definitely. But if we are aware of this, then are there any areas of life where God cannot meet us in our needs? Definitely not.’
Sunday worship for 22 August 2021, Trinity 12
Once again we can enjoy congregational singing in church, and our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 238, New every morning is the love …
Trinity 12: Where else can we go?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 August 2021. ‘Paul’s teaching is different for we are there to hold the land that has already been won for us by Jesus. Our task is to stand.’
Sunday worship for 15 August 2021, Trinity 11
In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Hornby in Lancashire, Guildford Cathedral, Windsor Castle and Westminster Cathedral, opening our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …
Trinity 11: Called to become part of who He is
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 August 2021. ‘St Paul wrote that if we are blessed by being drawn into the death of Jesus, then how much more will we be blessed and glorified by being drawn into His resurrection.’
Sunday worship for 8 August 2021, Trinity 10
In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Worcestershire, Guildford, Marlborough College, Hammersmith and Paris, opening our worship with hymn 237, Morning has broken …
Trinity 10: Let us join the feast
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 August 2021.
‘To receive Jesus was to become the honoured guest at His banquet, where only the best would be provided. But equally, to receive Him was also to let Him into the deepest places of anger and rejection.’
Sunday worship for 1 August 2021, Trinity 9
Once again we can enjoy congregational singing in church, and our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 368, Guide me, O thou great Redeemer …
Trinity 9: The Bread of Life
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 August 2021.
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for August 2021
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Algeria, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, India and Myanmar. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith.
Sunday readings and prayers for August 2021
Old Testament, New Testament and Gospel readings for Sundays this month, with links to ‘Poirot’ actor David Suchet reading the Bible passages. We also remember those whose Year’s Mind falls this month, and those who we’re called to hold before God in the Diocesan and Anglican Cycles of Prayer.
Sunday worship for 25 July 2021, Trinity 8
On this Sunday when at last we can resume congregational singing in church, our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell …
Trinity 8: The extravagance of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 July 2021.
Sunday worship for 18 July 2021, Trinity 7
In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Chester, Cambridge, Kansas and Westminster Abbey, opening our worship with hymn 52, O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness …
Trinity 7: One shepherd of Israel, for all of humanity in all ages and lands
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 July 2021.
Sunday worship for 11 July 2021, Trinity 6
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we open our worship at another All Saints, the Royal Garrison Church in Aldershot, with hymn 377, Immortal, invisible, God only wise …
Trinity 6: Time for us to trust radically in the Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 July 2021.
Rev’d Donald Strachan, RIP
Rev’d Donald Strachan passed away on Saturday 3 July 2021. Donald served in the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway as Rector of St John the Evangelist, Coatbridge, Prison Chaplain at Barlinnie and Diocesan Supernumerary between 1973 and 1994. He lived out his retirement in North Uist and latterly was a resident in Trianaid Care Home in…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 25
- Next Page »
