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 9 May 2021, Easter 6
We open this week’s online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 366, God of mercy, God of grace …
Easter 6: Abide in my love
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 May 2021.
Two Covid-19 updates from Advisory Group now available
The Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church has published new guidance on the calculation and display of the Physical Distance Based Capacity (PDBC) in church buildings, as pandemic restrictions are eased. The Group has also produced an updated Frequently Asked Questions document. Both of these resources are available here. When using the index of Advisory…
Sunday worship for 2 May 2021, Easter 5
Our music accompanying this week’s Liturgy of the Word comes from Newcastle and Ely Cathedrals, Westminster Abbey and finally from Milwaukee and Manhattan with choral and organ renditions of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ traditional tune Kingsfold – I heard the voice of Jesus say. We open our worship with hymn 102, A brighter dawn is breaking …
Easter 5: As we love and serve each other …
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 May 2021.
‘There are acts of worship, like the Lord’s Supper, that cannot be replicated online’
Praying alone (or with others at home) and praying together online are moments of worship, even corporate worship, for the Lord Jesus is present with us, writes Rev Dr Michael Hull, Director of Studies at the Scottish Episcopal Institute. On the other hand, there are acts of worship, like the Lord’s Supper, that cannot be replicated online.
Survey shows how churches adapted to pandemic
Church leaders across Scotland have made “remarkable adaptations” during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep worship going and serve their communities in new ways, a survey has found. A new study records that 96 per cent of 369 congregational leaders spanning 27 different denominations continued with ministry and mission work despite restrictions on movement and the…
General Synod 2021 to take place over two days
General Synod will again take place online this year, as it did in 2020. However, the schedule will cover two days on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 June, instead of the single day event that was held last December. Business will start at 9am each day and is expected to run until approximately mid to…
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for May 2021
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Nigeria, Somaliland, Pakistan, Myanmar and Indonesia. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith.
Sunday worship for 25 April 2021, Easter 4
Today we are joined in church by Bishop Kevin Pearson, who will celebrate the Eucharist and preach. We open our worship with hymn 117, The Day of Resurrection …
Bishop will visit All Saints this Sunday
We welcome Bishop Kevin Pearson to All Saints at 10.30 am this coming Sunday, April 25, when he will preach and be celebrant at the Eucharist.
Sunday worship for 18 April 2021, Easter 3
This week’s online Liturgy of the Word and our morning service in church have as their backdrop the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh – and the peace of the risen Christ. We open our worship with hymn 119, The strife is o’er, the battle won …
Easter 3: Peace be with you
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 April 2021.
An open letter from Christian leaders concerning vaccine passports
Extract from an open letter from 1,260 clergy and lay leaders, many of them Scottish, to the Prime Minister. ‘For the Church of Jesus Christ to shut out those deemed by the state to be social undesirables would be anathema to us and a denial of the truth of the Gospel.’
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Following the death of Prince Philip, our worship in church on Sunday April 11 will begin with the National Anthem and we shall be praying for the Queen and Royal Family at this time of bereavement and personal distress. Read more for statements and prayer from +Kevin Pearson, +Mark Strange and ++Justin Welby.
Sunday worship for 11 April 2021, Easter 2
We continue through Eastertide with a Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from Chichester, Warwick, Durham, Landsberg am Lech in Germany and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where we open our worship with hymn 117, The Day of Resurrection …
Easter 2: The life and resurrection of Jesus in our own lives
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 April 2021.
Sunday worship for 4 April 2021, Easter Day
Christ is risen! A happy Easter to everyone! The music accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word presents two exceptional performances – of This Joyful Eastertide by a young man beautifully singing all four parts, and of Charles-Marie Widor playing his own Toccata at St Sulpice in Paris, in 1932. We open with hymn 120, Thine be the glory …
Easter Day: A close encounter of the most personal kind
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 April 2021.
Maundy Thursday: An eternity of loving the Lord – and one another
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Thursday April 1 2021.
Commentary: Much is being torn down, little is being built in its place
We have just resumed our worship in church after a lockdown of some three months, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. For some of us it has been tedious as we are denied the company of friends and the pursuit of out of home activities. But in coming together again there is that sense of regathering, renewal,…
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for April 2021
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Algeria, Eritrea, Somaliland, India and Myanmar. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith.
Sunday readings and prayers for April 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.
News from the Diocesan Office: March 2021
The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
Sunday worship for 28 March 2021, Palm Sunday
Although at last we’re able to celebrate the Eucharist together again today, some will not feel able to do so and others will miss the music which should make Palm Sunday joyous. I hope that this online Liturgy of the Word, book-ended by wonderful singing from a virtual choir of four from an Episcopal church in Boulder, Colorado, and a gathered one of 250 at St Andrew’s Kirk in Chennai, India, will compensate! We open our worship with hymn 352, Crown Him with many crowns …
Spring forward to worship at All Saints this Sunday
With the Scottish government’s anti-Covid restrictions partially lifted, Sunday morning worship resumes at All Saints at 10.30 am on Palm Sunday, March 28. But congregation members are reminded that the clocks go forward on Sunday morning.
Victory for Scottish church leaders as judge rules government acted unconstitutionally when criminalising gathered worship
‘It is not for the Scottish Ministers to “dictate … that, henceforth, or even for the duration of the pandemic, worship is to be conducted on-line. That might be an alternative to worship but it is not worship.’ ‘ It is jejune at best, misleading at worst, to state that places of worship remain open. They do not.’ ‘It is impossible to measure the effect of those restrictions on those who hold religious beliefs. It goes beyond mere loss of companionship and an inability to attend a lunch club.’
Sunday worship for 21 March 2021, Passion Sunday
At last, the end of lockdown is in sight and we hope to meet again in church next Sunday. Meantime, in this week’s Liturgy of the Word we travel musically from King’s College, Cambridge, to Dundee Parish Church, beginning with hymn 90, O sacred head, sore wounded …
Passion Sunday: Where is ‘self-affirmation’ when presented with the story of Jesus’ self-giving and self-denial?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 March 2021.
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