Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 November 2023. ‘The theme of the intimacy of Jesus with His obedient disciples runs through the New Testament like a vein of gold in rock.’
Trinity 23: Nobody is unimportant
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 November 2023. ‘We may not feel that we have much to offer – but as we offer ourselves then we will find that the self that we do offer has already been blessed and enriched.’
Bishop to answer bullying and misconduct accusations
The Scottish Episcopal Church’s procurator, or senior legal officer, has been tasked with investigating complaints of bullying and misconduct lodged against the church’s first woman bishop, the Rt. Rev. Anne Dyer.
Remembrance Sunday: The different kinds of remembering
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 November 2023. ‘As we come together this Remembrance Sunday, we are both remembering those who died in the great wars of the 20th century and in lesser wars since then and ongoing today. But we are also taking care of what we remember and how we remember it …’
Christian charities to benefit from sale of book on how to deal with grief and trauma
Sales of a new book by Anniesland minister Rev Fiona Gardner will support the counselling service Quiet Waters and Richmond’s Hope, which helps bereaved children and young people. Titled Love Songs for Healing and Hope, the book is comprised of a collection of devotional blogs, stories from different individuals, and resources to support others in…
All Saints: Deeply and directly personal
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 November 2023. ‘We are given some very practical and personal applications of what it means to serve the Lord … It goes to the heart of our motivations and how we confront them.’
Commentary: Love in action
This autumn seems to be beset by despondency, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. It is not just the posturing and point-scoring that we get during the political conference season. In part it may be the feeling that national agendas are being driven by political and cultural extremes, which gain currency by being deaf to all questions…
Trinity 19: The rejects of polite society
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 October 2023. ‘These were Christians of simple and practical faith. They might have been looked down upon by the well-placed but in the sight of Paul they were God’s wonderful people. Just stay like that…’
Hugh Waterfield: an appreciation
It was with great sadness that we marked the death in September of Hugh Waterfield, in his 90th year. Despite his age, Hugh was one of our most active members and will be sorely missed. Hugh was responsible for several innovations in and around the church, including the planting of a herb garden – not…
Jenny Morgan: an appreciation
Jenny Morgan, one of All Saints’ long-standing members, passed away in September. Jenny had been in care for some time, but prior to succumbing to old age and frailty was to be found every Sunday in her pew in the centre of the church, smiling and cheerful. A retired librarian, she was full of knowledge…
Bishop Dorsey McConnell is new Acting Bishop in Aberdeen and Orkney
The College of Bishops has appointed Bishop Dorsey McConnell to take over from Bishop John Armes as Acting Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney. The appointment of Bishop Dorsey is to provide cover for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney during Bishop Anne Dyer’s continuing absence and her return to work at any point will bring…
Trinity 18: The best there is
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 October 2023. ‘For Paul, it was Jesus who was the One to define who he was and where he was going. All other social and cultural privileges were set aside in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There simply was nothing else around to rival or supersede it.’
Trinity 17: Harvest
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 October 2023. ‘It is one thing to give thanks to the Lord for the harvest. It is another to serve Him consistently as we work for it during the rest of the year … The Lord says: I will be your God and you will be my people. Are we in?’
Trinity 16: The Lord will definitely meet us and reward us as He wills
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 September 2023.
Bishop Keith Riglin RIP (1957-2023)
It is with great sadness that the College of Bishops today announces the death of the Right Reverend Dr Keith Riglin, Bishop of Argyll & The Isles. Bishop Keith died peacefully with family at his side today (24 September) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley following a short illness. The Most Rev Mark Strange,…
Trinity 15: If it was easy, then it would not be an issue
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 September 2023. ‘All of us are sinners and in need of the forgiveness of God and yet we can put ourselves beyond it by nursing grudges.’
Trinity 14: A different way of working together
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 September 2023. ‘Life rather than management, faithfulness rather than performance targets. But it is also an orientation towards the things of God and away from self, with its demands and appetites.’
Hugh Waterfield and Jenny Morgan, RIP
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the deaths of two long-standing and much-loved members of All Saints, Hugh Waterfield and Jenny Morgan. Hugh’s funeral took place in All Saints on Wednesday 6 September, and Jenny’s on Tuesday 12 September. Appreciations of both will appear in due course. May they rest in…
Trinity 13: Now there is a new dynamic
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 September 2023. ‘Oh yes, take up the cross – that symbol of rejection and torture, but in which and beyond which there really is life of a new kind. Life in its fulness, joy beyond all expectation and understanding that far exceeds the philosophies and life-trends of our time.’
Tea & Talk: Michael Kerins
Our Tea and Talk meetings restart at 2 pm this Thursday, September 7, with Michael Kerins speaking on ‘The Storyteller as Healer’.
Trinity 12: ‘So what about you?’
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 August 2023. ‘Paul says that we are to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. It also applies to our minds, our thinking and our speaking. It applies to our willingness to speak out. It is the mainspring of all our work in the church.’
Commentary: Nobody goes to the cross in order to fulfil or to validate oneself
This is a strange time, when the news is full of personal and national tragedy, the sporting calendar continues apace and the national mood is either elated of sunk in depression, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Not being particularly sporting myself, most of its content passes me by and those sports that do interest me are…
Trinity 11: We can still believe and trust
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 August 2023. ‘There are people in our own time who may be only dimly aware of the things of our faith and life – but who appeal to us for our aid. As we are able we also can surely hear and have mercy, and begin to tell a story.’
Trinity 10: ‘My grace is sufficient for you’
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 August 2023. ‘For all our learning and standing, we also need to put ourselves under His protection. To find in Him our peace and security, our sense of being and of direction. Above all, to rely on Him when we may be so undermined by doubt and insecurity.’
Summer edition of SEI Journal
The Summer 2023 edition of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal is now available, featuring the theme of ‘Christianity and Zionism.
Trinity 9: The greatest gift of all
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 July 2023. ‘The greatest gift of all is His own life poured out for us. The message of His salvation. This is the foundation of all subsequent works of mercy for the people of the land.’
Trinity 8: Where will we invest our faith and confidence?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 July 2023. ‘There are absolutely no adverse circumstances that can reduce us to permanent and eternal despair, once we have placed our trust in Him and have received His life. Even death holds no fears for us.’
Trinity 7: Ordained of God and yet compromised in sin
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 July 2023. ‘We are seeing in vivid detail the groaning of creation as the whole of fallen humanity has its effect on it. Perhaps we need to look to the harvest of His message and pray for the workers to go into the fields for His purposes.’
Trinity 6: A new beginning and a new birth
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 July 2023. ‘Jesus is the vine and His Father is the gardener, looking for fruit and pruning the branches so as to improve the yield.’
Trinity 5: An invitation to all
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 July 2023. ‘Instead of compliance there is relationship. Instead of appearance and presentation, there is reality. Instead of spin, there is truth in the inward parts.’
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