Sunday 29 December, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Archives for 2013
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: With God, nothing is impossible!
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Christmas flowers
Red and green were seen to wonderful effect in the church’s floral decorations of carnations and cyclamen created by Brenda McCreadie and her team.
Advent 4: God’s call
Sunday 22 December, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Advent 3: Are You the One?
Sunday 15 December, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Bishop Gregor’s homily for the final service at Holy Cross, Knightswood
Holy Cross, Knightswood Saturday 14th December 2013, Closing Eucharist Genesis 1.26-28, Romans 8.31-39, St Matthew 28.16-20 It’s not very often, in our tradition, that a celebrant and preacher gets the chance to choose the readings – usually you have to grapple with what you’re given, by authority, and that’s that. But, for today’s liturgy, I’ve…
Closure of Holy Cross, Knightswood
On 14th December 2013, Bishop Gregor celebrated the final Eucharist at the closure and de-consecration of Holy Cross, Knightswood, thus bringing to an end 87 years of Episcopalian presence on the site, writes Graham Hely. The congregation of Holy Cross, Knightswood was founded in 1926 under the Bishop of Glasgow’s Church Extension Scheme, during the development…
Fresh start for Episcopalians in Drumchapel
Graeme Hely writes: The Episcopalian congregation in Drumchapel has found a new home due to the kindness of the Drumchapel United Reformed Church, in the beautiful little URC church in Essenside Avenue whose minister is the Revd William Young. Yesterday Bishop Gregor presided there at a Eucharist of Thanksgiving and Rededication attended by the congregation, friends and…
Advent 1: The day of the Lord
Sunday 1 December, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Response to the Clutha helicopter crash
Church leaders have united in offering sympathy and prayers.
Trinity 25: Christ the King
Sunday 24 November, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 24: Keep calm and carry on
Sunday 17 November, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Holy Cross Knightswood to close but Drumchapel Episcopalians have a new home
Holy Cross, Knightswood, is to close after 87 years of service to the surrounding community. The final service will take place on Saturday 14th December at 3 pm with a celebration of the Eucharist followed by deconsecration of the church. Bishop Gregor Duncan said: “I hope that as many of us as possible can come…
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 10 November, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
St Andrew’s Day Christmas Fayre
This year’s Fayre will take place from 10 am – 12.30 pm on Saturday 30 November. Tickets, priced £1, include the price of a coffee – you won’t get a better bargain anywhere! We invite all our neighbours, friends and relatives to come along and make a start with their Christmas shopping. There will be…
Saturday Bonanza!
Fundraising event on Saturday 9 November in aid of the Ben Walton Trust: action against oral cancer in the young.
All Saints Day: These are the things that give us vision and purpose
Sunday 3 November, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Diocesan News for December 2013
News from around the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway …
Commentary: Beware of looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place
November 2013
Trinity 22: A future and a hope
Sunday 27 October, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 21: An enduring and persistent hope
Sunday 20 October, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 20: Prospering in exile
Sunday 13 October, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 19: Harvest Festival: The Bread of Life
Sunday 6 October, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Diocesan News for October 2013
News from around the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway …
Commentary: Part of our mission is to recognise when things do not go as we had hoped, and then …
October 2013.
Trinity 18: The root of all kinds of evil
Sunday 29 September, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Step up and ‘like’ African Steps
The African Steps charity supported by All Saints hopes to mark its 10th anniversary year by achieving 1000 “likes” on its Facebook page. The charity explains: “We’re on 971 likes, so just 29 more to go! We know it’s not about numbers, but it would be a real encouragement to know that our story is…
Trinity 17: You cannot serve both God and wealth
Sunday 22 September, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 16: Lost and found
Sunday 15 September, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 15: Costs of discipleship
Sunday 8 September, 2013. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
