The Rt Rev Dr Gregor Duncan, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, has been included in a list of the ‘Top 100 UK Christians for 2014’ published on the influential Archbishop Cranmer weblog. Nominations are made on behalf of those who “have somehow distinguished themselves over the past year in their ministry, mission or Christian witness”….
Archives for 2014
Rescuing martyrdom – reflections for the Feast of St Thomas Becket
The martyr is ‘light itself’ who ‘opens the heavens’ says the Archbishop of Canterbury in this homily, preached at Canterbury Cathedral this morning.
Sermon for Christmas 1: Born under the law
Sunday 28 December 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Sermon for Christmas Day: How will we receive Him?
Thursday 25 December 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Bishop Gregor Duncan on George Square crash: ‘I saw with my own eyes the aftermath’ [updated]
Bishop Gregor Duncan was interviewed on ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme on the morning after the tragedy, Tuesday December 23. Video of the interview can be seen on the ITV website. The Bishop said: “I didn’t see the event itself but I happened to pop out of the office and on my way back I…
Bishop Gregor Duncan on George Square crash: ‘I saw with my own eyes the aftermath’
Bishop Gregor Duncan was interviewed on ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme on the morning after the tragedy, Tuesday December 23. Video of the interview can be seen on the ITV website. The Bishop said: “I didn’t see the event itself but I happened to pop out of the office and on my way back I…
Christmas invitation goes to 1,000 local people
All Saints’ congregation has distributed 1,000 Christmas cards around Jordanhill inviting residents to join in our celebrations. • If you haven’t already received one, see the full invitation below, and come join us! The four-page A6-sized card carries service details, an invitation to take part in our Discipleship Explored course from February onwards, and a…
Hutchesons’ choir joins in All Saints’ carol service
A congregation of around 140 took part in All Saints’ carol service on Sunday December 14, led by an augmented church choir plus the Junior Choir of Hutcheson’s Grammar School. The music was led by our organist, Leslie Macleod, a music teacher at the school. Soloist soprano Anna Heywood sang Sheep May Safely Graze, by…
Christmas message from Bishop Gregor Duncan
In 1951, I was told many years ago, for my first birthday I was given a set of what were then called Fairy Lights, for the Christmas tree. I grew up with these lovely things and enjoyed them well into my teens – what happened to them, I don’t really know. They were larger than…
African Steps introduces life-saving heart screening programme
In August 2014, African Steps, in partnership with Pan African Heart Foundation and Philips Healthcare, sent a team to screen the children of Likoma Island. The screening forms part of a significant international study into detection of heart disease in resource-poor settings. 417 children, aged 9-12, were examined clinically and underwent echocardiography (heart ultrasound), to…
Special Evensong this Saturday to celebrate our ‘founder’, Jane Charlotte Smith
Please keep your diary free for 3 pm on Saturday November 1 – All Saints Day – when the Dean of the Diocese, the Very Rev Ian Barcroft, will join us for a special service of Evensong. The service was originally arranged to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of All Saints’ ‘founder’, Jane…
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
• Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, music by Elizabeth Poston, sung by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in 2009. At our open worship evening / house group on October 29, Jane Hely led a meditation based on Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, a poem written in the 18th century. It has been set to…
The Fruit and Gifts of the Spirit
Bible study led by Rev Sydney Maitland at an open worship evening / house group on October 29. Scripture references: Galatians 5: 22-23; John 15: 1-17; Philippians 2: 5-11; 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13; 1 Corinthians 12: 1-31; Ephesians 4: 11-13. The study was complemented by Jane Hely’s meditation based on the carol Jesus Christ the…
Baroque concert raises funds for East European hospices
A recital of Baroque music at All Saints on Saturday October 25 raised more than £450 for an Eastern European charity. Music by Bach, Scarlatti and Telemann was performed by Rona Pollard, oboe; Leslie Macleod, harpsichord; and Quinton Doyle, cello. The concert was in aid of Hospices of Hope, the leading palliative care charity in…
New Diocesan Treasurer appointed
The Bishop’s Staff Group has appointed Bob Burgon to succeed Terry Lillie as Diocesan Treasurer. He will officially take on the position from November 1st. Bob is currently Treasurer and Lay Reader at Christ Church, Lanark. He represents the Diocese on the Provincial Investment Committee, is a Trustee of the SEC Pension Fund and is…
Commentary: A model of equality
“We want a fairer society.” Don’t we all: but what do we mean? A society in which all people are wholly the same? Where male and female roles are fully interchangeable? Maybe, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, but in our hearts we may wonder if this is really credible, even if there are photo-opps and enthusiastic…
Our new Pastoral Assistant
Marie-Laure Ross was blessed by our Priest, Rev Sydney Maitland, as a Pastoral Assistant able to administer the reserved Sacrament, during a beautiful Sunday Eucharist on 28th September, having completed her Diocesan training and received authorisation from Bishop Gregor. The following week, Mary Reynolds, in a delightful Mothers’ Union gathering to raise funds for their…
College of Bishops responds to Referendum outcome
The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Rev David Chillingworth, said: “The people of Scotland have decided that Scotland will continue to be part of the grouping of nations which make up the United Kingdom. “The Scottish Episcopal Church is an historic Scottish Church. Our story is interwoven with the story of Scotland….
All Saints helps fund surgery machine in Malawi
Surgery at St Peter’s Hospital on Likoma Island in Malawi will now be quicker and safer thanks to All Saints, who have funded the purchase of a diathermy machine. The machine cauterizes blood vessels to prevent excessive bleeding – an essential piece of kit in an operating theatre. Kathryn Garnett of the African Steps charity…
Commentary: An end to bitterness
In a few weeks we will have the result of the referendum ~ and we will have to live with the result, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. That is what a democracy is, and perhaps the proof of our democratic credentials will be on how graciously we can receive the result, regardless of whether it is…
Shhh! We’ve got a new library!
We now have a small lending library of Christian books at the back of the church, following a suggestion made at our congregational meeting in May. There are no formalities … just borrow a book and bring it back when you’re finished. (But please do bring it back!) And if you’ve any titles at home…
Alexander Colvin’s first war gospel is still on active service 100 years later
Monday August 4 saw the centenary of Britain’s entry into World War One. On the day before, to mark the occasion, the church distributed a number of facsimiles of the Gospel of St John which was issued to troops by the Scripture Gift Mission between 1914 and 1918, and reproduced 100 years later by its…
Join us at our Open Worship evening on Thursday 21 August
You’re welcome to join us at the first of our Open Worship evenings of activities from 7-9 pm on Thursday 21 August. Feel free to stay for the whole event … or just drop in for a while. The programme is as follows: 7.00-7.20: Silent meditation and Exposition of the Sacrament in the Lady Chapel. 7.20-7.40:…
Trinity 8: Under Pressure
Sunday 10 August 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 7: The Invitation
Sunday 3 August 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 6: Parables of the Kingdom
Sunday 27 July 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Mother’s Union 2015 theme: United in Prayer
The Mothers’ Union has announced that its 2015 theme is ‘United in Prayer’. The announcement comes following the MU’s General Meeting held in the Belfast Waterfront Hall in Northern Ireland, in June. The new theme, with its focus on the centrality of prayer in the work of Mothers’ Union across the world, was said to be…
Trinity 5: The Wheat and the Weeds
Sunday 13 July 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 4: The Seed and the Soil
Sunday 13 July 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 3: Come to me, take my yoke
Sunday 6 July 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
