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…
Archives for October 2014
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…
