Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 6 December, 2015. ‘The truth is that worshipping God is both highly personal and indeed deeply intimate, for it places before Him the deepest aspects of our lives.’
Archives for 2015
Advent 2: The Messenger
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 6 December, 2015. ‘Most of all we have one another, we have the assurance of the Holy Spirit, and we have the complete salvation of the Lord.’
Christmas message from Bishop Gregor Duncan
At times it is hard to think that the world we live in is anything other than very dark, writes Bishop Gregor Duncan. All around us are threats to life – climate change, terrorism, civil wars, genocidal campaigns, corruption, failed and failing states, appalling abuse, not least of women and children – the list is…
Commentary: We find, to our astonishment, that God has taken the blame
The question goes back at least to the Book of Psalms: “Why do the nations rage? And the people imagine a vain thing?” (Ps 2: 1) and probably a lot further than that as well, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. And there are (at least) two questions – one is about why politics is so violent,…
Advent 1: Be alert – do not be dismayed
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 29 November, 2015. ‘The Lord is reassuring us that He holds us in the palm of His hand and the prayers that we make in His name are the prayers that He takes up and makes personal in the presence of the Father.’
Christ the King: A time for noting the darkness but celebrating the light
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 22 November, 2015. ‘A time for encouraging one another, bearing burdens, sharing sorrows, relieving want, offering aid and support and comfort.’
Video: Archbishop Welby’s fury at cinema ban on ‘offensive’ Lord’s Prayer
Britain’s biggest cinema chains have banned the screening of a film in which the Archbishop of Canterbury and members of the public recite the Lord’s Prayer – because they say it could be offensive to movie-goers. Odeon, Cineworld and Vue have refused to show the one-minute film the Church of England planned to run in…
Only Christian faith will save Europe, Anglican bishop says after Paris attacks
A retired Anglican bishop who now works on behalf of persecuted Christians worldwide has a message for those who believe the answer to preventing more Islamic terrorism is promoting secular values: Only Christianity can save Europe from the radical Islamists threatening it. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who is originally from Pakistan, writes at The Catholic Herald:…
Congrats to All Saints from community website
Remedial work to the west wall of All Saints costing around £9,000 was completed in the autumn, prompting this generous message on the Jordanhill News community Twitter account. Thanks!
Diocese declares ‘Refugees Welcome’ with special event on November 28
A special evening of reflections, stories and hope on the theme of Refugees Welcome will be held at the request of Bishop Gregor Duncan from 7-9 pm on Saturday November 28 at St Mary’s Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9JB.
Second Sunday before Advent: Institutions overthrown
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 15 November, 2015. ‘It is what we have become in Him that will last to eternity, as will the works that He has been able to do within us and through us.’
Commentary: Paris desacré
For most of us, French was the first foreign language we learned and our history lessons were full of our – often robust – relations with the French, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. In our own lives, we have visited France and of course have met French people. In our own church life, we are honoured…
Paris terrorist attacks: a statement by the Primus
The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, said: “The attacks in Paris are a callous and devastating assault on innocent people who were enjoying an evening out in a beautiful city. Our prayers are with all who have lost loved ones, with those who have been injured and with the many…
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia sends message of support to the Archbishop of Paris
The President of the Bishops’ conference of Scotland, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, has sent a message of support to the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Vingt-Trois, expressing his “sadness at the horrific events which unfolded in Paris last night”. Archbishop Tartaglia’s message also promises to ” join with you in prayer, commending to God’s love and mercy all those who were killed,…
Third Sunday before Advent: Remembrance Sunday
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 8 November, 2015. ‘One of the pleasures of pastoral visiting is the surprises that one can encounter …’
Bishop Gregor Duncan: ‘We don’t need to await future glory to become saints. It can be happening now’
Bishop Gregor Duncan visited All Saints yesterday – appropriately, All Saints Day – to meet the congregation and review its first year of Mission Action. Preaching at the Eucharist beforehand, the Bishop said: “Saints … can be the great figures of our faith, beginning with the blessed virgin and the apostles, but they can also…
Trinity 22 and All Saints Day: Saintly works in progress
Sermon delivered by Bishop Gregor Duncan on Sunday 1 November, 2015. +Gregor was visiting All Saints to review the congregation’s first year of Mission Action.
Commentary: What endures to eternity
There is an aspect of our media that definitely likes to play on the dramatic, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. If it is not dramatic then it is not really news. So: crime figures are discussed with far more animation than data on the balance of payments. The disaster, especially if there are pictures, will draw…
Video: A conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury
A half-hour interview conducted by Tom Gjelten, Religion and Belief correspondent for NPR, for the Council on Foreign Relations, Justin Welby covers doctrine and how issues are perceived differently in the West and the Global South, with the ramifications of ordaining an openly gay bishop.
Trinity 21: Discipleship through Trial
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 25 October, 2015.
Trinity 19 and Harvest Festival: Seek first the Kingdom of God
Sunday 4 October 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Young families give hope to Broomhill parish
The Roman Catholic parish church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, with which All Saints has many links, marks its 50th anniversary this year. This article from the Archdiocesan newspaper, Flourish, reports on a celebratory Eucharist. OUR Lady of Perpetual Succour parish in Broomhill was founded in 1962 and the church building opened three years…
Commentary: The power of positive faith
It must be some 40 or 50 years since the “Power of Positive Thinking” was published, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, and since then there has been a veritable flood of books and courses on self-improvement, positive thinking/being/ action and so on. “Spirituality” has become an exercise in self-improvement, and essentially inward-looking. Advertising has developed themes…
Trinity 18: Simplicity of living
Sunday 27 September 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
A warm welcome to our new neighbour
Rev Bruce Sinclair has been inducted as minister of Jordanhill Parish Church. Formerly at Overtown Parish Church, near Wishaw, he was attached to Parish Church as a well-liked probationer-minister for the completion of his training. We wish our friends ‘up the road’ all the best in this new chapter in the life of their church….
Trinity 16: the Bible’s single story of God’s wisdom and love
Sunday 20 September 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Hymns not quite so ancient …
Given the time of year, it’s not surprising that the Lent Prose was sung, hummed and whistled along to even before the start of yesterday’s House Group, when the main focus was on favourite hymns and psalms. Many choices were linked to people and places, but all explored the connection between the musical and the…
Easter invitation goes to 1,000 local people
All Saints is to distribute 1,000 invitation cards to local households in the run-up to Easter, following the success of a similar campaign before Christmas 2014. The cards will carry details of Holy Week and Easter services, as well as looking forward to a coffee morning and plant sale on May 9 and the church’s…
Archbishop hails ‘major step’ of flagship church credit union
The Archbishop of Canterbury joined church leaders today to launch a credit union for ministers and employees of their churches, including the Scottish Episcopal Church. At least 60,000 people, including ordained ministers, lay ministers, employees and trustees of the churches involved will be eligible to join the Churches Mutual Credit Union (CMCU). Archbishop Justin Welby…
Gaelic in the Scottish Episcopal Church’s liturgy
A full version of the 1982 Gaelic Liturgy with sound files spoken by the late Alasdair MacInnes has been published the website of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. The English text is shown in parallel to the Gaelic. The resource is intended to help any who wish to learn, understand and deliver this…
