Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2016.
Archives for 2016
Commentary: Jesus comes to us in Himself and for ourselves
I used to think of November as a non-month in which nothing happened except the cold, the damp and the dark. These are the days in which we would think of death – whether in observing All Saints, All Souls or Remembrance-tide. The month would climax at Christ the King and then we would be…
Bishop Gregor Duncan’s message for Christmas 2016
As I write, the clocks have gone back and things are getting darker. People now talk of light deprivation as a medical condition and it does seem that some of us are susceptible to all of that. But, at this time of the year, there’s a lot of extra light around. Crowds of people out…
Second Sunday before Advent: Remembrance
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 November 2016.
Third Sunday before Advent: Life in the Resurrection
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 November 2016.
All Saints: Rejoice and be glad
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 October 2016.
Come in, Number 77, your time is up!
All 77 brasses on the pews at All Saints have now been cleaned and polished, and Rev Sydney Maitland has placed cards with Biblical texts in most of them.
Trinity 22: Fear not – rejoice and be glad
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 October 2016.
Trinity 21: Autumn in the church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 October 2016.
Trinity 20: Adversity that leads to holiness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 October 2016.
Come and sing Handel’s Messiah at All Saints this Saturday
Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society invite you to Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah with soloists from the RCS on Saturday September 24.
Marriage canon change ‘elevates gender and sexual identity above all other considerations’
Contribution by Rev Sydney Maitland to the General Synod’s debate on same-sex marriage on 10 June 2016. ‘When our world says Achieve Yourself, the gospel says Deny Yourself.’
Scottish Episcopal Church takes first step towards same sex marriage
The Scottish Episcopal Church took the first step towards allowing same sex marriage when its General Synod approved a change to the Church’s canon on marriage at a meeting in Edinburgh today (10 June). A first reading of a motion to remove the doctrinal clause which states that marriage is between a man and a…
Glasgow kids’ holiday scheme set up by Episcopalian still going strong 60 years on
In the mid 1960s Tricia McConalogue was an 11-year-old girl living in the Gorbals. Her father worked as a bricklayer but money was tight and the family could not afford an annual holiday. Like many other families, they would manage a day away from time to time but in the main, Tricia rarely strayed far…
Barnabas Aid magazine for June 2016
The bi-monthly magazine of the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church.
An Ecumenical Choir
Alan Tavener tells the story of the Jordanhill Liturgical Choir, which includes members of the All Saints congregation and often performs here.
Print run of ‘Servant Queen’ book hits one million
The 64-page book ‘The Servant Queen and the King she serves’, celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Christian faith ahead of her official 90th birthday on June 12, has now reached its millionth copy. Her Majesty made it a condition of endorsing the book and providing a personal introduction that it should be distributed free, and copies are…
‘Richness, colour and not a little personal prejudice’
Bishop Gregor Duncan promises some highly personal views in June when he presents his annual lecture on the relevance of our Episcopalian liturgy to the people around us. Can it introduce them to the living God? What about its language, its ceremony, its symbolism; does it connect or does it alienate; does it express a…
Scottish Episcopal Church to debate changes to marriage canon
A proposal to amend the marriage canon to permit same sex weddings in churches will be considered by the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church next month, writes Gavin Drake. The proposed changes, which were requested by the Synod in 2015, remove the current definition of marriage in the first clause of the canon…
‘Growth in Communion, Partnership in Mission’
Following the approval today by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland of the joint report with the Church of England ‘Growth in Communion, Partnership in Mission’, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Rev David Chillingworth, said: “We are grateful to the General Assembly for extending an invitation to the Scottish…
Lent 1: Speaking the Truth
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 January 2016. Satan’s appeals to Jesus ‘were there to distract with amusement or distort with deception – and to avoid the central issue of evil and sin which Jesus had come to strip of their power to terrify.’
Burns Supper raises £700 for charity
A great evening was had by all 90 or so folk who crowded the church hall to be entertained by Condorrat Burns Club at our Burns Supper. A big ‘thank you’ is due to Brenda and Ken McCreadie and everyone else involved in organising the event, which raised £730 for Likoma Link (African Steps) and…
