Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 March 2017.
Archives for March 2017
Official report on Diocesan Synod 2017
The Dean, Very Revd Ian Barcroft presided at the Synod Eucharist and read the Bishop’s Charge on behalf of Bishop Gregor who could not be there as he was still recovering at home from a stroke. The elections to various positions were undertaken early in the agenda before the main topic on the agenda, changes…
Rev Sydney Maitland’s contribution to Diocesan Synod debate on same-sex marriage
‘This amendment may bring some a short-lived satisfaction but will cause great and long-term damage to the body of Christ as a whole. And to some, it will be fatal.’
Bishop Gregor Duncan opposes same-sex marriage in Diocesan Synod debate
‘Neither the Law of Scotland, nor anything in scripture, tradition or reason persuades me to depart from what Canon 31.1 still says about marriage.’
Diocesan Synod votes for same-sex marriage despite Bishop Gregor Duncan’s opposition
The main business at this year’s Diocesan Synod, held in Dumfries on March 3, was the proposal to delete from the church’s Canon 31 on marriage the stipulation that marriage should be between a man and a woman. In his ‘charge’ to the Synod, read in his absence through illness, Bishop Gregor Duncan said: “I…
Lent 1: Temptation – Eve and Jesus
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 March 2017.
Commentary: Look in Lent towards the joy and glory of God in Jesus
It is interesting to find that while our festival of All Saints rejoices in the gathering of those who have died in the faith, and is a festival of and for the church as a whole, our observation of All Souls is far more personal and reflective as we remember those who were close to…
