Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 December 2017.
Archives for December 2017
Hail, the newborn Prince of Peace
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2017
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for the evening of Sunday 24 December and morning of Monday 25 December, 2017.
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas 2017 sermon
We are drawn to stories of freedom and purpose. In Star Wars an abandoned orphan on a desert planet turns into a knight leading the struggle for freedom. Platform 9 and three quarters takes Harry Potter into a world of magic and purpose …
Advent 4: Promises and responses
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 December 2017.
Bringing in a new world at Advent: the last word is God’s
In one of a series of seasonal videos produced by the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Rt Rev Dr Gregor Duncan, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, reflects on how Advent calls us to help bring in the new world – God’s world.
Christmas carol service 2017 and second sermon for Advent 3
More than 120 people attended this evening’s Christian Aid Carol Service in which Hutchesons’ Grammar School Junior Choir participated. A most enjoyable and uplifting service. Thanks to all who attended and took part.
Parables of the Kingdom: Advent course week 3
The Parable of the Five Wise and Five Foolish Maidens.
Advent 3: Prepare for the One to come
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 December 2017.
Bishop Gregor’s Christmas message
St John 1.14: ‘and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us …’ We’re all familiar with slogans, mottoes, catchphrases, strap lines, by which institutions or political parties or campaigning groups like to promote themselves, their claims, their values among the rest of us. Some of them may strike us as important and even challenging…
Advent 2: Prepare the Way of the Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 December 2017.
Parables of the Kingdom: Advent course week 2
The Parable of the Talents.
Advent 1: Be alert – love God and one another
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 December 2017.
Parables of the Kingdom: Advent course week 1
A fresh take on the parable of the sheep and the goats.
Commentary: The peace that shapes and moves us
It is called the Kingdom Season, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, when thoughts are directed to the Kingdom of God, and it normally begins with All Saints Day, concluding on the last Saturday before Advent. Christ the King is the focus, and in writing this, we will have almost completed the Kingdom Season before this issue…
