Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. Our musical journey today takes us to Salisbury Cathedral, the Royal Albert Hall, Enschede-Oost in Holland and Old St Paul’s in Edinburgh. We open our worship with hymn 197, For all the Saints …
Archives for October 2020
All Saints: Sermon on the Mount
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 November 2020.
New edition of Inspires Online available
The October edition of Inspires Online is now available, rounding up news and stories from across the Scottish Episcopal Church. The edition features the remarkable work of Mustard Seed in Edinburgh during the pandemic, when the Rev Rich Cornfield and his team supported those in need with a huge expansion of their existing ‘Soul Food’…
Trinity 20: Loving God, for God is love
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 October 2020.
Commentary: Loving God in testing times
November is normally a busy month, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. It starts with our celebration of All Saints as our patronal festival, soon followed and observed more reflectively by All Souls. In the middle there is our Remembrance-tide commemoration and we climax with Christ the King before Advent is upon us. This year our time…
Sunday worship for 18 October 2020, Trinity 19
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. Please remember in your prayers Mary Marshall, whose ashes will be interred today at All Saints. We open our worship with hymn 146 – Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …
Trinity 19: The Glory of the Lord
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 October 2020.
Sunday worship for 11 October 2020, Trinity 18
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week’s music comes from Paisley, Belfast, Oxford and Chennai. We open our worship with hymn 436, Praise, my soul, the King of heaven…
Remembering Phoebe Anna Traquair
One hundred years ago, Phoebe Anna Traquair became the first woman member of the Scottish Royal Academy, reflecting her status as a leading professional designer, particularly in the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland. Many thanks to the Diocese for this reminder that she created the reredos painting at All Saints:
Sunday worship for 4 October 2020, Trinity 17
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from St George’s Windsor, Westminster and Pershore Abbeys, from Holland and South Africa. We open our Harvest worship with hymn 259, Come, ye thankful people, come …
Harvest, Trinity 17: God loves a cheerful giver
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 October 2020.







