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 wonderful renditions of Chrustmas music, opening with hymn 21, A great and mighty wonder …
Archives for December 2020
Christmas 1: Commitment to the Gospel message
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 December 2020.
News from the Diocesan Office: December 2020
The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
Worship for 25 December 2020, Christmas Day
Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into one all things earthly and heavenly, fill us with his joy and peace! Our online Liturgy of the Word for Christmas Day includes the music which we would love to sing in church, presented through video by fellow Christians who have shared their gifts with the world. Do join them in song wherever you are! We open our worship with hymn 42, While Shepherds Watched – and end it with it too …
Christmas: Good news, great joy
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2020.
Sunday worship for 20 December 2020, Advent 4
As we approach Christmas, this week’s Liturgy of the Word features choral music from two other All Saints churches – in London and Northampton – as well as organ music from Hamburg. We open our worship with hymn 186, Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord …
Advent 4: The promises and purposes of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 December 2020.
Sunday worship for 13 December 2020, Advent 3
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 Michigan, Ohio, Huddersfield, Cambridge and Epsom. We open our worship with hymn 12, On Jordan’s bank …
Advent 3: John – not me, Him
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 December 2020.
Join the Scottish Episcopal Virtual Choir
Music is especially important at this time of year, and so the team behind Provincial online broadcasts intends to produce a series of musical offerings for use during Advent and Christmas worship.
Sunday worship for 6 December 2020, Advent 2
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 a wide range of sources, including a parish church in Southampton, a Catholic community in Minnesota, and St Paul’s Cathedral. We open our worship with hymn 388, Jesus shall reign …
Advent 2: An opportunity for faith to shine forth
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 December 2020.
Primus’ Charge sets scene at General Synod 2020
The Primus’ Charge outlined the challenges and opportunities before the Scottish Episcopal Church at the start of the first-ever virtual General Synod on December 4. On a historic occasion at St Paul’s & St George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, the General Synod was held online, with just a handful of core participants present in the…
A Nativity Quiz for Christmas
We grew up very familiar with the Christmas story, writes JB. The journey to Bethlehem as demanded by the census, the lack of accommodation when they got there and the subsequent birth of Jesus in a stable, and being laid in a manger because there was ‘no crib for a bed’. The star, angels announcing…









