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’…
Archives for 2020
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.
Sunday worship for 27 September 2020, Trinity 16
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 Paisley Abbey, Lincoln Cathedral and Pymble in New South Wales . We open our worship with hymn 499, Thy kingdom come O God …
Trinity 16: The Project of God
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 September 2020.
Alan Deed, RIP
A veteran member of All Saints’ congregation, Alan Deed, has died at the age of 92. Rev Sydney Maitland said: “Alan was a long standing member of All Saints and brought a special love of the scriptures to his reading of them in church. “He had a strong sense of humour and a rich fund…
Sunday worship for 20 September 2020, Trinity 15
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on Sunday mornings, 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 musical pilgrimage takes us to Troon, Cardiff, Leipzig and Nairobi. We open with hymn 368, Guide me, O thou great Redeemer …
Trinity 15: God’s bounty
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 September 2020.
Sunday worship for 13 September 2020, Trinity 14
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on Sunday mornings, 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. Today we enjoy choral and organ music from Wakefield and Hereford Cathedrals, opening in the company of the choir of Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan with hymn 353, Dear Lord and Father of mankind …
Trinity 14: Faith, forbearance, forgiveness
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 September 2020.
News from the Diocesan Office: September 2020
The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
Sunday worship for 6 September 2020, Trinity 13
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 end with majestic and inspiring renditions of Now Thank We All Our God from Cape Town and Bach’s toccata and fugue in d minor from Holland. But we open our worship with hymn 342, Breathe on me, Breath of God …
Trinity 13: A time to draw close to the Lord and to one another
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 September 2020.
Sunday worship for 30 August 2020, Trinity 12
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 Mary’s Kintbury in Berkshire, from the Bath Chorus and the Seraphic Voices of Toronto, from Wakefield and St Paul’s Cathedrals, and from the Upper Kirk in Kampen, Holland. We open our worship with hymn 76 …
Trinity 12: Taking up the cross – love in action
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 August 2020.
Rev Alec Griffiths, RIP
Rev Alec Griffiths, who served as Rector of Holy Cross, Knightswood, from 1972-79, has died following a period of ill-health. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
August edition of Inspires Online now available
The August edition of Inspires Online – the free e-newsletter from the Scottish Episcopal Church – is now available. You can access it here. The latest edition covers the beginning of the election process for Argyll & The Isles, the announcement of General Synod 2020 as an online event, Glen 2020, the Red Book for 2020/21,…
Sunday worship for 23 August 2020, Trinity 11
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 the benefit of our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from St Peter’s, Hammersmith, Norwich Cathedral and Covenant Church in Houston, Texas.
Trinity 11: Who do you say that Jesus is?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 August 2020.
Sunday worship for 16 August 2020, Trinity 10
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 the benefit of our wider audience. It also means we can enjoy music so generously provided from St Barnabas, Dulwich, Zwolle in the Netherlands, Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga, and others.
Trinity 10: Beware of smokescreens
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 August 2020.
Sunday worship for 9 August 2020, Trinity 9
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 the benefit of our wider audience. It also means we can enjoy music so generously provided from Wakefield Cathedral, Grimsby Minster, Guildford United Reformed Church and others.
Trinity 9: Living dangerously
Reflection by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 August 2020.
Mary Marshall, RIP
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Mary Marshall, a life-long member of All Saints who served on the church’s Vestry and as People’s Warden for more than thirty years.
