Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 December 2021. ‘In all these things it is about letting the wholeness of Jesus rule in us, dwell in us and lead us out into realms that we never even imagined.’
Archives for 2021
Sunday worship for 26 December 2021, Christmas 1
In our Liturgy of the Word on St Stephen’s Day we enjoy wonderful renditions of Christmas music, beginning with hymn 21, A great and mighty wonder …
Lad o’ pairts: a tribute to Bishop John Taylor
At the funeral last month of the Rt Rev John Taylor, former Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, the eulogy was written by the Rt Rev Richard Holloway, former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, but delivered by the Rev Drew Sheridan because Bishop Holloway could not be present. Bishop Holloway kindly gave his permission for…
Worship for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2021
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 from fellow Christians who have shared their gifts with the world via YouTube. Do join them in song wherever you are! We open our worship with hymn 42, While Shepherds Watched …
Christmas: Letting Jesus out of the manger
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Friday 24 and Saturday 25 December 2021. ‘This is where He can live in us: full of grace and truth.’
Advent 4: Called to live in a new kind of freedom
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 December 2021. ‘We are already released from permanent guilt and condemnation and into the purpose of God, whom we are free to approach in prayer, alone and together.’
Sunday worship for 19 December 2021, Advent 4
As we approach Christmas, this week’s Liturgy of the Word features choral music from another All Saints church – in Northampton – as well as organ music from Hamburg. We open our worship with hymn 186, Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord …
News from the Diocesan Office: December 2021
The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
College of Bishops issues mediation update
The College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church has today issued the following statement in the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney: The College of Bishops has received an update from the Mediation Steering Group which was set up to help the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney move forward from its current difficulties. We are…
Sunday worship for 12 December 2021, Advent 3
Many readers enjoy the opportunity to hear our hymns sung by choirs from around the world, and they will certainly not be disappointed by our final hymn, Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown (O come to my heart, Lord Jesus) as sung by the VocalEssence Chorale from Accra in Ghana. However, we begin our Liturgy of the Word in Chennai, India, with hymn 14, The advent of our God …
Advent 3: Preparation to greet the Holy One of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 December 2021. ‘Writing to the church in Philippi in Greece, Paul also had his instructions. They were to rejoice in the Lord – worshipping Him who is real and alive as opposed to a statue dedicated to a myth.’
Sunday worship for 5 December 2021, Advent 2
This week we enjoy music and singing from Manchester, St Alban’s and St Paul’s Cathedrals, but we open our Liturgy of the Word with the virtual choir of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, Michigan, and hymn 12, On Jordan’s bank …
Advent 2: Sure and everlasting
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 December 2021. ‘Paul’s vision for his churches was one of abounding love, filled with knowledge and depth and insight.’
Commentary: We are all on the same journey
In writing this we are looking forward to Advent and Christmas, writes Rev Sydney Maitland, when we celebrate God’s action in entering the human race, first of all as a baby, but later to be seen as the Messiah, the Anointed One, Prince of Peace, saviour of the world. But the present time is very…
Saint Andrew Declaration signed by Primus and Moderator at special service in Edinburgh
St Andrew’s Day has been marked with the signing of a joint Declaration between the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Scotland during a special service at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh. At the service the Most Rev Mark Strange, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Lord Wallace, the Moderator of…
Sunday worship for 28 November 2021, Advent 1
This week we enjoy singing from the cathedrals of Ely, Lichfield, Salisbury and Sheffield, concluding with an organ voluntary by JS Bach from Goslar-Grauhof in Germany. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 9, Lo He comes with clouds descending …
Advent 1: How long O Lord? Watch and pray
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 November 2021. ‘But this is a time for the church to take heart. It is a time to look up for the Salvation of the Lord is drawing near.’
Bishop John Taylor, RIP
The Right Reverend John Taylor, former rector of Holy Cross, Knightswood, and Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1991-96, has died at the age of 89. His funeral took place on November 26 at St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Kirriemuir. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
Christ the King: The hope in which we are pleased to rejoice
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 November 2021. ‘It is the proud conviction in which we look to the coming of Him who is indeed King of Kings and Lord of Lords.’
Sunday worship for 21 November 2021, Christ the King
On this Sunday of Christ the King there is, appropriately, some rousing music to accompany this online Liturgy of the Word and we open our worship with hymn 352, Crown Him with many crowns …
Reading the Bible like an Episcopalian: A four-part series in Advent
This series of four talks in the season of Advent will reflect upon ways in which Episcopalians understand Holy Scripture. Because we Episcopalians, like all Christians, read the Bible from our own perspective and within our own denomination, it is worth probing our own predilections. It is worth asking, in other words, what characterises an…
Armistice Day at the National Memorial Arboretum
This year the National Memorial Arboretum broadcast its annual Armistice Day Service of Remembrance live from the Armed Forces Memorial. The service commemorated the signing of the Armistice which brought an end to the First World War and remembered all those who gave their lives in service to their country since 1914.
Sunday worship for 14 November 2021, Remembrance
Let us begin our online Liturgy of the Word for this Remembrance Sunday with the words of Robert Laurence Binyon: ‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.’
Remembrance: He will never abandon us or forsake us
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 November 2021. ‘It is the mark of a total and unyielding love, which will never let go of those who have committed themselves to Him.’
Sunday worship for 7 November 2021, All Souls
Our contemplation of All Souls in this Liturgy of the Word is aided by choral and organ music from the cathedrals of Lincoln, Guildford and Asaba in Nigeria, and from Milwaukee and New York, beginning with hymn 376, I heard the voice of Jesus say …
All Souls: Will we trust ourselves to His salvation?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 November 2021. ‘If All Saints is a celebration of the life of the church which is in the presence of God then All Souls is more personal and perhaps more searching.’
Isa Lang, RIP
The funeral of Isa Lang, who died peacefully at Quayside Care Home earlier this month, will be at 3.30 pm on Wednesday 3 November at Clydebank crematorium. Isa was born in Finnieston and moved to Knightswood at the age of three. She was a lifelong member of Holy Cross, Knightswood, where she was also a…
Sunday worship for 31 October 2021, All Saints
During this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we travel musically from St Machar’s Cathedral in Aberdeen to Holland, by way of the Royal Albert Hall, opening with hymn 205, Christ is made the sure foundation …
All Saints: We are already with them as we worship Jesus as Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 October 2021. ‘Death is no longer that great abyss of nothingness, full of terrors. Today we are celebrating life rather than death.’
Sunday worship for 24 October 2021, Trinity 21
We begin this week’s online Liturgy of the Word in the company of the choirs and orchestra of St Andrew’s Kirk in Chennai, India, with hymn 362, Glorious things of Thee are spoken …
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