‘Living God, in Christ you make all things new. Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your glory.’ With this week’s Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music from the Royal Albert Hall, York Minster, Guildford Cathedral and Recklinghausen in Germany. We open our worship with hymn 408, Love Divine, all loves excelling …
Archives for January 2022
Epiphany 4: Will we allow His love to be our light, our strength and our wisdom?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 January 2022. ‘Jesus was offering power instead of passivity, vision in place of greyness, hope instead discouragement, joy instead of routine, harmony instead of noise.’
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for February 2022
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Nigeria, Mozambique, Russia, Iran and Pakistan. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith.
Updated: frequently asked questions for Scottish Episcopal Churches in the Covid pandemic
The Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church has issued a further update on Covid regulations and restrictions. Choir members can now sing unmasked, hymn books and liturgy books can be used, and refreshments can be served after services. However, the common cup can not be reintroduced yet. [tnc-pdf-viewer-iframe file=”allsaintsjordanhill.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Frequently-Asked-Questions-Version-13-28.1.22.pdf” width=”100%” height=”1000″ download=”true” print=”true” fullscreen=”true”…
Commentary: Desmond Tutu – my tribute to a great man
‘A situation of personal difficulty can become the portal through which we may begin to glimpse a realm far greater than anything we can imagine through our own senses. In this someone had to open the curtain and let the light in. For me, this was Desmond Tutu.’
Epiphany 3: Every member can serve in the ministry of the church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 January 2022. ‘This is the Body of Christ. Each member of the church is also a member of Jesus Himself.’
Sunday worship for 23 January 2022, Epiphany 3
Our musical journey accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word takes us to Accra in Ghana, Aldershot, Coventry, Groningen in Germany and Westminster Abbey. We open our worship with hymn 49, Brightest and best of the sons of the morning …
Sunday worship for 16 January 2022, Epiphany 2
There’s an American flavour to the music accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word, with singing from Los Angeles and organ music from Denver, Colorado. We open our worship with hymn 263, All creatures of our God and King …
Epiphany 2: God does not give sparingly
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 January 2022. ‘We too may dare to seek the colours of the rainbow, the fruitfulness of the life of Jesus Christ and the fullness of the gifts and the infilling of the Holy Spirit.’
Sunday worship for 9 January 2022, the Baptism of Christ
Today’s Liturgy of the Word is enhanced by music from Chester and Lincoln Cathedrals, All Saints Episcopal Church in New York state and Kalamazoo, Michigan. We open our worship with hymn 52, O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness …
Baptism of Jesus: Baptized in water, filled with the Spirit
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 January 2022. ‘Do we desire to live in the same spirit that endowed Jesus?’
Sunday worship for 2 January 2022, Epiphany
‘Eternal God, who by a star led wise men to the worship of your Son, guide by your light the nations of the earth, that the whole world may know your glory’. Choral music this week comes from Ipswich, Salisbury, Chester – and Accra. We open with hymn 47, As with gladness men of old …
Epiphany: Ministry of myrrh
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 January 2022. ‘Perhaps this is where we also may start: by coming before Him and laying ourselves at His feet. The offering is what we are, far more than what we have.’
Sunday readings and prayers for January 2022
Old Testament, New Testament and Gospel readings for Sundays this month, with links to ‘Poirot’ actor David Suchet reading the Bible passages. We also remember those whose Year’s Mind falls this month, and those who we’re called to hold before God in the Diocesan and Anglican Cycles of Prayer.
Barnabas Fund prayer focus for January 2022
An update from the Barnabas Fund, which offers hope and aid to the persecuted church. News this month from Nigeria, Armenia, Pakistan, India and Haiti. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith.
