We open our Liturgy of the Word this week in the company of the congregation of Chet Valley Churches in South Norfolk with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …
Archives for May 2022
Ascension: He rose so that we may open ourselves to His vision for our lives and church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 May 2022. ‘Today, He is present with the soldiers of Ukraine facing the onslaught of their invaders, and with the starving of Africa as they lack simple access to food and water in the face of drought and civil war and the plundering incompetence of their own governments. He is there with every grieving parent, every crying child and trafficked soul, sold into a nightmare of exploitation and abuse.’
Sunday worship for 22 May 2022, Easter 6
This week we are in the company of musicians and singers from Los Angeles, Moscow and South India as well as Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral, opening our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 263, All creatures of our God and King …
Easter 6: A vision for the present of the church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 May 2022. ‘This is what the release of the Holy Spirit was going to be about. He would be there in the person of Jesus in every time and place and situation.’
Commentary: Regather before God in the confidence that He will never fail us or forsake us
Writing these notes near the end of Eastertide, I am now looking towards the Ascension of Jesus and the Day of Pentecost, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. They are linked in that first of all the church was celebrating the ascension of Jesus to His place in heaven where He would be accessible to all believers…
Sunday worship for 15 May 2022, Easter 5
This week we are in the company of musicians and singers from Cambridge, Nigeria and Wisconsin, opening our Liturgy of the Word in Norfolk with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …
Easter 5: Where we lack the wisdom on how to act, we can always ask
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 May 2022.
Sunday worship for 8 May 2022, Easter 4
We open our Liturgy of the Word this week in the company of the congregation of St Paul’s Cathedral with hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell …
Easter 4: A matter of personal faith and personal relationship
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 May 2022. ‘If we start with God then our faith will increase as we come to know God better in Jesus Christ and as our relationships with one another also find a deeper foundation in Him.’
The Rt Revd Edward Luscombe RIP
The Rt Rev Edward Luscombe, former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, has died at the age of 97 after a period of illness. Bishop Ted, as he was best known, was Bishop of Brechin for 15 years and served as Primus from 1985 until his retirement in 1990. He was ordained deacon at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow in 1963 . Previously he had held the posts of vestry member, lay representative and diocesan treasurer in Glasgow & Galloway.
