The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
Archives for August 2022
Tea & Talk: Learning about caring
The guest speaker at September’s Tea and Talk will be Louise Morgan, Director for Scotland of the charity Carers Trust, which works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. Louise’s talk takes place in All Saints at 2 pm on Thursday 1 September, with a presentation followed by questions and answers. Everyone is welcome.
Sunday worship for 28 August 2022, Trinity 11
‘Author and Giver of all good things, graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us in all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same.’ We open our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …
Trinity 11: Seeing and being seen
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 August 2022. ‘One of the challenges of the times will be as we discover how much we belong to one another and what we can do to support one another.’
Episcopal Synod meets to agree appeal process
The Episcopal Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church met in Edinburgh yesterday to consider procedure relating to the appeal by the Rt Rev Anne Dyer against her suspension as Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney. • Read more on this topic Earlier this month, Bishop Dyer was suspended by the Primus following the lodging of formal…
Sunday worship for 21 August 2022, Trinity 10
‘Almighty God, we are taught by your word that all our doings without love are worth nothing. Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue.’ We open our worship with hymn 294, Just as I am …
Trinity 10: Never a burden, always a means of drawing close to God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 August 2022.
Sunday worship for 14 August 2022, Trinity 9
‘Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and sent into our hearts the Spirit of your Son. Give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word in the company of a mass choir in Chennai, India, with hymn 484, The Church’s one foundation …
Trinity 9: A point of division
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 August 2022. ‘And so yes, Jesus is a line in the sand. Are we with Him or against Him? Indifferent and indulgent tolerance is not enough.’
Bishop’s suspension is confirmed then lifted
Canonical process confirmed in Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney + Bishop’s suspension is lifted after appeal lodged
Sunday worship for 7 August 2022, Trinity 8
‘Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church. Open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy, and peace.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 333, All my hope on God is founded …
Trinity 8: Watch the signs of the times
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 August 2022. ‘It is when people are most indolent in their faith and most inclined to use the church as a vehicle for their political and cultural agendas that is most likely to be caught out and found to be at fault.’
Commentary: A new freedom and a new kind of wisdom
We will all have noted the European Championship success of the English women’s football team and I would heartily congratulate them, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Not being a particular enthusiast for athletics and ball-based sports, I am inclined to leave it at that. But there is one aspect that makes me think a little more…
