Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 March 2024. ‘That is why we gather together, why we worship and find that in the presence of God we also have an identity and a purpose that can never be matched by the wealth, the opulence or even the scientific knowledge of the world.’
Archives for March 2024
Commentary: The turning point of the whole of human history
I suppose that it is unavoidable to compare Easter with Christmas, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Christmas is in deep winter, when our nights are dark and the weather is cold. Our images are of snow-clad landscapes and city scenes. And then the story is definitely a family story: a mother having a baby, in hard…
Maundy Thursday: A foundation for their lives together in prayer and worship
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Maundy Thursday, 28 March 2024. ”Do this in Remembrance of Me’ would become a command to love one another, as they allowed His love to flow through them.’
Dr Dee Bird is appointed new Secretary General
The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will welcome a new Secretary General when Dr Dee Bird takes up the position this summer. Dr Bird joins the General Synod Office from Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association where she has been Chief Executive Officer since 2020.
Lent 5 / Passion Sunday: God’s cleansing agent
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 March 2024. ‘Jesus would carry the load than none could carry for themselves. He would be the atonement that none even dare imagine, and which no amount of self-appointed good works would ever satisfy.’
Lent 4 / Mothering Sunday: The work of the Holy Spirit
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 March 2024. ‘We find ourselves by looking to Him and as He leads us into those dimensions of His love which we never even imagined.’
Lent 3: The power of God over death
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 March 2024. ‘Is self the measure of all that we do and are? Is it humanity in its many forms of community and its political doctrines, each locality choosing its own model? Or might it be God?’
Bishop Kevin announces retirement
The Right Rev Kevin Pearson has announced today that he will retire as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway on 31 August 2024. Bishop Kevin became the 15th Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway in July 2020 upon his translation from the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles. Announcing his retirement to the Glasgow and Galloway Diocesan…
