Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 June 2024. ‘Just as King David rose above his grief at the death of Saul and Jonathan, so also Jairus and the unnamed woman of Capernaum had to step outside their comfort zones …’
Archives for June 2024
Celebration service for Bishop Kevin Pearson + Acting Bishop named
A celebration service for the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, was held on Saturday 29 June at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow. Over 300 people filled the cathedral, coming together to honour Bishop Kevin as he prepares to retire later this summer, 44 years after he was ordained to…
Trinity 4: The utter glory and majesty of the love of God in Jesus
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 June 2024. ‘Never just a feeling or an emotion – rather a living truth that transcends all other realities.’
Scottish Episcopal Church found to have been using NDAs
The Scottish Episcopal Church has made use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), the Church Times has discovered — even though the Primus, the Most Revd Mark Strange, has questioned whether they are appropriate, saying: “I don’t think anyone should be silenced.” In an interview for the Church Times podcast, Bishop Strange, who has been the Primus since 2017, said:…
Trinity 3: Our shepherd, teacher and saviour
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 June 2024. ‘Yes, this is Jesus Christ: the Word who expressed the will of God in creation and who came among us to rescue from ourselves and restore us to that place where God is from everlasting to everlasting.’
Bishop Dyer case expected to cost Scottish Episcopal Church £½m
The disciplinary process concerning the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, is expected to cost the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) more than £500,000, The Sunday Times has reported. Accounts published in advance of this week’s meeting of the Church’s General Synod show that £325,000 was spent last year on legal and other fees related to…
Investigation into ‘bullying’ by female bishop set to cost church £500,000
The cost of investigating complaints of bullying and financial impropriety made against Scotland’s first woman bishop is on track to reach more than £500,000. The Right Rev Anne Dyer was suspended as the Anglican bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in 2022, a year after priests and church staff came forward to claim that she was…
Trinity 2: Spiritual kinship with Jesus
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 June 2024. ‘Those who follow the purposes of God in their lives are also those to whom He has dedicated His life.’
Trinity 1: ‘Speak, for your servant is listening’
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 June 2024. ‘We also are here for the sake of the Lord and in order to offer a light and a hope to others.’
