Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 July 2024. ‘We do not have to be defined or limited by our sins, failures or disappointments. Not when the glory of the fulness of Jesus Christ is just waiting to be poured over and into us.’
Archives for July 2024
Discipline Tribunal hearing to be rescheduled
The Clergy Discipline Tribunal hearing into allegations against Bishop Anne Dyer, scheduled for September 2024, has been postponed following an application on behalf of the Bishop for further preparation time. The request was granted by the Tribunal. The hearing was scheduled to begin on 10 September 2024 in Edinburgh, and work is now underway to…
Last call for views on ‘assisted dying’
There are three weeks remaining during which submissions can be made to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee ‘Call for Views’ on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. The purpose of the call for evidence is to gather views on the Bill which will inform the Committee’s scrutiny. The…
Trinity 8: A vision of a new humanity
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 July 2024. ‘So yes, we are all sheep without a shepherd until we receive Jesus Christ.’
Upcoming Bishop search process and Diocesan description
A message from the Rt Rev Andrew Swift, Acting Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway: “The election of a new Bishop is a vital part of the life and ministry of a Scottish Episcopal diocese. As you say farewell to Bishop Kevin, please keep in prayer him and Elspeth and all those who will be part…
Trinity 7: What was true then is true today
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 July 2024. ‘The lessons of King David, King Herod and of the church in Ephesus are all there for us to receive and ponder.’
Trinity 6: ‘Find yourself in Me’
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 July 2024. ‘Our ministries and areas of Christian service are never our possessions. They are always those areas of serving that are entrusted to us by the Lord.’
Commentary: Where do truth and justice lie?
The General Election was called and somehow the power in the land passed from its politicians and government into the hands of the media, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. It is now the journalists, editors, presenters, commentators and pollsters who were making the running as each party, its leaders and manifestoes are held up to examination,…
