Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 February 2025. ‘The more space we can make for Him, then the more space we dedicate to Him for His use and glory. The more we can offer Him then the more He can use us to bless others – and that includes those who turned us against ourselves and against God.’
Archives for February 2025
Epiphany 6 / Septuagesima: Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 February 2025. ‘But the personal faith of the church was in Jesus as a resurrected being and not as a memory or a historical figure. Either Jesus is alive or He is not. There are no alternatives.’
Aberdeenshire priest resigns her cure over ‘bullying bishop’
The Times of London reports a priest has resigned her cure in the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney as she cannot in good conscience serve under a “bullying” bishop. On 14 Feb 2025 the newspaper reported the Rev. Canon Vittoria Hancock will step down in April as rector of St Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Aboyne and St Kentigern’s in…
Epiphany 5: The blame culture on steroids
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 February 2025. ‘If we think our years are too advanced, then think of Moses, called to serve God as a youngster of 80.’
Patronal Festival at St Bride’s, Hyndland
St Brigit of Kildare, died 1500 years ago and this milestone has inspired an extended Patronal Festival at St Bride’s. Special choral services on Sunday 9 February will be preceded by a series of events on the previous day. Saturday 8th February 2025 12 noon – Ecumenical Service with participation from local churches Music from…
Epiphany 4, Presentation of Christ: Watching and praying
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 February 2025. ‘Maybe the church is also intended to come into its own, like the football stadium, when the game is on and the stands are full and there is that excitement and exuberance in the air.’
