Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Thursday 25 May 2025. ‘The task entrusted to the apostles and all who follow them shows Jesus’ confidence in those apostles, and a mixed bunch they were…’
Archives for May 2025
New Bishop to attend Ascension Day service: Thursday 29 May
Newly-installed Bishop Nick Bundock will be the celebrant at a special Ascension Day Eucharist at All Saints at 7 pm on Thursday May 29. The service is at the behest of the North West Regional Council. Rev Sydney Maitland will preach while Jordanhill Liturgical Choir and choristers from other churches in the North West Regional…
Commentary: The ministry of the church was to be Christ-centred
It is interesting how the great festivals of the church follow the rhythm of the seasons, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Christmas is our midwinter celebration, while Easter is the start of the lambing season and the Harvest Festival speaks for itself: the final ingathering. But Pentecost is also important, in being the celebration of the…
Easter 6: Pull down the barriers
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 May 2025. ‘And so day by day, event by event, meeting by meeting we are called to allow Him to draw closer to us.’
General Synod 2025 agenda published
The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will meet at St Paul’s & St George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, from Thursday 5 June to Saturday 7 June. The agenda and papers have now been sent to members and published here on the Scottish Episcopal Church website, detailing the business scheduled. Proceedings will begin on the…
Easter 5: Jesus’ New Commandment to His disciples
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 May 2025. ‘He sees us in terms of wiping every tear from the eyes of His people. Death, mourning, crying and pain have no meaning or significance. The Lord is seeing to that one, personally.’
Anglican church leader urged to resign as bullying scandal drags on
The most senior figure within Scotland’s Anglican church is facing calls to resign over claims he “misled” clergy about a safeguarding scandal. The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) is mired in crisis over the future of the Right Rev Anne Dyer, Scotland’s first woman bishop, who was suspended in 2022 amid accusations of bullying. She was…
Easter 4: ‘I know My sheep and they know Me’
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 May 2025. ‘They know His Name and rejoice in it; they hear His word and they follow it; they honour one another who are also His sheep. They have that instinctive sense of being in His presence when they are with others who also seek His face.’
Easter 3: Called into the service of His gospel
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 4 May 2025. ‘He was there so that we also might be part of that great company of praise in heaven: animated not by our sins and memories but empowered by His mercy.’
Consecration of Bishop Nicholas Bundock: full report
A new Bishop has been consecrated in the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway at a service held in the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin in Glasgow. The consecration of the Right Reverend Doctor Nicholas Bundock took place on Saturday evening following his election earlier this year. The service was live-streamed and can…
Consecration of Bishop Nicholas Bundock
The consecration took place today of the Most Rev Nicholas Bundock as Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway. Here is the order of service:
