Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 September 2024. ‘Perhaps our three lessons are linked by a commitment: the devotion and self-giving of Esther; the place of prayer shown by Esther and James; the importance of prayer and unity of faith as we continue to serve the Lord in our own time and place.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 September 2024. ‘Leadership did not grow out of public relations and a good personal story. It did not come out of aggressive self-promotion and noisy assertions. It was to be seen in serving others and putting them before oneself.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 September 2024. ‘What matters is that Jesus should increase in us and that our self-importance should decrease. That is how we will find ourselves – and that is also how the Lord wishes to be found in us.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 August 2024. ‘May we … live by every word that comes from the mouth of God and not from our own emotions.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 August 2024. ‘I do not believe that Jesus came in order to found a church or even the church. Emphatically not.’

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.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 July 2024. ‘So yes, we are all sheep without a shepherd until we receive Jesus Christ.’

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.’

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.’

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.’

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.’

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.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 May 2024. ‘At Christmas we celebrate God coming into the world in Jesus; at Easter we celebrate His victory over sin and death. At Pentecost we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. And at Trinity we celebrate all three at once.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 May 2024. ‘Faith, hope and love all abide – and the greatest is love, which we need to be grown within us and among us.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 May 2024. ‘Humanity is rife in its selection of personal resentments, all demanding redress and restitution. But none of this remotely sets aside the glory and wonder of Jesus Christ, risen and ascended.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 April 2024. ‘Jesus is not going away, even when things feel dark and foreboding. He is as much with us in those times of trial and temptation as in times of light and peace and joy.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 April 2024. ‘God is always with us. Like a shepherd – calling us, healing us, tending us, leading us into new pastures, with fresh food and water and shelter.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 April 2024. ‘Here is love – and it starts with God and His total self-giving.’

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.’

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.’