Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 November 2016.
Third Sunday before Advent: Life in the Resurrection
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 November 2016.
All Saints: Rejoice and be glad
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 October 2016.
Trinity 22: Fear not – rejoice and be glad
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 October 2016.
Trinity 21: Autumn in the church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 October 2016.
Trinity 20: Adversity that leads to holiness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 October 2016.
Lent 1: Speaking the Truth
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 January 2016. Satan’s appeals to Jesus ‘were there to distract with amusement or distort with deception – and to avoid the central issue of evil and sin which Jesus had come to strip of their power to terrify.’
Advent 3: Repent and Rejoice
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 6 December, 2015. ‘The truth is that worshipping God is both highly personal and indeed deeply intimate, for it places before Him the deepest aspects of our lives.’
Advent 2: The Messenger
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 6 December, 2015. ‘Most of all we have one another, we have the assurance of the Holy Spirit, and we have the complete salvation of the Lord.’
Christmas message from Bishop Gregor Duncan
At times it is hard to think that the world we live in is anything other than very dark, writes Bishop Gregor Duncan. All around us are threats to life – climate change, terrorism, civil wars, genocidal campaigns, corruption, failed and failing states, appalling abuse, not least of women and children – the list is…
Advent 1: Be alert – do not be dismayed
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 29 November, 2015. ‘The Lord is reassuring us that He holds us in the palm of His hand and the prayers that we make in His name are the prayers that He takes up and makes personal in the presence of the Father.’
Christ the King: A time for noting the darkness but celebrating the light
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 22 November, 2015. ‘A time for encouraging one another, bearing burdens, sharing sorrows, relieving want, offering aid and support and comfort.’
Second Sunday before Advent: Institutions overthrown
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 15 November, 2015. ‘It is what we have become in Him that will last to eternity, as will the works that He has been able to do within us and through us.’
Third Sunday before Advent: Remembrance Sunday
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 8 November, 2015. ‘One of the pleasures of pastoral visiting is the surprises that one can encounter …’
Trinity 22 and All Saints Day: Saintly works in progress
Sermon delivered by Bishop Gregor Duncan on Sunday 1 November, 2015. +Gregor was visiting All Saints to review the congregation’s first year of Mission Action.
Trinity 21: Discipleship through Trial
Sermon delivered by Rev Sydney Maitland on Sunday 25 October, 2015.
Trinity 19 and Harvest Festival: Seek first the Kingdom of God
Sunday 4 October 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 18: Simplicity of living
Sunday 27 September 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 16: the Bible’s single story of God’s wisdom and love
Sunday 20 September 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Sexagesima: God expresses His confidence in us
Sunday 8 February 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Epiphany: Presenting Jesus to the world
Sunday 4 January 2015. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Rescuing martyrdom – reflections for the Feast of St Thomas Becket
The martyr is ‘light itself’ who ‘opens the heavens’ says the Archbishop of Canterbury in this homily, preached at Canterbury Cathedral this morning.
Sermon for Christmas 1: Born under the law
Sunday 28 December 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Sermon for Christmas Day: How will we receive Him?
Thursday 25 December 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Christmas message from Bishop Gregor Duncan
In 1951, I was told many years ago, for my first birthday I was given a set of what were then called Fairy Lights, for the Christmas tree. I grew up with these lovely things and enjoyed them well into my teens – what happened to them, I don’t really know. They were larger than…
The Fruit and Gifts of the Spirit
Bible study led by Rev Sydney Maitland at an open worship evening / house group on October 29. Scripture references: Galatians 5: 22-23; John 15: 1-17; Philippians 2: 5-11; 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13; 1 Corinthians 12: 1-31; Ephesians 4: 11-13. The study was complemented by Jane Hely’s meditation based on the carol Jesus Christ the…
Trinity 8: Under Pressure
Sunday 10 August 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 7: The Invitation
Sunday 3 August 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 6: Parables of the Kingdom
Sunday 27 July 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
Trinity 5: The Wheat and the Weeds
Sunday 13 July 2014. Sermon delivered by the Rev Sydney Maitland.
