Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 13 March 2022. ‘Wherever we are, God still cares. He is still present and we may still approach Him with our own prayers and together as we worship.’
Lent 1: A personal conviction that our faith lies in Jesus Christ
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 March 2022. ‘There is no place for fear – for in Him we already have all things. And He will never fail us or forsake us.’
Quinquagesima: Faith embraces all who put their trust in Jesus Christ, and Him crucified
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 February 2022. ‘It embraces all who put their trust in Jesus Christ and Him crucified. It covers Protestant, Catholic and Anglican. It includes those of the Orthodox church, whether Greek, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian or Coptic. It rejoices in the same Lord, and it celebrates when He is made Lord of all.’
Sexagesima: The place to begin this preparation for heaven is here in our lives on earth
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 February 2022. ‘What we can do is to bring those wounds to God and ask Him to heal them, and to bring strength to those parts of our lives which are weak, honour where there is embarrassment, glory where there is shame.’
Third before Lent: Resurrection was the gift and will of God for all of humanity
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 February 2022.
Presentation of Christ: He too shared their humanity
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 6 February 2022. ‘Wherever we are and whatever we feel, there is nothing new for Jesus to see: but there are many things for Him to heal, to release and to bless.’
Epiphany 4: Will we allow His love to be our light, our strength and our wisdom?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 January 2022. ‘Jesus was offering power instead of passivity, vision in place of greyness, hope instead discouragement, joy instead of routine, harmony instead of noise.’
Epiphany 3: Every member can serve in the ministry of the church
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 January 2022. ‘This is the Body of Christ. Each member of the church is also a member of Jesus Himself.’
Epiphany 2: God does not give sparingly
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 January 2022. ‘We too may dare to seek the colours of the rainbow, the fruitfulness of the life of Jesus Christ and the fullness of the gifts and the infilling of the Holy Spirit.’
Baptism of Jesus: Baptized in water, filled with the Spirit
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 January 2022. ‘Do we desire to live in the same spirit that endowed Jesus?’
Epiphany: Ministry of myrrh
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 January 2022. ‘Perhaps this is where we also may start: by coming before Him and laying ourselves at His feet. The offering is what we are, far more than what we have.’
Christmas 1: Growing in stature, wisdom, in favour with God and people
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 December 2021. ‘In all these things it is about letting the wholeness of Jesus rule in us, dwell in us and lead us out into realms that we never even imagined.’
Christmas: Letting Jesus out of the manger
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Friday 24 and Saturday 25 December 2021. ‘This is where He can live in us: full of grace and truth.’
Advent 4: Called to live in a new kind of freedom
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 December 2021. ‘We are already released from permanent guilt and condemnation and into the purpose of God, whom we are free to approach in prayer, alone and together.’
Advent 3: Preparation to greet the Holy One of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 December 2021. ‘Writing to the church in Philippi in Greece, Paul also had his instructions. They were to rejoice in the Lord – worshipping Him who is real and alive as opposed to a statue dedicated to a myth.’
Advent 2: Sure and everlasting
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 December 2021. ‘Paul’s vision for his churches was one of abounding love, filled with knowledge and depth and insight.’
Advent 1: How long O Lord? Watch and pray
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 November 2021. ‘But this is a time for the church to take heart. It is a time to look up for the Salvation of the Lord is drawing near.’
Christ the King: The hope in which we are pleased to rejoice
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 November 2021. ‘It is the proud conviction in which we look to the coming of Him who is indeed King of Kings and Lord of Lords.’
Remembrance: He will never abandon us or forsake us
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 November 2021. ‘It is the mark of a total and unyielding love, which will never let go of those who have committed themselves to Him.’
All Souls: Will we trust ourselves to His salvation?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 November 2021. ‘If All Saints is a celebration of the life of the church which is in the presence of God then All Souls is more personal and perhaps more searching.’
All Saints: We are already with them as we worship Jesus as Lord
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 October 2021. ‘Death is no longer that great abyss of nothingness, full of terrors. Today we are celebrating life rather than death.’
Trinity 21: Lord have mercy
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 October 2021. ‘It was the very simplicity of Bartimaeus’ prayer that had its effect. No special pleading or campaigning or accusation of others. We also have the same access to Jesus that Bartimaeus had.’
Trinity 20: My sins, His death
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 October 2021. ‘He wants us to be victorious in our lives, but it is a victory entered only through Him and never apart from Him.’
Trinity 19: With God, all things are possible
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 October 2021. ‘God came that we might thrive, and He died so that we might live.’
Trinity 18, Harvest: Seek first the Kingdom of God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 October 2021. ‘It was in a garden tomb that Jesus was buried and from which He rose again. And in Revelation the picture of the New Jerusalem is very much one of a new kind of garden.’
Trinity 17: Has the Lord’s arm been shortened?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 September 2021. ‘He will seek and save those who are lost, find and revive those who are wounded, comfort those who are broken and give life to those who are ready to give up.’
Trinity 16: The suffering innocent
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 September 2021. ‘For Jesus, leading meant caring for the other and putting their interests ahead of His own’.
Trinity 15: Who do you say that I am?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 September 2021. ‘No being or doctrine would ever rival the kingdom of God – even if many were going to try as hard as they could.’
Trinity 14: Jesus the Outsider
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 5 September 2021. ‘Perhaps it is the sense that Jesus Himself was also an outsider that gives us that freedom to welcome and to forgive others.’
Trinity 13: Godly living found in personal holiness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 29 August 2021. ‘Are there areas where our lives need amendment? Definitely. But if we are aware of this, then are there any areas of life where God cannot meet us in our needs? Definitely not.’
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