Writing these notes near the end of Eastertide, I am now looking towards the Ascension of Jesus and the Day of Pentecost, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. They are linked in that first of all the church was celebrating the ascension of Jesus to His place in heaven where He would be accessible to all believers…
Sunday worship for 15 May 2022, Easter 5
This week we are in the company of musicians and singers from Cambridge, Nigeria and Wisconsin, opening our Liturgy of the Word in Norfolk with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …
Easter 5: Where we lack the wisdom on how to act, we can always ask
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 May 2022.
Sunday worship for 8 May 2022, Easter 4
We open our Liturgy of the Word this week in the company of the congregation of St Paul’s Cathedral with hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell …
Easter 4: A matter of personal faith and personal relationship
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 May 2022. ‘If we start with God then our faith will increase as we come to know God better in Jesus Christ and as our relationships with one another also find a deeper foundation in Him.’
The Rt Revd Edward Luscombe RIP
The Rt Rev Edward Luscombe, former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, has died at the age of 97 after a period of illness. Bishop Ted, as he was best known, was Bishop of Brechin for 15 years and served as Primus from 1985 until his retirement in 1990. He was ordained deacon at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow in 1963 . Previously he had held the posts of vestry member, lay representative and diocesan treasurer in Glasgow & Galloway.
Sunday worship for 1 May 2022, Easter 3
‘O God, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work.’ We open our worship with hymn 345, Christ is the King, O friends rejoice …
Easter 3: My way??
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 1 May 2022. ‘Jesus has personal agenda for each of us – and He looks to us to follow Him before all others and all else.’
Sunday worship for 24 April 2022, Easter 2
‘Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing.’ We open our worship with hymn 117, The day of resurrection…
Easter 2: The central task of the church in every land and in every generation
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 April 2022. ‘Where the gospel message is honoured then we also are empowered. When it is not then we also falter.’
Sunday worship for 17 April 2022, Easter Day
‘Lord of life and power, through the mighty resurrection of your Son you have overcome the old order of sin and death and have made all things new in him. May we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, reign with him in glory.’ We open our worship with hymn 124, Ye choirs of new Jerusalem …
Easter Day: A message of life in its fullness
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 April 2022. ‘Whatever the world may throw at the disciples, it would never undo the power of Jesus’ resurrection.’
News from the Diocesan Office: April 2022
The latest edition of an information bulletin from the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway
Sunday worship for 10 April 2022, Palm Sunday
Assist us mercifully with your help, Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy into the celebration of those mighty acts whereby you give us life and immortality. We open our worship in the company of the choir of St Andrew’s Kirk, Chennai, with hymn 509, All glory, laud and honour …
Palm Sunday: Passion Narrative
There is no sermon in church today, Palm Sunday. Instead, Rev Sydney Maitland and members of the congregation will be reading the Passion Narrative – Luke 23: 1-49. Here, we can enjoy the passage being read by the actor David Suchet …
Commentary: Every saint has a past and every sinner a future
I suppose that the astonishment we feel at the Russian invasion of Ukraine is matched most closely by the progressive collapse of the Iron Curtain during the autumn of 1989, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Every month another East European country shrugged off the communist straightjacket and emerged blinking into a new era of choice and…
Sunday worship for 3 April 2022, Passion Sunday
Almighty God, breathe upon us with the power of your Spirit, that we may be raised to new life in Christ and serve you in holiness and righteousness all our days. We open our worship with hymn 79, The royal banners forward go …
Passion Sunday: Looking forward
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 April 2022. ‘God’s future for us is that secured in Jesus Christ. God’s hope for us is found as we commit ourselves to Him and look for His purposes among us.’
Sunday worship for 27 March 2022, Lent 4 and Mothering Sunday
Three favourite hymns accompany our Liturgy of the Word this Mothering Sunday – Tell out my soul, All things bright and beautiful, and to open our worship, hymn 237, Morning has broken …
Mothering Sunday: A faith that lives, moves, breathes, hopes beyond hope, and continues in prayer
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 March 2022. ‘Now Jesus was looking for the care of His Mother. And Jesus entrusted her to the care of John, the beloved disciple who would indeed honour and look after her as he would his own mother.’
Sunday worship for 20 March 2022, Lent 3
Today’s music comes from Singapore, Chennai in India, Peterborough, Hereford and Dundee, opening our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 74, O for a heart to praise my God …
Lent 3: God knows our stories far better than we know them ourselves
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 20 March 2022. ‘This self-sufficiency ethic breeds its own doctrine of survival: defend everything you have with everything you can lay hands on. Let the weak perish and let truth wither. Morality redefines itself in terms of our own interests and is essentially Godless.’
Sunday worship for 13 March 2022, Lent 2
‘Almighty God, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross, give us faith to perceive his glory, that being strengthened by his grace we may be changed into his likeness.’ We open our worship with hymn 417, O God our help in ages past …
Lent 2: The fog of war, the life of faith
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.’
Evensong postponed
The service of sung Evensong scheduled for March 6 will be held instead at 6.30 pm on Sunday, March 13.
Sunday worship for 6 March 2022, Lent 1
We begin our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 67, Forty days and forty nights …
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.’
Sunday worship for 27 February 2022, Quinquagesima
We end this week’s Liturgy of the Word in Paris by way of Ghana, but open our worship in Hammersmith with hymn 343, Bright the vision that delighted …
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.’
Commentary: It is at a time when the ages grow darker that the light of Christ grows brighter
We have all felt the sense of uncertainty in these days, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Apart from the threat of war in Ukraine – and the question of just how far it would be restricted to that country, there is the rising cost of living in this country and of course the effects of Brexit…
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