All Saints, Jordanhill

A congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Glasgow, Scotland

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.’

College of Bishops publishes the Torrance review of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney

The publication today of the Torrance Report comes after a period of difficult and lengthy consideration by the College of Bishops. In publishing the report, the College expresses its thanks to Professor Iain Torrance for his work in receiving submissions and compiling the report, which contains a number of useful findings which will help the…

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.’

Commentary: The unearned blessings of God received by personal faith in Jesus Christ

It was once a common response to any kind of annoyance or disturbance that ‘There should be a law against it’, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The strange thing is that these days, there probably is. Any perceived insult, any critical comment, any expression of dissent outside the norms of progressive opinion, and there is a…

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.’

Sunday worship for 22 August 2021, Trinity 12

Once again we can enjoy congregational singing in church, and our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 238, New every morning is the love …

Trinity 12: Where else can we go?

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 22 August 2021. ‘Paul’s teaching is different for we are there to hold the land that has already been won for us by Jesus. Our task is to stand.’

Sunday worship for 15 August 2021, Trinity 11

In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Hornby in Lancashire, Guildford Cathedral, Windsor Castle and Westminster Cathedral, opening our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …

Trinity 11: Called to become part of who He is

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 15 August 2021. ‘St Paul wrote that if we are blessed by being drawn into the death of Jesus, then how much more will we be blessed and glorified by being drawn into His resurrection.’

Sunday worship for 8 August 2021, Trinity 10

In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Worcestershire, Guildford, Marlborough College, Hammersmith and Paris, opening our worship with hymn 237, Morning has broken …

Trinity 10: Let us join the feast

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 8 August 2021.
‘To receive Jesus was to become the honoured guest at His banquet, where only the best would be provided. But equally, to receive Him was also to let Him into the deepest places of anger and rejection.’

Sunday worship for 1 August 2021, Trinity 9

Once again we can enjoy congregational singing in church, and our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 368, Guide me, O thou great Redeemer …

Sunday worship for 25 July 2021, Trinity 8

On this Sunday when at last we can resume congregational singing in church, our worship will open – as it does in this online Liturgy of the Word – with hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell …

Sunday worship for 18 July 2021, Trinity 7

In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Chester, Cambridge, Kansas and Westminster Abbey, opening our worship with hymn 52, O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness …

Sunday worship for 11 July 2021, Trinity 6

Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we open our worship at another All Saints, the Royal Garrison Church in Aldershot, with hymn 377, Immortal, invisible, God only wise …

Rev’d Donald Strachan, RIP

Rev’d Donald Strachan passed away on Saturday 3 July 2021. Donald served in the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway as Rector of St John the Evangelist, Coatbridge, Prison Chaplain at Barlinnie and Diocesan Supernumerary between 1973 and 1994. He lived out his retirement in North Uist and latterly was a resident in Trianaid Care Home in…

Sunday worship for 4 July 2021, Trinity 5

This week’s online Liturgy of the Word is complemented by hymns from Worcestershire, Hammersmith and Guildford, a psalm from Westminster Abbey, and a wonderful organ voluntary from Scarsdale, New York. We open our worship with hymn 237, Morning has broken …

Commentary: Time to review where we are and where we are going

Waiting can be extremely tedious, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. Waiting for a bus, an appointment, a letter or just for the rain to stop. It is a pastime immersed in incredible boredom, unless relieved by having something to read or to think about. But then there is another kind of waiting, such as in a…

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