All Saints, Jordanhill

A congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Glasgow, Scotland

Sunday worship for 27 June 2021, Trinity 4

In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we enjoy music and singing from Salisbury, Oxford, Warsaw and St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, opening our worship with hymn 338, At the name of Jesus …

Trinity 4: A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 July 2021. • First Reading: 2 Samuel 1: 1, 17-27 (David’s lament for Saul and Jonathan)• Psalm 30• Epistle: 2 Corinthians 8: 7-15 (Exhortation to generosity in giving)• Gospel: Mark 5: 21-43 (Jesus heals a haemorraging woman and a sick girl)   Sermon He was an unknown…

Sunday worship for 20 June 2021, Trinity 3

This week we enjoy music and singing from Peterborough Cathedral in 1967, St Ninian’s Cathedral in Perth in 1989 and Sweden just three years ago. But we open our worship at St Paul’s Cathedral in 2012, marking the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ setting of the Old Hundred for hymn 334, All people that on earth do dwell …

2021 General Synod roundup

General Synod members gathered online on June 10 and 11 for the annual meeting of the governing body of the Scottish Episcopal Church + Joint St Andrew Declaration with the Church of Scotland approved + Missionary Jane Haining, murdered at Auschwitz Birkenau, added to the Church’s liturgical calendar + Climate change guidance plan

Sunday worship for 6 June 2021, Trinity 1

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. We open our worship for Trinity Sunday with Hymn 146, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …

Commentary: Steadfast in our duty before Him

The plea goes up for justice – and that ‘our claim is just’, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. The cynic might say that nobody openly makes a claim that they know to be unjust and even WW2 began with Hitler’s demand for the restoration of the Danzig corridor to German control as if it had been…

Sunday worship for 30 May 2021, Trinity

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. We open our worship for Trinity Sunday with Hymn 146, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …

Sunday worship for 23 May 2021, Pentecost

In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word for Pentecost our musical itinerary includes visits to London, Los Angeles and Moscow. We open our worship with hymn 137, Come down, O Love divine …

Sunday worship for 16 May 2021, Easter 7

In this week’s online Liturgy of the Word we celebrate Jesus’ ascension with music from Britain, Nigeria and the United States, ending with a majestic organ voluntary, Alexandre Guilmant’s Grand Choeur in D major. We open our worship with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …

Two Covid-19 updates from Advisory Group now available

The Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church has published new guidance on the calculation and display of the Physical Distance Based Capacity (PDBC) in church buildings, as pandemic restrictions are eased. The Group has also produced an updated Frequently Asked Questions document. Both of these resources are available here. When using the index of Advisory…

Sunday worship for 2 May 2021, Easter 5

Our music accompanying this week’s Liturgy of the Word comes from Newcastle and Ely Cathedrals, Westminster Abbey and finally from Milwaukee and Manhattan with choral and organ renditions of  Ralph Vaughan Williams’ traditional tune Kingsfold – I heard the voice of Jesus say. We open our worship with hymn 102, A brighter dawn is breaking …

General Synod 2021 to take place over two days

General Synod will again take place online this year, as it did in 2020. However, the schedule will cover two days on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 June, instead of the single day event that was held last December. Business will start at 9am each day and is expected to run until approximately mid to…

Sunday worship for 25 April 2021, Easter 4

Today we are joined in church by Bishop Kevin Pearson, who will celebrate the Eucharist and preach. We open our worship with hymn 117, The Day of Resurrection …

Sunday worship for 18 April 2021, Easter 3

This week’s online Liturgy of the Word and our morning service in church have as their backdrop the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh – and the peace of the risen Christ. We open our worship with hymn 119, The strife is o’er, the battle won …

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

Following the death of Prince Philip, our worship in church on Sunday April 11 will begin with the National Anthem and we shall be praying for the Queen and Royal Family at this time of bereavement and personal distress. Read more for statements and prayer from +Kevin Pearson, +Mark Strange and ++Justin Welby.

Sunday worship for 11 April 2021, Easter 2

We continue through Eastertide with a Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from Chichester, Warwick, Durham, Landsberg am Lech in Germany and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where we open our worship with hymn 117, The Day of Resurrection …

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